Contact tracers in all of the Atlantic provinces have recently reported the same problem: people are lying to them about COVID-19 and their behaviour. Being honest is critical to stopping the spread of the virus, Mary Jane Hampton writes, but the stigma attached to it may lead people to lie.

From the outside looking in, you wouldn't think the pandemic should have such an impact on normal health-care operations. But for those on the inside, there has been a tectonic shift in the way services are planned for and how they've been delivered since last March.