Quebec’s decision to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers is an insult to patient safety

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The province has shifted the deadline on mandatory vaccination for all health workers to Nov. 15 from Oct. 15. This will embolden anti-vaxxers, which is the last thing we need to do amid a pandemic of the unvaccinated, André Picard writes

, because he feared dangerous staff shortages and a delay was essential to “protect the network.”

Evidence from other jurisdictions is that the vast majority of health workers will get vaccinated if you force the point. And that’s exactly what Quebec should be doing.Doing so amounts to letting the inmates take over the asylum. That’s an even more risky policy in both the short and long term. It also gives more time to the foot-draggers to spread the virus among patients and fellow workers. The outbreaks that are cropping up again, especially in long-term care, are concerning and definitely a cause of staff shortages.

What kind of message are you sending to the 96 per cent of workers who have done the responsible, ethical thing and been vaccinated when you give a hall pass to those who are irresponsible, unethical, skeptical or just plain lazy?A server wears a face mask as he brings drinks to customers on an outdoor terrace at a restaurant in Montreal on Oct. 3. Quebec reported 512 new cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 13 and seven more deaths attributed to the coronavirus.

 

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Agreed

No. But getting rid of healthcare workers would be.

If it was about patient safety, it would be a rapid test mandate.

Insult to patient safety? We have reach the herd immunity of 70% vaxxed weeks ago and still the push of fear narrative with mandates that are not based on medical logic. They are political. That's an insult to human rights and civil liberties. They are lying to us.

no it means that the people are in power and always have been. DONOTCOMPLY

They can't promise you a better life if they separate but spend all the money o hollywoodpq so many artiste with lots of money good for French but the rest can.go to hell for now

i swear i tried to read it, but the author plays a guessing game -- yeah 21K+ workers leaving will crash the system, BUT I think it wouldn't. like, can we have dry & factual reporting instead of the reporter's personal feelings? no one cares what he thinks anyway.

Moi qui croyais que les médias québécois étaient de la merde 💩! Wow les anglophones sont champions 😂

And forcing a vaccine is an insult to science. As official science websites and the CDC state that natural immunity is superior to the vaccine.

It’s just so black and white isn’t it Globe and Mail?

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you found something to needle. Ontario does nothing ! and you are not writing about it

So 14,000 workers out of the healthcare system wouldn't effect patient safety?

LOL, they blinked.

Anyone who thinks many of those nurses won't quit after 18 months of exhaustion and practically being exploited because they want to exercise their freedom of medical choice is a fool. Patient safety is arguably also put a risk by putting more burden on the ones who stay.

People that are vacinated are safe

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So basically they're folding🤣🤣🤣

They are literally closing long term care homes and other facilities because they don’t have the staff to keep them open what else can they do To maintain service levels?

Remind me again, why Quebec hasn’t been allowed to separate from the rest of Canada yet?

'But, when push comes to shove, how many people will really give up well-paying, unionized jobs to make a point? (And who knows what the unvaccinated actually are thinking? It’s doubtful that principle has much do with it.)'

Lmfao they know the consequences. Unfortunately the Globe just wants to push their scare tactics

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