Health Minister Christian Dubé acknowledged the government's decisions can seem confusing, but he insisted there is a logic in the chaos. The contagiousness of the variants means cases can spike much more quickly than in the second wave, he said. Legault, Dubé and Dr. Horacio Arruda, Quebec's public health director, have frequently used the word "balance" when explaining the province's approach. "We have to find that balance because if we act too fast, we'll lose co-operation from the public," Dubé said Thursday, echoing past statements by Legault. Prativa Baral, an epidemiologist and doctoral candidate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md., says government messaging is crucial.

Source: CBC News April 02, 2021 07:52 UTC