By: Thomas I. Likness
EBC News Service

(Eagle News) — Saying the third wave of the pandemic has passed the critical point, the Canadian Medical Association calls on the federal government to take unprecedented measures to deal with the pandemic.

“As the third wave of the pandemic wreaks havoc on the healthcare and public health systems, healthcare providers, and patients, we are at a critical juncture where a truly national approach to combating COVID-19 will make the difference between more or fewer lives saved,” association Dr. Ann Collins said Friday in a release.

The doctors recommend sharing healthcare resources across provincial and territorial borders to help jurisdictions that are currently at crisis levels with ICUs and where healthcare capacity is overwhelmed.

“We act as one country when crisis hits with wildfires, floods and other tragedies. This pandemic has reached a new level that requires a national response,” SAID Collins. “We must do everything needed to avoid making unbearable choices as to who lives if resources are not available.”

On vaccines, the association says the government should change the way it allocates inoculants.

Instead of doing it on a per capita bases, the doctors say vaccines should go to areas in urgent need because of high infection rates.

The association also wants further restrictions in areas that have lower rates of Covid-19 to prevent further increases in the infection rate.
(Eagle News Service)