Ontario's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, is indicating that we're starting to have to \"live with the risk\" of COVID-19 into the future.<\/p>\n
\"The higher we build our population immunity, thats somewhere over 90 per cent, the less this virus will be able to spread amongst vaccinated and unvaccinated,\" Dr. Moore said at a press conference on Tuesday. \"The virus wont have a chance to mutate because there will be fewer opportunities to mutate within Ontario.\"<\/p>\n
\"Then our strategy is to prevent mutations coming in through our international borders... Once you leave this country your risk may go up to get exposed to a new variant, anywhere around the globe, but our strategy in Ontario, if we want to get back to a new normal, is to build the highest level of protection.\"<\/p>\n
He indicated that, through this strategy, Ontario will see \"small outbreaks\" instead of more impactful \"waves\" of COVID-19, adding that it could happen as early as six to eight months from now, as more people receive their COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n
\"You're actually playing roulette by not getting vaccinated with Delta being so aggressive and wanting to spread so rapidly across Ontario,\" Dr. Moore said.<\/p>\n
He confirmed that 27.6 per cent of hospitalizations in Ontario are now in individuals under the age of 50.<\/p>\n
\"This is not just a disease that impacts the elderly,\" Dr. Moore said. \"They are actually the most protected now with the highest rates of immunization.\"<\/p>\n
As COVID-19 continues to be more of a concern heading into the fall, several people have taken to social media, particularly to questions why they haven't seen or heard from Ontario Premier Doug Ford.<\/p>\n
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