1/50 Count on me to address an elephant in the room & failure of the vax effort in rural #ONpoli
If you thought #ABleg's #COVID19-denying policy was bad, check out the experiment @COVIDSciOntario has newly inherited
A #thread for @SMDhealthunit @DFisman @imgrund @AnitaOakville
If you thought #ABleg's #COVID19-denying policy was bad, check out the experiment @COVIDSciOntario has newly inherited
A #thread for @SMDhealthunit @DFisman @imgrund @AnitaOakville
2/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Recently I posted about the unavailability of #vaccination pop-up clinics around the #GeorgianBay area & the Twitterverse responded with a fair amount of disbelief, attempting to correct me based on inaccurate propaganda
Recently I posted about the unavailability of #vaccination pop-up clinics around the #GeorgianBay area & the Twitterverse responded with a fair amount of disbelief, attempting to correct me based on inaccurate propaganda
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1419831366099869703
3/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
I was validated when @SMDhealthunit subsequently announced it's CANCELLING #VACCINATION CLINICS & APPOINTMENTS that were already booked for mid August, as it winds down abruptly & prematurely with a 💥55% completion rate💥
archive.is/svGIt
I was validated when @SMDhealthunit subsequently announced it's CANCELLING #VACCINATION CLINICS & APPOINTMENTS that were already booked for mid August, as it winds down abruptly & prematurely with a 💥55% completion rate💥
archive.is/svGIt
4/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Despite the fact that @SMDhealthunit knows #GeorgianBay has a 55% #vaccination rate, 80% was needed for alpha variant, 90% is needed for delta variant, & there's confirmed #CommunitySpread in #WasagaBeach, they're quitting before job is done
Despite the fact that @SMDhealthunit knows #GeorgianBay has a 55% #vaccination rate, 80% was needed for alpha variant, 90% is needed for delta variant, & there's confirmed #CommunitySpread in #WasagaBeach, they're quitting before job is done
5/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
IMHO... that means @SMDhealthunit is denying #GeorgianBay residents timely access to #vaccination; willingly, brazenly, & defiantly against the wisdom of epidemiology + risk analysis. This decision to withhold jabs is #not supported by science
IMHO... that means @SMDhealthunit is denying #GeorgianBay residents timely access to #vaccination; willingly, brazenly, & defiantly against the wisdom of epidemiology + risk analysis. This decision to withhold jabs is #not supported by science
6/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
The @SMDhealthunit & Province of #ONpoli couldn't be any more deliberate than cancelling #vax appointments that were already booked, while hiding details of this #gamechanger, any plans to mitigate & concealing it as a veritable footnote
cc @drkieranmoore
The @SMDhealthunit & Province of #ONpoli couldn't be any more deliberate than cancelling #vax appointments that were already booked, while hiding details of this #gamechanger, any plans to mitigate & concealing it as a veritable footnote
cc @drkieranmoore
7/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
This footnote cancellation of #vaccination clinics & appointments around #GeorgianBay was further communicated via @CTVBarrieNews, so anyone without a Bell/Rogers cable/internet package won't be aware & it still requires vigilance to find the story
This footnote cancellation of #vaccination clinics & appointments around #GeorgianBay was further communicated via @CTVBarrieNews, so anyone without a Bell/Rogers cable/internet package won't be aware & it still requires vigilance to find the story
8/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
I was a bit salty when @VaxHuntersCan
responded to my prior thread with photos of kittens & blue-sky advice on how to get a #vaccine in some other city than where I live. (For context, I'm legally blind & can't drive)
I was a bit salty when @VaxHuntersCan
responded to my prior thread with photos of kittens & blue-sky advice on how to get a #vaccine in some other city than where I live. (For context, I'm legally blind & can't drive)
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1419844028863033345
9/50 #COVID19
Though I know @VaxHuntersCan means well, not everything is positive with the #vaccination effort in rural #ONpoli & at some point we'll have to discuss the negatives or hundreds more could die (incidentally, around the same time as an anticipated #CDNpoli election)
Though I know @VaxHuntersCan means well, not everything is positive with the #vaccination effort in rural #ONpoli & at some point we'll have to discuss the negatives or hundreds more could die (incidentally, around the same time as an anticipated #CDNpoli election)
10/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
Incidentally, I also have cute kitties like @VaxHuntersCan & their facial expressions do a pretty good job of depicting the way we feel in #WasagaBeach, #GeorgianBay & rural #ONpoli about the failing #vaccination effort
Behold, Zeppelin & Mojo:
Incidentally, I also have cute kitties like @VaxHuntersCan & their facial expressions do a pretty good job of depicting the way we feel in #WasagaBeach, #GeorgianBay & rural #ONpoli about the failing #vaccination effort
Behold, Zeppelin & Mojo:
11/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Now I will address the rural politics & logistics in #WasagaBeach/#GeorgianBay that @SMDhealthunit & @VaxHuntersCan have overlooked, because that urban oversight is likely to result in irreversible harm that deepens distrust in public institutions
Now I will address the rural politics & logistics in #WasagaBeach/#GeorgianBay that @SMDhealthunit & @VaxHuntersCan have overlooked, because that urban oversight is likely to result in irreversible harm that deepens distrust in public institutions
12/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
