For weeks, the numbers at the COVID testing site where she works, in Guelph, Ont., had been climbing. “Today, we will likely perform 400 covid tests in #Guelph,” she wrote on Twitter on June 24. Try refreshing your browser, or Ontario wasn't ready for the COVID-19 testing surge, even though it was entirely predictable Back to videoThe new demand, she said, was being driven by people who didn’t really need tests. Some were getting tests before seeing family. Others were getting them just for peace of mind, “’I haven’t contracted COVID from this possibly risky thing that I’ve done,’” Chittle said.

Source: National Post September 19, 2020 12:06 UTC