Thought-provoking article on initial Covid projections and lockdown measures that were (and continue to be) implemented.
Peter St. Onge: The worst-case scenario that closed Canada
Financial Post, June 25, 2020
https://business.financialpost.com/o...-closed-canada
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Had we known the true scale and parameters of the threat we might have therefore avoided these tragedies with better-targeted policy. For example, COVID has killed far fewer Canadians under age 35 than traffic accidents normally do, while 80 per cent of Canadian COVID deaths have occurred in seniors’ centres. It may have been more prudent, and even saved more lives, to focus resources on safeguarding the elderly and immunocompromised instead of reckless economy-wide lockdowns.
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