Be 'Ready to Pivot' Domestic Holiday Travel Plans Amid Rapidly Spreading Omicron Variant: Medical Experts

The rapidly spreading Omicron variant means Canadians should be "ready to pivot" their domestic travel plans this holiday season, said medical experts studying COVID-19. "If [you] can avoid travel, avoid it," said Dr. Peter Juni, the head of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. "We just need to really seriously cut down on our contact." For those who have already purchased plane or train tickets for domestic travel, Juni asks: "Can you cancel still?" David Naylor, co-chair of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force, suggested people who do decide to travel in coming weeks exercise more caution and look for alternative methods of travel to avoid “cramped” quarters. "You can't entirely eliminate the risk," said epidemiologist Dr. Jeff Kwong. "I mean, the only way to eliminate the risk is you don't go anywhere, but you can try to make things as safe as possible."

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