Pandemic Waves
This research area will focus on improving our ability to predict the trajectory of COVID-19, understanding multiple COVID-19 waves, its interactions with influenza, and the relative impacts of various public health measures at the population level.
Key Challenge Questions:
- What are the drivers of future pandemic waves?
- What is the relative impact of various public health measures on COVID-19 pandemic waves over time?
- How does compliance with public health measures at the population level affect future pandemic waves?
- How does compliance with public health measures at the population level affect future pandemic waves?
- What is the potential impact of COVID-19 vaccination on future pandemic waves?
- What impact does restarting the health system have on future pandemic waves?
- Are there population characteristics or other risk factors that can predict where COVID-19 outbreaks are more likely to begin and expand quickly?
Please consider: All analyses should include consideration of population sub-groups, for example: sex, gender, and sexual orientation; people with high risk clinical characteristics; people with physical and/or mental health disabilities; Indigenous peoples and communities; immigrants and refugees; ethno-racial communities; Francophone communities; linguistic communities; religious/faith communities; homeless people; people living on a low income; people receiving social assistance; people using drugs; and people living in rural/remote or inner urban areas.
Date modified: 2021-11-30