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2022-04-26WHO Warns About the Dangers of Health Misinformation as Musk Takes Over Twitter
This is a news story from Bloomberg News by Andy Hoffman and Clara Hernanz Lizarraga. Since Elon Musk has officially acquired Twitter, it has prompted groups like the World Health Organization to give warnings on COVID misinformation. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the health emergencies program at the WHO issued a statement on Musk buying Twitter for $44 billion dollars. “When anyone reaches a position in life where they have so much influence over the way information is shared with communities, they take on a huge responsibility,” Ryan said at the media briefing in Geneva. “We wish Mr. Musk luck with his endeavors to improve the quality of information we all receive.” Throughout the pandemic, the WHO has worked to make sure correct information about the pandemic and vaccines are being spread. The WHO has an overall fear now that bad information could be spread more easily about COVID and possibly cause more death. -
2020-11-11Just One Positive Wedding Guest
What started with one positive wedding guest, led to 50 infected guests, 10 infected households, and a deadly outbreak in a long-term care home which resulted in 81 cases. In total, this large outbreak triggered three hospitalizations and one COVID-19 death. -
2020-12-14Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Coronavirus Tracker
An interactive website that lets users look through the path of COVID-19 in Canada -
2020-12-13COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the province of Manitoba
A running tally of all the COVID-19 cases and deaths in the province of Manitoba -
2020Interactive Map for COVID-19 in Canada
Based on the information provided by provincial and territorial COVID tests, the government has compiled the information to map out the country's case numbers. The report contains various maps, infographics, and statistics. Each charting the spread of the virus in all its forms. -
2020-09-19Why contact tracing remains a hurdle for Quebec in containing COVID-19
Tracking the spread of COVID-19 is reported to be difficult in Quebec because the people are not aware of when they come in contact with the virus. Many don't answer their phones when health officials call to inform them. Up to 30 percent of people contacted due to potential exposure to a COVID-19 case do not answer the call. -
2020-12-13COVID-19 Canada Canadian Outbreak Tracker
This is an interactive outbreak map that provides information regarding the total number of cases, deaths, and recoveries. -
2020Contact Tracing Explained
An infographic of how and why contact tracing is done. -
2020-09-10North West Territories Unique Tracing Method
An article from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation about the use of wastewater monitoring systems to detect outbreaks of COVID-19 -
2020Know the Difference: Self-Monitoring, Self-isolation, and Isolation for COVID-19
Table created by the Public Health Agency of Canada, for determining the difference between self-monitoring, self-isolation, isolation -
2020How effective is Quebec's contact tracing?
Public health PhD Carl-Etienne Juneau speaks about difficulties of contact tracing in Quebec. -
2020-07-04Suivre la trace du coronavirus dans les égouts
In anticipation of a second wave of COVID-19, Canadian scientists are currently working to set up a detection system based on organic waste that ends up in sewers. -
2020-12-12COVID-19 in Quebec
This is a regional breakdown of COVID-19 cases across Quebec. -
2020-10-19SpinCo Hamilton Outbreak
What started with a COVID-19 case in one person at a downtown Hamilton spin studio has led to at least 74 people being infected. The Hamilton Health Services created this visualization of the super-spreader event to reveal to the public how the virus can easily spread.