JosiePosie
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Mask up buttercups.👩🎓Sociology & BSW. 🌱& 💉 Rescue Dog Mum. Small Biz. 🛥.📚. 🧭 AI Disease *Selfishness & lack of empathy are our biggest problems*
Niagara Region, Onterrible🇨🇦
Joined January 2021
Yesterday, my husband mentioned to employees how many people have died in our region from covid in last month (the most since Feb 2021). They said they had no idea people were still dying from covid because they never hear anything about covid anymore. Public Health has failed us.
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Things I have learned during this pandemic (feel free to add on)…. 1. Public Health should be renamed Political Health .2. Most people’s capacity to care is short lived. 3. Most people are unwilling to do simple things to keep others safe. 4. We do not learn from mistakes.
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My family was a wee bit upset with me that I declined a big dinner get together tonight. Just found out it got cancelled last minute. Guess why? . Multiple people sick with the “not covid that we didn’t test for” that’s going around. I can’t even.
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@sheepkingjb @CarymaRules Omg 😳 🤣 thanks for sharing. I am in Niagara and based on his assumptions, I might be a sitting duck for this clearly upstanding businessman. Good thing I own my own construction company and will never use nor recommend his services!!.
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I tried to make an appt at a hairsalon that still has covid precautions in place & had to go on a wait list because they are so busy. Tell me again how covid precautions are detrimental to businesses? Oh right,they aren’t. They help businesses stay open & running efficiently 😷.
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Currently being guilted-by my own mother-for not wanting to dine inside in a tiny restaurant crammed with ppl. I made patio reservations but she is worried about it being too cold. You can put a coat on, you can’t avoid an airborne virus with no mask on. I am so done with this.
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I know I am like a broken record here but I honestly am at my wits end. An employee who has covid for 2nd time in a year wants to come back to work covid +. Small businesses cannot afford to provide unlimited sick days. Employees cannot afford to be off unpaid. 1/.
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Went for a haircut today. My hairdresser saw I was wearing a mask and immediately said-hang on, i’ll put a mask on, and grabbed a KN95. It’s wild to me that my hairdresser cares more about my health, and is more respectful, than most “Health Care” workers. #HealthOverPolitics.
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In all seriousness, have ppl’s memories been erased? Do ppl not remember that in 2021 they masked at grocery store, mall, pharmacy, etc & never got sick? There were no lockdowns in 2021. Ppl could interact freely, yet, no constant illness like now. Scroll thru SM & everyone is🤒.
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For my fellow clean air enthusiasts. Is it a hepa air purifier, a planter, or a table? It is all 3 my friends. It’s the innovative, multi functional, Bloom Air Purifier from @Dupraysteam designed in Canada, made in Spain. Just received it today and I am impressed so far.
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I had the absolute best appt with a covid aware doctor today. She had a medical grade air purifier in every exam room and was wearing an N95. She acknowledged how serious covid is and how important it is to protect her patients…. and then she told me she is retiring imminently😢.
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I have furniture being delivered & called to request that masks be worn during delivery. I hate making these requests bc I have seen how angry 😷 make some ppl. Well, I have never been met with such kindness. The associate was SO understanding and lovely. I am so appreciative. 1/.
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My MIL told me that I “really need to get over my fear”of catching covid. I do not understand how not wanting to catch a virus that can have long term impacts, multiple times per year, is seen as a fear. I feel like I am able to live very well, while doing my best to avoid covid.
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Is there really anyone who doesn’t remember seeing ppl masking pre-covid? I often would see 😷 at my local outlet mall. Also when traveling-always saw a few ppl masked on ✈️, in Drs office waiting rm. I think ppl have politicized masks so much they have scrubbed their memories.
@jovip7430 Says another rabid masker, er neurotic. You saw people masking pre-COVID — where?.
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Anyone else not planning on travelling for the foreseeable future? 🙋🏻♀️ . I hope the convoy people plan to travel enough to keep the travel industry afloat. Hearing of lots of ppl rethinking their travel plans after the news today.
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Isn’t it kind of eerie that most people can just forget the suffering & death that occurred in the last 3 years? Over 53,000 Canadians were killed by covid. It’s like it has been completely erased from their minds and they have zero motivation to keep it from happening again. 1/.
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I tried to explain to an extended family member (gently & respectfully) that covid can cause immune systemissues after she continuously complained about her young kids sick x3 months. Today she posted about how they have all had RSV, pneumonia, colds, flu, ear infections, 1/.
