October 28, 2020 – CBC News
Woman who died of COVID-19 only separated from Parkview Place roommate by end tables between beds, son learns
By: Joanne Levasseur, Jill Coubrough ·
During the first wave of COVID-19, 31 per cent of Ontario long-term care resident deaths could have been averted if they were in single rooms, said Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the National Institute on Ageing, who co-authored a study that concludes reducing crowding in care homes could reduce deaths. "When a case of COVID-19 gets into a care home … they're like tinderboxes and they spread very rapidly and with devastating consequences," said Stall in an interview with CBC News.