This right here is the chart the government will use to prove its case for lockdowns. It indicates lockdowns worked in France and Australia #covid19
This graph makes the argument that the sooner lockdowns are put in place the lower the future #covid19 case counts will be
How long should lockdowns be? "we don't believe anything less than 4 weeks is effective, longer is more effective." Dr. Brown as he releases Ontario's modelling numbers #covid19
Assoc Medical Officer of Health Dr Barbara Yaffe says numbers of people going into big box stores need to be reduced. (hint of announcement to come?)
News conference is now over. Premier Ford will make announcement re lockdowns at 1:00. This modelling has certainly set the stage for a "harder" version that would last at least 4 weeks. #covid19
NOTE: the Education Minister will be at today's 1:00 update, stay tuned re schools. #covid19
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Exclusive: 96% of residents at Sunnycrest long term care in Whitby have tested positive.19 have died. 67 staff are positive. An inspection done less than 2 wks ago found "widespread failures" caused "actual harm to residents." No one was screened upon entry, PPE improperly used
Staffing was down to less than 50%, food & high risk medications were given up to 2 hours late. Wounds were not treated properly.This was happening as the outbreak started - just a couple of weeks ago. The daughter of a resident said to me "nothing was learned from the 1st wave"
This was Neville Pereira. He died of "COVID19 on Sunday at Sunnycrest long term care in Whitby - he was 94. His daughter tells me he was excited to turn 95, that was his goal.
Premier Doug Ford says he is glad to hear Federal announcement vaccines are coming to Canada as early as next week and will be distributed per capita, notes we are very far from the millions needed to vaccinate people en masse. #covid19
General Rick Hillier is outlining how vaccines will be distributed. Phase 1 will get 2.4 million vaccines through the 1st quarter (equals 1.2 million people bc need 2 doses) #covi19
Long term care residents and healthcare workers will get vaccinated first but there won't be enough doses to cover all of them so focus will be on red zones first. #covid19
BREAKING: the controversial bill that grants Premier Doug Ford's friend and supporter Charles McVety's Canada Christian College university status has passed.
Prior story on the Ford government introducing a bill that grants Charles McVety's Canada Christian College University status. It raises memories of the Ford government's early patronage scandals that had them plummeting in the polls pre-pandemic toronto.citynews.ca/video/2020/10/…
Canada Christian College still has to go through independent PEQAB process however many wonder why the college was granted university status in the bill BEFORE the process was complete.
BREAKING: Provincial modelling shows Ontario will hit 2500 #covid19 cases a day at 3% growth and roughly 6500 a day at 5% growth by mid December.
New modelling projects #covid19 ICU capacity will break 150 bed threshold in best and worst case scenario within 2 weeks - that means surgeries will have to be cancelled #covid19
we are at about 4 percent growth now but heading higher. #covid19
Premier Doug Ford begins his news conference. This one promises to be interesting. #covid19
"it's concerning, it's alarming." Premier notes #covid19 numbers are going in the wrong direction. He says virus spreads when people don't follow public health advice.
Q and A now, 1st to Ford is about Andrea Horwath's "circuit breaker" proposal to go into lockdown for 2 weeks. Ford says he's listens to his Chief Medical Officer but says have to take into account mental health toll.
Disturbing transcripts of Cdn Air Force testimony before Long Term Care Commission have been released. They realized immediately homes were in “crisis.” They found “a clear rapid decline in staffing” with approx just 20% of original staff. Temp staff were hired but untrained.
Lack of communication is discussed in the LTC homes and the CAF found there was no oversight to ensure “people weren’t conducting themselves in an unethical manner.” No one was being held to account.
Major Karoline Martin says what CAF saw in long term care homes was so bad it was going to have a serious emotional impact: “we very very quickly recognized this had a high risk for either mental health struggles or long-term impacts on our clinicians...it was very traumatic.”