COVID-19: Horgan, Dix deny B.C. is withholding COVID-19 data
During question period, Dix said the government has made a “political decision” to support public health officers, implying that anyone asking for more data is not supportive of health officials.
Ontario and Alberta, for example, regularly release neighbourhood-specific figures on daily COVID rates, variant cases, active cases and vaccination rates. Toronto Public Health also releases COVID-19 figures based on race and ethnicity, which has shown that Black communities have been disproportionately infected with the virus. Quebec releases industry-specific COVID-19 figures that show the rate of infection spread in certain occupations and detailed information on infections in schools.
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