Thread by @covidschoolsCA

Today's LTC round-up: 101 cases in an LTC home in Abbottsford BC (ONE HUNDRED AND ONE), inc half the residents. 2 deaths. Theme of understaffing + burnout: 16-hour shifts on alternating days, 11-12 nonstop days, dirty face masks.

And this:

https://twitter.com/ty_olsen/status/1328797243692834818?s=20

There seems to be a problem with transparency around LTC outbreaks in BC. See discussion about "govt blackout" below.

https://twitter.com/realreporter/status/1328290782466306048?s=20

As with ON, we see in BC an insufficient reckoning of daily deaths.
One may be excused for thinking PH officials lack the courage to face the toll of their poor policies.

https://twitter.com/realreporter/status/1328821141671006208?s=20

ON updates are similarly dire. *13 outbreaks with 90+ cases*. Can ventilation upgrade strategies being discussed for schools also be applied to LTC homes (portable filters, CO2 measurements)? Is there a discussion around this?

https://twitter.com/NathanStall/status/1328846166977601536?s=20

ON will increase #COVID19 testing in LTC homes, but @NathanStall says "root cause [of LTC outbreaks] is about suppressing transmission of COVID-19". With current case levels, "would require a substantial shutdown".

nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/c…

Daily LTC updates in ON // @NathanStall

https://twitter.com/NathanStall/status/1328721366611357696?s=20

Follow @NoLore for Canada-wide estimates. 8,720 of 11,027 Canadian COVID19 deaths linked to 855 residential facilities. 52 deaths added in one day.

https://twitter.com/NoLore/status/1328550423763050496?s=20

Tonight's thought: How do you not desensitize yourself to daily deaths? Shall we phrase it differently each day by saying, "11 people will no longer see the sunrise again"? "11 people will no longer laugh again"?

https://twitter.com/tamalama67/status/1328904458323910657?s=20