Tag: vaccines

Covid, billions wasted in aid and vaccines

TORONTO – Canada’s federal government was able to rapidly distribute Covid vaccines and pandemic benefits to help individuals and businesses, but wasted millions of doses and awarded billions of benefits to ineligible individuals: that’s what was stated today by the Auditor General, Karen Hogan (in the pic above, from today’s conference on YouTube), who gave the government led by Justin Trudeau a “report card” on the management of the pandemic. (more…)

Vaccines, Ford in the eye of the storm

TORONTO – All against Ford. Ontario Science Advisory Table, Canadian Medical Association, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, Ontario Hospital Association, doctors and scientists from all over the province, contacted by Premier Ford, had said they were in favor of the vaccination obligation for health workers. And now they do not hide their disappointment and bitterness for the opposite decision taken by Ford. “It’s not supported by science,” they said in unison.  (more…)

Covid: booster for vulnerable people but Ford won’t mandate vaccines for health-care workers

TORONTO – The long wait is over. The Ontario government has decided that due to concerns about staff shortages in hospitals, it will not make vaccination mandatory for health-care workers. This was announced today by Prime Minister Ford himself, sparking endless controversy: both the Ontario Science Table and doctors and experts in the field had asked to make the vaccine mandatory for health workers. “The issue is complex. After reviewing the situation our government decided to maintain its flexible approach by leaving the decision to individual hospitals,” he said.  (more…)