Vaccines should be mandatory for home care visits, says palliative care patient
CBC
COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for personal support workers who offer home care, says a woman from Sault Ste. Marie who is receiving palliative care in Stratford, Ontario.
Diane Sims has multiple sclerosis and is a palliative care patient. She is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but because of her chronic conditions, she is immunocompromised.
COVID-19 vaccination is not currently mandatory for the personal support workers who visit her home to care for her.
"I'm not safe with the ones that are not vaccinated that have told me so, but I don't know about all of the rest," said Sims, who grew up in Sault Ste. Marie, but now lives Stratford.
She said her husband Dennis has taken on the tasks of cleaning, bathing and dressing her to ensure she is not exposed to COVID-19.
Sims said she was chastised for asking her personal support workers whether or not they were vaccinated.
"We decided to cancel the workers who have told us their opinions," she said. "And some of them include that it's an evil poison, it causes internal organs to boil, and of course, it has microchips and all the bits and pieces of other conspiracy theories."
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