the head of Ontario’s Science Advisory Table said it was too early to lift mask mandates. A few weeks, and more than 100,000 new daily infections later, Dr. Peter Juni says it’s still not too late to make a difference. After coming to Toronto, in 2015, to take a position at St. Michael’s hospital, the Swiss-born general internist and epidemiologist became one of the pandemic’s most recognizable faces, often coming up against the political powers that be and always sticking to the science.
Yes. I communicate with Keiran Moore. Over the course of the pandemic, I have only briefed the Premier directly once. I don’t even remember what it was about, but it was quite a while ago.Yes. I was very clear about what I was saying: “It’s too early. We need to wait for more data.” I honestly don’t know what happened. I was very surprised. In the last communication I had with Kieran Moore about masks, we talked about lifting mandates at the end of March.
I think there are a lot of people who have bought into this idea that masks aren’t all that effective. No. And that’s because of the level of immunity we have built up. What summer looks like really depends on whether a new variant is coming and the nature of the variant. It’s possible we could need an additional vaccine effort or to mask up again. Of course, there are no guarantees, and the other factor is the weather. The more we can be outside the better things will be.
Mask mandates don't correlate with virus transmissibility and we're in the least pathogenic phase of the virus. Ontario Doctors are stuck in March 2020 in terms of knowledge & mentality. Poor reflection on our healthcare system against the rest of the world. Move on, folks.
This guy needs mental help