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“Going from no schools to some form of schools provides a whole new environment for COVID-19 to spread, even if it spreads more slowly among kids, which means that there will be an inevitable uptick in cases,” said Dionne Aleman,…

While the city’s numbers are better than what they were a month ago, “every stage of reopening should be approached with caution,” said Dionne Aleman, a University of Toronto professor and expert in pandemic modelling. Full article at: Toronto Star (June…

University of Toronto professor and CHE affiliate Dr. Dionne Aleman stated that “Younger people should not be comforted by statistics that show they are less likely to end up in hospital or die because of COVID-19. It is like rolling…

“This is exactly what I’ve been hoping the province would do from day one,” said Dionne Aleman, a professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto and an expert in pandemic modelling. Full article at: Toronto Star (June 18: Cambridge Times,…

“There is massive room for improvement in how Ontario collects and reports data,” said Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto who models infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics. Full article at: Toronto…

One of the main problems, the Star found, is that the province’s integrated Public Health Information System (iPHIS) was — and still does — seriously under-report provincewide deaths due to COVID-19, particularly in seniors’ homes. “There is massive room for…

(Will reopening lead to second wave of cases?) Dionne Aleman is a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliateat the University of Toronto. Her research involves developing pandemic models to simulate infectious disease outbreaks in urban environments, first during the…

Dionne Aleman is a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto. Her research involves developing pandemic models to simulate infectious disease outbreaks in urban environments, first during the H1N1 epidemic, and now with COVID. She…

This was the week the United States embarked on what is essentially a massive, unplanned natural experiment, as dozens of states lifted or eased stay-at-home orders imposed during the COVID-19 lockdown. “I think there is clearly a natural experiment taking…

Dionne Aleman, a professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto, noted that testing needs to be not just widespread, but also random. She pointed to the example set by Iceland, where the government said it…