COVID Measures Should Have Been Targeted, Says Laval University Immunology Prof Whose Article Was Abruptly Pulled

People wear face masks as they walk along a street in Montreal, on Dec. 5, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

A professor of infectious diseases and immunology is questioning Quebec’s COVID-19 pandemic management with an analysis of provincial data, saying risks were overstated and measures uncalled for.

“The threat from COVID-19 was very real, but was it as significant as reported?” said Patrick Provost in the piece published in Québecor media company platforms on June 22.