SARS exploited how unprepared Toronto was to handle the unexpected. Ontario didn’t have a pandemic plan. They didn’t have a good communication system for alerts like the BCCDC had, to warn Dr. Filiatrault. Healthcare workers were under-informed and under-protected. 44 people died - ThreadSky

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sharpflower.bsky.social • 36 days ago

SARS exploited how unprepared Toronto was to handle the unexpected. Ontario didn’t have a pandemic plan. They didn’t have a good communication system for alerts like the BCCDC had, to warn Dr. Filiatrault. Healthcare workers were under-informed and under-protected. 44 people died

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sharpflower.bsky.social•36 days ago

At North York General Hospital in Toronto, there were patients presenting with SARS-like illnesses but hospitals told workers it wasn’t SARS. They found out that it was actually SARS from a press conference weeks later. Dr. Bonnie Henry was the investigative lead for the outbreak

sharpflower.bsky.social•36 days ago

Right before the news conference admitting the SARS outbreak, Dr. Bonnie Henry was in Taipei explaining how Toronto had conquered SARS through good communication. One expert involved said “Nobody asked how do you know it’s over? It’s just amazing that everyone blew it.”

sharpflower.bsky.social•36 days ago

Workers had been right. But they still stepped up to contain SARS even if they felt lied to and betrayed. In the aftermath, Justice Campbell led the SARS Commission Report, investigating just what went so catastrophically wrong and how to prevent a similar tragedy in the future

sharpflower.bsky.social•36 days ago

Listen on for more!

https://www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/how-to-stop-an-epidemic-sars-er

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