2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.11.21253301
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Quantifying Contact Patterns in Response to COVID-19 Public Health Measures in Canada

Abstract: Background: A variety of public health measures have been implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada to reduce contact between individuals. Objective: The objective of this study was to construct contact patterns to evaluate the degree to which social contacts rebounded to normal levels, as well as direct public health efforts toward age- and location-specific settings. Design: Four population-based cross-sectional surveys. Setting: Canada. Participants: Members of a paid panel representative of Canad… Show more

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“…This is because the second shutdown has not been as stringent as the initial one and was enacted much later when transmission levels were higher [ 1 , 2 ], thus, despite many provinces have been placed in some form of shutdown for at least a few months and for a longer period than in spring 2020, our cases per capita continue to rise to record levels [ 1 , 24 ]. Additionally, it has been bolstered by declining compliance to personal physical distancing [ 20 23 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This is because the second shutdown has not been as stringent as the initial one and was enacted much later when transmission levels were higher [ 1 , 2 ], thus, despite many provinces have been placed in some form of shutdown for at least a few months and for a longer period than in spring 2020, our cases per capita continue to rise to record levels [ 1 , 24 ]. Additionally, it has been bolstered by declining compliance to personal physical distancing [ 20 23 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To avoid future shutdowns, alternative public health measures should be enhanced during the delay in the epidemic afforded by the closures [ 5 , 7 ]. The precise shutdown strategy will vary depending on the community and household structures, population demographics, background transmission level and human behaviour in adhering to public health measures (which is changing over time and hard to plan for) [ 20 ]. The optimal shutdown strategy will also depend on the goal, whether it is to eliminate transmission in the population, to temporarily regain control, to buy time to ramp up other measures, to avoid overwhelming healthcare systems, to minimize the impact on the economy, communities, families and individuals or a combination of these objectives.…”
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“…Early surveys that were investigating social contact patterns among people in response to COVID-19 public health measures in Canada indicated high average compliance with public health measures and high average reductions in human contacts in May 2020 in Ontario. In contrast, later surveys showed an increase in human contacts in September and December 2020 in part because some public health restrictions were lifted [ 25 , 26 ]. However, to what extent the results of these surveys could be directly extrapolated to the population stratum involved in swine production is unknown.…”
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“…Recent studies similar to the BC-Mix have assessed social contact patterns relevant to the spread and control of COVID-19 in different countries (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)34,35) many of which have adapted features of the POLYMOD project (14). The 2020 Belgian CoMix survey ( 7) is an online longitudinal survey that closely monitors changes in social mixing behaviours among a sample of Belgian adults (aged 18 years and above).…”
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confidence: 99%