BREAKING: Emergency Departments in Ontario are being instructed to prepare for an "extreme surge" amid the "triple threat" of respiratory viruses.

Masking in all indoor public settings is now being "strongly recommended"#onpoli

— Colin D'Mello | Global News (@ColinDMello) November 14, 2022

The province’s ‘top doc’, the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Doctor Kiernan Moore’s response this morning in quotes at the bottom. Indoor masking ‘strongly recommended’.

Strongly recommended. Deep in the midst of an “extreme surge”, an earlier than usual surge, with a “triple threat” of respiratory viruses, omicron Covid variants, a severe flu strain and RSV, where pediatric wards are beyond capacity, more surgeries being postponed to open up beds for respiratory emergencies, 15-20 people still dying weekly from Covid, etc. & etc., Fade to Bleak. Continue reading →