by: anne jarvis
starting sept. 22, in ontario, you must prove you’re vaccinated against covid-19 to go to restaurants, bars, gyms and other non-essential indoor places where people gather.
but you don’t have to be vaccinated to care for the sick and vulnerable in hospitals, long-term care homes and other medical centres.
that doesn’t make sense.
“we will do whatever it takes,” premier doug ford vowed when he announced vaccine passports wednesday.
but he isn’t.
that’s why the five hospitals in windsor, essex county, chatham-kent and sarnia announced friday that their employees will have to be vaccinated or be terminated.
that’s doing “whatever it takes.”
on thursday, the day after ford announced vaccine passports, the number of people seeking shots at the vaccine centre at devonshire mall jumped 50 per cent. those seeking first doses skyrocketed almost 200 per cent. across the province, vaccination appointments more than doubled.
bingo!
vaccine passports are working already.
but, as the hospitals here stated in their letter to the community, this is what we face.
as of aug. 29, windsor and essex county had the highest number — by far — of active covid-19 cases in ontario: 119 per 100,000 population, compared to the average of 40.3. we also had the highest number — by far — of new cases: 101 per 100,000 population, compared to the average of 32.6.