📢 #COVID19 Spread, LTC outbreaks, hospitalizations & deaths raise red flags despite @fordnation's suppression of data

On Dec 31 @fordnation restricted PCR testing & ushered in a new era of data suppression making it impossible to know how far COVID has spread in ON🧵
@MoriartyLab & a group of doctors & researchers at COVID-19 Resources Canada have used the best data to calculate the spread in our communities.

Key Findings👇

Oct 14: 69K new daily cases in ON. That is 44% of 🇨🇦's new cases despite making up 39% of 🇨🇦's pop #CovidIsNotOver
Full Report: ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/rele…

COVID-19 Hazard Index: covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-i…

📢Long-Term Care Outbreaks
Oct 12, the Ontario COVID-19 website reported 152 active outbreaks with 1,526 active resident cases & 480 active staff cases. 11 #LTC residents died that day
Deaths in Ontario’s #LTC homes for the week:
Oct 12: 11 deaths
Oct 11: 1 death
Oct 10: 1 death
Oct 9: Missing
Oct 8: 10 deaths
Oct 7: 4 deaths
Oct 6: 9 deaths
Deaths in ON are at a new height not seen since May & LTC residents still make up a sign. portion
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Ministry of LTC data has always been lower than Public Health Data (which stopped reporting detailed breakdowns).

This is still true:
Oct 8: 152 LTC Outbreaks according to Ministry of LTC
Oct 8: 161 LTC Outbreaks according to @PublicHealthON
This may be the last update with reliable info

Oct 14: Ministry of LTC issued guidance that:
▫️limits testing to residents w symptoms
▫️removes testing on admission
▫️changes outbreak definition to >2 residents w epi-link
▫️Staff cases will not count

Homes will now self-report
Large Outbreaks in #LTC

Most Public Health Units are no longer listing the cases and deaths in LTC Outbreaks.

There are 34 PHUs in ON

Only Sarnia-Lambton, Chatham Kent, Southwestern, York, Huron-Perth, Waterloo, Windsor Essex, Peel & North Bay Parry Sound PHU's report cases
📢Hospital Update
As of October 20, there are 121 active outbreaks in Ontario’s 141 hospitals according to the Ontario government.

📢Local #COVID19 Cases
Cases are widespread throughout ON, many requiring hospitalization. COVID Stats in your community:ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/rele…

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Aug 25
The Ford gov't has made claims about the new LTC Bill, which gives new powers to force the elderly and persons with disabilities/chronic illness who are waiting in hospitals into long-term care homes against their choice, that do not accord with the facts.

Fact Check Thread ⬇️
1. There are 38,000 people waiting for a LTC home in Ontario. The reason that there are Alternate Level of Care (ALC) patients in hospitals waiting for LTC is the LTC wait list. The only LTC homes that do not have long waiting lists are those to which people do not want to go.
2. Many people are frightened to go to homes which have histories of poor compliance with the law and poor outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. These are the homes that have spaces into which patients could be forced.
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Aug 25
@fordnation limits debate & removes public hearings to push through Bill 7
@fordnation passed a motion to limit the debate of Bill 7 & allows Second & Third Reading to happen on the same day. Bill 7 allows the gov't to start the process to push seniors into #LTC w/o consent 1/4
The motion limits debate in the Leg to just 2 hrs for 2nd Reading and 2 hrs for 3rd Reading & they can pass both readings in 1 day

They have advised that they will not be holding public hearings. This is undemocratic & is a blatant attempt to trample on seniors' rights 2/4
Bill 7 pushes our most vulnerable into #LTC homes that may be far away, in staffing crisis, culturally inapp. &/or have horrendous records.

Holding public hearings is the normal process. We asked our members & supporters to apply for standing to speak out against this Bill 3/4
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Aug 25
Just reading the @TorontoStar article that frames the entire issue of contravention the right to consent for elderly patient from @fordnation's claims, makes some bizarre assertions and does not interview a single patient advocate to check the truth.>
#onpoli
@robferguson1
The odious (and false) title?
"Ford government pushes hospitals to bill patients who won’t leave when cleared for long-term care"
Seriously.

That is a horrible way to characterize what is happening to elderly patients.

We are issuing a fact checker. A quick preview>>

#onpoli
Facts:

The #LTC wait list is >30,000.
There is NO SPACE except in LTC homes people do not want to go to (for good reason).

Hospitals have charged the LTC/chronic bed co-payments since 1996 (Mike Harris brought them in). Thus this new bill is not about that.>

#onpoli
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Aug 23
📢 @OntarioHealthC Assembly & Conference
📅Sat Oct 1 & Sun Oct 2
🏢Central YMCA Toronto

With new plans to privatize health care in Ontario, one of the most important fights to defend Public Medicare in decades is happening now. Join us to build the fightback.

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All who believe in Public Medicare who want to work to defend & improve it are welcome. Join us for briefings, speakers, report-ins & strategizing.

Central YMCA - 20 Grosvenor St, Toronto
Sat Oct 1 10:30 - 4:30 PM
Sun Oct 2 9:00 - 1:30 PM

Register here: store.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/collections/all
We have a discounted rate for hotels. Book by Sep 2 to receive the discount at Courtyard Marriott, at 475 Yonge St.

Group Rate=$259/night+tax. Book before the Sep 2 deadline using this link: marriott.com/event-reservat…
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May 31
We've investigated the issue of fees for lab tests.

Bottom line? While it is true the Ford government is privatizing a whole bunch of health care services, they did not recently delist a slew of blood tests.

This is what's happening>>
1/9
Some tests aren't covered by OHIP because they aren't medically necessary. Now, arguably some things that aren't covered should be covered. So we've compiled a list of tests for which Ontarians are paying to see what the evidence is. But this is not a new cut done by Ford. > 2/9
In 2019 (effective 2020) they made changes to two tests. They've been trying to switch the AST with the ALT test as a result of a question of medical effectiveness. The ALT test is covered. The AST is only covered under the following criteria. 3/9
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IT STARTS NOW: Join the Fightback to Stop
@fordnation
's Health Privatization & Cuts

Join emergency summits to launch the fightback to stop health care privatization starting TONIGHT!

ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/even…

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