📣 Take action! Ontario government plans to shut early warning system for viruses in 35 days

✉️ Use online tools to contact Members of Provincial Parliament and municipal councillors

Why take action? Wastewater monitoring is an essential public health tool that provides insights into the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in Ontario’s communities.

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/take-action/ontario-wastewater/

#WastewaterWednesday #COVID #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #Ontario #OnPoli #SaveOurScience #wastewater

📣 Passez à l’action! Le gouvernement de l’Ontario prévoit fermer le système d’alerte rapide pour les virus dans 35 jours

✉️ Utilisez des outils en ligne pour contacter les député.e.s + les conseillers/conseillères municipaux

Pourquoi agir? La surveillance des eaux usées est un outil de santé publique essentiel qui fournit des renseignements sur la propagation du SRAS-CoV-2 et d’autres virus dans les communautés de l’Ontario.

https://stillcoviding.ca/fr/passez-a-laction/ontario-eaux-usees/

#WastewaterWednesday #CovidIsntOver #Ontario

Ontario’s wastewater testing for disease must expand, not shrink

Ottawa Citizen
June 17, 2024
By Raywat Deonandan

“Now imagine that shortsighted policymakers decide to defund such a surveillance system, just as its worth and pioneering quality are being celebrated worldwide.”

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/ontarios-wastewater-testing-for-disease-must-expand-not-shrink-opinion/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

OSPN responds to Ontario’s cut of the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative

Ottawa Science Policy Network
June 20, 2024

The Ottawa Science Policy Network (OSPN) is concerned with the decision of the Ontario Government to cancel the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (WSI) in Ontario.

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/ospn-responds-to-ontarios-cut-of-the-wastewater-surveillance-initiative/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

📣 Ontario: Call Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) on #WastewaterWednesday!

Let MPPs know you want funding for Ontario’s wastewater monitoring program to continue.

Visit the StillCOVIDing.ca site for a contact list and ideas for points to make during your calls:

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/take-action/ontario-wastewater-wednesday/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

📣 Ontario : Appelez les député.e.s sur #WastewaterWednesday !

Faites savoir aux député.e.s provinciaux que vous voulez que le financement du programme de surveillance des eaux usées de l’Ontario se poursuive.

Visitez le site Web StillCOVIDing.ca pour obtenir une list de contacts et des idées de points à faire pendant vos appels :

https://stillcoviding.ca/fr/passez-a-laction/ontario-wastewater-wednesday/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

📣 Ontario: Call Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) on #WastewaterWednesday!

Let MPPs know you want funding for Ontario’s wastewater monitoring program to continue.

Visit the StillCOVIDing.ca site for a contact list and ideas for points to make during your calls:

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/take-action/ontario-wastewater-wednesday/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

📣 Ontario : Appelez les député.e.s sur #WastewaterWednesday !

Faites savoir aux député.e.s provinciaux que vous voulez que le financement du programme de surveillance des eaux usées de l’Ontario se poursuive.

Visitez le site Web StillCOVIDing.ca pour obtenir une list de contacts et des idées de points à faire pendant vos appels :

https://stillcoviding.ca/fr/passez-a-laction/ontario-wastewater-wednesday/

#BudgetCuts #CoupesBudgetaires #COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EauxUsees #Ontario #wastewater #WastewaterWednesday

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Proposed Project National Wastewater Surveillance System for SARS­CoV­2 and other infectious disease targets of public health concern--New--National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

https://www.regulations.gov/document/CDC-2023-0055-0001

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