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Kamil Karamali

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NEW: Vaccine rollout is being accelerated in Ontario.

• 18+ can book appointment through online government portal May 24th

• 30 years and older can sign up May 17th

#onpoli #covidontario

MORE: Starting next week (May 3rd), Ontario will be allocating 50% of its vaccines to dedicated hot spots. The other 50% will go to rest of population.

#onpoli #covidontario

Here’s Ontario’s current vaccine delivery schedule.

780,000 Pfizer doses scheduled to arrive every Monday in May.

Then almost a million doses per week in June. #onpoli #covidontario

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Kamil Karamali

@KamilKaramali

#BREAKING: Ontario announces paid sick leave program:
• doubling federal program $1000/week for 4 weeks
• provincial plan then covers up to $200/day for up to 3 days
• retroactive Apr 19, ends Sep 25
• can use if you have symptoms, getting vaccinated #onpoli #covidontario

@l_stone

Great Q by @l_stone: How can you stand there and pat yourselves on the back for this? Highlighting how long it took to launch paid sick leave

McNaughton: were waiting and had hoped it would be included in federal budget, but acted when it wasn’t. #onpoli #covidontario

Minister Bethlenfalvy admits Feds have not yet agreed with Ontario to allow province to double that program.

Yet, the Ontario government just went ahead and announced it today as of it were approved. #onpoli #covidontario

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gisèle gordon

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1/7 My sister-in-law, an RN in the GTA looking after COVID-19 patients every day, told me most of her patients are in their 20s and 30s. Most are sent to the ICU within 12 hours of being admitted. In each case, their entire family is sick with COVID, sometimes 8 or 9 people.

2/7 A veteran RN with 3 kids, she wasn't scared during the 1st, or even the 2nd, wave. But now, like her colleagues, she is terrified. Leaders need to listen to their science advisors, not lobbyists. Decisions need to be made according to public health, not political ambitions.

3/7 This pandemic is inequitable. Some can stay home, but those who are unhoused, elderly, lower income, or those considered “essential” workers are dying. Many of them take public transit on their way to their workplaces in factories, grocery stores, hospitals, and LTC homes.

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Yaneer Bar-Yam

@yaneerbaryam

Some steps taken today toward stronger action in Ontario.

Still needed:
1. Paid sick leave and financial support for those who have lost income as well as enforcement of stay at home measures

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2. Internal province travel guidelines as well as inter-province travel restrictions
3. Free isolation and quarantine for people who are sick to protect family members and housemates

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4. Essential services with much better protection of workers and customers.
5. Better allocation of vaccination to prevent transmission

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