Canadian Frontline Nurses got here collectively to protest this and different COVID-19 mandates at Toronto’s Queens Park. They started with a silent vigil, and because the demonstration went on, many desirable issues had been seen, together with a protestor carrying a big crucifix.
Linked arm-in-arm and row-by-row, the primary responders sang Canada’s nationwide anthem collectively.
Pamphlets outlining why you “masks do extra hurt than good,” and why you shouldn’t get “the experimental COVID-19 injections” had been being handed out to attendees.
“Well being Canada has the remedy!!!” the pamphlets learn, together with data on what “different therapies for COVID-19” are and why they’re “being censored.” One in every of these therapies included using Ivermectin, a drug that Well being Canada issued a warning about final month.
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As soon as the silent vigil was over, protestors moved down College Avenue and to Toronto Basic Hospital. Canadian Frontline Nurses organized a number of protests throughout the nation. In Ontario, protests had been held in Toronto, Barrie, Ottawa, London, and Sudbury.
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One anti-vaxx protestor carried a large crucifix whereas a number of others protestors held indicators. Among the posters even gave private suggestions on treating the virus.
“Ice in your head (and forearms) kills bugs,” learn one.
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One other shared a private anecdote on one thing they’ve used “numerous occasions” that “completely eliminates flu and many others. inside 2-8 hours.”
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One different protestor carried an indication that demanded their proper to be “ignarant & egocentric!”
Employees inside Toronto Basic Hospital peered out the window to see what was occurring exterior on the streets.
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Toronto Mayor John Tory, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, the Ontario Medical Affiliation (OMA), and the Registered Nurses’ Affiliation of Ontario (RNAO), all condemned the protests happening at this time.
Premier Ford known as the hospital protests “egocentric, cowardly, and reckless” in a tweet yesterday, whereas Mayor Tory deemed them “unacceptable.”
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CP24 reported that some medical doctors and nurses stood additionally counter-protested to indicate their help for healthcare employees.
Toronto Police have been on-site to observe the protests. In accordance with their latest tweet at 4:19 p.m., there was no disruption to hospital providers and no experiences of hospital workers or sufferers being obstructed by the protestors.