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Ontarians are skewering a rebel barbecue restaurateur who has defied COVID-19 restrictions, a new poll suggests.

The Campaign Research survey for the Toronto Star found three-quarters of respondents — 76 per cent — oppose Adam Skelly’s highly publicized flouting of pandemic health orders.

Only 19 per cent supported Skelly, whose refusal to close Adamson Barbecue in Etobicoke to in-person dining during a mandatory lockdown, has generated headlines and led to charges.

Hmmm. I like Nick Kouvalis but he could be wrong.

TORONTO — As a potential COVID-19 vaccine gets closer to reality in Canada, so does the reality that as employees who have been working remotely return to their workplaces, there are uncharted legal and ethical waters ahead.

Among the issues to be navigated: Could employers force staff to get vaccinated?

There is no legal precedent for that, say employment lawyers.

Ontario is reporting nearly 1,800 new cases of COVID-19 ahead of a planned announcement later today that could see some regions face additional public health restrictions.

The Ministry of Health says that there were 1,780 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed on Thursday, along with another 25 deaths.

LILLEY: Canadians won’t be fully vaccinated for more than a year, military document says

The federal government has already started running war games on delivering doses of COVID-19 vaccines across Canada, even though doses may not arrive for months and Canadians won’t be fully vaccinated for more than a year. Those are details found in a planning document signed off on by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance and obtained by the Sun.

Residents of Ontario who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19 may face some limits, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams says.

Someone may have to show proof of vaccination, for instance, to enter a nursing home or hospital without personal protection equipment, he said Thursday.

Proof might also be required to attend school, although no decision has been made yet, he said.

Most Canadians are worried Canada’s vaccine distribution will not happen soon enough to stop soaring COVID-19 case counts and deaths.

An Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found that 74 per cent of respondents are worried that the public distribution of a vaccine would be too slow to stop a greater spread of COVID-19.

Related… Doctors say CDC should warn people the side effects from Covid vaccine shots won’t be ‘a walk in the park’

Public health officials and drugmakers need to warn people that coronavirus vaccine shots may have some rough side effects so they know what to expect and aren’t scared away from getting the second dose, doctors urged during a meeting Monday with CDC advisors.

The recommendations come as states prepare to distribute the potentially life-saving vaccinations as early as next month.

They’re everywhere, and they deserve to be heard.

Americans are well versed in the consequences for physical health from COVID-19. Newspapers brim daily with scary headlines alarming us of any risk that it might pose, no matter how minor or remote. But there are other nasty and less often discussed consequences brought on by this pandemic and by our collective reaction to it — whether that’s due to people locking themselves up at home out of fear of encountering others or government-ordered lockdowns.