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FOCUS SHOULD BE ON EARLY TREATMENT

We’ve shifted our focus from anxiety over COVID to pointing fingers at one another. Let’s all take a deep breath.

Since October, the unvaccinated have been barred from public places, yet the cases continue to go up. If the vaccine was the be-all and end-all of the pandemic, this would not be the case. I am not suggesting the vaccine is not helping; my point is that with a disease where, on average, using the government of Canada’s own statistics — pre-vaccine — 98.65 per cent of those who have tested positive for COVID have recovered, perhaps we should find new ways to work through this together.

Since the vaccine cannot completely eliminate the spread, with its multiple shots and boosters, why is there not a bigger focus on early treatment?

People who test positive are told to go home and self-isolate. There is not much to be done in terms of treatment unless and until the unlucky few end up in hospital.

Why can’t we all join together, both the vaxxed and unvaxxed, to demand early treatment research? It is vital in any life-threatening illness. Such an approach would help the body fight off disease early, before it overwhelms the patient. It would also cut down on hospital admissions and curtail the overall anxiety and fear that has been so prevalent.

When we sit in fear of one another, we do not make great decisions. When we decide that our neighbours are the crazies, the black sheep who need to be cast out, we deny the basic humanity in one another — and we do not need to look very far to see what happens in societies when we start looking down on one another.

The issue isn’t the vaxxed vs. the unvaxxed; it is fundamentally how we react as a society when presented with challenges. Do we go down the “only way is my way” road or work together to find multipronged defences against a foe that threatens us all in ways we may not be aware of?

Karen Witts, HRM

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2022-01-25T08:00:00.0000000Z

2022-01-25T08:00:00.0000000Z

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