Lawrence C. Loh is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
The nickname “Kraken” for the XBB.1.5. subvariant of COVID-19 Omicron does not arise from any mandated agency or authority and incites undue fear. When the tentacle wags the giant squid, the media undermine their own credibility as honest arbiters of facts.