Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory. (650 CKOM file photo)
The heads of both the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and SEIU-West which represents thousands of health-care workers in the province agree it’s a good move to have health-care workers among the first in line to get the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccines.
“They are filtering through every virus (and) every sickness as they continue to do their work and they still have to live in the world. So I think it’s important for us to protect those frontline folks and then roll it out to folks who are a little bit further away from the actual outbreaks or the front end of the pandemic,” SEIU-West president Barbara Cape said Friday.
Health care organizations across Saskatchewan are teaming up in an online ad campaign that targets young adults and asks them to “hang in there” by following public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
A total of 25 health organizations have combined to support the campaign in a broadly based show of unity that spans the health system. The campaign’s website WeAreSickOfThisToo.ca expresses the campaign’s theme that young adults– along with all Saskatchewan people- want a return to normal while restrictions continue to be necessary as COVID case numbers rise.
The six-week online campaign includes website and social media advertising designed by MGM Communications. The campaign is designed to be empathetic as people grow fatigued by restrictions, yet call for compliance.