Health-care and nursing home workers should face vaccine mandates. It is what is expected of us to protect the vulnerable. Your inherent right to refuse vaccination doesn’t mean you have the right to keep your job when you purposefully put others at risk.

Dr. Barry Dworkin

Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 22, 2021

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Source:
Health-care and nursing home workers could face vaccine mandate, says Ontario’s chief medical officer

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