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It all started when I was complaining about Canada’s slow vaccine roll-out. “Ten million doses—maybe by Christmas.” But then I felt I should stop complaining, and DO something useful.

We have come so far since the first regulated techs were licensed in Ontario in 2010, and there are no signs of stopping yet.

We can admit, ourselves, that we’ve been feeling a bit burnt out, and perhaps slightly short in our tolerance department.

In 1973, the interns and residents of Ontario went on strike and won a huge increase in wages and cut their on-call duties from the bone-crushing one-in-two nights to a maximum of one in three.

Take our weekly poll: Some tests are not covered by all provinces. How often do you order such tests?

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) wants to engage a diverse group of leaders to help shape our association and our future work. And so, we need to ensure our board and committees are made up of people from a broad range of communities and backgrounds.

After writing an opinion item for the Medical Post recently called "Should we fire anti-vaxxer patients?" that showed quite a range of opinions from physicians about COVID-19 vaccines, Dr. Jabir Jassam returns to this topic to understand his colleagues’ opinions regarding the vaccines.

Between information overload on some fronts, lack of knowledge on others, long hours, changing rules and managing these straggler vaccine doses, I'm surviving, not thriving.