As the news first spread that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 had entered Canada, Ottawa resident Saad Khan calculated his personal risk tolerance for a very important event — and he decided it was worth it. “On Dec.
16, I took the risk — by seeing the new Spiderman movie,” he said. Khan said he wore two masks and refrained from eating popcorn or buying any sweet treats.
The movie, he said, was “amazing.” Read more: Ontario to begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 31 Across the country, Canadians have been grappling with ever-changing restrictions as COVID-19 — and our ability to treat, prevent and fight it — changed, too.
From staying home to dining indoors with distancing, from wearing three-layer cloth masks to wearing N95 masks, public health advice has been shifting as the science evolves, and Canadians like Khan have been doing their best to keep up.