It’s been about a year of no work or income for unvaccinated Nova Scotians working in “high risk” settings. But does the province’s vaccine mandate hold any water?
''One recent news report stated that staff shortages—exacerbated by hospital mandates—have forced Emergency Departments to close and that even COVID-19 positive health care staff were working because the needs were so “critical.”
Right. So health care workers with active covid -19 can go to work but not their unjabbed covid negative colleagues. Talk about clown world!
Wow Linda this is really great work! This as well as your previous piece about burning down the forest to be "green", all of your writing actually, just stands out so starkly in todays world of journalism. When those in power make bad and unethical decisions and no one in the mainstream dare speak about it, our only chance at hearing the truth rests with real journalists like yourself. You're a rare breed please keep up the good work!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have searched everywhere for an investigative journalist to come forward. Very rare in Canada and almost non existent in Nova Scotia. Thank You, and Bless your heart for at least looking at the issues, the harms done by the Covid response fiasco far out weights the harms of the virus.
Nov. 28/2021 BC lost 7,000 nurses. Some into retirement, some quit,and some were fired. N.S put their nurses on leave. ( please correct me if I’m wrong. ) BC fired them.
Our substack explores the forced meeting between the union and the terminated. Thanks
0 for 3 indeed. This is a very thorough and important overview of an arbitrary and ethically and scientifically indefensible policy. The response of the Houston government and the NS responses to inquiries about the continued mandate are instructive. The Department of Health and Wellness, querried by Pannozzo, responded with:
“The Department is engaging with these workplaces regarding next steps for the vaccination protocol as we move ahead in our COVID-19 management plan.”
In other words with dismissive, meaningless bullshit. This is from Andrew Rankin's article for Saltwire on the subject:
"The Chronicle Herald asked the Department of Health why the vaccine requirement is still in place here. No answer was provided. We also asked to speak with Health Minister Michelle Thompson or Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, but the request was denied."
They won't defend the policy because they can't for all the reasons Pannozzo lays out here: i.e. basically because it is scientifically and ethically indefensible. If they had good reasons they would present them clearly and openly. They would address the critical social and democratic implications raised by the BMJ, Canada’s privacy commissioners and the Journal of Medical Ethics as cited by Pannozzo. They do none of this; instead they run away and hide while letting health care and the public trust in the institutions of public health continue to deteriorate. To say nothing of the unnecessary suffering of those impacted by the policy.
Thank you Linda Pannozzo for the much needed investigation into this ongoing scandal.
FIRST OFF YOU DO NOT NEED AN EXEMPTION FROM GETTING #EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES. FDA NEVER OFFICIALLY APPROVED COVID VACCINES ARE EXPERIMENTAL NOT OFFICIALLY APPROVED & ARE ONLY ISSUED UNDER EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZED #EUA'S DOCUMENTED ON FDA SITE & CANNOT BE MANDATED AS SUCH. NO ONE CAN LEGALLY MANDATE ANYONE TO BE A GUINEA PIG. VIOLATION OF THE #NUREMBERGCODE, INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 6 #UNESCO
IT IS ALSO DOCUMENTED FACT THAT THE VACCINES DO NOT STOP YOU FROM GETTING CORONA VIRUS NOR STOP TRANSMISSION TO OTHERS & THE COURT ORDERED RELEASE OF PFIZER VACCINES SIDE EFFECTS ONE OF WHICH INCLUDES DEATH OUT WAY THE BENIFITS.
ITS PAST TIME ANYONE BEING ILLEGALLY MANDATED EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES, CRIMINALLY CHARGE EACH PERSON PUSHING THE MANDATES.
Thanks for speaking out about this. Hard to believe our government has been so obstinate on this non-issue. I am in touch with numerous professionals who are leaving the country as a result of this and the feds bank account seizures. If they had jobs, they would likely stay, but feeding your family is kind of important.
''One recent news report stated that staff shortages—exacerbated by hospital mandates—have forced Emergency Departments to close and that even COVID-19 positive health care staff were working because the needs were so “critical.”
Right. So health care workers with active covid -19 can go to work but not their unjabbed covid negative colleagues. Talk about clown world!
