The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’
The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network will serve as Canada’s early warning system for variants that could hurl us back into pandemic misery
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Delta variant
Back-to-school as the Delta variant spreads: How great is the risk?
Vaxx Populi: With so many Canadians still unvaccinated, and a nastier version of COVID on the move, experts are more worried for children than last year
The Delta variant is ’moving the goalposts’ for Canada’s vaccination targets
Vaxx Populi: Outbreaks at a Toronto hospital and in Yukon have been linked to more infectious variants; data shows vaccines are very effective at preventing hospitalization among those who contract Delta
Fully vaccinated people have gotten the Delta COVID variant. Should we be worried?
New data from the U.K. shows the vaccines do a terrific job keeping people out of hospital, even if they get the variant. So let’s get needles into arms.