More people have had COVID than you might think

Here's a sobering factoid: according to new research out of BC, nearly 40% of Canadians have had the COVID-19 virus, up from 10% as little as five months earlier. So, that's how much the Omicron variant has affected us.

Hidden within that stat, nearly 60% of  younger people (10-40 year olds) have contracted it at some point, around 50% of 40-60 year olds, and a lower percentage of older, more cautious people.

This is in line with American data from the CDC, which suggests that 60% of all Americans have COVID-19 antibodies, and as many as 75% of children 11 and under have had the virus,