Canada could face a surge of new cases of COVID-19 later this year.
Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canadians should prepare for a “new normal” that will continue even after the current first wave is contained.
“We are still in the emergency phase … the vast majority of Canadians continue to need to be very careful,” he said. Remember that curve that we’re all trying to flatten? That refers to the growth of new COVID-19 cases day over day. The so-called second wave would be another increase or spike of cases after the initial wave of infections stabilized. An epidemic curve can have multiple severe waves or spikes in case rates before it’s stabilized with a treatment or vaccine. The Spanish flu pandemic from 1918 could hold the key to how we think about a possible second wave of COVID-19.
Much like right now with COVID-19, governments around the world back then, particularly in the U.S., implemented aggressive physical distancing measures to combat the spread of the virus. Many of the restrictions that seem all too familiar now — bans on mass gatherings, encouragement to wear face covers — were present in 1918, too. And
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