What I'm about to say is a personal statement, derived from my experience living in #WasagaBeach for the past 20 yrs & rurally for most of my life. I've been a consummate student of the urban/rural divide, politically, socially & economically
What I'm about to say is a personal statement, derived from my experience living in #WasagaBeach for the past 20 yrs & rurally for most of my life. I've been a consummate student of the urban/rural divide, politically, socially & economically
13/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Just saying urban vs rural denotes a Liberal vs Conservative construct & anyone can split hairs about exceptions to the rule, but political scientists & economists accept this as a reasonably reliable premise & it has characterized #SimcoeMuskoka
Just saying urban vs rural denotes a Liberal vs Conservative construct & anyone can split hairs about exceptions to the rule, but political scientists & economists accept this as a reasonably reliable premise & it has characterized #SimcoeMuskoka
14/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
This is the same riding that delivered Kellie Leitch's far-right philosophies to Ottawa & the region that saw Patrick Brown dubiously turfed by his own party to install a further right figurehead for the provincial election, in the eleventh hour
This is the same riding that delivered Kellie Leitch's far-right philosophies to Ottawa & the region that saw Patrick Brown dubiously turfed by his own party to install a further right figurehead for the provincial election, in the eleventh hour
15/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
The region & riding have been changing over the years as the GTA migrates to #SimcoeMuskoka, but for 30 years it's produced deeply right-wing mayors. It's why Cons ignore area as a batch of safe seats & why Libs/NDP/Greens neglect effort to pursue
The region & riding have been changing over the years as the GTA migrates to #SimcoeMuskoka, but for 30 years it's produced deeply right-wing mayors. It's why Cons ignore area as a batch of safe seats & why Libs/NDP/Greens neglect effort to pursue
16/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
Yet population of #WasagaBeach was 4.4K when these Liberal vs Conservative trends applied to the urban/rural divide. It's now 22K & that's a lot of folks to leave without representation or vaccines, in a single location that mirrors so many across #ONpoli
Yet population of #WasagaBeach was 4.4K when these Liberal vs Conservative trends applied to the urban/rural divide. It's now 22K & that's a lot of folks to leave without representation or vaccines, in a single location that mirrors so many across #ONpoli
17/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
We've mostly been on autopilot through the pandemic & left to our own devices in #WasagaBeach + many surrounding areas. For example, the Town has never once shared #vaccination info or even linked to @SMDhealthunit
►wasagabeach.com/en/index.aspx
We've mostly been on autopilot through the pandemic & left to our own devices in #WasagaBeach + many surrounding areas. For example, the Town has never once shared #vaccination info or even linked to @SMDhealthunit
►wasagabeach.com/en/index.aspx
18/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Earlier in the pandemic there was a pop-up clinic at the #WasagaBeach arena, but no one communicated the event to elderly residents so few showed up for the jabs. Consequently & erroneously the @SMDhealthunit determined we didn't want #vaccination
Earlier in the pandemic there was a pop-up clinic at the #WasagaBeach arena, but no one communicated the event to elderly residents so few showed up for the jabs. Consequently & erroneously the @SMDhealthunit determined we didn't want #vaccination
19/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Based on that erroneous disinfo @SMDhealthunit left #vaccination in #WasagaBeach to Premier Ford's private friend at Shoppers Drugmart, that refused to answer the phone to assist anyone (disabled/infirm) or notify the public when they had supplies
Based on that erroneous disinfo @SMDhealthunit left #vaccination in #WasagaBeach to Premier Ford's private friend at Shoppers Drugmart, that refused to answer the phone to assist anyone (disabled/infirm) or notify the public when they had supplies
20/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
As a result of these boondoggles, twice #WasagaBeach had #vaccines we weren't allowed to know about or access. Only way to know about jabs was to drive by & see a note in the window serendipitously, or hear from strangers on social media who did
As a result of these boondoggles, twice #WasagaBeach had #vaccines we weren't allowed to know about or access. Only way to know about jabs was to drive by & see a note in the window serendipitously, or hear from strangers on social media who did
21/50 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Instead we were dutifully notified by the Town of #WasagaBeach & local media about where & when to attend anti mask, anti #vaccine & anti lockdown protests that spat on social distancing rules, in support of local biz interests & denial of #COVID19
Instead we were dutifully notified by the Town of #WasagaBeach & local media about where & when to attend anti mask, anti #vaccine & anti lockdown protests that spat on social distancing rules, in support of local biz interests & denial of #COVID19
22/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Since the 2nd wave #vaccine popups never returned to #WasagaBeach & anyone who conscientiously let frontline workers go 1st is being repaid with cancellation of appointments now + cancellation of walk-in sites across 2 large regions #SimcoeMuskoka
Since the 2nd wave #vaccine popups never returned to #WasagaBeach & anyone who conscientiously let frontline workers go 1st is being repaid with cancellation of appointments now + cancellation of walk-in sites across 2 large regions #SimcoeMuskoka
23/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
But I must be blowing things out of proportion, right? Because a random real estate broker said Walmart had appointments & posted proof!
