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Let's look at what Ontario COULD, SHOULDN'T, and SHOULD do (thread): https://twitter.com/celliottability/status/1304424559840555009
Let's look at what Ontario COULD, SHOULDN'T, and SHOULD do (thread): https://twitter.com/celliottability/status/1304424559840555009
1. It COULD just wait and see what happens. It SHOULDN'T do that, and SHOULD act NOW.
2. It COULD act in a province-wide manner. It SHOULDN'T do that, but rather focus regionally on the hot-spots, and minimize unnecessary hardship where benefit is minimal.
2. It COULD act in a province-wide manner. It SHOULDN'T do that, but rather focus regionally on the hot-spots, and minimize unnecessary hardship where benefit is minimal.
3. It SHOULD increase testing capacity, but it can't. (Media should ask why we haven't increased capacity over the summer, because I dunno.)
4. It SHOULDN'T continue the mantra of "everyone who wants can get a test". It SHOULD articulate a proper capacity-based testing strategy.
4. It SHOULDN'T continue the mantra of "everyone who wants can get a test". It SHOULD articulate a proper capacity-based testing strategy.
5. It SHOULD reduce test turnaround times--esp. in hotspots--and optimize contact tracing as much as possible.
6. It SHOULD do what was announced in Toronto by @JohnTory today and support isolation and quarantine measures: temporary hoteling, guaranteed sick pay.
6. It SHOULD do what was announced in Toronto by @JohnTory today and support isolation and quarantine measures: temporary hoteling, guaranteed sick pay.
7. It COULD but SHOULDN'T go to lockdown.
8. It SHOULD consider a cordon sanitaire as was done in Wuhan & Melbourne: the movement of people will threaten more jurisdictions than are currently affected. Draconian: yes. But the longer we delay acting, the greater the overall pain.
8. It SHOULD consider a cordon sanitaire as was done in Wuhan & Melbourne: the movement of people will threaten more jurisdictions than are currently affected. Draconian: yes. But the longer we delay acting, the greater the overall pain.
9. If large gatherings are currently the primary source of spread of disease (and count me as a skeptic, as we don't know source of ~50%), then they SHOULD be stopped. Now.
10. They SHOULDN'T close schools.That needs to be a last resort. Kids have paid too high of a price already
10. They SHOULDN'T close schools.That needs to be a last resort. Kids have paid too high of a price already
11. It COULD and SHOULD get a better situational awareness using other forms of surveillance (incl. waste water testing, pooled testing, research labs). It SHOULDN'T use our limited testing healthcare testing capacity for surveillance if at all possible.
12. It COULD employ more behavioural scientists in the effort to figure out how to get more people to avoid risky behaviours.
13. It SHOULDN'T shut down healthcare. Global experience has been the 2nd wave gives a fair amount of healthcare lag, because it initially affects young.
13. It SHOULDN'T shut down healthcare. Global experience has been the 2nd wave gives a fair amount of healthcare lag, because it initially affects young.
14. It SHOULDN'T respond by shutting down LTC again.
15. It SHOULD continue its recent trend of increased transparency (see new school data being posted). All PHUs should do the same.
15. It SHOULD continue its recent trend of increased transparency (see new school data being posted). All PHUs should do the same.
