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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 | Volume 34 No. 37
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A number of changes have been announced to B.C.’s COVID-19 response, including mandatory vaccination for anyone who works in a healthcare facility, eased restrictions in Interior Health for events and settings using B.C.’s vaccine card system, third doses for some who are clinically extremely vulnerable. Effective Oct. 26, anyone in B.C. who works in a health-care facility, including home and community care workers, will Levi Manson holds a photo of his late brother, Aaron, joined by mom Troylana and dad Bart. need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 under a new order MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. “This includes all workers, students, physicians, residents, contractors and volunteers who made him, out of the house on an The day Aaron died, April work in a health-care facility, MICHAEL POTESTIO April afternoon earlier this year. 20, 2021, was a parent’s worst including contracted facilities,” LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE michael@kamloopsthisweek.com The 61-year-old father of two nightmare. His mother, Troylana she said. and retired registered nurse added Manson, 58, anticipated this past Henry acknowledged the very art Manson tucked a the stuffed animal so the next per- Monday would be another hard rare instances of necessary mediteddy bear under the son who laid eyes on his youngday. cal or religious exemptions and arm of his son before est son, Aaron, would know the Sept. 13 would have been said her office will have a process paramedics took his 26-year-old, who died in his bed Aaron Manson’s 27th birthday. in place to review requests. body, wrapped in a from an illicit drug overdose, came Those who are deemed See SON, A16 exempt may be reassigned or childhood blanket his mother from a loving family.
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need to undergo regular testing, Henry said. “But the ultimate end for people who choose not to be immunized and work in health-care is leave without pay,” she added. Health Minister Adrian Dix estimated the mandate applies to upwards of 100,000 people, but noted vaccination rates among nurses are already in the high 80s, percentage wise, and about 96 per cent among physicians. While the BC Nurses’ Union encourages its members and others to get vaccinated against communicable diseases, it is opposed to vaccine mandates, as outlined in a position statement on vaccination the union released just last month: “Employers should work with nurses and other health-care workers on developing supportive vaccination policies to achieve high vaccination rates in the health-care workforce. Evidence shows that punitive or coercive vaccination policies in workplaces can create conflict, damage trust and may unintentionally heighten vaccine hesitancy by feeding into false narratives on vaccine safety.”
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