Thread by @AyishaKurji

Re-open SK plan. Glad there are some metrics attached, and glad that this encouraging the first dose of vaccine. Lots of comparing this to the UK plan, which is like comparing apples to donuts. Aside from that, I still have some serious questions.../1

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First, this NOT consistent with Public Health Canada’s recommendations for 70% to have the first shot and 20% to have the second. Fauci has said we need close to 90% for herd immunity. Even at stage 3, only 52.5% of people will be vaccinated, bc kids are people too. /2

As @KBaerg said, with numbers like this, we are protecting the vaccinated, not protecting the herd. /3

The UK plan is not just based on vaccine numbers. In fact, there’s a list of criteria to be met, including the state of hospitals and effectiveness against variants. In our plan to move forward, how do we know when we need to move backwards? /4

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Also, their phase 2 and ours are vastly different. They are talking about opening things we haven’t had closed. Again, apples to donuts. bbc.com/news/uk-561584… /5

The UK plan also has a lot more than 3 weeks between phases. Hard to know the impact of the changes if we move this quickly. I desperately want to see my family, but we need to be smart about this. Not sure this plan will get us there. /6

Last thought: how do second doses fit in? This might be a great incentive for everyone to get the first dose, but how do we also encourage the second? /7

Edit: learned today that the plan mentions watching acute care hospital pressures. Glad to see that in there.

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