Kate s 5 fun things to do this weekend (still from home)
The forecast is calling for rain, but that s OK because we re supposed to stay home. Take in the Etsy online market, listen to speakers are part of Print Day or kids can head into the kitchen with Chef Nicole at the Kitchener Market.
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The pandemic's third wave has brought Ontario to the brink of catastrophe. The best options for controlling the situation are well understood, so why won't the provincial government implement them?
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Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021  â¢Â 2 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â Part of the Cornwall Police Service presence, on the other side of Pitt Street and near the Cornwall March for Freedom. Photo on Saturday, November 21, 2020, in Cornwall, Ont. Todd Hambleton/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network Photo by Todd Hambleton /Todd Hambleton/Standard-Freeholder
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Only about four per cent of residents in Cornwall engaged in the sharing or discussion of misinformation related to COVID-19, according to a report by the Ontario Medical Association.
âCOVID misinformation includes such things as the number of deaths were exaggerated, the vaccine causes polio, hospitals are faking COVID deaths, the vaccine will implant a microchip,â said the report, which was released on March 31.
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“There are a lot of things that would make a difference. And making sure that people who are sick don’t go to work is one of them.” – Dr Isaac Bogoch, Toronto General Hospital.
To his credit, Premier Doug Ford with the latest lockdown has instituted an exposure-based protocol. “Hot zones” will be targeted with mobile vaccination teams visiting workplaces and neighbourhoods.
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Half-measures will not suffice, for as Dr. Bogoch asserts, “Every expert has said that we are not going to vaccinate ourselves out of a third wave.”