Tag: vaccines
All local COVID patients in ICU not fully vaccinated: health unit
Twelve local people are in a local hospital and two more are hospitalized outside Grey-Bruce due to COVID-19, the health unit reported Friday. Five of them are in a local ICU and two more are in an ICU outside Grey-Bruce, said Dr. Ian Arra, the Grey-Bruce medical officer of health. None of them is fully […]
Sims: The best we can do now is send kids back to school with their shots
As much as I miss my children’s elementary and high school days, all the worrying surrounding Monday’s school reopening has me more than a little thankful that my baby birds are now young adults.
Via Rail temporarily cuts London trains as Omicron takes its toll
Via Rail Canada will cut the number of trains into London temporarily, starting Jan. 19, due to the rise of the Omicron variant.
Sims: Quebec’s fine for COVID unvaccinated may be ethical, but . . .
Just when you thought the well had run dry of ideas to convince the vaccine-resistant to roll up their sleeves, enter Quebec.
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 13
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London MP’s office vandalized with anti-vaccine stickers
London MP Peter Fragiskatos says he’s lost his patience with the anti-vaxxers, calling them an “ignorant minority,” after his constituency office was vandalized with anti-vaccine messages.
Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay ‘significant’ financial penalty
Quebec has become the first province in Canada to announce a financial penalty for residents who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sims: Local deaths highlight need to get COVID-19 booster shot
My heart sunk a little bit when the health unit reported four more people in Middlesex-London died from COVID-19 during the weekend.
Politicians slam colleague’s ‘exceptionally misleading’ COVID claims
Mayor Ed Holder and five city councillors delivered their strongest rebuke yet to a colleague pushing anti-vaccine claims during a committee meeting on Monday.
St. Thomas hospital hit with its first COVID outbreak of the pandemic
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital reported its first COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic Friday, prompting a plea to the community.