Canadian tech CEOs pledge to increase vaccine awareness
A group of Canadian tech CEOs are making a pledge to increase awareness around COVID-19 vaccination and encourage workers to get vaccinated.
The group, a collective of companies associated with the Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI), has pledged to provide reliable information from public health agencies to their employees and education to help those employees understand the importance of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
The idea behind the public pledge was sparked after CCI members had a discussion about the national vaccination effort and how tech companies might support it.
“We cannot make shipments of vaccine arrive any sooner, but we can take action within our own sphere of influence.”
Cassandra Szklarski
Paramedics take away an elderly patient at the Tendercare Living Centre, long-term-care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette January 22, 2021 - 2:51 PM
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TORONTO Canadian scientists say blood thinners appear to prevent some COVID-19 patients with moderate illness from deteriorating further, offering a massive advance in treatment they expect will ease suffering and lesson strain on hospital ICUs.
Jan 22, 2021 5:51 PM By: Canadian Press
TORONTO Canadian scientists say blood thinners appear to prevent some COVID-19 patients with moderate illness from deteriorating further, offering a massive advance in treatment they expect will ease suffering and lesson strain on hospital ICUs.
University Health Network scientist Ewan Goligher said Friday that blood thinners could soon be part of standard care after the interim results of global trials showed Heparin reduced the probability of requiring life support by about a third.