(A staff member gazes out the window as the Seven Oaks Long-Term Care Home in Toronto. Stan Behal/Toronto Sun)
by Brian Lilly
October 7, 2020
Were it not for long-term care deaths, Ontario’s handling of COVID-19 would have been exemplary. Beyond those who died in the homes where our loved ones go to spend their last days, the reality is only a very small proportion of the population has died from COVID-19.
A review of just-released data on deaths in long-term care though shows that while the province was hard hit, it really was not that much worse than a bad flu season when it came to fatalities for our most vulnerable.
From the start, I have said there have been two big failures across Canada in dealing with COVID. The federal government didn’t put in proper border measures to stop or limit the spread and provinces such as Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia didn’t put the iron ring around these facilities that they promised.
“We will fortify an iron ring of protection around our long-term care residents and those who care for them,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on April 15.
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