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Since the start of the pandemic, long term care homes have been hit hard by COVID-19. They’ve had trouble keeping it away, but now vaccines are on the way. During Tuesday’s Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit update (SMDHU), Dr. Charles Gardner, Medical Officer of Health for the SMDHU says that long term care residents and staff will be number one priority when it comes to receiving the vaccine.
“I think it’s always a matter of judgement, as to who you start with first. In my mind the very highest priority people to get this would be the residents of long term care facilities. Well over half of the deaths in the province and in Simcoe Muskoka have occurred in those settings, and in that group,” said Gardner.