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Global News Radio – One-third of Ontario’s long-term care homes have COVID-19 outbreaks

Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO of CanAge, joins Arlene Bynon to talk about why long-term care homes are in such a dire state and what needs to be done. https://globalnews.ca/toronto/program/on-point-with-alex-pierson-640/

Canadian Parliamentary Access Channel – Green Party Holds Townhall Discussion about Long-Term Care

Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul, and Green MP Paul Manly (Nanaimo–Ladysmith, B.C.) take part in a virtual townhall discussion about the situation in long-term care facilities across Canada amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They are joined by various long-term care experts, including Laura Tamblyn Watts of CanAge. The participants also answer questions from reporters […]

CTV News – Health experts urging quicker vaccine rollout as COVID-19 cases surge, doses sit in freezers

“This is a vaccine problem, not really a logistics problems,” said Tamblyn Watts. “We have existing systems to put vaccine into people … Get public health involved, get doctors involved, get pharmacists involved. Don’t keep it so off to the side that people can’t get vaccinated.” https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/health-experts-urging-quicker-vaccine-rollout-as-covid-19-cases-surge-doses-sit-in-freezers-1.5252945

CTV News – Ontario care home outbreaks hit record high

“What we are seeing is an expansion of the virus, an increase in vulnerability, no real improvements in staffing, and the vaccine not getting into the arms of those who need it most.” https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2111827

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