Coronavirus

ROTHENBURGER – A few questions for those who were protesting this week

September 4, 2021 // 7 Comments

I HAVE QUESTIONS for the anti-vaxxers, reluctant vaxxers and the misinformed who took to the streets this week to exercise their democratic right to protest. The first one [Continue]

PETERS – RIH demonstrators lost sight of how COVID-19 impacts health care

September 4, 2021 // 3 Comments

THE RECENT EXPERIENCE a friend of mine had at Royal Inland Hospital illustrates well why healthcare professionals were so frustrated at this week’s protest. Coincidentally, [Continue]

GINTA – We have a right to protest, but don’t do it in front of hospitals

September 3, 2021 // 5 Comments

I WILL START by saying I did not know there were anti-vaccine protests scheduled all over British Columbia for Sept. 1. An update from a trusted news source revealed a [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – The new threat to health care is not privatization, it’s viral

September 2, 2021 // 1 Comment

The COVID pandemic has gone viral. I don’t mean the Delta variant. I mean the mania created by antivaxxers who have whipped up opposition to panic levels. Antivaxxers are [Continue]

KNOX – Momentum is shifting, get on the vaccine passport bus or move over

August 29, 2021 // 1 Comment

THE SAY SMART LEADERS don’t drag people places they’re not ready to go. It’s better to get people onside first, convince them that they want to eat a meal instead of [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – ‘Vaccine card’ inconvenient but will save the economy

August 25, 2021 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WONDER IF those folks who are hollering indignantly about B.C.’s new vaccination card ever stop to think about the alternative. Refuse [Continue]