"we were advised we needed to limit mobility...that's why the rules were made." Health Minister Christine Elliott tries to offer justification for controversial announcement re playgrounds and police it made Friday that it had to walk back less than 24 hours later.
"we recognize that was not the way it was interpreted by the public," says the Health Minister
"Why close playgrounds? Health Minister is asked. "we were looking at measures where people gather. But we then realized...we had to counterbalance the need for children to get out, that's why we took that part out." she answers.
Health Minister Christine Elliott (still taking media questions) says "carding was not our intention." Then adds "we realize that was not what was originally described, that's why we changed it on Saturday." #onpoli
How did this happen? (re flawed Friday announcement) How did it not get a better vet? Health Minister is asked by @robferguson. "we had a robust discussion" with cabinet, Christine Elliott answers. (will a politician ever just come out and say we messed up big time?)
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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.
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
NEW: Retired General Rick Hillier begins vaccine update, says vaccinating 16-18K a day, hopes to have all long term care residents finished with second dose next week.
In phase two, which begins 1st week of March, pharmacies will begin distributing vaccines.
Retired General Hillier says vaccination plan is inclusive of hospitals, family doctors and pharmacies. (remember each public health unit is doing a their own plan unique to own region)
This right here is the chart the government will use to prove its case for lockdowns. It indicates lockdowns worked in France and Australia #covid19
This graph makes the argument that the sooner lockdowns are put in place the lower the future #covid19 case counts will be
How long should lockdowns be? "we don't believe anything less than 4 weeks is effective, longer is more effective." Dr. Brown as he releases Ontario's modelling numbers #covid19
Exclusive: 96% of residents at Sunnycrest long term care in Whitby have tested positive.19 have died. 67 staff are positive. An inspection done less than 2 wks ago found "widespread failures" caused "actual harm to residents." No one was screened upon entry, PPE improperly used
Staffing was down to less than 50%, food & high risk medications were given up to 2 hours late. Wounds were not treated properly.This was happening as the outbreak started - just a couple of weeks ago. The daughter of a resident said to me "nothing was learned from the 1st wave"
This was Neville Pereira. He died of "COVID19 on Sunday at Sunnycrest long term care in Whitby - he was 94. His daughter tells me he was excited to turn 95, that was his goal.
Premier Doug Ford says he is glad to hear Federal announcement vaccines are coming to Canada as early as next week and will be distributed per capita, notes we are very far from the millions needed to vaccinate people en masse. #covid19
General Rick Hillier is outlining how vaccines will be distributed. Phase 1 will get 2.4 million vaccines through the 1st quarter (equals 1.2 million people bc need 2 doses) #covi19
Long term care residents and healthcare workers will get vaccinated first but there won't be enough doses to cover all of them so focus will be on red zones first. #covid19
BREAKING: the controversial bill that grants Premier Doug Ford's friend and supporter Charles McVety's Canada Christian College university status has passed.
Prior story on the Ford government introducing a bill that grants Charles McVety's Canada Christian College University status. It raises memories of the Ford government's early patronage scandals that had them plummeting in the polls pre-pandemic toronto.citynews.ca/video/2020/10/…
Canada Christian College still has to go through independent PEQAB process however many wonder why the college was granted university status in the bill BEFORE the process was complete.