Does the government expect that the agency will prevent another SARS? If the agency was in place, would the situation have been handled differently?
If the agency had been in place during SARS, it will have helped to identify expertise both provincially, nationally and internationally to give timely advice and tools to the government and front-line providers in dealing with the outbreak. As well, through its surveillance and epidemiological activities, the agency may be able to identify the outbreak more rapidly. As well, if the Ontario Public Health Laboratories are transferred to the agency, there will be the capacity to identify the molecular structure of emerging pathogens which is critical for early warning, treatment and infection control activities.
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