In a year-end interview with Global News, Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said that with improved surveillance methods and updated vaccines, the country is in an encouraging place to deal with emerging COVID-19 variants.
Omicron and its hundreds of subvariants have taught the world that SARS-CoV-2 could be much more contagious than previously thought and that the virus is cunningly adept at evading immunity, Tam said.
Plus, Tam added more measures are needed to combat COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation.
“We need to provide information in an as accessible way as possible to people to explain why vaccines are needed,” she said.
Misinformation is false or inaccurate information, which can be spread innocuously by those who may not be fully informed of the truth. Disinformation is considered more deliberate and can include malicious content such as hoaxes, phishing and propaganda, according to a definition provided by the United Nations.
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