Scientists and policy experts with a focus on exiting the pandemic say even though most jurisdictions in Canada have more or less lifted or suspended COVID-19 restrictions, not enough attention has been paid to the details of eliminating restrictions and mandates across the board.
This results in “huge inconsistencies, caprices and ‘stickiness’” that impede a complete and orderly exit from the pandemic, says the Canada Science & Policy Committee to Exit the Pandemic.
In the latest update to its national exit plan issued in February, the committee says governments at all levels must unwind all remaining “kinks” or “incoherences” and “shift from defence to offence” so that Canada can exit the pandemic across all systems and regions concurrently….