Share this Story: Opinion: The failure of Canada's pandemic early warning system — and how to fix itOpinion: The failure of Canada's pandemic early warning system — and how to fix it In responding to COVID-19, the system failed — or, more charitably, had little chance of success from the outsetArticle content The recently released final report of the independent panel reviewing the Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) — Canada’s pandemic early warning system — is a harbinger of the challenges to come once we turn our full attention to preventing future outbreaks of disease and other biosecurity threats. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Its ability to disseminate alerts, or early warning messages, to a global audience had been stymied by some mysterious organization-level fiat. It must find a way to exploit social media in its search for early warning signals. A third finding is that GPHIN needs to be reconnected to the global ecosystem of health surveillance and early warning systems.

Source: National Post July 28, 2021 06:56 UTC