From the Ontario Science Table's March 11 talk on the COVID in the province. With restrictions lifted they predict, among other things, 500-600 ICU beds in early April (we're at nearly 600 now), 5000+ cases a day (4400 last 2 days), and serious impact to the healthcare system.
Ontario Science Table gave another briefing on April 1, the same day Ford announced the fake "shutdown" that changed almost nothing in Ontario's hotspots. Without intervention they predicted 4,000-5,000 cases in early-mid April (spot on), nearly 600 ICU cases (again, accurate).
We knew in Febrary variants of concern were spreading rapidly in ON and could overwhelm the healthcare system. Ford didn't act on this info (and actually lifted restrictions) because he & the PC govt wanted to see if the modelling would come true before they took action. No joke.
Here are the videos to watch for yourself. It's infuriating to see the experts who knew this was coming from a mile off, tried to warn the government, and were ignored.
February 11:
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April 1:
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Instead, it brings up some sort of an FAQ with a URL that includes the phrase "vaccine-70-older" - ignore that, it's not relevant.
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...levels to locate your local health region. It will be classified as one of:
- Prevent (standard measures) Green
- Protect (strengthened measures) Yellow
- Restrict (intermediate measures) Orange
- Control (stringent measures) Red
It's easy to remember...2/15
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