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Here's what a blood study tells us about COVID-19 in Canada - CTV, May 27, 2021

Published: 28 May 2021

Dr. Timothy Evans, Inaugural Director and Associate Dean at the School of Population and Global Health and Executive Director of Canada's COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Secretariat is among the experts quoted by CTV.

"The disproportionate number of infections in young people is likely a product of both their front-line work environments and more at-risk behaviours,” CITF executive director Dr. Tim Evans said in the press release. “This also reflects effective public health efforts to protect seniors in the second wave. The immediate priority is to encourage this younger age group to get vaccinated now that they are eligible in most provinces."

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