An ICU bed costs ~$4,000/d in today's dollars.
@ongov is burning through $21M/week to care for ~750 #COVID ICU patients.
Minimum wage is $14.25.
This amount could cover 2h of paid vax time for 736,842 essential workers or 184,210 #PaidSickDays at $114/d.
I'm done doing interviews for the night and heart broken explaining to my daughter that yes, the Premier is more focused on carding and stronger police powers than actually helping essential workers with #PaidSickDays. We need to care for people, not police them. #onpoli
The path to save lives is clear:
Listen to experts. Vaccines in hotspots. Paid sick days. Paid vaccine time off. Close non-essential businesses. Accept the federal govt's offer of help from the Red Cross, the military, and health care staff.
I simply don’t believe the Science Table recommended martial law. This is a dangerous attack on racialized Ontarians, and Doug Ford needs to be held accountable for it.
I can’t believe @fordnation is calling carding a public health measure while refusing paid sick days. #onpoli