The Long Term Care Commission has just released the transcript of it's interview with Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams. It took place on Feb 22nd from 10 AM to 2:30 PM. 232 pages. Speed reading.
Here it is for anyone who wants to read it.
ltccommission-commissionsld.ca/transcripts/pd…
ltccommission-commissionsld.ca/transcripts/pd…
The LTC commission notes the difficulty it had getting info for this meeting w Dr Williams, they had to go to an arbitrator to get his notes unredacted and only received 217k documents on Friday, calling it a "gargantuan task" to read them 
THREAD:
Summary after reading Dr. Williams testimony before Long Term Care Commission:
Long Term Care homes were getting Covid test results IN THE MAIL. Dr Williams acknowledged he did not raise alarm bells even though prompt results were critical
Summary after reading Dr. Williams testimony before Long Term Care Commission:
Long Term Care homes were getting Covid test results IN THE MAIL. Dr Williams acknowledged he did not raise alarm bells even though prompt results were critical
Dr. Williams was aware the PPE stockpile was being destroyed and not replaced
Said he had submitted plans to replenish stockpile - it started getting destroyed in 2017, submission was made to start purchasing more in 2021 (pg 141)
Said he had submitted plans to replenish stockpile - it started getting destroyed in 2017, submission was made to start purchasing more in 2021 (pg 141)
Williams says he only became aware in 2nd or 3rd week of feb that lack of PPE a big problem (pg 143)
He says he was shocked PPE was not made in Canada and North America
He says he was shocked PPE was not made in Canada and North America
Williams assumed LTC homes had a 4 week supply of PPE, even though in 2007 the Auditor General found less than 50% had
Dr Williams also says he did not believe there was asymptomatic spread until late summer.
Dr. Williams defended his decision not to prevent staff from working at multiple homes saying there was no evidence that was causing spread, he says staff were coming to work infected from community (SARS resport recommended staff only work in 1 place)
The testimony got testy at times, Dr. Williams had a lawyer, the Commission clearly got frustrated with lack of clear answers in some instances.
Today Health Minister Christine Elliott said she has every confidence in Dr. Williams
Today Health Minister Christine Elliott said she has every confidence in Dr. Williams
When asked about his testimony to LTC Commission by @robferguson1 & if he would like to clarify his responses (which are being criticized)Dr. Williams says they were complicated Qs & not a lot of time to answer them, adding some things they do well, some things can they do better
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