ChristyCeeCK

Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, to make an announcement.

Date: Thursday, December 8

Time: Remarks at 9:00 a.m.

A media availability will follow.

Location: Toronto, ON

https://news.ontario.ca/en/advisory/1002564/minister-jones-to-make-an-announcement

Ontario Newsroom

Dec 8, 2022 at 1:10amWeb
Show threadChristyCeeCKDec 8, 2022

Another clue that Jones' announcement this morning won't be about public health is that Kieran Moore isn't there.

The 'who' of media advisories can give us a hint of the 'what' of announcements.

Show thread1Marđť’µipanDec 8, 2022
@ChristyCeeCK Somehow, I feel this will be a token address to the mortifying death of a child on the floor of an ER. The government knows what they need to do. Serious doubt they have the courage and fortitude to do it.
Show threadJan McCartneyDec 8, 2022
@1Marzipan @ChristyCeeCK Possibly the ICU beds that are being added to CHEO? Awful timing though and reporters need to ask the questions.
Show threadChristyCeeCKDec 8, 2022
@macca_jan @1Marzipan If it was CHEO, she'd go to Ottawa and this is in Toronto. Let's see where she ends up. If it's a hospital, it's pretty much guaranteed that she'll have a simpering hospital CEO with her.
Show threadChristyCeeCKDec 8, 2022

@1Marzipan I don't think so. The very last question she and her comms people would want would be about that poor child and the family. She'd have to perform emotion and she, just like her predecessor, does not ever want to acknowledge deaths.

It's probably a funding announcement. It's about looking present and involved with healthcare more than any meaningful action to address the current crisis.

Show threadA ReddyDec 8, 2022

@ChristyCeeCK @1Marzipan

I agree...it'll be a funding announcement about more beds or a new building or children's cough medicine...but nothing that will actually help what is happening. No mask mandates and no money for nurses etc.

Like her predecessor, you might get a "yes, that's sad that they died, HOWEVER...."

Show threadSuzanne KettleyDec 8, 2022
@ChristyCeeCK Hmmmm.
Show threadGord SpenceDec 8, 2022

@ChristyCeeCK My money is on an announcement of a chain of private pay-for-care clinics managed by the Westons (they just needed the right excuse to make the announcement, and the entirely foreseeable death of the child on the ER floor might do the trick).

I'm only about 70% facetious saying this...

Show threadChristyCeeCKDec 8, 2022

@GordSpence You mean "the status quo is not working" stuff?

We know immediately what that means now because the key messages can be viewed as shorthand for actual political strategy.

Show threadChantalDec 8, 2022
@ChristyCeeCK oh good gravy.
Show threadRandy Luckham, PharmD (Canada)Dec 8, 2022
@ChristyCeeCK possibly related to pharmacists, as the press seem to be asking questions from related sources
Show threadChristyCeeCKDec 8, 2022
@horsepharmer It would be very odd to have that expected Paxlovid announcement without Moore. (But they would want to hide him right now after the Toronto Life mask fiasco.) This will be interesting.