Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table

• COVID burden to fall on primary care, Ontario needs new approach: science table

  The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges.

  Health

  Oct 3, 2022
  
• Ontario’s science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers

  Members of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table say Public Health Ontario has informed them the group is being dissolved as of Sept. 6.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2022
  
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• Top doc says Hamiltonians still need to ‘pay attention’ to COVID amid new wave

  Getting up to date with COVID vaccines and wearing masks in some indoor settings are things Hamilton's medical officer says residents should continue to 'pay attention to.'

  Health

  Jul 12, 2022
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• Ontario likely in new COVID wave driven by BA.5 subvariant, science table says

  Dr. Fahad Razak, scientific director of the group, says the highly infectious BA.5 variant also appears to be more immune evasive.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2022
• Departing Ontario COVID-19 adviser reflects on life away from the public eye

  Dr. Peter Jüni will move to the United Kingdom, where he will work as a professor at Oxford University, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2022
• Director of Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table stepping down from role

  Jüni is originally from Switzerland and will take a job in Oxford, England to be closer to his family. 

  Health

  Mar 18, 2022
• Studies show mask mandates ‘consistently’ reduce COVID transmission, Ontario science table says

  The projections show most indicators such as cases, hospitalizations, test positivity, and wastewater signal have "stopped declining" as public health measures drop in Ontario.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2022
• COVID-19 health messaging: triumph or train-wreck? Experts reflect on past 2 years

  Has keeping track of COVID-19 guidance left things clear or confusing for you? Experts reflect on what went right, and what went wrong when communicating science to the public.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2022
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• Mobility, test positivity prompts ‘cautious optimism’ on COVID situation: Ontario scientific director

  He says people's mobility outside of their homes, which is strongly correlated with the number of contacts, has dropped significantly. Test positivity has also started to decrease.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2022
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• Ontario science table to issue recommendations on rapid COVID-19 tests

  Dr. Peter Juni, the scientific director of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, said the group plans to publish a science brief on the issue Wednesday.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021