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I swear everyone I know either has “a bad summer cold” or is “just getting over a bad summer cold.” . I’m sorry, but there were never, ever this many “summer colds” before. Or are “colds” now just like SARS-CoV-2 and people just get them all year long, several times a year? 🤦🏻♀️.
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@chantz_y How do people justify this with these stats? Makes no sense to me. Sorry you’re going through this. My MIL asked my hubby if my autoimmune disease was caused by me “worrying about covid so much” omg. I think I will trust my immunologist telling me to avoid illness TYVM MIL 🤦🏻♀️
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@SueAnnLevy Fairly often I saw people masking pre-covid at my local mall. Never once thought to ask them about their personal medical info or to explain themselves to me. No one owes you an explanation for their choices. If you’re in such perfect health, be grateful, & don’t shame others.
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Seeing business owners express concern about lack of revenue, lack of shoppers in their stores. Saying things are now worse than “during covid.” . Sounds like the “getting back to normal” isn’t working out so well. Mass illness isn’t good for anyone as it turns out.
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Just asked for some covid rapid tests at the grocery store (pick up) & the employee seemed really weirded out, like I was asking for something she had never heard of before. Am I in a parallel universe? Did no one else experience the last 3 years? 😅😳.
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@RevivalCare I could have sent my 89 year old Grandmother to help lol. She has COPD & asthma, she wears a 😷 without issue. Never complains about it & in fact is setting a masking trend at her retirement home with other residents also starting to 😷 to protect themselves from unmasked staff.
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My Dad (who is privileged & lived *very* well during pandemic-traveling all over, running a baseball league, bike riding, etc) told me he “refuses to isolate” any more. My response: well you better not get a chronic illness,bc then you will really know how it feels to be isolated.
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@sher94401564 If I saw you (or anyone), at the grocery store taking these kind of precautions, following science…with everyone else spreading SARS around willy-nilly, I would likely offer to pay for your groceries as a thank you, because I appreciate your caution, but also your confidence.
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I am actually really impressed that all of the sick parties decided not to attend though. At least that’s pretty responsible, especially considering my parents are seniors.
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Employees take zero precautions to not catch covid, yet fault the business owner when they cannot work while sick and contagious. A business owner who has provided them with continual stats on covid, masks, tests. Zero support or guidance from PH or govt/.
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People are seriously unable to connect the dots. I should also mention that these people have been covid-deniers from the start who refused masks, vaccines, social distancing etc. do you see my point here? They took no covid precautions & are now blaming the constant illness 3/.
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on the covid precautions, that they never took! Blaming “immunity debt” when they continued to live as though it was 2019 throughout all of this. Refusing to admit that the *multiple* covid infections their children have had might be a contributing factor. This is concerning. End.
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Totally normal for a senior to do a stress test at a cardiologist’s office while actively sick with covid and testing positive right? .I have no words.
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My parents (both in good shape, walk/run 5-10km a day, no pre-existing conditions) who got covid about a month ago are both still experiencing debilitating exhaustion. They are both surprised by how much this 🦠 took out of them. Why did we choose this?.
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If my husband ends up sick with covid, he will be taking the full time off until he tests - as is our policy. If my husband does not work, employees are unable to work and we will need to lay them off. If my husband gets LC we will have no income & employees will lose employment/.
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I am at a complete loss here. I guess we all just get sick and lay employees off and they can go on EI (there is very little work available in our industry rn so they will have difficulty finding other work), and business owners have no income? Is this really the plan? 😔 ./end.
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Wild how when a 🏥 asks ppl to 😷 & provides masks, everyone just….masks! .No “enforcement” needed. No one complaining. Less chance of infecting each other, or our much needed HCW’s. “Health Care” shouldn’t include ending up with an additional 🦠 .#MasksInHealthCareMakeSense
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So my Gramma informed me today that her retirement home (which is also a LTC) is ending all covid/flu screening/testing/precautions at the end of December. Could you imagine the govt/public health choosing a worse time? This suggests they are actively trying to harm seniors.
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It is kind of sad how bad society’s FOMO is. I am finding most people will choose to go to a party or social event while sick, unconcerned about infecting others, just so they don’t miss out. Was really hoping covid might make people think twice about this…. not so much.
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For everyone who commits to calling or emailing Doug Ford’s office *TODAY* to demand masks be reinstated, I will donate one mask via @DonateMask (up to 100 masks) to ensure more people can have access to masks.
