Ford owns this disaster.
He has repeatedly refused to do what he needs to do.
Elect a clown, expect a circus.
I'm fucking done.
David Fisman
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David Fisman
@DFisman
Physician-epidemiologist, inactive account
- The mild disease that causes a 1900% increase in risk of heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism in the week after infection. Don’t worry, after a year your risk is only increased by 30%.
- Yes I did just get told to remove an N95 and replace it with a flimsy surgical mask on entering a hospital. No, I did not do so. But wow, we have some educating to do.
- Masks for airborne disease are like boil water advisories for waterborne disease. Measures that you use to keep people safe while you build infrastructure and change regulations…let’s get going.
- We need to believe what other countries tell us, for the most part. When India says watch out, delta plus is more infectious, believe them When Scotland says delta has higher morbidity: believe them When Israel says we wanted to drop the masks, it didn’t work out: believe them
- I had the opportunity to reconnect last evening with a colleague who now runs a long covid clinic. He is busy. He told horror stories. Avoid infection if you can.
- One of the most impressive things about @JustinTrudeau ’s leadership: his ability to use the talents of his team to the full, and stand back as others get praise for their excellent work. Not sure people understand how unusual that is.
- I have no confidence in the government of Ontario to make good decisions that keep Ontarians safe. No confidence whatsoever.
- No big deal, just an 80% reduction in per capita covid death in countries that had mask policies. h/t @DickZoutman
- It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to resign from Ontario’s science and modeling tables. I wish every success to the colleagues who remain on these tables. Ontario needs a public health system that is arm’s length from politics.
- Per a colleague who wishes to remain anonymous: 300 kids in the pediatric ER at Sickkids yesterday. The word they chose: “chaos”.
- If you didn’t ask whether being a high school dropout made one underqualified to be premier of Ontario, then kindly fuck off about whether a Rhodes Scholars who edited the Financial Times can cut it as finance minister. You blatantly sexist idiot.
- Feel free to send nasty emails but I remain unapologetic in my belief that patients admitted to hospital deserve protection against acquiring new, virulent infectious diseases as a result of hospitalization. I thought this was foundational and uncontroversial.
- Waiting for critical illness or death in children before you change course runs directly counter to the mission of public health, which is prevention.
