toronto — a member of ontario’s pandemic science advisory table has resigned, alleging “political considerations” appear to be influencing the group’s work and how much of it is shared with the public.
over the weekend, fisman also alleged on twitter that the science table was sitting on “important modelling work that projects a grim fall.”
it is with mixed emotions that i have decided to resign from ontario’s science and modeling tables. i wish every success to the colleagues who remain on these tables. ontario needs a public health system that is arm’s length from politics. pic.twitter.com/yq20w1omog
— david fisman (@dfisman) august 23, 2021
a spokesman for the science table says the group is “completely independent of government and always has been.”
robert steiner says the table is not withholding pandemic modelling for the fall, but is currently generating a number of models and has yet to reach a consensus.
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