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@glen_mcgregor I loved your “there is some dissatisfaction” line! They should feel lucky they are even getting their trucks back. The irony of them thinking they deserve respect after their incredibly disrespectful behaviour is beyond ironic. Respect works both ways buckos.
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“Imagine if we had learned that pathogens in water caused enormous amounts of sickness & disease & then said well, you are in control of your own health. You can learn to live with cholera, or buy your own bottled water or filters, if you want.”
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When I hear “Health” officials say things like ppl needed a “break” from wearing masks it blows my mind. We needed a “break” from a simple precaution?! No we fucking did not. We need a break from mass infection, and mass debilitation, and death. We need a break from selfishness.
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@elizavetaka Society has a huge problem-lack of empathy for others. The selfishness and inability/unwillingness to care about others is truly alarming.
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following covid & said that covid was NBD for her family compared to all of these other illnesses. Complaining that covid precautions “ruined”her children’s immune systems.Everyone is chiming in, “yeah my kids immune systems are ruined from stupid covid precautions too” 2/.
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@CDCDirector Wow. A tweet from the CDC that is both disinformation AND xenophobic. Rochelle is ending the year off with a bang. A big we could have prevented rampant spread, but we didn’t, and instead we will blame China (again) bang. Smfh.
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@SeeLuluRun One things for sure, these delicate flowers, who can’t handle masking, better not get a chronic illness. If masking makes their life this tragic, attempting day to day life with a chronic illness or disability (potentially caused by a virus) will really break them.
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@TRyanGregory My husband has T-shirts that say: . “I don’t have opinions, I have science”. And,. “Science, like magic but real.”.
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They also advised me that this is a very common request and that every delivery person etc should be wearing them when entering someone’s home as a common courtesy, given public health’s recommendations is to do so.
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@brownecfm Sadly, they are telling us but 🤫. I suspect for CYA reasons. So that most ppl won’t know until it’s too late. It has been posted on the ON 🇨🇦 Public Health site for a very long time that covid causes immune dysregulation but the info is not being provided in an accessible way.
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@TerriGerstein The extremely privileged covid announcement messaging is getting tiresome and offensive. The general public does not have the same experiences and opportunities. It is a blatant display of health inequity.
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I continue to be confused as to exactly who this new “normal” of constant illness benefits and why we chose this path. Did no one weigh the pros & cons? Like wearing a mask in a grocery store or hospital vs. entire small businesses being shut down because all staff are sick? SMFH.
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@RichardCityNews I would rather have access to covid testing during a pandemic than save the equivalent of $10 a month. Maybe if Ford has determined that our govt has enough 💰 to rationalize cancelling a billion in revenue we can now afford testing?.
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Why aren’t all of the unvaccinated people who are expressing concern about mRNA vaccine shedding protecting themselves? . Shouldn’t they be masking & taking precautions to protect themselves from the vaccinated? 🤔.
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The amount of people who made fun of Trump and his “if we stop testing, we would have fewer cases” covid logic, who have now apparently adopted this logic is quite something.
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At the vet with my senior dog who has trachea & heart issues. Everyone unmasked. Extremely crowded, small space. Vet has told me humans can’t transmit covid to dogs. And yet a simple Google search shows this….
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@TerriGerstein And don’t forget the compulsory, “I am so grateful for vaccinations” at the end of their announcement aka telling the public to put all their faith in vaccines even though we know we need to deal with this through multiple approaches (ie 💉, 😷 ventilation, paid sick leave etc).
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@FourWinns298 @DFisman People having full on tantrums bc they believe 😷, 💉 & clean air during a pandemic infringed on their freedom. Just wait until they realize what living with chronic illness in a broken healthcare system feels like, and how much debilitating illness actually impacts freedom.
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@RodKahx Air Canada announces they do not believe in science. A bold claim from an airline. Where safety should be of the utmost importance, always. If their mechanics say plane is unsafe to fly, do they say, nah, that’s unscientific. Onward and upward, money to made.
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@ColetteMandin It’s wild to me that the entertainment industry reportedly can’t get insurance if they don’t have pandemic protocols in place (as they should), but every where else it’s just a covid party free for all and no one cares.
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@BNOFeed @BooksYarnLogic If every destination was testing there would likely be similar results all over. Even ppl I know who I would consider to be kind & caring have decided to travel while sick this year, w/o testing for covid. New variants are going to spread like wildfire after the holidays 🦠 🎉.
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My husband is a patient within a Family Health Team and we just received an email with the absolute *best* PH messaging I have seen. SO incredibly impressed! 👏 they talked about: good quality masks, ventilation, isolating etc. for the first time in a long time I have hope!
