Posts Categorized: COVID-19
“The safest course of action is obviously to require any course content that can be delivered online, to be delivered online,” Dr. Dionne Aleman, an associate professor of industrial engineering and CHE affiliate at U of T with expertise in…
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak increases the importance of strategies to enhance urgent medical care delivery in long-term care (LTC) facilities that could potentially reduce transfers to emergency departments. The study objective was to model resource requirements to deliver…
Dionne Aleman, an associate professor and CHE affiliate at the University of Toronto who specializes in pandemic planning, told the Star’s Jesse McLean that sending a patient with a minor problem to an emergency department is akin to using them…
The Star spoke to seven epidemiologists to analyze the province’s responses to COVID-19 from March through June. We gave the researchers a timeline of decisions made by Doug Ford’s government, plus other key moments, and asked them to comment on…
Continuing with everyday life, while taking new precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic is our ‘new normal’. Social distancing, facemasks and working from home are all terms we need to grow accustomed to and while the daily cases have decreased and…
“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,…
“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,…
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