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Why Navigating Your COVID Risk Is Now Harder Than Ever

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Figuring out where you're most at risk of catching COVID-19 is more challenging than ever in Canada's Omicron-fuelled sixth wave, and tried-and-tested strategies for avoiding infection are proving less effective in everyday life.

The rapidly spreading BA.2 subvariant has been evading all of our layers of protection — from vaccines to masks — and fuelling a surge of COVID-19 levels across Canada during a time of few restrictions.

But while attempting to avoid COVID-19 risk entirely isn't realistic, abandoning strategies that have worked to lessen the impact of the virus isn't either — making this phase of the pandemic incredibly difficult to navigate.

Learn more about what options exist when it is difficult to determine sources of infection and contagion.

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  • Date

    Apr 16, 2022

  • By

    Adam Miller, Lauren Pelley ·

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