McMaster General Surgery Resident, INSEAD MBA
Joined March 2020
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
18 Dec 2020
Why does the official plan for #COVID19 vaccine rollout not seem to include people in shelters? They are in congregate settings, have baseline higher rates of comorbidity, face structural barriers to follow public health advice so higher risk of spread. #sdoh #onpoli #topoli
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
5 Oct 2020
North West Toronto is on fire! This is a snapshot of test positivity rates, good is <1%, 3% should prompt shutdowns, 11% is insane! Racialized communities live here and crowded industrial workplaces; it was an epicentre in wave 1. We have failed them once again #COVID19Ontario
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
25 Sep 2020
Not sure where you should go to get tested for COVID-19? Here's a guide. bit.ly/3i5BysV
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
16 Sep 2020
This is key
An often heard argument is that low risk folks don't have to worry about getting COVID
First not true: they get sick
But second, low risk folks interact with, infect high risk ones
Maine wedding now linked to 7 deaths. None of them attended
We're in this together
16 Sep 2020
Maine wedding ‘superspreader’ event is now linked to seven deaths. None of those people attended.
And this is the problem: 10-20% of infected people are responsible for 80% of #covid19 spread. We can't predict who these individuals are.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
6 Sep 2020
COVID Update September 6: This bug is beatable.
I talked to 3 lab directors, the FDA, 2 former FDA commish, 3 epis, 2 virologists & a senior White House scientist so I could give you a consensus on what we know. 1/
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
6 Sep 2020
A woman gets her breast cancer diagnosis without her husband. Every week she goes to chemo alone.
A woman goes to ultrasound without her partner. She finds out there is no heartbeat alone. He finds out over the phone the baby has died.
Bars are open.
Covid in Ontario.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
31 Aug 2020
🇨🇳 China's economy grew by 3.2% between April and June.
🇮🇳 India's economy shrunk by 23.9% over the same time period.
One of these countries has effectively eliminated Covid-19, the other has not.
The cheapest and fastest way to economic recovery is through disease control.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
26 Aug 2020
My initial (and potentially unpopular) opinions on how to spend new federal $$ on safe school re-openings:
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
3 Aug 2020
A comparison of permissions the COVID Alert app requires vs. Tik Tok, Facebook, and Twitter. Privacy concerns definitely shouldn't be stopping you from installing.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
27 Jul 2020
Addendum: These comprehensive guidelines from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health provide advice on how to manage the risks associated with reopening schools.
➡️ schools.forhealth.org/wp-con…
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
17 Jul 2020
Today in most regions in Ontario, you're allowed to eat indoors at restaurants and go to bars. Today in Toronto, my husband wasn't allowed to come with me to the ultrasound that confirmed our baby stopped growing. Priorities? #IVF #Miscarriage #COVID19
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
14 Jul 2020
1/ The investigation of Missouri hair stylists who cut hair while infected masked published today
Of 139 exposed clients, 67 agreed to PCR testing- 0 positive.
Stylist A's husband, daughter, son-in-law, & roommate all became infected, PCR
#COVID19
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
13 Jul 2020
In Ontario, bars are re-opening
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
Yet, after four months, family caregivers are still locked out of care homes
theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
Priorities? #Covid19 #LTC #NotJustAVisitor
13 Jul 2020
Perhaps the discussions re: essential caregivers for LTC/congregate care should have been given priority over discussions about bars and gyms.
My son needs his mom, not a beer.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
12 Jul 2020
Look at the coronavirus protocols for pro athletes (tests every other day, temperature checks twice a day, group quarantining).
Then look at the protocols for schools (handwashing, stay home if you’re sick).
Imagine if we valued the lives of teachers the same as MLB shortstops.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
26 Jun 2020
If Kingston Public Health @MOHKFLA can talk frankly and openly about where community spread is happening, why can't everyone else? This is not vilifying, it's informing the public. globalnews.ca/news/7107462/k… via @DFisman #Covid19 #TestTraceIsolate
26 Jun 2020
Dr. Kieran Moore updates the community on the ongoing Binh's Nail and Spa Salon outbreak: ow.ly/8Q2r50AiG1a #AsktheMOH #COVID19KFLA
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
25 Jun 2020
STATEMENT: Today, I moved a motion at York Regional Council to make wearing masks mandatory at all indoor spaces, and in crowded outdoor spaces where physical distancing is not possible.
#YorkRegion #onpoli #COVID19
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
23 Jun 2020
Here's the thing about the mandatory indoor mask use debate. Like everything else with COVID-19, we're just delaying the inevitable. Cases will rise, either soon or in the fall/winter, and then we'll scramble to implement a policy to try to mitigate it. 1/
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
8 Jun 2020
At today’s Board of Health meeting, Dr de Villa confirmed that only 23% of COVID tests are being reported by labs to TPH to trigger contact tracing within 24 hours. Only 55% within 48 hours. Until we solve this system wide issue, we cannot effectively conduct contact tracing.
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Chris Griffiths retweeted
21 May 2020
I'm really proud of this:
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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