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Only about half of Ontario’s long-term-care home residents — deemed to be our “most vulnerable” citizens — have received the COVID-19 vaccine, prompting fears among doctors that nursing home deaths from the virus will eclipse those in the first wave. http://torstar.co/wtIl50De2FU
“This is a breathtaking failure,” said Dr. Nathan Stall, a geriatrician at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. “I cannot comprehend why they would not move heaven and earth to vaccinate every single long-term-care resident as soon as possible.” https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/20/i-really-am-totally-speechless-with-about-half-of-ontario-ltc-residents-still-not-vaccinated-experts-question-provinces-priorities.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=LTC-vaccine-numbers
Stall noted that Ontario had enough doses to vaccinate every long-term-care and retirement home resident by the end of December 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/20/i-really-am-totally-speechless-with-about-half-of-ontario-ltc-residents-still-not-vaccinated-experts-question-provinces-priorities.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=LTC-vaccine-numbers
Compared to other large provinces in Canada, Ontario’s progress vaccinating its most vulnerable does not appear favourable. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/20/i-really-am-totally-speechless-with-about-half-of-ontario-ltc-residents-still-not-vaccinated-experts-question-provinces-priorities.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=LTC-vaccine-numbers
Quebec has already vaccinated more than 75 per cent of its 40,000 long-term care residents, while Alberta has given doses to more than 90 per cent of about 25,000 residents @KenyonWallace reports https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/01/20/i-really-am-totally-speechless-with-about-half-of-ontario-ltc-residents-still-not-vaccinated-experts-question-provinces-priorities.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=LTC-vaccine-numbers
