“Just like the (COVID-19) vaccine, people are waiting for the vaccine. We’re waiting for this pill.” Continue reading
“In terms of my list of worries about how we’re going to care for the surge of patients .. the problem will be mostly staffing based,” said Dr. Brooks Fallis. Continue reading
“Getting overwhelmed would be very easy, but we just need to make sure we don’t burden ourselves. So constantly remind ourselves that we are doing the best that we can,” he said. Continue reading
“There is so much that health workers are seeing and experiencing and this is leading to a sense of loss and grief that many of us have not experienced before.” Continue reading
“Kids might be fine, they rarely get very sick with COVID, but you can’t say the same about their parents and grandparents and that’s what we’re seeing in the hospital.” Continue reading
Habib Haghjoo’s daughter Sahar, 37, and granddaughter Elsa Jadidi, 8, were killed in a Ukrainian plane crash one year ago. Continue reading
Students across Ontario are engaged in virtual learning from home this week, but two Toronto-area doctors say schools should not reopen for in-person learning so soon. Continue reading
‘Bullying has been an issue because of how I look … but really, for me, it’s normal, it doesn’t feel like it’s there.’ Continue reading
‘He was asking what’s going on… what’s happening and then seeing it’s the whole world on lockdown and quarantine and he really got so nervous,’ his mother said. Continue reading
‘We didn’t get in this job to walk away from this, we got into this field to help,’ ER nurse Michelle Byrne said. Continue reading
‘They’re fighting for you and that is a very emotional experience and you bond… I had unbelievably fabulous people there.’ Continue reading
Delroy Noble spent 59 days hooked up to a ventilator after contracting COVID-19. Eight months later, he is still feeling the impacts of the virus. Continue reading
“The ministry has chosen long-term care facilities to be priority because of the tragedies that we’ve actually seen and how difficult the situation has been in long-term care.” Continue reading
“You are far safer in a small business that cares than in a big-box store that cannot control what the population is doing.” Continue reading
“When our children see that we’re going through a difficult time, how do we respond to that? And Hanukkah tells us that when there’s a time of darkness, we increase in light.” Continue reading