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My husband tested positive for covid 27 days ago. He is still coughing. Still fatigued. Still having gastro issues. Not himself. Why anyone wouldn’t want to take measures to prevent themselves, loved ones, & community members from getting infected by this 🦠 is beyond me.
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Every single text I have received from friends in the last month:. Them: hey, how are you doing? . Me: hey, pretty good…. How are you?. Them: okay. Just have a cold/the flu/pink eye/ear infection/bronchitis/RSV/stomach flu……. Me: 🤦🏻♀️.
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I just got an appt at a hair salon that follows Public Health recommendations. For January. I have been on the wait list there since June. A 7 month wait!!! Taking precautions to keep employees & customers safe from illness is apparently *very good* for business. 🤜 🦠.
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@joeolivermd @bethechange1682 My brain cannot comprehend the lack of compassion & care for others that is occurring. I don’t have kids but I will do everything in my power to make sure they don’t suffer, & I will advocate. I can’t understand why most parents do not have a sense of care & concern for all kids.
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@LaurenPelley Yikes. How quickly we forget. Forget those that have suffered debilitating consequences after a “mild”covid infection. Forget those that will continue to become debilitated, largely because of misinformation and minimizing. Vulnerable people matter too.
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For the third time my almost 90 year old Gran has been infected with covid in her Niagara Region retirement home/LTC. Public Health needs to be defunded.
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@mspanish The ER where they understand how respiratory illnesses are spread. The ER that cares about HCW’s and patients. 😷 😷 😷.
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@merry123459 But the conspiracy theorists are worried that the vaccines are being used to monitor us 🤣.
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This is such a ridiculously simple thing to do before we visit with my 89 y/o Gma who lives in a retirement home (where residents have died of covid). Why wouldn’t we do this? .Why aren’t we doing this more?! . I know tests are not perfect, but every layer of protection helps.
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@RichardCityNews Sylvia Jones is unfit for her position on a good day, never mind during a healthcare crisis. Here’s a novel idea…how about instead of every politician pointing fingers, someone actually does something to help their communities?! It’s a wild idea, I know.
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All of a sudden hearing of almost every young child I know having pink eye, and several of their parents. With accompanying covid symptoms of course (no one testing tho), but everyone is just focused on the pink eye. Not the virus that likely caused it. Nothing makes sense.
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@MeetJess @ofer_n The absolute irony that anyone would say protections to prevent people from becoming disabled /unable to work, is an infringement on the disabilities act. Newsflash to these elite, millionaire actors: most actors aren’t millionaires & will not have support if unable to work.
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@RichardCityNews If Moore is not willing to speak to the public during a pandemic while cases are rapidly increasing and hospitals are filling up-he should resign from his position as CMOH. Period.
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Any friends on here from France? How bad is covid there? My parents are currently travelling in 🇫🇷 and looks like over 1/3 (24,103,317) of the population has active covid??!!! Stat is from worldometers, says updated today. That number can’t possibly be accurate can it? 😱.
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@DrEricDing @WHO WHO: “Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about". Also WHO: “best of luck on your individual public health measures, peace out.”.
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Update: the family member I was speaking with is now sick. Moral of the story: Don’t wait. Mask up now.
@tbas7000 @HKDetwiler Yes! I was just speaking to a family member who is very worried about getting covid again, as levels are extremely high in their community. They said they want to start masking again…but are waiting until more people start so they won’t stand out. Paging Public Health 🆘.
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@DrTedros WHO: “Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about". Also WHO: “best of luck on your individual public health measures, peace out.”.
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Does anyone else find it really strange how obsessed people are with ending covid mandates,but yet, have no interest in actually ending covid?.
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Anyone else reading the comments on the article about the dog in Ontario dying from avian flu like 😱😳😬. People have truly lost it if they think this is a big joke and not something to be taken seriously. No this is not about the govt trying to give you more 💉good grief. SMFH.
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@sassyashieOG The rich and famous don’t catch covid at grocery stores, public transit & work, like the rest of us peasants, so they spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a trip (& then complain about said trip) to catch it. Weird. Also, incredibly rude of her to be sick & go on a ✈️.
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I am getting so sick & tired of hearing about people who have the privilege to stay home, but keep going out doing things while feeling sick. Ppl that do not need to be going anywhere. It is incredibly selfish & ignorant. 3 years into a pandemic and we have learned nothing.
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@RichardCityNews If it is anything other than an announcement re a solid plan for a solution to this healthcare crisis, it will be offensive to Ontarians.
