Last week, the province outlined its guidelines for businesses required to make the checks. Patrons at dine-in restaurants, nightclubs, gyms, sports facilities and other venues must present a receipt of full vaccination and identification. Doctors’ notes for medical exemptions will also be accepted.
With vaccines at 39% effectiveness, you’ll be back in lockdown within 30 days. We should be concentrating on treatment and natural immunity instead of vaccines.
Ontario has released further guidance for businesses one week before COVID-19 vaccines become mandatory to enter some non-essential establishments.
Starting on Sept. 22, proof of vaccination status will be required to eat indoors at restaurants and bars, to enter a gym, movie theatre, sporting venue or concert, and to use a large meeting and event space.
Ontario residents will need to either print or download their second dose receipt from the government website until an “enhanced” certificate becomes available on Oct. 22.
Ontario’s Liberal Party is calling on the provincial government to make vaccines mandatory for transit passengers, as well as eligible students and employees who interact with customers as the fourth wave of COVID-19 continues to climb.
Police say a London man is charged with manslaughter in connection with a weekend assault near Western University that killed an 18-year-old.
A tearful professor with Western University’s Huron University College says she refuses to take the COVID-19 vaccine and compares herself to Socrates – “who was executed for asking questions” – as she contemplates being fired by the school.
When Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport rolls out on Sept. 22, individuals with medical exceptions must show proof confirming why they can’t get the shot.
Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives have prorogued the legislature until after the federal election, a move the Opposition called an “abdication of responsibility” as the province fights a fourth wave of COVID-19.
h/t Marvin
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required to access non-essential businesses in Ontario, including gyms, indoor restaurants, movie theatres and concert halls, under the province’s new vaccine certification program starting Sept. 22.
“More recently, I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with the degree to which political considerations appear to be driving outputs from the tables, or at least the degree to which these outputs are shared in a transparent manner with the public,” Dr. David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said in a resignation letter he shared on Twitter.
An Ontario PC MPP, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Rebel News that all party MPPs suspected of not having been vaccinated against COVID-19 are being warned by party leaders that they have until Thursday to get the shot. Failing to do so, they face being kicked from the PC party caucus.
h/t Mauser98
Ontarians are taking a stand against the chain of church burnings that has devastated communities across the country. Grassroots movement Civic Revival announced that they are holding an event in Mississauga this Saturday, August 7, to “Stop the Burning of Churches in Canada.”
When Ontario’s top doctor said it’s time to “normalize” COVID-19 in schools Tuesday, Bronwen Alsop says she almost fell off her chair.
The mother of two young kids and founder of the Ontario Families Coalition has advocated for in-class learning to be maintained throughout the pandemic, even if a moderate number of cases are reported in the community.
Ontario is reporting a significant jump in the daily COVID-19 case count today, with more than 300 new infections confirmed over the past 24 hours.
So much for being non-partisan.
A prominent doctor who sits on the Ontario Science Table is expected to be acclaimed later this month as an Ontario Liberal candidate for next year’s provincial election.
The Ontario Medical Association is calling on Premier Doug Ford’s government to adopt a certificate that could be used as proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
The OMA, which represents more than 40,000 physicians in Ontario, said 93 per cent of the province’s doctors are in favour of some form of vaccine credential.
