The province says anyone 70 and older, people 60 and older with fewer than three doses of a COVID-19, and people 18 and older with fewer than three vaccine doses and at least one risk factor such as a chronic medical condition can now be tested and assessed for treatment.
Moore says he will not be bringing back mandatory masking right now, though Ontarians should be prepared for that to return if a new variant of concern emerges, if the health-care system is threatened due to rising cases, and potentially during the winter months.Access to Paxlovid has largely been limited to clinical assessment centres and primary care providers, but the province says participating pharmacies will start dispensing Paxlovid this week.
“The full impact of lifting masking and other measures may not yet be observable, given limited PCR testing eligibility and lagging hospitalization data,” the report says. The BA.2 subvariant is now the dominant strain in the latest wave of the pandemic, the document says. The proportion of samples identified as BA.2 rose from 12.3 per cent the week of Feb. 13 to 54 per cent the week of March 13, it says.Article content
“The situation is not all that different from region to region, we’re in this sixth wave across the province. And I think that ideally, the response would be at a provincial level as well,” he added.
Ontario needs to lock down until this passes. The hospitals are going to be overloaded! 2 months to reduce numbers, build hospital capacity, and save lives. One death is too many.
From 2018-2019 over 1.85 million Canadians died because of the flu...they didn't die 'of' the flu they died 'with' the flu. if that doesn't matter to you why does the 99% of covid deaths that death 'with' covid not 'of' covid bother you when it's actually 1.73mill more flu deaths
Have you thanked a trucker today
End the fear mongering now
It is unbelievable how many mentally challenged people have been able to open a twitter account. When you choose to live in a society, you have certain responsibilities to that society. It is not only about individual choice.
Doug put Misfit Moore in front of the camera to distract everyone from the fact that he gave publicly funded rapid test, from the feds to his friends, big businesses and private school, before the regular public!! Doug made us beg for them in the freezing cold!!! Ford needs to go
Remember there are only 491 out of 14.57million people in Ontario in hospital BECAUSE of Covid.
Good! Time to follow real science. Masks and Vax have been useless vs this ever changing virus.
Since ppl in the public DONT cover their nose and mouth while sneezing and coughing..my family and I will still be masking up. I do not trust the public. Rather be safe than sorry.
Best news EVER! PLEASE tell Fucn Trudeau
Individual choices I guess. I keep wearing a mask in stores and on transit
No big surprise!
With a social conservative political culture, pandemic mitigation usually means citizen attrition & betting the wave will slow down before too many people die or get too many sick. Predatory business mentality politics is the last thing people need for representation.
Continuing to politicize mask use has been the stupidest part of these policies They reduce the spread of the virus, greatly, having a rule to force the stupidest part of the population to comply is good policy
So Ont’s CMOH (Kieran Moore) would rather cowardly CEDE to politics - while predicting COVID ICUs to rise to 600 - than do his job as a medical professional (a self-proclaimed “prevention specialist”), and LEAD the fight to reduce COVID infections. firedrmoore
teach_n_travel He should no longer be considered a Doctor.
GOOD
It better not be reinstated again. Enough is enough.
When will JustinTrudeau remove the vaccine requirement to depart the country. Illogical when the destination countries don't require it. CanadianPM
It'll be reinstated only once Doug Ford gets re-elected. VoteFordOut
Never Again!
Good!
VoteThemAllOut2022
No, because Ford is up for re-election. It’s all political, not science based.
Sure! Suffer! Die!! Main thing, keep “the truckers” quiet!!💩🤮
That’s good news! I’m on board with Ford’s decision and he’s got my vote for not mandating masks. Now can we please focus on more important issues like “buck-a-beer”, summer’s around the corner!
Good for him vac boost and hold on
Doctors should not have the authority to tell us what we ought to be doing. If we want a doctor’s advice we’ll seek it, privately.
Finally they're making sense. The media keeps trying to push ridiculous narratives. Media question: COVID cases among children are now overwhelming hospitals. Why don't you reinstate mask mandates? Dr. Moore: Currently out of 2.5 million children in Ontario, 2 are in ICU.
Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Alex Jadad, physician, epidemiologist, said: Scientific evidence and public health are the weakest links in the chain of political decision-making. Politicians only pay attention when the data help them stay in office or get elected. fordnation JustinTrudeau
Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Alex Jadad, physician, epidemiologist, said: Scientific evidence and public health are the weakest links in the chain of political decision-making. Politicians only pay attention when the data help them stay in office or get elected. fordnation ONgov ONThealth
A pandemic should be managed by epidemiologists with knowledge on pandemics. When are we going to hold accountable people who, without training or accountability, are doing so much harm?
This is his Google Scholar PublicHealthON PHAC_GC OntHospitalAssn ONThealth OntariosDoctors UofTFamilyMed McMasterU cpso_ca WHO fordnation COVIDSciOntario UofTBMSA UofT_dlsph UofTPHAlumni CBCHealth OttawaHealthLaw patientombuds OPHA_Ontario HRWcanada CNN
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What's he waiting for? Just possibly until the election is over so that fordnation might give him a green light? Maybe he should resign? Politics and public health don't mix well. acoyne nilikm cdavidnaylor
Chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore says COVID-19 trends are rising and it’s clear Ontario is in a sixth wave driven by the BA.2 variant, and he says that will likely continue for several more weeks. COVID19 ONpoli
Why, did they start following the science, 2.2 years later!
''Sixth waves'' lol
Let them die is what he says !
Just wait until this fall. Once summer is over and the election results are firmly in place.
Good luck trying it, you will have civil war
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Is he gonna say that the Covid shot is not a vaccine? Vaccines actually work? The Covid shot is some other BS but not a vaccine? Nah. I doubt he’s gonna say that.
Thank God he is not caving into to the hysteria!
Yay!
of course not, we are all vaccinated. Those who are vaccinated and afraid would be well advised to stay home and allow us to get on with our lives
Good. The terrified people that don’t want to catch a cold can continue wearing masks. No one is taking away their right to do that, despite the fact they’d love to take away the right of people who don’t feel the need too.
But the TTC is reviewing mask wearing as we speak. So what do they know that we don't know?
Is the state able to dictate the private health of individuals and their lifestyle choices?
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