Here’s How To Fix Canada’s Vaccine Rollout For Children
It seems that Canada is on track to repeat the same sort of inequitable vaccination decisions it has made throughout the pandemic.
It seems that Canada is on track to repeat the same sort of inequitable vaccination decisions it has made throughout the pandemic.
Our leaders need to develop a plan to manage the virus in spite of pockets of unvaccinated individuals who won’t change their minds.
It was always clear the worst of the pandemic would be forgotten and swept under the rug, but for it to happen so quickly and so definitively is truly rotten.
"Without any extra benefits, I don't know what we're going to do."
Alberta’s deadly fourth wave was precipitated by the government’s “Open for Summer” policy, which began May 28 and culminated in dropping all capacity restrictions and mask mandates on July 1.
“It's an idea whose time is long overdue. It's never made sense to have to choose between paying the bills if you don't have sick pay, and going to work and making others sick.”
“What the pandemic has done has just driven home how vulnerable we are to the pharmaceutical industry. It was clear that it was a problem for Canada that we didn’t have domestic vaccine production capacity.”
The province is shifting the burden of vaccine mandates onto workers, who have not received extra training or compensation.
The municipality’s hiring of Matt Strauss as acting medical officer of health is a dangerous concession to farm owners.