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Expert: COVID-19 isn't containable and Canada should focus on protecting seniors
Graham Slaughter
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Friday, March 6, 2020 8:44PM EST
TORONTO -- A leading Canadian infectious disease specialist says, despite global efforts, COVID-19 cannot be contained and authorities need to focus instead on creating a warning system to alert seniors when to go into isolation.
Dr. Neil Rau says it’s too soon to begin separating at-risk seniors from other groups, but an alert system needs to be put in place for when an outbreak arrives.
“Better to start protecting the vulnerable group by separating them from society at large rather than asking all of society to separate themselves from each other, because the economic consequences are so huge,” Dr. Neil Rau told CTVNews.ca on Friday.
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Rau is among a small but growing group of doctors who disagree with the World Health Organization, which asserted earlier this week that COVID-19 can be contained if countries step up their efforts.
“I don’t think this is containable,” Rau said. “If we were to say, ‘We can’t control it, we have to let it go, let’s face the consequences in a logical way,’ I think we’d be better off.”...
Expert: COVID-19 isn't containable and Canada should focus on protecting seniors
Graham Slaughter
CTVNews.ca Writer
Published Friday, March 6, 2020 8:44PM EST
TORONTO -- A leading Canadian infectious disease specialist says, despite global efforts, COVID-19 cannot be contained and authorities need to focus instead on creating a warning system to alert seniors when to go into isolation.
Dr. Neil Rau says it’s too soon to begin separating at-risk seniors from other groups, but an alert system needs to be put in place for when an outbreak arrives.
“Better to start protecting the vulnerable group by separating them from society at large rather than asking all of society to separate themselves from each other, because the economic consequences are so huge,” Dr. Neil Rau told CTVNews.ca on Friday.
Complete Coverage special promo image
Rau is among a small but growing group of doctors who disagree with the World Health Organization, which asserted earlier this week that COVID-19 can be contained if countries step up their efforts.
“I don’t think this is containable,” Rau said. “If we were to say, ‘We can’t control it, we have to let it go, let’s face the consequences in a logical way,’ I think we’d be better off.”...