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Brampton continues to be at the epicentre of Ontario’s fight against COVID-19 with area hospitals detecting record-high positivity rates in patients and 1 in 5 people who show up at assessment centres testing positive for the virus. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/24/brampton-the-engine-of-ontarios-economy-now-has-the-highest-covid-positivity-rates-in-the-province.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=bramptonrates
“We’re seeing younger people being affected. We’re seeing essential workers who are being affected,” said Dr. Tajinder Kaura, an emergency room physician at Brampton Civic. “Am I surprised? I’m not. Am I worried? Yes. There’s no way around it." https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/24/brampton-the-engine-of-ontarios-economy-now-has-the-highest-covid-positivity-rates-in-the-province.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=bramptonrates
This comes as Peel's top doctor announced they would be using Section 22 to mandate workplaces with five or more COVID-19 cases to close.
The daughter of one Brampton factory worker who died from the virus says this action is too little, too late. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/21/her-dad-was-a-factory-worker-who-died-from-covid-19-for-her-stricter-measures-on-workplace-outbreaks-in-toronto-and-peel-are-simply-not-enough.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=peelworkerdied
The daughter of one Brampton factory worker who died from the virus says this action is too little, too late. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/21/her-dad-was-a-factory-worker-who-died-from-covid-19-for-her-stricter-measures-on-workplace-outbreaks-in-toronto-and-peel-are-simply-not-enough.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=peelworkerdied
From the start, Peel, where Dr. @iPreetBrar was once a temp worker in a factory, has been forgotten she says. Why?
1) Failure to control workplace outbreaks
2) Inequitable vaccine roll out
3) Underutilization of multicultural media
#InTheirOwnVoices https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/peel-is-facing-a-covid-19-crisis-ontario-needs-to-prioritize-health-over-economy-now-to-save-lives.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=peelcrisis
1) Failure to control workplace outbreaks
2) Inequitable vaccine roll out
3) Underutilization of multicultural media
#InTheirOwnVoices https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/peel-is-facing-a-covid-19-crisis-ontario-needs-to-prioritize-health-over-economy-now-to-save-lives.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=peelcrisis
"To stigmatize Peel which is turning our nations’ economy and lives without addressing the root causes of workplace, health care, and public health inequities is not an appropriate strategy to halt the spread of the current pandemic," she writes, https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/04/25/peel-is-facing-a-covid-19-crisis-ontario-needs-to-prioritize-health-over-economy-now-to-save-lives.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=OpinionContributor&utm_content=peelcrisis
The high rates of people testing positive for COVID-19 — which so far show no signs of plateauing — point to more difficult weeks ahead for Peel’s struggling hospitals. Brampton’s per cent positivity is 22 per cent, data shows. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/04/24/brampton-the-engine-of-ontarios-economy-now-has-the-highest-covid-positivity-rates-in-the-province.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=bramptonrates
