Sunday morning ER shift. Saw 4 sick COVID19 patients between 7-9 am! 2 more throughout the morning. 4/6 under 50. Youngest in his 20s. 5/6 ethnic minorities. 5/6 work or exposed to someone who is essential worker. They were all so sick. I wanted to cry, my heart was breaking. 1/ 
These are racialized essential workers and their families. They haven’t had access to vaccine despite wanting it. Government hasn’t protected them. No #paidsickdays. No protection of workplaces. And leaving “non-essential” factories, manufacturing and construction sites open 2/
The hallway in front of me had been nicknamed “McTavish hallway”. Many of the patients in these rooms would normally be seen in our resuscitation area pre-COVID. We have too many now. We are using every space we have to treat our COVID19 patients. 3/
Please don’t be reassured by a slight drop in overall case numbers and ICU numbers. We have a long way to go. It’s going to be a very long time until we empty our ICU and hospitals to resume our regular health care system. 4/
Today I will be going to work on our COViD ward. I’m sure many of the patients that I admitted will be going to places like Kingston and Brockville. Areas far from their families. This isn’t normal. Total ICU numbers might be down today but that’s also because people are dying.5/
Please listen to our experiences. We aren’t out of the woods. Please stop gathering. Please wear masks at work and when you are around other people. The lives of my patients matter. Please help protect them. @fordnation @DolyBegum @JeanYip3 @VijayThaniMPP @MitzieHunter
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