Canada Letter: What should we take from the coronavirus forecasts?

Ontario and British Columbia have both released projections about what the pandemic may bring. 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Doug Ford, the Ontario premier, with personal protective equipment.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press But before getting into that, here’s some advice about those forecasts from [Dr. Ross E.G. Upshur,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubHVuZW5mZWxkLmNhLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjAwNDA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE3MzUyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcGFnZT11cHNodXItcm9zcyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjM4NTcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAkz1qIXpZMWlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) a physician and researcher who is the head of clinical public health at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana Faculty of Public Health: “Don’t obsess about the numbers because they will change.” Dr. Upshur isn’t dismissing the forecasts. He said that they were an important planning tool for the health care system. “All models lie,” he said, citing a popular expression in his professional world. “But some are more useful than others.” He compared the forecasts from the provinces to the ones Environment Canada issues for the weather. Both start with a set of assumptions, which are constantly refined, and each piece of data that’s fed into them subtly affects their predictions. Canadian researchers, Dr. Upshur said, have already adjusted their assumptions to reflect that victims here have, on the whole, been older and were afflicted with more medical conditions before becoming infected than people killed by the virus in China. The result he said, is much like the view people with myopia have when they remove their glasses. They can see the general outline of things but “it’s not going to be clear and in detail.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE2JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE4JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA Complicating things is that Ontario and British Columbia released numbers that largely looked at different factors. Both offered a mix of grim news and mild encouragement. British Columbia focused on the number of cases, people expected to test positive for the virus, while Ontario’s emphasis was on the likely number of deaths. The [British Columbia model](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvdi5iYy5jYS9maWxlcy9DT1ZJRDE5X1RlY2huaWNhbF9CcmllZmluZ19Db25kZW5zZWQucGRmP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMDA0MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTczNTImbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjM4NTcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAkz1qIXpZMWlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) suggests that the steps taken there have been effective at slowing the rate of growth of cases. And signs are looking positive that its medical system won’t be overwhelmed by people who develop severe illness from the virus. As Premier Doug Ford warned in advance, [Ontario’s model made for harrowing reading.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP4QHAWh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy5vbnRhcmlvLmNhL29wby9lbi8yMDIwLzA0L29udGFyaW8tcHJvdmlkZXMtZnVsbC10cmFuc3BhcmVuY3ktYnktcmVsZWFzaW5nLWNvdmlkLTE5LW1vZGVsbGluZy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMDA0MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTczNTImbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjM4NTcmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAkz1qIXpZMWlRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) It currently estimates that by the time the virus has run its full course, perhaps 18 months to two years in the future, it will have killed 3,000 to 15,000 people in the country’s most populous province. But in the absence of preventive measures including the current shutdown of most aspects of daily life, the model projected 100,000 deaths related to the virus. On Friday, Mr. Ford also expanded the scale of that shutdown. “We’ve told the vast majority of Ontario’s work force to stay home,” he told a news conference. “Lives are on the line.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-1) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA1JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAzNTA2JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA Ontario’s forecast for the number proved difficult to calculate because of a large test laboratory backlog, which has just been cleared. But Dr. Peter Donnelly, head of Public Health Ontario, said that its track, the rate at which cases are growing, was closer to that of the United States rather than British Columbia. Despite this, Ontario is projecting that its hospitals, like those in British Columbia, are not likely to be overwhelmed after including current plans to expand their acute care capacity. But the province’s PowerPoint charts show that’s the case just by a whisker. Dr. Upshur said that the two provinces’ models suggested they were behind China and Italy at this point. That, he cautioned, does not mean that things are good. “Covid-19 is very, very worrying and dangerous indeed,” he said. “This may be the biggest single challenge since World War II.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTY3JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTY4JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4OTcwJmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMDA0MDRXA255dEIKACTPWohelkxaVFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA All week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been pressed to release the federal government’s forecasts. But its models are built on data from the provinces. On Friday he again promised that they would be made available, but said that the government was still waiting for figures from some provinces. Ottawa, like many cities, has closed parks and playgrounds.Ian Austen/The New York Times Like other politicians, Mr. Trudeau has also been repeatedly asked when life may return to normal. He has repeatedly declined to offer a specific answer, and Dr. Upshur said that it was almost a question not worth asking. “Of course we all want things to go away fast,” he said. “But you cannot will a virus away.” Getting there, he said, requires all Canadians to take the advice of public health officials seriously. “They are not fools, they are not government lackeys,” he said. “I really implore all Canadians to trust in the public health and medical system.” Before Ontario released its numbers on Friday, it appeared that a directive from the Trump White House would block shipments to Canada of surgical masks and respirators from 3M factories in the United States and China. My colleagues Ana Swanson, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman reported that as 3M pushed back, the Trump administration suggested that Canada and Mexico wouldn’t be cut off, although other nations would. 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It’s a product of what Ms. Atwood called our current “better-than-nothing era — do what you can.” [Read: [At Margaret Atwood’s Prompting, Canada Launches Virtual Book Tours](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgat_PP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNC8wMy9ib29rcy9tYXJnYXJldC1hdHdvb2QtdmlydHVhbC1ib29rLXRvdXItY29yb25hdmlydXMuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjAwNDA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE3MzUyJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIzODU3JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAJM9aiF6WTFpUUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] Similarly, from Vancouver, Josh Kron tells the story of a quickly produced coronavirus movie. 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