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't start the fire," she said. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/long-term-care-pandemic-report-1.6005331

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'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