(FWIW, every week residents get unsolicited letters begging us to sell our homes too)
archive.is/q3guR
But I must be blowing things out of proportion, right? Because a random real estate broker said Walmart had appointments & posted proof!
(FWIW, every week residents get unsolicited letters begging us to sell our homes too)
archive.is/q3guR
24/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Except absence of info & abundance of disinfo in #WasagaBeach has already made the Walmart option false
Go ahead. Type the main postal code in @VaxHuntersCan (L0L 2P0). Yesterday the closest was Barrie (an hour's drive)
archive.is/pXol0
Except absence of info & abundance of disinfo in #WasagaBeach has already made the Walmart option false
Go ahead. Type the main postal code in @VaxHuntersCan (L0L 2P0). Yesterday the closest was Barrie (an hour's drive)
archive.is/pXol0
25/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Another person filled with optimism & doubt about my accuracy said the @SMDhealthunit provides transportation to #vaccinations, so not to worry about that in rural Ontario either! The health unit even backed them up with a link
Another person filled with optimism & doubt about my accuracy said the @SMDhealthunit provides transportation to #vaccinations, so not to worry about that in rural Ontario either! The health unit even backed them up with a link
26/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
But when you visit that link, the only #vaccination transportation option for #WasagaBeach is the Red Cross in Barrie & they will only serve booked appointments (that are now cancelled by @SMDhealthunit), not walk-ins
archive.is/y0QUN
But when you visit that link, the only #vaccination transportation option for #WasagaBeach is the Red Cross in Barrie & they will only serve booked appointments (that are now cancelled by @SMDhealthunit), not walk-ins
archive.is/y0QUN
27/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Still on the topic of rural transport to #vaccination, someone said Walmart is on the #WasagaBeach bus route before they ran out of jabs. But it's a handicap short bus that holds few, only travels 2 streets, & it's a 2-hr walk to reach a bus stop
Still on the topic of rural transport to #vaccination, someone said Walmart is on the #WasagaBeach bus route before they ran out of jabs. But it's a handicap short bus that holds few, only travels 2 streets, & it's a 2-hr walk to reach a bus stop
28/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
So 45% of #SimcoeMuskoka isn't fully vaxxed, yet they're cancelling August appointments + walk-ins according to @SMDhealthunit
Of interest, at least 45% of residents don't live near a bus route & none were reasonably informed about clinics
So 45% of #SimcoeMuskoka isn't fully vaxxed, yet they're cancelling August appointments + walk-ins according to @SMDhealthunit
Of interest, at least 45% of residents don't live near a bus route & none were reasonably informed about clinics
29/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
In #Stayner (farming town next to #WasagaBeach), there was reportedly one clinic (that doesn't provide for a 2nd dose as @SMDhealthunit cancels outreach)
There was no hesitancy. Just a long line that seniors/disabled couldn't reasonably stand in
In #Stayner (farming town next to #WasagaBeach), there was reportedly one clinic (that doesn't provide for a 2nd dose as @SMDhealthunit cancels outreach)
There was no hesitancy. Just a long line that seniors/disabled couldn't reasonably stand in
30/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
I'd like to know who crafted the @SMDhealthunit policy that discriminates against rural/old/poor/disabled... as their idea of accessibility is to walk for hours to/from clinics & stand in line for hours more... with a cane
archive.is/4iHfB
I'd like to know who crafted the @SMDhealthunit policy that discriminates against rural/old/poor/disabled... as their idea of accessibility is to walk for hours to/from clinics & stand in line for hours more... with a cane
archive.is/4iHfB
31/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
The #vaccine rollout by #ONpoli & @SMDhealthunit is such a practical joke on rural Ontario, that they responded with past clinics, hours away from #WasagaBeach, mere days before the walk-in clawback & cancelling local appointments with no explanation
The #vaccine rollout by #ONpoli & @SMDhealthunit is such a practical joke on rural Ontario, that they responded with past clinics, hours away from #WasagaBeach, mere days before the walk-in clawback & cancelling local appointments with no explanation
32/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
Continuing with the inability of #ONpoli, @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario to appreciate the woeful lack of infrastructure in rural Ontario, they somehow overlooked the fact that #SimcoeMuskoka has desperately needed family doctors for decades. It's dire
