During a 25-minute news conference, Merrilee Fullerton took no responsibility for what happened in long-term care. She blamed it all mostly on previous governments, but also the health bureaucracy, community spread, and scientists disagreeing about masks & aerosol spread.

This despite repeated questions by @Shawn_Jeffords @ColinDMello & me asking Fullerton what she was willing to take responsibility for. How about the second wave killing more Ontario LTC residents than the first? "We didn& #39;t start the fire," she said. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/long-term-care-pandemic-report-1.6005331">https://www.cbc.ca/news/cana...

Sorry forgot to mention @CityCynthia also pressed Fullerton about taking responsibility.

In case you missed the news conference by the Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton, you can get the flavour of it from this transcript of her answer to my first question. #COVID19Ontario

Minister Fullerton continued in the same vein with her answer to my follow-up question. #COVID19Ontario

Then @ColinDMello asked: "How is it that your government didn& #39;t put out the fire between the 1st wave and the 2nd?"
Fullerton: "In the second wave, it comes back to the long-term care homes being in the regions of high community spread. Very hard to keep it out." #COVID19Ontario