High Park Engineer

Toronto

  • Covid transmission indoors

    In early 2020 there was a Covid outbreak in an air-conditioned restaurant in Guangzhou, China. A study about this specific outbreak concluded that,“droplet transmission was prompted by air-conditioned ventilation.” A subsequent study recommended avoiding re-circulated air and maximizing outdoor air… Continue reading

  • Mental Health Resources at Parkdale – High Park

    While we focus on bringing Covid cases down, let’s not lose sight of mental health, which is equally important as our physical health. Layoffs, lack of social interaction, financial difficulties, strained relationships, and uncertainty have consequences. So, during these difficult… Continue reading

  • The case for Canada’s Covid Alert app

    The science says Contact Tracing apps have the potential to significantly reduce Covid transmission. Now it is our turn to use Covid Alert, help improve it, and do what we do best which is to protect the public. Continue reading

  • Preventing a second wave of Covid in T.O.

    After months of mostly bad news, the latest Covid figures from Open Data Toronto give us some reasons to be hopeful. In fact, the past two days, we have seen the lowest numbers of daily Covid cases since the start… Continue reading

  • Face masks are reducing Covid-19 transmission in T.O.

    In a previous post we looked at Covid infections for people in their 30’s, since this age group has been affected more by community transmission than others. One of the purposes of wearing face masks is to reduce the number… Continue reading

  • Covid sources of infections in T.O.

    Of the approximately 15,000 Covid-19 cases in Toronto, over 70% can be traced to either “close contact” (e.g. residing in the same household with a confirmed or probable case) or an outbreak. “Community” infections (i.e. not due to travel or… Continue reading

  • Covid-19 fatalities/ICU by T.O. postal code (under 70 years of age)

    The elderly, especially folks in long-term care have been disproportionately affected by the recent Covid-19 pandemic. In a recent blog post I pointed out the large discrepancy in the number of fatalities by neighbourhood in Toronto. Some have singled out… Continue reading

  • Covid-19 fatalities by T.O. postal codes

    You may already know that both North Etobicoke and North Scarborough have experienced the highest number of Covid cases in Toronto. Furthermore, last Friday, July 10th Public Health Toronto released additional information via the City’s Open Data portal. A look… Continue reading

    Covid-19 fatalities by T.O. postal codes

  • Help for small businesses during covid-19

    Here is some financial help for small businesses during these times: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/maintaingrowimprovebusiness/resources-for-canadian-businesses.html#_2._Support_for https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/small-business-resources-dealing-covid-19 .https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/advocacy/employment-and-labour/ontario-covid-19-relief-measures-your-business https://www.toronto.ca/home/covid-19/economic-support-recovery/economic-support-recovery-for-businesses/ Stay safe, Continue reading

  • Let’s honour those who work to keep us safe.

    My favourite time of the day is 7:30 pm, when we go to our balcony and make some noise for all those who work to keep us safe, such as nurses, cleaners, grocery clerks, public transit workers, doctors, just to… Continue reading