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Should Ontario s vaccine rollout prioritize essential work over age?

Should Ontario s Vaccine Rollout Prioritize Essential Work Over Age? Waiting until the peak of the third wave has passed before vaccinating essential workers doesn t make sense, says an expert. Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated April 7, 2021 An essential worker gathers shopping carts in a grocery store parking lot in Toronto on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo: Frank Gunn, The Canadian Press) As Ontario’s third wave intensifies on April 6, it posted 3,065 new cases of COVID-19, an average increase of more than 30 percent in a week the question is being asked: Should the province change course when it comes to its vaccine rollout and prioritize essential workers who can’t work from home and who are now being infected with COVID-19 in increasingly high numbers?

COVID vaccines: Should Ontario s rollout prioritize essential work over age?

The situation is grim, especially in hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, with many medical staff turning to social media to drive home the seriousness of the situation. Ontario doesn’t track how many of those in hospital are essential workers, but the anecdotal evidence from the front lines suggests they comprise a rising share. On April 6,  Dr. Shankar Sivananthan, a critical care doctor at the William Osler Health System, tweeted: “As a reminder to the horrifying absurdity of COVID in the GTA. Was about to intubate someone who just lost parents to COVID. I call family to let them know, and their question is: ‘We were about to make funeral arrangements for the parents. Should we wait to include ’ ” 

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