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24 Feb, 3 tweets, 2 min read
The Premier says we're limited only by a need for more vaccines. We have vaccines and they're now arriving regularly, but it'll be three weeks until we start vaccinating people over 80. It isn't enough to have vaccines - we need a plan. Why aren't we ready now? #onpoli
The Premier also claims we're far ahead of the other provinces because we've given more vaccines, but this isn't an appropriate comparison. We have a much larger population and we haven't been vaccinating as efficiently as other regions have been. #onpoli #COVIDVaccine
Vaccines are being distributed to provinces proportionately according to population. Suggesting we'd be doing better if we had a population the size of Alberta's is disingenuous. We'd also be working with the vaccine supply they received, not what we've had in Ontario. #onpoli

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24 Sep 20
My mom works in a small grocery store in my hometown on Lake Huron. When the pandemic began, I was terrified. A broken ankle took her out of work in late March until very recently. I was feeling okay about her going back when Ontario's numbers were better. But now... 1/11
Each time we talk she tells me about more customers coming in refusing to wear masks. 'Why should I bother? It's not really here, and I see people not wearing them all over the place.' Her friends and out-of-towners gathering in groups without #PhysicalDistancing or masks. 2/11
Each time I talk about #COVID19 on FB, friends who are still in the area insist the crisis is over and there's no need to worry. For them, 'we need to learn to live with this virus,' means, 'we have to get back to normal and it is what it is'. 3/11
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22 Sep 20
Alright. I'm seeing a lot of reaction and questions re: today's announcement from @fordnation re: the #flushot. Let's talk about it.
1) 'Why is the #flushot a top priority in their pandemic response?'

It's early September and we're already stretched beyond our testing capacity, before flu season has started. Symptoms for flu and COVID are similar, and fewer flu cases means fewer people needing COVID tests.
2) 'What does the flu have to do with #COVID19?'

They're 2 different *serious* respiratory illnesses. Early this year we heard a lot of 'just a flu' or '*not* just a flu'. Please forget this phrase. Flu kills ~3500 Canadians each year. We don't know what both together are like.
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18 Sep 20
This is the part that made me tear up. Please read this thread and know this is happening across the province.

What's happening in Ontario isn't working, and the plans in place will make it worse.
With full-size classes, every time there's COVID-19 in a classroom that's an 10-15 *more* families & their communities instantly impacted than we'd have with classes capped at 15. That's more people at risk, more people in these lines, less ability to test & trace. #onted #onpoli
Parents are asked to keep kids home even with mild symptoms, but the government hasn't sufficiently expanded #sickdays to enable to do that. Parents will send sick kids to school because staying home could mean missing groceries or rent, or losing a job.
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24 Aug 20
Some days are harder than others. Today is one of them.

Four years ago we received the call from the coroner telling us they'd conclusively determined Jude's cause of death: influenza B.

#forjudeforeveryone 1/11 Image
There's no good way to lose someone you love, but learning that Jude's death was preventable was a punch in the gut. He'd failed to develop immunity from his flu shot, but better prevention in our communities could have stopped the flu from reaching him and protected him. 2/11
After a lot of hard conversations and important lessons from experts, we got to work, founding a flu prevention campaign with the hope of protecting others from being in our shoes. We can't have Jude back, but what if we could help someone else keep their loved one? 3/11
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23 Aug 20
'But because people can spread COVID before they develop symptoms, “by the time you’ve identified that COVID case there might be other cases in the classroom already,” Bauch said. And, the more kids in a classroom, the trickier the social distancing.'#SafeSeptember #onted #onpoli
I disagree with Bauch's calls for a hybrid model as a solution. They found 15 kids : 2 adults problematic in childcare, and a hybrid class would still have groups of 15 kids, many who would need childcare on non-class days, increasing potential for exposure within cohorts.
We don't have sufficient childcare spaces in Ontario in normal times, and certainly not now. Many parents (mostly moms, statistically) would be forced to leave their jobs to facilitate a hybrid option, putting families at financial risk, requiring significant govt assistance.
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21 Aug 20
I've met a lot of elected representatives in the last four years while advocating for better illness prevention measures. The differences in the reactions when sharing Jude's story and asking for their help to save lives has been revealing. 1/4
Some have stopped, listened, and immediately asked what they could do. Some have cried, and some have given me a hug. Some shared their own losses.

Others have responded differently.

'That's too bad, but.'

'I sympathize, but.'

'It's sad he died, but what can be done?'

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Too many lose their lives and loved ones to preventable illness, and better is possible. Finding a leader with compassion is a balm. Speaking to a representative who brushes away your concerns is salt in your wounds. I heard @JoeBiden's words last night and I was grateful.

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