Use of 'patient zero' term can leave trail of despair
Winnipeg Free Press Speiriscope By: Doug Speirs | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 Winnipeg Free Press It sounds like the name of a Hollywood thriller — The Hunt for Patient Zero. The phrase "patient zero" has been on the minds and lips of much of the world as the search continues for the first documented human case of the COVID-19 virus that has so far claimed more than two million lives around the globe, including more than 18,000 in Canada. According to the World Health Organization, it’s a search tha...
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