On my run today I was mulling over why Doug Ford has decided to change isolation requirements at the start of the 2022-2023 school year, right as kids head #BackToClass, when every metric (cases, %pos, hospitalizations, deaths) is higher this year than last #SafeSeptember #onted 
The Minister of Education spent the summer repeatedly stating that he wants Ontario kids to have a normal, stable, and enjoyable school year. He even launched the #PlanToCatchUp and said he would give parents back some of their own money, roughly $70/kid, to help kids catch up.
Despite Mr. Lecce telling parents that our kids will have a normal, stable, and enjoyable school year, he has yet to demonstrate exactly how he will help ensure our kids have the best shot at a safe, uninterrupted, in-person school year, the 4th of the pandemic. #CovidIsNotOver
In Question Period on Tuesday, Minister Lecce said that Ontario kids are returning to school and will stay in school "right to June". Isn't that a given? Of course school should go from Sept-June. Why even mention this, never mind repeat the phrase three times?
Why would the Minister of Education, before most schools even start, already be emphasizing that kids will be in school until June? And why would he make this point the day before the CMOH drops isolation requirements? #COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver
Surely the Ford government have seen the data- heck, have even heard from their own friends and family members!- showing that people are often still potentially infectious (+ on rapid tests) even after Day 5. Yet now kids can go #BackToClass even before that?
Kids coming #BackToClass with no data on improved ventilation in classrooms, no mask mandates, low vaccination rates, limited access to testing, limited isolation when COVID+... I truly wonder what the Ford government thinks will happen in our schools. #onted #UnSafeSeptember
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