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Understandable frustration expressed by Ontario MPP citing selective evidence to end lockdowns and ‘go back to normal life’. The outcome of his ‘exit strategy’ is what happened in Sweden. Instead, do what other successful countries have done.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 15, 2021 Source:‘Lockdown isn’t working’: Ford caucus member breaks rank to speak out
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City of Ottawa lockdown in four days. Why have the original benchmarks for lockdown been jettisoned? Mayor Watson cites “no facts to support a lockdown” and Ottawa’s medical officer of health, Dr. Vera Etches expresses disappointment with decision.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 22, 2020 Source: Watson ‘blindsided’ by 28-day shutdown: ‘No facts to support lockdown in Ottawa’Randall Denley: Doug Ford’s nonsensical Ontario-wide lockdown is his dumbest move yet Ottawa COVID-19 figures remain stable as provincewide lockdown looms Ontario will enter strict lockdown on Dec. 26, nearly all non-essential businesses to close
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The addition of rapid testing has the potential to inform people when they are most contagious and can help reduce the need to repeatedly use lockdowns as your blunt instrument of choice.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 18, 2020 Source:Ontario asymptomatic testing program finds 57 COVID cases so far in more than 4,500 tests to date in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa