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jc100 said:
A large number of people still don’t have a family doc. One of my colleagues still travels 2.5h to see his old family doc as he can’t get one in K town. Some walk in clinics are only for those who have a family doc at a certain practice. That only leaves the ER room for some. The real answer to this is to release the stranglehold the medical associations have over who can practice here and the hoops they have to jump through. That or make it such that all family medicine students/residents do rotations through communities where doctors are needed.
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A friend of mine does that, goes on rotations or fills in shifts in Northern Ontario. He quite often goes up to Moosonee for a couple of weeks at a time. Then back down to Toronto to work where ever is needed. Early in his career the Gov was enticing grads to work in Northern Ontario so he bounced around a lot up there. I can't imagine it would be much different today. In small towns the ER or hospital is all they really need. But yeah in Toronto the ER does get abused. I am sure some of it has to do with scheduling, missed family doctor or walkin hours. Though there must be some better way to manage it.
 
regder said:
That guy doing pullups in a park? Conveniently a defence attorney, they're not known to debate every little thing.
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Now that some other details have come out, and if he is a lawyer, I believe he is a oppourtunitist. Was just looking to get ticketed to cause a stink, and be that guy to champion a cause. Ambulance chaser I guess.
 
Well back in the office today.

All employees getting screened at the entrance (questionnaire and a temperature sensing camera).

Visitors (currently prohibited) will go through the same.
 
The temperature check thing is a nice way to identify sick people, but it doesn't do a whole lot to actually solve the underlying problem of the reality that anyone actually sick (and with a temp) has been contagious for potentially up to 14 days by that point already.

A mask is going to be far more effective if avoiding contagion is the desire. They don't protect you from others if someone else not wearing one is sick, but yourself from infecting others if you're the sick person unknowingly.
 
Evoex said:
Well back in the office today.

All employees getting screened at the entrance (questionnaire and a temperature sensing camera).

Visitors (currently prohibited) will go through the same.
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Did they just grab a flir from the tool crib or is there a medical temp gun? What is their temp threshold for though shall not pass?
 
Evoex said:
Well back in the office today.

All employees getting screened at the entrance (questionnaire and a temperature sensing camera).

Visitors (currently prohibited) will go through the same.
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This is how I foresee a lot of companies restarting. Putting in some sort of screening, maybe add additional stations for washing hands, providing some basic PPE masks, etc. It may help, but won't resolve the issue completely. But people do need to get back to some sort of 'normal' as I'm sure many are having a lot of issues staying at home away from everyone.
 
GreyGhost said:
Did they just grab a flir from the tool crib or is there a medical temp gun? What is their temp threshold for though shall not pass?
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Yeah there's a big ass camera lol.

Good question I'll chat up HR and see.
 
PrivatePilot said:
The temperature check thing is a nice way to identify sick people, but it doesn't do a whole lot to actually solve the underlying problem of the reality that anyone actually sick (and with a temp) has been contagious for potentially up to 14 days by that point already.

A mask is going to be far more effective if avoiding contagion is the desire. They don't protect you from others if someone else not wearing one is sick, but yourself from infecting others if you're the sick person unknowingly.
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They are providing them upon request as well.
 
mimico_polak said:
This is how I foresee a lot of companies restarting. Putting in some sort of screening, maybe add additional stations for washing hands, providing some basic PPE masks, etc. It may help, but won't resolve the issue completely. But people do need to get back to some sort of 'normal' as I'm sure many are having a lot of issues staying at home away from everyone.
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Yeah, thankfully I work for a good company which is taking this seriously.
 
Evoex said:
Yeah.

Looks like every department manager is here and they are 'allowed' 1 or 2 employee to handle the day to day.
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Better than the alternative of laying everyone off. Be safe and enjoy the new 'normal' for the time being. We are all still WFH at the moment, and waiting to see when/if we go back to BC. Company wide ban on inter-provincial travel at this point in time so only people from BC are able to get to site, if needed.
 
mimico_polak said:
This is how I foresee a lot of companies restarting. Putting in some sort of screening, maybe add additional stations for washing hands, providing some basic PPE masks
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This is an excellent plan, but only as strong as the weakest link, and if this pandemic has shown us anything, it's that 20% of the population are idiots.

The idiots will be the weak link here. All us people trying to not **** up this return to normalcy may end up paying the price for those who are totally ignorant or refuse (through said ignorance, or through "screw you, this is a big joke" attitudes) to participate in these efforts.
 
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PrivatePilot said:
This is an excellent plan, but only as strong as the weakest link, and if this pandemic has shown us anything, it's that 20% of the population are idiots.

The idiots will be the weak link here. All us people trying to not **** up this return to normalcy may end up paying the price for those who are totally ignorant or refuse (through said ignorance, or through "screw you, this is a big joke" attitudes) to participate in these efforts.
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Only 20%? That's probably under reported...same as a lot of countries with their COVID-19 numbers.
 
The anti-protester protestors should have armed themselves with umbrellas to keep the moist speaking people away ☂ ?
 
Call your MPs make sure they dont open that border to keep these retards out
 
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PrivatePilot said:
if this pandemic has shown us anything, it's that 20% of the population are idiots.
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I saw numbers that were 70%-15%-10%, the 15% being workers who's job involved some form of exposure and had no choice in the matter, which makes the idiot tally 10%. Makes sense. You're mind is fixating on picking out the odd idiot's actions, and dismisses the greater numbers of people that are doing their best to follow protocols.
 
bigpoppa said:
Call your MPs make sure they dont open that border to keep these retards out
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The internet has always joked about Americans being stupid...

It looks like the internet wasn't joking or sarcastic. ****.
 
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