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@danaparish Why would anyone in a medical facility even want this? Regardless of covid, keeping vulnerable ppl safer and preventing unnecessary illness exposures for HCW’s seems like a good idea. Someone could be walking into an ER with any 🦠 and infect a cancer patient. 😷 make sense.
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I have several cloth masks 😷 from 2020 & I didn’t really know what to do with them. Throwing them out felt wasteful when I started wearing KN95’s. This morning while walking my dog it was -4°C & my face was 🥶 I realized a cloth mask will be perfect for chilly morning walks!.
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@beantowndancer @amy_is_tired I saw an Internist that had a large sign in her office stating: “don’t confuse your Google search with my medical degree.” Ppl wait months to see Drs who spend 5 mins with them & (in my experience) are condescending & make significant mistakes. We need to be informed & advocate.
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Omg so many posts like “my kids now have some weird virus with pink eye, congestion and fever” after constant covid, RSV, flu etc. on FB 🤦🏻♀️ accompanied with “the masks really ruined our immune systems.” . How can people possibly be this ignorant? How?! It is 🤯.
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@JudithCollinsMP @FlyAirNZ Having a stranger’s hot, covid filled breath on me from 2”away for 6 hours is not the “personalized” experience I would want. It’s so interesting to me how obsessed ppl are with breathing in other people’s exhaled air.
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How could any Public Health official or any Politician look at this, pat themselves on the back, and think they’ve done a good job? I know so many ppl IRL who tell me they want to start masking again, who know they should mask, but are essentially waiting to be told to do so 🤦🏻♀️
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@AdithyaR_YXE Thanks, this is what we are going to do I think. I dislike the idea of someone working while + for a myriad of reasons. One being the fact that ppl need to rest while sick & this work is physically demanding, there is no real light duty work in 🦺 I worry about safety too w/🧠😶🌫️.
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Does anyone know what my local “Health Care” system is referring to when they say they don’t have a duty to protect patients while patients seek care in their medical facilities partly due to “new treatments to treat the vulnerable.” What are these new miraculous treatments?
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Public Health has failed us so incredibly badly. I had someone tell me that my family members are so sick with covid because they “don’t know how to be sick” bc they have been “careful.” I don’t understand this logic. Would they not have been just as sick if they got it earlier?.
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@Jennife95911481 @elizavetaka That is really evil thinking isn’t it? It’s embarrassing that ppl think like that in their heads, never mind send it out into the 🌎 Why should my healthy child be mildly inconvenienced to help keep your critically ill child alive, and living as normal a life as possible? Gross.
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I’m not sure I know anyone who has had covid in last several months who isn’t still having issues. Persistent cough, wheezing/shortness of breath, fatigue, gastro issues, *constant* illness (families with 6 diff illnesses in last 4 months). How is this worth it to anyone?.
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I still need someone to explain to me like I’m 5 how *more* ppl dying in 2022 from covid than previous yrs, + the fact that we are *well aware* that covid can cause long term damage/disability, ⬆️ risk of 🫀 attack, Autoimmune disease etc…. = yay pandemic over! 😵💫 🤔.
"We had more people die in 2022 in Ontario than in 2020 or in 2021 from COVID. an infection prevented is for the best of all of us." — @DrFahadRazak (@UnityHealthTO) at 8/11pm with Jennifer Frontera (@nyulangone), @deonandan (@uOttawaHealthSc) & @spaikin | Producer: @ebombicino
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Under the OHSA in ON, employers are required to take reasonable precautions to protect workers from illness/injury. From the 60 Mins segment, it is clear that ensuring the air is safe to breathe via filtration, ventilation & monitoring is a reasonable &necessary workplace measure.
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@birgitomo And it makes me think-if an experienced Nurse, who worked at this very hospital for many yrs, & who had her family with her for support was treated this way, how are other people-who do not have the health expertise/education & a support system present, treated?! Very worrisome.
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@DocEMurray Does 🦠 Anyone🦠Have🦠Any🦠Idea🦠what🦠would🦠be causing the increase in🦠myocarditis🦠pericarditis🦠blood clots🦠Bells Palsy🦠strokes🦠over🦠the🦠past🦠12 months🦠?🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠🦠. Fixed it, plus a spelling error.
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So, my husband needs to see Dr. Earliest appt is in 7 weeks. In meantime, Dr refers to specialist who indicates that he may need to be seen sooner than specialist can accommodate, so referral will be declined. No specialists are seeing patients sooner. This is not Health or Care.
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