This pandemic must be understood, not feared, and that’s why good data is crucial
Marie Curie once said, ‘Nothing in life is to be feared: it is only to be understood.’ In order to protect the most vulnerable, the public needs to know who will get sick.

OTTAWA—It’s all about the numbers. In the past few weeks, we have been inundated by data associated with COVID-19. Some make sense, some don’t, some is irrelevant or fake.
When I worked for the World Health Organization as an information officer in the late 1990s, my teachers were the best do...
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