Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam doesn’t pull any punches in this 22-minute French and English update about Omicron. Her clear warning is that the worst is yet to come, especially for hospitals. But the broad nature of her message would seem to have been well reported for many weeks. On the critical issue (for most people) of when it all might subside, federal modelling does not say. It predicts “weeks” of Omicron spiral. Whether this includes the two weeks just past or hints at more of the same well into February or beyond is unstated.
