Only with the collection and analysis of data after the fact can the public health community truly assess both the impact of the variant and whether the precautionary measures employed to address the variants were successful. [...] In public health parlance, burden is a function of the prevalence of the disease (i.e., the number of cases in a population) and the exposure risk (i.e., the probability that one affected person will affect another person) and the consequence of infection such as hospitalization and death. [...] [26] These two schemes, the Stay-at-Home Order and the restrictions on gatherings were key to the province’s response to the growing threat of the new emerging variants of COVID-19 (collectively the “Gathering Restrictions”). [...] As such, he is a participating expert who was the key witness as to the response by the government to the pandemic in the spring of 2021. [...] The same factual issues of concern regarding the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on both the health of Ontarians and the healthcare system were at the centre of Trinity Bible’s analysis and Ontario’s justification for imposing the restrictions.
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