They’re doing away with case counts and much more. We’re all cured up now.
Update – Ontario reports more than 16,000 new cases of COVID-19 as hospitalizations continue to rise
…. Going forward the Ford government has indicated that it will only provide publicly-funded PCR testing to certain high-risk individuals in a bid to ensure that those who need a test the most can get timely access to one.
That, however, will mean that the daily case counts will no longer be a reflection of community spread in the weeks to come.
“I don’t think we’ll have any real idea of the true community burden,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch conceded during an interview with CP24 on Friday. “We will be in the dark in terms of knowing what the true burden of infection is in the community.”
FUREY: Ontario’s COVID response evolving big time — here’s what you need to know
“We have to pivot.”
Dr. Kieran Moore, Ontario’s chief medical officer, said that line more than once during his Thursday press conference.
And what a pivot it turned out to be. The province has made radical changes to some of the ways COVID-19 is being managed.
Well this may be last regularly scheduled morning report on what’s going on in the world of Covid in Ontario, but we’ll see.
May God have mercy on us all.
