Dr. David Williams was thrust into the spotlight as Ontario struggled at times to reach its daily testing capacity and the novel coronavirus devastated dozens of long-term care homes
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medial Officer of Health, speaks as Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott look on at an announcement declaring a state of emergency for the province, at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on March 17, 2020.
Some infectious-disease experts have been critical of his oft-times meandering public statements, as well as what they characterize as a lack of vision in the pandemic response. He has also earned the Premier Doug Ford’s praise. “He’s been working his back off,” Mr. Ford said recently. “You can make decisions by waiting too long … you can cause issues by making them too soon. It has huge implications. You want to make sure you have your best advice at the time, knowing that never any decision is going to be perfect."
“His job is equally an impossible one,” said Andrew Morris, medical director of the anti-microbial stewardship program at the Sinai Health System in Toronto. Dr. Morris and others have been pushing for an outsider to come in and serve as the Premier’s point person and chief communicator for the pandemic.
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