COVID-19

We have three weeks before labour day and there is a lot of work to be done before we can feel safe sending kids back to school

An individual breakdown of the plans in each of the provinces and territories to have children safely return to schools

Dr. James Hill contracted the virus and died while in custody of U.S. authorities; he had been serving 13 years in prison for healthcare fraud

Today the COVID swab result finally arrived for my patient . . . six days after it was sent. She has respiratory symptoms; I tested and sent in the sample on the same day she called, two days sooner than offered at her local Assessment Centre. A potentially sick person in the GTA area with result backlogged six days, never mind if you are rural, or in the midst of a second wave! From this I fear we are heading into autumn with limited lab capacity, overwhelmed testing facilities, along with an undefined test strategy, insecure PPE supply, and uncertain availability of either the flu or COVID vaccines for all who wants them.

Discussed: Why Ontario needs a new CMOH; disease control as an economic stimulus; the remarkable achievement of non-occurrence; the culture war over facts

Officials say Americans are getting discouraged waiting hours to get a test and days or weeks to learn the results

Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because of her disabilities. The 44-year-old mother in Brampton, Ont., said she lives with constant pain and fatigue from multiple chronic conditions, including trigeminal neuralgia, a debilitating nerve disorder characterized by searing spasms through the face.