Thread by @LisaKramer, In Canada, provinces have jurisdiction over both healthcare and education. In my [...]

In Canada, provinces have jurisdiction over both healthcare and education. In my province of Ontario, some terrible things have happened in the past week. A thread. #onpoli #onted

1. Yesterday we recorded the highest-ever number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day, 4,401.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7752273/covid-19-ontario-cases-april-12-coronavirus/">https://globalnews.ca/news/7752... #onpoli

Ontario reports 4,401 COVID-19 cases, another record of ICU patients

According to Monday's provincial report, 1,282 cases were recorded in Toronto, 772 in Peel Region, 564 in York Region, 339 in Ottawa, 224 in Durham Region and 177 in Halton Region

https://globalnews.ca/news/7752273/covid-19-ontario-cases-april-12-coronavirus/

2. Our hospitals are bursting at the seams and critical care units are overwhelmed. To help ease the pressure, our children& #39;s hospital, for the first time, has had to open some of its ICU beds to adults. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/06/sickkids-hospitals-plans-to-open-eight-icu-beds-for-young-adults-with-covid-19-unprecedented-ceo-says.html">https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/... #onpoli

SickKids Hospital’s plans to open eight ICU beds for young adults with COVID-19 ‘unprecedented,’...

It’s the first time the hospital is opening beds for adult patients as part of a provincial response, SickKids president and CEO Dr. Ronald Cohn says,...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/06/sickkids-hospitals-plans-to-open-eight-icu-beds-for-young-adults-with-covid-19-unprecedented-ceo-says.html

3. Hospitals are in a state of emergency. New measures mean hospitals can transfer patients to different facilities, potentially far from home, without patients& #39; consent. Elective surgeries have been cancelled in all but Northern Ontario. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-emergency-orders-hospitals-1.5982362">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana... #onpoli

Ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent | CBC News

The Ontario government is issuing two emergency orders to maximize system capacity in the province's hospitals in response to a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions, the Ministry of...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-emergency-orders-hospitals-1.5982362

4. Our universities are suffering from years of neglect, and now Laurentian U has declared bankruptcy & discontinued 60+ programs (e.g. undergrad math, physics, philosophy, & geography). 80 faculty will lose jobs and 44 grad students will be affected. https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/mathematics-physics-music-among-dozens-of-program-cuts-at-laurentian-university-1.5384348">https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/mathemati...

Mathematics, physics, music among dozens of program cuts at Laurentian university

It's an agonizing day for staff and students at Laurentian University, as the university released a list of dozens of programs being cut as part of the school's insolvency process.

https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/mathematics-physics-music-among-dozens-of-program-cuts-at-laurentian-university-1.5384348

5. Elementary and secondary schools in Ontario are closed until further notice. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-schools-closing-to-in-person-learning-indefinitely-as-covid-19-cases-soar-1.5383711">https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s... #onted #onpoli

Ontario schools closing to in-person learning indefinitely as COVID-19 cases soar

Ontario schools will stay closed indefinitely to in-person learning as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the province.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-schools-closing-to-in-person-learning-indefinitely-as-covid-19-cases-soar-1.5383711

6. I& #39;m upset to find myself living in a province where things have gone so completely off the rails. The writing has been on the walls for weeks, months; years in the case of the university sector. All of this was anticipatable and should have been prevented. #onpoli #onted
/rant

A correction: yesterday’s record COVID-19 new case count was 4456, not 4401. Mea culpa.

Latest Threads Unrolled: