January 14: Will the health unit start breaking down COVID-19 data by local communities?
- Publication
- Northumberland News (Cobourg, ON), 14 Jan 2021
Description
- Creator
- Hyatt, Sarah, Reporter
- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- Possible future changes with respect to COVID-19 data reporting at the local level was anticipated after the local health unit sent a request forward to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
Part of the concern about detailing cases down to community levels instead of county levels was that in those smaller community areas, there is potential to easily identify those people with COVID and stigmatize them.
Another part of the concern in revealing this detailed information was that it would change people's behaviour and citizens would become lax in protecting themselves. - Publisher
- Metroland Durham Region Media Group
- Place of Publication
- Northumberland, ON
- Date of Original
- 14 Jan 2021
- Date Of Event
- 14 Jan 2021
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Gemmill, Ian, Dr.
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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