Impaired driving kills ~1,500 Canadians yearly. Imagine if someone said: “Impaired driving is a personal choice. Drive sober if you want.”
COVID killed 13,885 Canadians in 2021 & 6,645 so far in 2022.
So...can someone explain the logic behind dropping mask mandates, right now?
Ontario’s hospital staffing crisis and the massive backlog in surgeries is only being made worse by Doug Ford's anti-nurse legislation. Ontario Liberals continue to call on Doug Ford to repeal the wage-capping Bill 124 immediately. #onpoli
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White people saying white supremacy doesn't exist is like a fish saying it doesn't know water. Both are surrounded by it and get to move through it easily.
A truck is not a speech. A horn is not a voice. An occupation is not a protest. A blockade is not freedom, it blocks the liberty of all. A demand to overthrow a government is not a dialogue. The expression of hatred is not a difference of opinion. A lie is not the truth.
peel region has the highest number of new weekly covid cases. it is near the bottom in vaccine access. and workers are still being asked to be essential without paid sick leave for them as human beings.
this is systemic discrimination in motion.
As COVID19 surges across the US, it’s hard to describe the situation inside hospitals for healthcare providers & patients.
We made this video depicting 1 day in the ER to show the painful reality & to remind us why we must remain vigilant. Please watch.
The pandemic is taking a toll on frontline workers and the anguish shows in this intimate moment:
Dr. Simon Demers-Marcil calls a family to tell them a loved one has died of #Covid19.
Photo by @leahhennelphoto via @AHS_Innovates
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Seeing people tweet that masks reduce oxygen intake and promote toxin inhalation makes me think of all the brave surgeons and OR nurses we lose every day to hypoxemia and CO₂ poisoning.
reminder a month in:
provincial jail costs- $9,400
hospital ward- $13,900
shelter- $2,129
social housing- $1,545
housing is a matter of social justice and sound economics.
Montreal-based Mila, the Quebec AI Institute run by computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, says its application is almost ready for use across the country.
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This is the best advice healthcare leadership needs to fight #COVID19. Stop looking around to wait and see what others do first. Get smart teammates together with you and make the hard decisions. If you err on the side of staff safety you will not lose.