Dr. David Fisman, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health, announced he would step down from the province's COVID-19 Science Advisory table on Twitter on Monday morning, posting a letter of resignation he sent to table co-chair Dr. Adalsteinn Brown.
Fisman said that while he had "mixed emotions" about resigning, he had been "repeatedly dissenting publicly from table guidance," adding that Ontario "needs a public health system that is arm's length from politics."
One of Ontario's most vocal epidemiologists has resigned from the Table, alleging the group has delayed publication of its pandemic projections for the fall due to political interference — a charge the table has denied.
His resignation comes two days after he tweeted that the science table had "important modelling work that projects a grim fall" and implied its publication had been intentionally delayed.
