Thread by @ClimateAudit

on Jan 21, 2021, just as vaccine supply in Canada dried up, Science Table, Ontario's woke COVID advisors, belatedly urged that govt to accelerate vaccination of LTC residents (relative to young HCWs outside LTC residences). Exactly what I'd urged on Dec 22
covid19-sciencetable.ca/sciencebrief/t…

2/ even this belated recognition by woke Science Table omitted the main reason why vulnerable 80+s, especially LTC 80"s, deserved priority even ahead of young HCWs: its direct impact on hospitalizations given expected pending hospital crisis

3/ I said this not to disparage contribution of young doctors, HCWs in ICUs. My father was a surgeon, two nieces are doctors. My family has benefited greatly from prompt and inspired care in Toronto ICUs. My point was policy: vaccinating seniors was best way to avert ICU crisis

4/ in the alternative, I could understand a policy in which policy-makers intentionally chose to first protect young HCWs -EVEN IF that meant that ICUs would face crisis. But then people should recognize that that was the choice that they had made and stop complaining about ICUs

5/ in 19 days since Jan 22, Ontario has received only 26K vaccines from federal government. So Science Table's belated recommendation was more or less moot.