{"id":729,"date":"2021-04-22T05:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/?p=729"},"modified":"2021-04-22T05:18:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T05:18:55","slug":"ontario-is-currently-in-shambles-with-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/2021\/04\/22\/ontario-is-currently-in-shambles-with-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario is currently in shambles with COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The province of Ontario is in borderline shambles battling COVID-19, and measures taken so far have been ineffective at best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Doug Ford recently announced and implemented new measures on Saturday to help battle the uptick in severe COVID-19 cases across the province, but more needs to be done to clean up the ongoing mess that has been created over negligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The numbers keep growing and the trend didn\u2019t stop today. According to Ontario.ca, 95 new people were sent to the hospital including 14 who were administered into the ICU. Of those 14 new people, 10 are currently on a ventilator trying to battle the effects of COVID-19. Overall, there are currently 2,202 people in Ontario hospitalized with the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to this trend, the province enhanced measures by forbidding people to gather outdoors with members of other households, non-essential construction was put on pause, and outdoor sporting facilities\/playgrounds are momentarily restricted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is a recent uproar from the people in response to the provincial government\u2019s handling of the pandemic, due to the lack of consistency in terms of what is and isn\u2019t deemed essential, multiple issues could be traced back to well beyond just the past month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.slices.co\/stories\/-MYgo4i-a2vpJxcy06D0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Issues concerning the spread of the virus can be dotted back to different decisions made by the government, whether that be the decision to send students to school for the majority of the 2020-21 school year, the decision to briefly re-open patio dining back in March, or even making people work high-risk jobs without real necessity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept of what is and isn\u2019t essential has been confusing for Ontarians everywhere, and the inconsistencies in applying proper safety measures has cost thousands of lives up to this point, which is reflected in the 7,735 COVID-19 related deaths in the province up to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And with different variants wreaking havoc across the country, it\u2019s only a matter of time before things get even worse here. Vaccinations across the country are increasing, but Canada still has catching up when compared to some of the top vaccinating nations on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/5908025\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the emergence of vaccinations growing across the province, ICUs are still being hammered with new patients, and it\u2019s only a matter of time before most facilities begin to tap out in terms of capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With thousands of new cases a day, there needs to be actual change. The province led by Doug Ford has danced around too many ineffective measures, causing serious problems today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While vaccinations are on the upswing, and more Ontarians are getting immunized, it isn\u2019t going to solve the problem until most people are vaccinated, and with improper behaviour, it will continue to cost more lives until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until Canada can catch up with vaccinations as they are expected to, Ontario needs to put the people before the money. 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