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OK here& #39;s what I really think. 1/ https://twitter.com/jvipondmd/status/1387519641799462914">https://twitter.com/jvipondmd...
"The notion that there is a direct linear relationship b/w restrictions and viral spread is not the experience of this pandemic." Reference? Here& #39;s mine: 2/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-020-01009-0">https://www.nature.com/articles/...
"But indiscriminate restrictions that people ignore broadly are not an effective tool." Restrictions aren& #39;t automatically ignored. They worked in the first and second wave. They need enforcement. There& #39;s no reason to believe they wouldn& #39;t work now. 3/
"U know Peru had by far the strongest and longest-lasting lockdown in the world, and they also had one of the worst rates of infection and fatality" Cherry picking one country where restrictions didn& #39;t out of hundreds where it did is not good evidence. https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-texas-sharpshooter">https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-texas... 4/
"Right now, our measures are... almost identical to those of BC. their #s are going down but they& #39;re going up in AB." Mild restrictions for 3 weeks, and cases continue to climb. The policy should by now be reflected in the data. We are losing. Who cares what is happening in BC?5/
"Look at T.O. where they& #39;ve been in pretty much a hard lockdown since Dec and they have high #s..." Apr 3rd hard lockdown announced. Ontario Rt now 0.95. Cases dropping daily. https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/60986/ontario-implements-provincewide-emergency-brake">https://news.ontario.ca/en/releas...
"there& #39;s a false idea out there that lockdowns stop viral spread and they can be effective in every instance." Reference @jkenney? Again here& #39;s mine: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6531/eabd9338">https://science.sciencemag.org/content/3...
We need: Move to online schooling for all grades in all areas of the province. Closure of non-essential business and retail. Work from home for all who can. Limit in-person essential retail to 15% of fire code AND ENFORCE. Vaccinate frontline essential workers. and more. fin/
and finally, aim for COVIDzero. finforreal/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00978-8/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...
