“My family is super cautious. We wear N95s everywhere. But on weekends, my kid plays travel hockey and is unmasked while playing.”
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“I’m taking Covid really seriously and advocate that everyone mask. Let me just take off my mask to give a speech about Covid sequelae at this academic conference I’m attending.”
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I have just filed a request for the Ontario Human Rights Commission to initiate a public interest inquiry into the dangers presented by a removal of Covid-19 protections.
A copy of my letter is below. 🧵
To file a similar request, contact legal@ohrc.on.ca
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Dear OHRC team,
As you are no doubt aware, Ontario has recently revised its public health guidance regarding protections for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
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The removal of protections puts Ontarians with disabilities at elevated risk of illness and long-term harm from acute infection ("Long Covid" or, within the medical literature, "post-acute sequelae of Covid").
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