The family’s experience at the pop-up clinic, operated by the Scarborough Health Network, was the polar opposite of the situation in major Ontario cities six weeks ago, when queues for coronavirus testing stretched for blocks.
The government “can’t force people to get tested,” Premier Doug Ford told reporters on Wednesday, the same day Omeera and her father walked into the Scarborough clinic. “Outside of knocking on every door and dragging people to get tested, our capacity is up to 50,000 right now. If you’re showing symptoms, please go get tested.”
Barriers to testing abound for such groups, said Jen Quinlan, the chief executive officer of a community health centre in Flemingdon Park, a pocket of high rises that is home to many new immigrants.“The neighbourhood is about three buses away from the hospital. If you’re not feeling well, if you have a young child or an older relative, it’s quite a trek to Michael Garron [Hospital] or even further over to Sunnybrook.
MGH and SHN have also been offering pop-ups at or near schools when a student or teacher tests positive. That was a significant help to Mr. Morshed, who was able to return later with his parents, Mamataz Begum and Serajul Islam, who immigrated from Bangladesh last year. They all share a single-bathroom bungalow.
Glyn Boatswain, SHN’s interim chief nursing executive and leader of its pop-up testing efforts, said the hospital is working with the TAIBU Community Health Centre in Malvern to survey local residents about whether they’ve ever had a COVID-19 test.
Even our health minister said that the more you test, the more false positives you get. Better not to test unless people are sick.
The more you test using the not-fit-for-purpose PCR procedure, the more you perpetuate the 'casedemic,' right? But those behind the fake covid pandemic need to maintain the fiction, right? Read 'Fauci states Covid test has fatal flaw' and spread the truth.
So they should go out and actively recruit people to test. If people have symptoms hopefully they will be responsible enough to get tested.
Mount Sinai was empty in Toronto today
Some don’t have phones or online access to make Covid testing appointments. Need to return to drive-in/walk-in testing, which worked well previously.
Coronavirus !! COVID 19 Pandemic !! SARS-COV-2 We Live The Third World War !! Our Disadvantage is that the Enemy is Very Powerful and Invisible !! Let's Take Care of our Health and Life Together !! Blessings
'Plunge' 'Surge' 'Explode' About as non-science as you can get
Maybe people don't have symptoms?
Biden won Covid gone!