‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes
By Moira Welsh
Quality data is key to prevention, said Dr. Samir Sinha. His staff (at the National Institute on Ageing) have been trying to cobble together details of outbreaks and deaths in Ontario’s 630 long-term-care and 775 retirement homes. “It’s important so we can have an accurate picture on how the situation is unfolding,” Sinha said. “If we don’t understand these things or have the level of knowledge we need, we are likely to repeat mistakes when we have the next pandemic and make assumptions on data that was not correct.”
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