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Canadians would not have backed strict pandemic measures in mid-January, says official
Closing the border and telling the public to self-isolate at home in the early days of Canada's COVID-19 outbreak would have done more harm than good, according to a national public health organization.
Ian Culbert, executive director of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), told a virtual committee of MPs today that while critics have said the federal government should have acted sooner, there would have been "very little" public support for strict measures in the middle of January, which could have undermined health officials' efforts when the situation became more dire.
"Low public support would have led to low-level adherence and a diminished support for any future interventions," he said. "Slowly, you have to change people's thinking ... that takes time. It takes evidence. You have to prove to people that it's serious."
Closing the border and telling the public to self-isolate at home in the early days of Canada's COVID-19 outbreak would have done more harm than good, according to a national public health organization.
Ian Culbert, executive director of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), told a virtual committee of MPs today that while critics have said the federal government should have acted sooner, there would have been "very little" public support for strict measures in the middle of January, which could have undermined health officials' efforts when the situation became more dire.
"Low public support would have led to low-level adherence and a diminished support for any future interventions," he said. "Slowly, you have to change people's thinking ... that takes time. It takes evidence. You have to prove to people that it's serious."
