Ontario's science table says analysis not meant to determine hot spot postal codes in vaccine rollout

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Ontario's science table says they used postal codes in a report 'to illustrate the need to target both age and neighbourhood in vaccine roll-out; not to list specific neighbourhoods for prioritization.'

Ontario’s science table says its analysis used by the Ford government to determine hot spot postal codes was not meant to identify neighbourhoods that will be prioritized in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

On Thursday, the premier’s office accused both the Ontario NDP and Liberal parties of “spreading misinformation” and “politicizing the vaccine rollout” by calling into question the selection of hot spot postal codes that are being given priority access to COVID-19 vaccines. Last week, the CBC published a story that analyzed data from various hot spot postal codes and found that some appeared to have been less impacted by COVID-19 than others that did not make the hot spot list.The Ford government immediately denied any political interference, maintaining that the postal codes were selected by non-partisan experts.

At the provincial COVID-19 briefing Thursday afternoon, Dr. Dirk Huyer said the postal codes were picked, developed and identified using multiple data sources.

 

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