We feel confident that this is the source of the outbreak
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To see where it's failing.
Maybe what we'll find is that you really need a combination of two tests, again, because not one test does everything for everybody.
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It would have put everyone's mind at ease very quickly and would have helped the investigation
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I guess in hindsight now, looking at the results we've seen with this outbreak? (I'm) not happy with the results.
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This test wasn't working, especially in this situation
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It's been a rough day
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We're assuming the worst, that there has been likely transmission to health care workers, that there has been transmission to families and that there has probably been transmission to other patients, and that it provides the link to St. John's Hospital that we didn't recognize last night
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[At the center of the investigation is a patient who developed pneumonia April 22 and was treated in the wards at North York Hospital.] This person was transferred to St. John's on April 28,. This person did not develop symptoms until early May, and likely was the index case for the cluster seen at St. John's.
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The rapidity with which this has emerged over the last two to three years is probably unprecedented. When you look at the numbers, this way outstrips other so-called new infectious diseases.
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