Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is asking for input on what respiratory virus info is important, how you use it, and if they should keep funding wastewater monitoring. Please help let OPH know this information is important ( opinion.ottawapublichealth.ca?e=446587&d=e... ). 🧵1/ - ThreadSky

jeffgilchrist.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is asking for input on what respiratory virus info is important, how you use it, and if they should keep funding wastewater monitoring. Please help let OPH know this information is important ( https://opinion.ottawapublichealth.ca/?e=446587&d=e&h=1333D25C7197D08&l=en ). 🧵1/

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wandaallard.bsky.social•7 days ago

Thanks, I took the survey.

consbegone.bsky.social•8 days ago

How about do what is best for the population? Why is this a questionnaire? Where are the experts?

jeffgilchrist.bsky.social•8 days ago

They are asking if people only want high level status information or the actual data over time so I'm concerned they are planning to reduce the info available even more. You can also fill out the form if you do not live in the city but use the information. 2/

mikevlasic.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yep, I told them we want both the current data and the trends. I said that sampling is not frequent enough & we're afraid that the ON government will shutter it. I check it every few days.

maryfernando.bsky.social•8 days ago

At least Ottawa Public Health is asking. And they have also been quite a bit better than others imo

mikevlasic.bsky.social•8 days ago

No, they & Etches were useless. They changed their TN about a year ago making it impossible to talk to a human. Etches toed the government line.

mikevlasic.bsky.social•7 days ago

I mentioned the changes to the TN menu system & staff at a vax centre confirmed it. Others were also upset.
Etches let hospitals go maskless except in clinical areas ― same as in all ON hospitals. As if viruses respect boundaries.
She was rewarded with becoming the new CEO of CHEO.

aegg527.bsky.social•8 days ago

Peterborough has been tremendous 👏 . I get email updates for flu and covid weekly

maryfernando.bsky.social•8 days ago

Your Peterborough medical officer of health, Dr. Pigott, had been a true star - is he on BlueSky?

aegg527.bsky.social•8 days ago

I thought he was!! Here ya go

aegg527.bsky.social•8 days ago

I don't think he is, I haven't looked in awhile though. Very knowledgeable, I've caught a few videos from him. I'll let u know if I find him

nptwrites.bsky.social•8 days ago

Wow... that was a poorly constructed questionnaire. They even set the agree/disagree type scales opposite to the way they usually go. They are obviously looking for an excuse to throttle, or even outright cancel, this program. 😡

aegg527.bsky.social•8 days ago

Thank you, just completed it. I also follow the wastewater monitoring in Ptb. (The kids go to Trent)

blinxrepulse.bsky.social•8 days ago

Check on this even from the hellscape of confederate ashes. Still baffled how this is perfect cross of super-lazy yet super-accurate disease tracking & control using stuff nobody ever wants to think about (who goes around thinking about wastewater?) and yet STILL we have to wrestle about it....

pomian.bsky.social•8 days ago

👍done

san4.bsky.social•8 days ago

Done thank you! Don't live there but family does. Would love if all public health units had same standards for reporting province wide.

bdmclarnon.bsky.social•7 days ago

I completed the survey. After their dismal performance under the thumb of the corrupt Ford government over the last several years, I'm not expecting much from OPH, but the very least they can do is keep the wastewater monitoring program going full bore.

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