I have never forgotten the cold and insensitive words of my father’s surgeon. I have never forgiven his failure to comfort and counsel when it was most needed.
As demand for first vaccine doses plateaus, our focus becomes reaching the vaccine hesitant. The extra effort expended to convince those patients will be well worth it for all of us.
From the outset, evidence suggested most Canadians intended to be vaccinated. Three in four said they would “definitely or probably” get their shot—an encouraging start.
Look at Canada's primary care landscape, there are too many doctors set to retire and not enough coming out of universities to replace them. But there are a number of solutions to consider.
We need a sophisticated way to track what vaccines people have received, and when, so that we are equipped to respond to changes in disease virulence in a measured and proportionate manner.
It is time to tell the CMA that their equity goal is right but silencing democracy is off-target. So say a group including former CMA presidents and provincial medical association presidents. They make this case as we approach the CMA's virtual AGM on Aug 22 where key issues are being decided.
It is not always easy to work in your own neighbourhood as a doctor. But I have spent my entire family medicine career taking care of my neighbours, I see them outside, we walk our dogs together.
