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Alberta care homes seek legislation to protect them from COVID-related lawsuits Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Alberta’s long-term care homes are pressing the provincial government to protect them from lawsuits related to COVID-19 outbreaks, which the industry argues could make it impossible to get insurance and continue operating.
The Alberta Continuing Care Association, or ACCA, is lobbying the provincial government to consider legislation similar to a law passed in Ontario last year, which faced criticism for making it more difficult for relatives and residents to sue for failures related to COVID-19. There have been several class-action lawsuits already filed against operators in Alberta, which has had the highest pro
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A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose is prepared at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.
While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a small but significant minority have indicated their opposition to mandatory vaccinations. Coercion is certainly a method that s available to the government but I don t believe it s the most effective mechanism, said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Education said key in overcoming health-care worker opposition to COVID-19 vaccine
by Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press
Posted Jan 7, 2021 12:34 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 7, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
TORONTO A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.
While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a small but significant minority have indicated their opposition to mandatory vaccinations.
“Coercion is certainly a method that’s available to the government but I don’t believe it’s the most effective mechanism,” said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Colin Perkel
A Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose is prepared at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn January 07, 2021 - 9:34 AM
TORONTO - A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.
While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a small but significant minority have indicated their opposition to mandatory vaccinations. Coercion is certainly a method that s available to the government but I don t believe it s the most effective mechanism, said Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.