This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The Lynn Valley Care Centre, a seniors care home named as the site of a coronavirus outbreak by provincial health authorities, is seen in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada March 7, 2020. Quarantine can create real hardship for those who are disabled or don’t have the support of friends or family in the community.
"We want to be able to protect them, both because they’ve done a service treating the public, but also because if we protect them they’re able to continue treating patients,” said Lorian Hardcastle, a professor in the faculties of law and medicine at the University of Calgary. Most doctors and nurses, though, accept the risks in their work and are trained to protect themselves.
“The key thing is providing personal protective equipment or environmental settings so that we minimize the risk of potential harm to our health care providers,” Ms. Bean said.It appears that social distancing and restriction of movement have proved effective in some countries at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Canada has not yet instituted such polices, but it may be only a matter of time.
“I think these conversations are starting to happen in the abstract but I don’t think they’re far enough along and I don’t think they’re concrete enough,” Prof. Hardcastle said.
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