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Dawn ME Bowdish, Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University

Ageism and the pandemic: How Canada continues to let older adults suffer and die from COVID-19

Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising among the leading causes of death in Canada, reaching the No. 3 spot.

This is the first time an infectious disease has pushed its way into the top five causes of death during the last 80 years or so of the antibiotic era.

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