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Currently, pharmacies can only do COVID-19 tests for people without symptoms, who haven't been in contact with someone with COVID-19, and aren't part of an outbreak investigation.

The project comes from The Get REAL Movement, a non-profit focused on fighting issues of discrimination in schools and workplaces. 

In this 10-part series, we profile doctors who are working to combat racism, change the system and improve patient care for racialized communities.

Justice Michel Yergeau's 47-page decision denied the request by unvaccinated health network employees, including nurses, doctors and other workers.

Which is riskier? The disruptions caused by staff shortages if and when healthcare workers who won’t get vaccinated are removed? Or the potential for unvaccinated staff to exacerbate the chances of COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals?

“We found out when it was announced,” says Ashley Hart, president of Pharmacists Manitoba.