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Alberta has had the most miserable time among provinces handling COVID-19, followed closely by Ontario and Quebec, according to a new index that aims to compare provincial pandemic responses.
The so-called Misery Index, created by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, assesses pandemic responses across a broad range of metrics, including deaths per 100,000 people, excess mortality, vaccination rates, lockdown stringency, GDP losses and the assumption of public debts, among other things.
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Published Saturday, May 22, 2021 9:38PM EDT Vaccine clinics are urging people to be patient and respectful after reports that their staff are facing abuse and bullying from those seeking their second doses. On Saturday afternoon, Vaccine Hunters Canada, a volunteer group helping the country s immunization efforts, tweeted that they have received many reports of people being abusive to clinic staff, trying to bully their way into getting their second doses even though they are not yet eligible. [ON] We are asking everyone very nicely to be kind to all clinic staff. We have way too many reports today of people being abusive to clinic staff and trying to bully their way into gettting 2nd doses when not eligible. This is not how you treat anyone at all. #COVID19ON#vhcON
Vaccine clinics are urging people to be patient and respectful after reports that their staff are facing abuse and bullying from those seeking their second doses.
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While rapid testing remains sorely underused in most of Canada, one province has been innovating with rapid tests from the very beginning and is now reaping the benefit.
During the third wave that hit Nova Scotia over the past month, the province’s community rapid testing centres have correctly sniffed out at least 285 COVID-19 cases in asymptomatic people, or about 10 per cent of all confirmed cases in this time period, according to the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
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Hospital social workers help COVID-19 patients, grieving families get through some of their worst days
For hospital social workers in the thick of the pandemic, these days, their job involves everything from providing emotional support to ailing COVID-19 patients and their families to helping them arrange video calls and access vital services.
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Posted: May 18, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 18
Paula Abramczyk is an ICU social worker at Humber River Hospital in Toronto. Over her 30 years at the hospital, she says she s never been as busy as she is during COVID-19 s third wave.(Brian Goldman/CBC)