Tragedy at Pinecrest Home underscores COVID-19 menace

Amid the thundering impact of COVID-19 on people and the economy, a heartbreaking nursing home tragedy has come to light in Bobcaygeon in the Kawartha Lakes northeast of Lake Simcoe. Thirteen people have died and 34 residents have tested positive. How the virus got into the home is not known but the awful result is easily understood. Elderly people close together in a confined area created a predictable disaster.