March 21, 2020 CBC Second Opinion article notes mass COVID-19 testing is key to stopping spread

Countries that do well in current crisis have good testing and a good system for tracking down of people who may have been infected

March 20, 2020 New York Times article provides comprehensive overview of Covid-19 testing narrative as it unfolds

Intensive testing for COVID-19 is recommended by WHO; in Canada, public health messaging appears to emphasize restrictions on testing

Intensive testing has vastly reduced infections in South Korean, Taiwan, and Singapore; in Canada the focus is now on minimizing the quickness of the ‘forest fire’ as it burns, yet testing still remains a key requirement

The result, notes Dr. David Fisman, U of T professor of epidemiology in reference to CDC, is basically a decapitated public health system

COVID-19 Recommendations for Policy Makers: One-page PDF overview by Chen Shen and Yaneer Bar-Yam, New England Complex Systems Institute, March 12, 2020

Coronavirus work-from-home policies give climate plans a boost – March 12, 2020 CBC article