Toronto’s medical officer says COVID-19 rates won’t slow without interventions

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Toronto Public Health is so far behind in reaching patients with newly confirmed COVID-19 infections that it has suspended contact tracing outside of outbreaks in congregating settings

On Friday, Dr. de Villa requested the province suspend indoor dining at bars and restaurants, as well as indoor group fitness classes, group recreation and team sports. She also advised Torontonians not to leave home except for essential trips. She had not yet receive a response as of Sunday.

“We currently have people waiting several days for tests, and then long turnaround time on tests,” Dr. Fisman wrote in an email. “Those lags make the results meaningless from a contact tracing point of view.” “Thinking about going into the Thanksgiving long weekend, as much as we’re hoping people don’t travel and don’t get together, the reality is there’s going to be some of that happening,” she said. “If you lose that sight because you stop contact tracing, I think that has implications that will be felt across the province.”

Kevin Smith, president of the University Health Network in Toronto, said he sympathized with TPH’s plight, but disagreed with the decision to scale back contact tracing.“Our worry is that without contact tracing it does increase the risk of people bringing this virus in to long-term care and hospitals,” he said.

 

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Just another left wing bureaucrat. No Truth or consistency ever. Just a desire for dictatorial control. 🤥🤥🤥

Yes they will. A totally made up pandemic or should I say Plandemic.

Thats bull. The top doctors sent a huge letter to D Ford and expressed huge concerns to not lock down

How do you help the mental health patients? No one has ever addressed this. Covid is an a pandemic but mental health is not far behind ...

A t'il eu lui aussi des menaces du COLLÈGE DES MÉDECINS. 😡

This is not Public Health.

Unelected official ruling by edict with scare tactics, hypothesis, and isolation. Divide et impera. While Covid is real, it should be respected, not feared. Playing with numbers is a fun game, isn't it?

BULLSHIT! INCOMPETENT!

WHY ARE WE ACTING LIKE CASE NUMBERS FROM 3 MONTHS AGO ARE ACTIVE?

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