Thread by @malolisica

This article, Written by Howard Levitt, the best known and most widely quoted authority on employment law in Canada, is a MUST READ.
financialpost.com/fp-work/insure…

“Insurance companies look for any way they can to deny or cut short a claim: that is how they make money. In the case of COVID-related disability claims, insurers are frequently denying claims due to insufficient medical evidence, for example, the lack of a positive COVID-19 test

Levitt: “According to the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, roughly 10 per cent of those who become infected with the virus become long-haulers.”

“Many Canadians despair of ever regaining the lives they lived before contracting COVID-19.”

“What’s even more frightening is there are others who are dragging themselves through their life and they are suffering. But because this cluster of symptoms is so ill-defined, they don’t actually realize that they are long-haulers,” Rastin says.
canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas…

“If you have this potential pool of 140,000 people who might be disabled in a year, that’s a significant financial risk for them,” he says. “You can bet in the boardrooms the insurers are realizing that this is a severe threat. It is going to be a big fight.”

"Right now," said Rastin, "there’s no way of knowing if people will ever recover from long-haul COVID."

Therefore, in my mind, #prevention is critical.

What is needed:
➡️Immediate circuit breaker on return to school to ride out the wave and put in place proper airborne protocols
➡️Dramatically upscale testing capacity so that we can track, forecast, and prove covid cases
➡️Massive #covidisairborne public health campaign 24/7

➡️Shut down large events including sporting venues, concerts
➡️Significantly reduce capacity in retail
➡️Reduce shared air during meals - Move to curbside/takeout for restaurants

And, because a girl can dream, provide every citizen with #covidcarekit free #N95s4All, RATs, and oximeters, covid care and isolation instructions AND provide #paidsickdays for all who need to isolate or recover from illness.

To @andreahorvath @stevendelduca @MikeSchreiner you will inherit a massive health care problem & debt. It’s time to put aside ego, party leadership, form a coalition against dark forces & work together to solve the largest crisis in this province’s history – for the common good.

But this crisis is unfolding and requires immediate action. In my mind, our only hope is for local public health to step in. Once again, I implore @drepdevilla and her counterparts to stand up for our kids, our health, and our future.

I have also called on @JustinTrudeau to enact the #emergenciesact and speak to us from his cottage.
#SOSJustin
We need to know that you are listening and doing all you can.

/The End

@epdevilla @JohnTory @BonnieCrombie @patrickbrownont If our premier and our CMOH won't do anything (and they won't), please step in.