B.C.’s top doctor has released an op-ed piece, defending the province’s practice of not publicly releasing where each confirmed COVID-19 patient is living.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the transmission of the novel coronavirus has “no boundary.” “It would be irresponsible to mention only a few communities and give people outside those areas a false sense that they are not susceptible or at lower risk,” Henry writes in the op-ed, sent out by the provincial government via email. “Every health region in British Columbia has people with COVID-19.
Every community and hometown — no matter how large or small — is at risk.” Countless members of the public have asked where the patients are living, especially those in smaller, more