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COVID-19 has the potential to become as severe as the Spanish flu
Opinion

COVID-19 has the potential to become as severe as the Spanish flu

Timothy Sly: We can pay tribute to the pandemic planning of the early 2000s, without which we might not have been able to contain the cases of COVID-19 that have arrived in Canada so far. But the odds are stacked against this scenario remaining unblemished.
Has coronavirus become a pandemic?

Has coronavirus become a pandemic?

Timothy Sly: We don’t know if COVID-19 will slow during the summer months. If it does, be ready for at least a second wave in the fall, following the path of the 1918 influenza and the 2009 influenza.
Coronavirus: The worst-case scenario

Coronavirus: The worst-case scenario

Timothy Sly: If the virus is allowed to enter a population and circulate, some people will die, while the majority will acquire immunity, finally bringing the pandemic to a halt