I always try to keep my blog light, but I'm not in a good place right now. Our Provincial Health Office gave all our health care workers plenty of time to get vaccinated. Our Federal Government, British Columbia Provincial Government and many cities told their employees they all must have both shots. A lot of private companies, police and fire departments have the same edict.
The deadline for health care workers in British Columbia to be vaccinated was Tuesday. If they didn't have one jab they would be put on unpaid leave. The local news broadcasts talk about the many employees in long term care who aren't vaxxed. The federal government says they will not be eligible for employment insurance. This article from CBC says 4,000 health care workers in BC are not vaccinated!
My neighbour had an appointment yesterday at Life Labs for a routine blood test. She waited outside, standing, for over an hour! They told her the delay was because of a staff shortage.
A close relative is waiting for triple bypass surgery at Vancouver General. It was scheduled for October 6, then October 19, then October 26th at 5:30 AM. They called the day before and changed the time to 11:30 AM, same day. He went to the hospital ready for surgery and when he got to admitting he was told "the cardiac ward is in chaos, your surgery has been cancelled". His bypass was rescheduled for yesterday at 5:45 AM. He went to the hospital at 5:45, was admitted and sent to the surgery waiting room. They came and told him it didn't look good and at 9:06, the nurse said, "it's really bad, your surgery is cancelled again".
Our entire medical system is in chaos. I'm sure in the next few days many people will share their experience at a hospital, emergency room, lab, and long term care. Most of these facilities are already under staffed. Don't get sick!
What's going to happen when police and fire fighters have their deadline?
