Thread by @linda4workers

For months, PHAC has refused to recommend full protection for health workers from potential airborne transmission.

Now Canada's rate of health worker infection is 2X the global average. PHAC has failed health workers. #canlab #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/health/co… 1/n

PHAC needs to be reformed to better protect workers now and in the future.

Leading international experts recommend that a new arm of PHAC be created with legislated authority for decision-making on matters of worker safety. #canlab #cdnpoli 2/n

Matters should incl. OH&S guidelines, directives, policies and strategies. Staff should incl. all fields relevant to worker safety: epidemiology, nursing, medicine, occupational hygiene, safety, psychology, chemistry, statistics, economics, engineering etc. #canlab #cdnpoli 3/n

Workplace regulators, health care worker unions and worker safety experts must work collaboratively to develop guidance on OH&S and it must be made on a precautionary basis. #canlab #cdnpoli 4/n

Experts who have signed onto these recommendations include:

Donald K. Milton
Lidia Morawska
Raymond Tellier
Yuguo Li
Julian W. Tang
Jose-Luis Jimenez
...and more. #cdnpoli #canlab
nursesunions.ca/expert-consens… 5/n

Every day, health workers continue to risk their lives caring for patients in the midst of this pandemic.

We demand proper protection.

And we demand action to ensure this never happens again. #canlab #cdnhealth 6/6