April 8th, 2021
April 8th, 2021
QUEEN’S PARK — Premier Doug Ford and Ford's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said Wednesday that that the current crisis in ICUs was a surprise to them. That can’t possibly be true, because consistent, frightening data was being publicly released by their own Science Table since January.
On Wednesday Doug Ford claimed, “admissions to ICUs in the past week are increasing faster than the worst case scenario predicted by our experts.”
But Ontario’s Science Table has predicted higher ICU admissions consistently:
Experts have been clear. This was exactly what was predicted:
“Doug Ford’s own Science Table advisors have told Ontarians all year that ICUs would be filled beyond capacity if the government refused to act – and even more so if he took away public health protections too soon,” said Horwath.
“Doug Ford re-opened too fast. He cancelled public health protections too soon. He used half-measures and mixed messaging. He ignored the projections, experts, facts and data we all had access to, and walked us right into this lockdown with eyes wide open. He needs to correct the record.”