Article contentThe race is on between the vaccine and the virus – and in the early running, the virus is winning. A new, more virulent strain of COVID is infiltrating the country in the middle of winter, when social distancing is hardest. Try refreshing your browser, or John Ivison: A bleak winter could herald a grim spring Back to videoWe are seeing explosive growth in the number of people infected – in the week to December 29, the number of new daily cases across Canada was nearly four times the 1,770 reported in the worst week of the first wave in March. In the absence of an abrupt shift in public policy, a third wave in early spring looks inevitable. But they are clearly not working – there are too many holes in the Swiss cheese through which the virus can insinuate itself.

Source: National Post January 05, 2021 00:52 UTC