The Globe and Mail Letters
Jan. 6: ‘At this pace … when is my turn in 2022!’ Readers calculate vaccination rates in Canada, plus other letters to the editor Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published January 6, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health Christine Elliott watch as a healthcare worker administers the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to personal support worker Anita Quidangen, who is the first person in Ontario to receive both doses, at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, January 4, 2021.
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Sympathy for the politicians
Re Our Travels, Ourselves (Letters, Jan. 5): It saddens me to read of people being critical of politicians who travelled to visit ailing family members, then were subsequently removed or forced to resign from their positions.
Paramedics anxious about wait for COVID-19 vaccine
by Shauna Hunt, News Staff
Posted Dec 30, 2020 5:14 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 30, 2020 at 7:29 pm EDT
As Ontarians learn more about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, paramedics are voicing frustration over when they will line up to get the shot.
“I can’t count how many COVID-19 calls I’ve been on, to be honest with you,” says Vanessa Vis, a paramedic in Halton Region. Vis has been on the frontlines of the pandemic from the very start. She is also the president of Halton Paramedic union OPSEU Local 207.
“This second wave has definitely hit hard and we are definitely seeing the results of it,” she says.
Over 2,000 Ontarians got COVID-19 vaccine shots this week, but there s a long way to go: Rick Hillier
Retired general Rick Hillier says Ontario has learned a lot in the first few days of vaccinations, but there is a long road ahead.
Social Sharing We re all going to have to be patient, said retired general Hillier, head of province s vaccine rollout
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Posted: Dec 18, 2020 2:15 PM ET | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Retired general Rick Hillier is overseeing the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario.(Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)