My wife is an RN, with 12 years of service. Nova Scotia nearly ruined our lives.
Now she works in New Brunswick.
So stupid to break up our family like this!!!!!
Wow Linda this is really great work! This as well as your previous piece about burning down the forest to be "green", all of your writing actually, just stands out so starkly in todays world of journalism. When those in power make bad and unethical decisions and no one in the mainstream dare speak about it, our only chance at hearing the truth rests with real journalists like yourself. You're a rare breed please keep up the good work!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have searched everywhere for an investigative journalist to come forward. Very rare in Canada and almost non existent in Nova Scotia. Thank You, and Bless your heart for at least looking at the issues, the harms done by the Covid response fiasco far out weights the harms of the virus.
Nov. 28/2021 BC lost 7,000 nurses. Some into retirement, some quit,and some were fired. N.S put their nurses on leave. ( please correct me if I’m wrong. ) BC fired them.
Our substack explores the forced meeting between the union and the terminated. Thanks
Just subscribed. Thanks!
Yes, fired for not getting vaccinated. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/about-2500-health-care-workers-lost-jobs-over-refusal-to-vaccinate
0 for 3 indeed. This is a very thorough and important overview of an arbitrary and ethically and scientifically indefensible policy. The response of the Houston government and the NS responses to inquiries about the continued mandate are instructive. The Department of Health and Wellness, querried by Pannozzo, responded with:
“The Department is engaging with these workplaces regarding next steps for the vaccination protocol as we move ahead in our COVID-19 management plan.”
In other words with dismissive, meaningless bullshit. This is from Andrew Rankin's article for Saltwire on the subject:
"The Chronicle Herald asked the Department of Health why the vaccine requirement is still in place here. No answer was provided. We also asked to speak with Health Minister Michelle Thompson or Dr. Robert Strang, the province’s chief medical officer of health, but the request was denied."
https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/ns-paying-double-to-replace-nurses-benched-by-covid-mandate-100797185/
They won't defend the policy because they can't for all the reasons Pannozzo lays out here: i.e. basically because it is scientifically and ethically indefensible. If they had good reasons they would present them clearly and openly. They would address the critical social and democratic implications raised by the BMJ, Canada’s privacy commissioners and the Journal of Medical Ethics as cited by Pannozzo. They do none of this; instead they run away and hide while letting health care and the public trust in the institutions of public health continue to deteriorate. To say nothing of the unnecessary suffering of those impacted by the policy.
Thank you Linda Pannozzo for the much needed investigation into this ongoing scandal.
correction: "The response of the Houston government *and the NS Health Authority* to inquiries about the continued mandate are instructive."
FIRST OFF YOU DO NOT NEED AN EXEMPTION FROM GETTING #EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES. FDA NEVER OFFICIALLY APPROVED COVID VACCINES ARE EXPERIMENTAL NOT OFFICIALLY APPROVED & ARE ONLY ISSUED UNDER EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZED #EUA'S DOCUMENTED ON FDA SITE & CANNOT BE MANDATED AS SUCH. NO ONE CAN LEGALLY MANDATE ANYONE TO BE A GUINEA PIG. VIOLATION OF THE #NUREMBERGCODE, INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF BIOETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ARTICLE 6 #UNESCO
IT IS ALSO DOCUMENTED FACT THAT THE VACCINES DO NOT STOP YOU FROM GETTING CORONA VIRUS NOR STOP TRANSMISSION TO OTHERS & THE COURT ORDERED RELEASE OF PFIZER VACCINES SIDE EFFECTS ONE OF WHICH INCLUDES DEATH OUT WAY THE BENIFITS.
ITS PAST TIME ANYONE BEING ILLEGALLY MANDATED EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES, CRIMINALLY CHARGE EACH PERSON PUSHING THE MANDATES.
#CriminalChargesAreFaster THAN LAWSUITS
Thanks for speaking out about this. Hard to believe our government has been so obstinate on this non-issue. I am in touch with numerous professionals who are leaving the country as a result of this and the feds bank account seizures. If they had jobs, they would likely stay, but feeding your family is kind of important.