Relative pandemic severity in Canada and four peer nations during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

CONCLUSION: Canada outperformed several peer countries that aimed for mitigation rather than elimination of SARS-CoV-2 in the first two years of the pandemic, with substantial numbers of lives saved and economic costs averted. However, a comparison with Australia demonstrated that an elimination focus would have saved Canada tens of thousands of lives as well as substantial economic costs.PMID:38419909 | PMC:PMC10901147 | DOI:10.14745/ccdr.v49i05a05
Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research