As COVID-19 variants spread in B.C., concern grows for effec

As COVID-19 variants spread in B.C., concern grows for effects on younger adults
Simon Little
© Leah Hennel, Government of Alberta
Nurses in personal protective equipment (PPE) treating a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Peter Lougheed hospital in Calgary on November 14, 2020.
Doctors in British Columbia are sounding the alarm about the effect new COVID-19 variants are having on younger people.
Evidence suggests the variants of concern are not only more contagious, but are also leading to more severe hospitalizations -- particularly for younger adults.
"With the initial COVID the feeling was very much that while young people may get COVID they may not get all that sick, I think the variants have changed that ... and I don't know if people are realizing that," Dr. Gerald Da Roza, head of medicine at Royal Columbian Hospital, told Global News.

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