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Restriction-Driven Responses Make No Sense (to me)
Wave 1 Ontario Data
170k tested & 16k #COVID19 diagnoses
Rate of positive test
64x in long term care (LTC)
19x in shelter
Age-Adjusted Mortality
40% higher in LTC
Txs @mishrash for including me:
cmajopen.ca/content/8/4/E6…
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Wave 1 Ontario Data
170k tested & 16k #COVID19 diagnoses
Rate of positive test
64x in long term care (LTC)
19x in shelter
Age-Adjusted Mortality
40% higher in LTC
Txs @mishrash for including me:
cmajopen.ca/content/8/4/E6…
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As of Oct 11 in Ontario, 58 LTC facilities in outbreak.
What did we need to do?
Paid leave for part-time staff if need to quarantine or isolate
(Seriously, how has this not happened yet? WTF!)
Overcome barriers to testing/symptom disclosure
(see note about PAID-LEAVE???)
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What did we need to do?
Paid leave for part-time staff if need to quarantine or isolate
(Seriously, how has this not happened yet? WTF!)
Overcome barriers to testing/symptom disclosure
(see note about PAID-LEAVE???)
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What did we actually do?
Shut restaurants, gyms, and strip clubs.
I'm not an economist, but guess structural interventions would cost pennies on the dollar to whatever is happening now.
So when do we move from a populist to an empiric response? Ie, when is enough enough?
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Shut restaurants, gyms, and strip clubs.
I'm not an economist, but guess structural interventions would cost pennies on the dollar to whatever is happening now.
So when do we move from a populist to an empiric response? Ie, when is enough enough?
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