Continuing with the inability of #ONpoli, @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario to appreciate the woeful lack of infrastructure in rural Ontario, they somehow overlooked the fact that #SimcoeMuskoka has desperately needed family doctors for decades. It's dire
33/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Surely @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario know that rural Ontario is on critical doctor shortage lists & most of our towns don't have after-hour clinics or a public triage nurse. (#WasagaBeach even ended its satellite status during the pandemic)
Surely @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario know that rural Ontario is on critical doctor shortage lists & most of our towns don't have after-hour clinics or a public triage nurse. (#WasagaBeach even ended its satellite status during the pandemic)
34/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Surely @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario know thousands of rural residents have no family doctors to consult with, upon cancellation of public health #vax appointments & abandoning the race against a highly contagious delta variant without cause
Surely @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario know thousands of rural residents have no family doctors to consult with, upon cancellation of public health #vax appointments & abandoning the race against a highly contagious delta variant without cause
35/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Adding insult to injury, the @SMDhealthunit directed us (through proprietary @CTVBarrieNews) to try & reschedule our maybe-cancelled vax appointments via the provincial website (that's never worked well for rural Ontario)
archive.is/svGIt
Adding insult to injury, the @SMDhealthunit directed us (through proprietary @CTVBarrieNews) to try & reschedule our maybe-cancelled vax appointments via the provincial website (that's never worked well for rural Ontario)
archive.is/svGIt
36/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Sadly, the urban echo chamber I referred to in a prior thread is also preventing @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario from grasping the provincial website is quite inaccessible to rural residents lacking 4G/5G service
Sadly, the urban echo chamber I referred to in a prior thread is also preventing @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario from grasping the provincial website is quite inaccessible to rural residents lacking 4G/5G service
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1419844028863033345
37/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
As an anecdote, it took my senior scientist/coding/modeling partner 5 days of trying to book a first #vaccination appointment on the dysfunctional #ONpoli website via rural internet
(We're both competent enough to ensure our devices were plugged in 😉)
As an anecdote, it took my senior scientist/coding/modeling partner 5 days of trying to book a first #vaccination appointment on the dysfunctional #ONpoli website via rural internet
(We're both competent enough to ensure our devices were plugged in 😉)
38/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
As another anecdote, 1.5 years after the pandemic's onset & the provincial #vaccination website still doesn't function properly. It's been trying to send rural Ontarians 5-6 hours away from home because #ONpoli doesn't recognize maps yet
As another anecdote, 1.5 years after the pandemic's onset & the provincial #vaccination website still doesn't function properly. It's been trying to send rural Ontarians 5-6 hours away from home because #ONpoli doesn't recognize maps yet
39/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
So it's no wonder @SMDhealthunit, @COVIDSciOntario & @VaxHuntersCan think vaccines are blanketing rural #ONpoli, or that rural Ontarians are 'hesitant'
But you have a duty to know better & to respect all the data; current, historic, fundamental & local
So it's no wonder @SMDhealthunit, @COVIDSciOntario & @VaxHuntersCan think vaccines are blanketing rural #ONpoli, or that rural Ontarians are 'hesitant'
But you have a duty to know better & to respect all the data; current, historic, fundamental & local
40/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
All in all it's a lesson in disinformation & the perils of basing health policy on the many forms of it. #GeorgianBay is still reminded of similar behaviour & the Walkerton experience with disingenuous health reporting + enforcement as well
All in all it's a lesson in disinformation & the perils of basing health policy on the many forms of it. #GeorgianBay is still reminded of similar behaviour & the Walkerton experience with disingenuous health reporting + enforcement as well
41/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Only now #GeorgianBay has 10x the amount of families & the people being written off aren't voiceless in nursing homes. Think migrating execs from the big city buying waterfront property for custom homes, the type to have lawyers on autodial
Only now #GeorgianBay has 10x the amount of families & the people being written off aren't voiceless in nursing homes. Think migrating execs from the big city buying waterfront property for custom homes, the type to have lawyers on autodial
