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.
Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, provides an update on COVID-19 in West Block on March 20.
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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