@nilikm Agree! I’m getting my son a second vaccine today and hope to speak with his paediatrician next week. I am also hoping to keep him home for 14 days and may then send him with N95 masks - but it still won’t feel safe. Thank you for all that you have been doing for our community!
@nilikm@fordnation Would it not make sense to have schools online until end of Jan/mid-Feb when more kids 5-11 will be fully vaccinated - with school/daycare spaces open for essential workers and single parents? Seems like a safer, more balanced option than opening them Jan 4.
@ctvottawa There is still no word on groups with high and at risk medical conditions who keep being pushed down further and further into phase 2 - these vulnerable groups feel forgotten.
@sxwxgirl1 @Rasticor1 @JimWatsonOttawa@OttawaHealth@ottawacity@OttawaParamedic Agreed, the high risk and at risk groups seem to be slipping further and further down in phase 2 and feel forgotten. Disability is an equity issue as well, and impacts health outcomes. Single mothers have also been forgotten in this vaccine rollout.
@CityNewsOttawa Meanwhile patients with at risk health conditions will no longer be offered vaccines through mass immunization clinics unless they fall within age bands - this quiet change has essentially left this group out of phase 2 if under 60 - and forgotten @ONThealth#equity#disabilities
@fordnation@ONThealth@OttawaHealth Why will patients with at risk health conditions no longer be offered vaccines through immunization clinics unless they fall within age bands? This quiet change has essentially left this group out of phase 2 if under 60. #disabilities#equity
@BogochIsaac ...and still nothing on vaccines for residents with high risk and at risk chronic conditions... crickets... this vulnerable group has been almost completely forgotten, as have single mothers.
@ctvottawa ...and still nothing for residents with high risk and at risk conditions... crickets... and what about single mothers? Women have born the brunt of the pandemic from a childcare perspective and have been completely forgotten in Ontario's vaccine strategy.
@Do_good2020 @VeraEtches@OttawaHealth I know there are only so many vaccines to go around, but people with disabilities and health conditions are vulnerable, isolated, and have been all but forgotten - please at least communicate something to this group.
@theJagmeetSingh Thank you for acknowledging single mothers in the discussion about vaccines. There are unique issues and I haven’t seen them mentioned much in relation to vaccines.
Thank you so so much to Stephanie at the @LoblawsON Gloucester store for picking and delivering some beautiful flowers to my Mom for Mother’s Day! You were so friendly and made her day!! 😊🌷🌼
Thanks to the not so very helpful and unfriendly service man @CanadianTire on Ogilvie in Ottawa... coming in every morning to check if there is an opening for a tire change is NOT very helpful for a single working mom - your patronizing tone was not appreciated!