The trauma associated with the monumental tragedy that is playing out in several long-term care facilities across Canada during the COVID-19 crisis will be felt years to come.
 
Here in Ontario a number of facilities failed to follow public health directives and reasonable precautions. The result has been a death rate far exceeding the experience of others. Many are calling for sweeping change into how these homes for seniors and other vulnerable adults are staffed and managed. Others are calling for independent inquiries and criminal investigations. Some of these important measures may take years to implement.
 
People’s lives are in danger now though. What has been done to date to stop the unacceptable loss of life? What more can be done immediately in long-term care facilities? What can other workers and workplace representatives in businesses deemed essential during the COVID-19 crisis learn from this tragedy? And as Ontario prepares to open workplaces in a world that is still working on a COVID-19 vaccine, what must be in place to help ensure others don’t suffer a similar fate.
 
These are the questions Workers Health & Safety Centre considers in this webinar in a series we are calling Confronting COVID-19. With five personal support workers, 10 taxi drivers, a meat plant worker and a grocery store worker among those reported killed by COVID-19 exposures to date, the need for workplace health and safety precautions and their enforcement has never been greater.
 
In addition to watching and sharing this webinar video, you may also want to download and share the PowerPoint developed for the webinar. 

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