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17 Apr, 10 tweets, 3 min read
Closed in Ontario: playgrounds, soccer fields and baseball diamonds.
Open in Ontario: workplaces where #COVID19 is spreading. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
I can’t find a single expert who actually thinks closing outdoor amenities like playgrounds and tennis courts is useful in slowing the spread of #COVID19. If you find one, please let me know. Meanwhile, here’s a thread with experts saying it’s anywhere from useless to harmful.

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12 Apr
NEW: Five Ontario 'hot spots' getting vaccine priority are actually less hard-hit by #COVID19 than the average neighbourhood.
I’ve uncovered this by examining the data on rates of infections, hospitalizations and deaths.
#COVID19Ontario cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Hamilton’s rate of #COVID19 cases is only a bit lower than York Region’s.
Yet only two Hamilton postal code zones (with approx 65,000 people) are designated hotspots.
In York, hotspot status covers more than 600,000 people, giving half its population priority access to vaccines.
Health Ministry’s official vaccine prioritization document says hotspot designation is for communities with “historic and ongoing high rates of COVID-19, death and severe illness (e.g. hospitalization).”
The rates in these 5 “hotspots” are below average.
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
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10 Apr
NEW: Vaccinating all adults in hardest-hit neighbourhoods was not in Ontario’s detailed plan released Tuesday. The very next day, Premier Ford declared it was being organized “as we speak.”
Was this just spin? Or an actual strategic shift? #COVID19Ontario cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
I’m told public health units and even health ministry staff were caught by surprise by Ford’s declaration Wednesday that everybody aged 18+ in the designated hotspots can get vaccinated. No arrangements had been made for people younger than 50 in those zones to book appointments.
In this phase of the vaccination plan, the province has allocated 920,000 additional doses for what it calls the “hot spot communities.” Using census data, my math tells me there are around 3.3 million adults in the postal codes designated high risk. #COVID19Ontario Image
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1 Apr
THREAD:
Shutdown vs Lockdown: What's the difference???

Ontario has created a new category of COVID19 restrictions called "Shutdown" ontario.ca/page/enhancing…

But how different is it really from "Lockdown"?
covid-19.ontario.ca/zones-and-rest…

Short answer ... not a lot #COVID19Ontario
Retail stores...

Shutdown: essential retail open, 50% of max capacity; non-essential retail open, 25% of max capacity

Lockdown: exactly the same

#COVID19Ontario
Restaurants....

Lockdown: indoor dining prohibited, patio dining allowed

Shutdown: indoor dining and patio dining prohibited

#COVID19Ontario
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1 Apr
Premier Doug Ford’s announcement is scheduled for 1:30 pm today #covid19ontario cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Although @cbcnews sources say schools will *not* be closed by the lockdown order, the director of @YCDSB sent this letter to parents saying “it appears the Ministry of Education will announce a four-week shut down of schools across Ontario.” #COVID19Ontario
UPDATE: Education Minister @Sflecce says letter (in thread) from @YCDSB is false (& therefore my original sources were correct).
Schools will *NOT* be closed as part of the government's move to impose a "shutdown" across Ontario. #onted
Official statement from minister's office:
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1 Apr
BREAKING: Ford government hitting 'emergency brake' to put all Ontario in lockdown: sources. #COVID19Ontario cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Some context here: 22 of Ontario's 34 public health units are already in grey zone (Lockdown) or red zone (Control) level of restrictions, and they're the places where the spread of #COVID19 is the worst. #COVID19Ontario datawrapper.dwcdn.net/KTYuD/35/
As far as I can tell, based on the info from our @CBCNews sources, there is virtually no difference between the restrictions to be imposed from Saturday and the current restrictions in grey-lockdown zones as laid out here covid-19.ontario.ca/zones-and-rest… #COVID19Ontario
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27 Mar
THREAD: A member of Canada’s Senate, @SenatorHousakos, is calling me racist.
The context: I tweeted a thread about Ontario’s premier using the platform of an official government news conference to take softball questions from a partisan, a newspaper owner who ran for the federal Conservatives.
The president of the Ontario Legislative Press Gallery also tweeted his concerns about what happened.
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