Community prevalence is dropping as predicted, and enough time has elapsed for a wave to pass through a class.
These kids now have risk profiles similar to healthcare workers - manageable with PPE.
Communal indoor lunch is now the main risk; soon that will diminish too.
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Today 250,000 Canadians of all ages & backgrounds will receive a COVID vaccine.
Tomorrow, the same thing will happen. And again on Monday.
The small but loud group of protesters on Parliament Hill are not the story of this pandemic - the bigger story is one of remarkable unity.
At some point, we need to stop giving media and social attention to a very small group of people who are flying a flag of hate and sending hateful messages. Protesting is fine but hate speech is not.
Ottawa Police have confirmed cars parked on the grounds of the national Cenotaph have been removed. Parking on this sacred ground that includes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was a sign of complete disrespect.
So unvaccinated Canadian truckers, who cannot enter the US without being vaccinated, are protesting in Canada because of a Canadian vaccine mandate to re-enter Canada from the US, which is a country they cannot currently enter because they are unvaccinated.
1. Even though Omicron may cause milder illness VS Delta, some get sick. With so many people infected at once we see ⬆ hospital/ICU admissions
2. There is limited healthcare system capacity (for several reasons)
3. Vaccines reduce risk of severe illness (hospital, ICU, death)
Ava-Mae, a 5 year old girl from Ontario, has died of #Covid_19.
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