Review: As COVID Surges, the High Price of Viral Denial

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As COVID Surges, the High Price of Viral Denial

Canada’s health system reels as, by one estimate, 1,000 die weekly. Each infection carries risks. Where’s the prevention?
Andrew Nikiforuk 3 Sep 2024 The Tyee
Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.
COVID is surging again, and if you live in British Columbia, you probably already know someone sick with fever, chills and a sore throat.

As of mid-August, about one in every 19 British Columbians had an infection, with or without symptoms.

Although the media routinely dismisses all COVID-19 infections as inconsequential nuisances, the science says otherwise. The virus remains deadlier than the flu, and repeated infections can radically change one's health.

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https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/03/COVID-Surge-High-Price-Viral-Denial/

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