No parent should have to choose between their child’s health or losing work. Paid sick days are needed to keep children healthy, experts say. #Opinion thestar.com/opinion/contri… 
Parents are forced to make impossible decisions about sending their sick children to school and child care because they cannot take time off work; missing their children’s doctor’s appointments, vaccinations and important checkups. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Permanent and employer-paid sick days is an evidence-based policy that improves children’s access to vaccination and primary care, reduces reliance on the emergency department, and encourages parents to keep sick kids home from school. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
The pandemic has laid bare what happens without adequate paid sick days. For example, essential workers without paid sick days have had to keep working while they or their children fall ill, sometimes with deadly consequences for them and their families. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Meanwhile, to stay home and risk losing jobs and wages has tumbled families into poverty, precarious housing, food insecurity and worsening mental health. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Parents of young children remain scared. Delta may impact children harder, and other respiratory viruses are on the rise and hitting stronger than before. At the outset, symptoms are virtually indistinguishable from COVID-19. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
If the provincial government cares about our children, minimizing Wave 4, and building a healthier society, it will implement at least 10 permanent, employer-paid sick days. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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