1/ I am glad @bruce_arthur took the time to speak with me about my views and my record.

Unfortunately, his article is full of mistruths and misquotes, starting with the headline. 2/ I did *not* say I won't "miss public health."

Based on all the kind farewell notes I have received from professionals in the field this week, I daresay I might be missed back.

Seeing people face-to-face is meaningful to most people, I think.

The potential benefit of face masks in the prevention of infectious disease needs to be balanced against the definite benefit of seeing people face-to-face. To achieve that balance, we need to do our best to understand what the potential benefits of face masks are.

1/ My thanks to @TheAgenda, @spaikin, and @harrisonlowman for hosting me yesterday.

I had been looking forward to a serious discussion, grounded in the medical literature and ethical reasoning.

2/ We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Here is a smattering of the medical evidence base I was hoping to discuss:

1/ Yesterday was demoralizing.

Some of the best years of my life (2004-2013) were med school, internal medicine residency and ICU fellowship at Western. I still bleed purple.

This mandate will hurt people and threatens to ruin a very special place.

news.westernu.ca/2022/08/wester… 2/ Western claims to be enacting their three dose mandate after consultation with their experts.

Which "experts" are these who do not seem to know that third dose effectiveness is roughly zero (0.6-6.5%) at 4 months?

nature.com/articles/s4146…

I spent the holiday weekend working in an Ontario ICU.

It was *completely* full and there was ZERO Covid.

The staffing problem is very real. Poor morale and high workloads form a vicious circle. Here's how I would fix it if I were a hospital CEO:

london.ctvnews.ca/14-hospitals-i… 1/ Apologize. Pick up the phone and call everyone you fired over unethical, ineffective, unscientific vaccine mandates. Ask them to come back. Then apologize to everyone who is still at work but felt coerced.

This is misinformation from our Health Minister.

NACI did *not* recommend that infants get vaccinated. They recommended that vaccination "may be offered."

You can read their statement with your own eyes, here:

canada.ca/content/dam/ph…

https://twitter.com/jyduclos/status/1547688874511478790

Furthermore, the NACI statement points out that there is no great evidence that vaccinating under-5's "helps keep communities safe."

canada.ca/content/dam/ph…

The pandemic is coming to its end.

As a frontline physician, I saw horrendous things: hopelessness and heartlessness wrought both by the virus but also by our, at times, counterproductive restrictions.

Today, I am grateful that these are (almost) all over.

(1/x) I am especially grateful for my physician colleagues across Canada who had the courage and insight to speak forthrightly about all this even as the fearmongering media called for their heads.

Here are some. A thread. .

(2/x)

I receive daily reports on ICU capacity in Ontario.

In April 2020, Mount Sinai reported to have 26 baseline ICU Beds with ability to go up to 44.

Today, I received a report that Mount Sinai has 33 ICU beds with zero ability to expand. In April 2020, St Joe's had 23 beds, with ability to expand to 37.

Today, the report says 26 beds with zero ability to expand.