And some parents are increasingly concerned about the lack of coverage rules as COVID-19 wastewater levels in the city skyrocket. “Every day there are fewer kindergartens wearing their masks,” says Ottawa family doctor Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth. “And there are fewer teachers who wear their masks. “My daughter, who is in 8th grade, does not go to school,” Kaplan-Myrth added. “And I have not returned to school since the winter holidays. “Because she has done all the right things and she sees her friends going to school with COVID”. Kaplan-Myrth says she has been keeping her daughter at home since Christmas. Insists on virtual learning for now. Eleven private lessons at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Committee were temporarily closed on Friday due to staffing problems, the committee told CTV News Ottawa. And these schools are not in one complex. This is a note from a school in Orleans. “We remind all parents that when we can not replace all our absent staff, we begin to consider closing classes. We closed a lesson yesterday and we will close 5 tomorrow “. And this from another school in Canada: “I would like to inform you that the school has a high percentage of staff absences. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we have not been able to secure enough casual teachers to cover all classes.” Epidemiologist Colin Furness says the Ford government lifted restrictions on COVID-19 too early and fueled a sixth wave. “I’ve heard from many teachers, children being told they had COVID and that their parents just gave them Tylenol and sent them to school,” Furness said. So not only do you have no protection, but you have a mindset that says, ‘Let’s infect everyone.’ And that is a terrible, terrible policy. “ Furness and other infectious disease experts have argued that removing masks and vaccine passports so early has made matters worse. “We have more than one million vulnerable people in the school system who are not vaccinated,” Furness said. “Some of them are on a very difficult path.” “We got a population that was actually very willing to do what we said would help prevent the spread and it was effective in preventing the spread if people kept their masks on,” says Kaplan-Myrth. “And now look at what is happening.”