42/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
All it will take is the death of one child & a herd of 'desperate housewives' will be looking toward @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario for a pound of flesh, in place of the herd immunity their families were denied in #SimcoeMuskoka
All it will take is the death of one child & a herd of 'desperate housewives' will be looking toward @SMDhealthunit & @COVIDSciOntario for a pound of flesh, in place of the herd immunity their families were denied in #SimcoeMuskoka
43/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli
Nothing could speak more to risk than @SMDhealthunit cancelling booked #vaccination appointments upon reaching a 55% threshold
Macro data also shows that #CDNpoli hasn't plateaued & @COVIDSciOntario can't let health units rescind jabs as if we're the USA
Nothing could speak more to risk than @SMDhealthunit cancelling booked #vaccination appointments upon reaching a 55% threshold
Macro data also shows that #CDNpoli hasn't plateaued & @COVIDSciOntario can't let health units rescind jabs as if we're the USA
44/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
As things stand, my kin are affected by @SMDhealthunit cancelling #vaccine appointments & according to #ONpoli website, we can't get 2nd doses in #WasagaBeach until Nov/Dec (well beyond election season, @WHO guidance, & needlessly risking expired doses)
As things stand, my kin are affected by @SMDhealthunit cancelling #vaccine appointments & according to #ONpoli website, we can't get 2nd doses in #WasagaBeach until Nov/Dec (well beyond election season, @WHO guidance, & needlessly risking expired doses)
45/50 #COVID19 #CDNpoli
But the story repeats across rural #ONpoli & neither @StevenDelDuca nor @AndreaHorwath are repping the (life/death) interests of voters beyond city centres, because pandemic politics are now informed by advertorials instead of crucial constituent outreach
But the story repeats across rural #ONpoli & neither @StevenDelDuca nor @AndreaHorwath are repping the (life/death) interests of voters beyond city centres, because pandemic politics are now informed by advertorials instead of crucial constituent outreach
46/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli
That leaves rural places like #WasagaBeach (that constitute the majority of #CDNpoli landmass) without representation, without vaccination, without infrastructure, without reliable public safety comms & disregarded by urban peers like a shabby trailer park
That leaves rural places like #WasagaBeach (that constitute the majority of #CDNpoli landmass) without representation, without vaccination, without infrastructure, without reliable public safety comms & disregarded by urban peers like a shabby trailer park
47/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Incredibly, @SMDhealthunit is even cancelling scheduled #vaccinations when #tornados have touched down from #Thornbury to #Barrie & many families are currently displaced. It's a time when #SimcoeMuskoka needed walk-in vax clinics more than ever
Incredibly, @SMDhealthunit is even cancelling scheduled #vaccinations when #tornados have touched down from #Thornbury to #Barrie & many families are currently displaced. It's a time when #SimcoeMuskoka needed walk-in vax clinics more than ever
48/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
BTW & for those claiming to support women in the military, CFB Borden is in this riding & families (with children) that live off base are impacted by @SMDhealthunit's decision to cancel vax appointments too
The 55% threshold fails their wellbeing
BTW & for those claiming to support women in the military, CFB Borden is in this riding & families (with children) that live off base are impacted by @SMDhealthunit's decision to cancel vax appointments too
The 55% threshold fails their wellbeing
49/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Plz forgive that my post has been hashtag-emotional, but y'all are giving me a heart attack & this is intensely personal. It's family, friends & neighbours @COVIDSciOntario @SMDhealthunit @DFisman @imgrund @fordnation @StevenDelDuca @AndreaHorwath
Plz forgive that my post has been hashtag-emotional, but y'all are giving me a heart attack & this is intensely personal. It's family, friends & neighbours @COVIDSciOntario @SMDhealthunit @DFisman @imgrund @fordnation @StevenDelDuca @AndreaHorwath
50/50 #COVID19 #ONpoli #CDNpoli
Plz also accept that rural Ontario is #not vax hesitant & it didn't plateau at 55%. That number is grievously artificial & alarmingly due to broken comms, barriers to access & rescinded appointments
cc @drkieranmoore @AnitaOakville @ColinDMello
Plz also accept that rural Ontario is #not vax hesitant & it didn't plateau at 55%. That number is grievously artificial & alarmingly due to broken comms, barriers to access & rescinded appointments
cc @drkieranmoore @AnitaOakville @ColinDMello
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