Article contentBy Dr. David ForrestI am a physician on the front lines taking care of COVID-19 patients and many who might have COVID-19. Try refreshing your browser, or Opinion: Poor choices in vaccine prioritization and its unethical provision are troubling front-line doctors like me Back to videoYou would think that I and others like me would be the first to get vaccinated. But like many of our nurses and respiratory therapists, we have been a lower priority than visitors to long-term care homes and staff not directly managing COVID-19 patients. It’s about risk to othersI am one of only eight ICU doctors, four each week covering two ICUs. The same is true of nurses and respiratory therapists who treat COVID-19 patients: it doesn’t matter how many ventilators you have if there are no staff to provide the care.

Source: National Post February 08, 2021 11:03 UTC