Canadian doctors share personal toll of COVID-19 pandemic 5 years later [Video]

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit five years ago, Canadian public health doctors, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists were thrust into national fame through daily televised briefings and media interviews about measures to contain the spread of the virus. 

Doctors themselves were just learning about the new virus and emerging variants, and they were tasked with providing the latest scientific evidence to provincial and federal governments.

But government-imposed lockdowns, school closures and changing advice on masking went on for about three years. Doctors who had become household names became targets for backlash from people who didn’t agree with the ongoing measures. B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she needs government-supplied security to follow her around to this day due to threats. 

While the COVID-19 vaccine rollout was seen as …