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Image Credit: Facebook/Renee Merrifield Wasylyk April 30, 2021 - 7:00 AM The B.C. Liberal Health critic Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield is under fire for making dubious claims and suggestions about COVID-19 to the media amid a global pandemic. Merrifield was quoted in a Kelowna publication touting the benefits of vitamin D, being fit and keeping healthy to help fight off COVID-19”. In a recent KelownaNow article she shared to her Facebook page on Saturday, April 24, she suggested such actions actually prevent COVID. Preventative measures are huge,” she is quoted in the article. “I take 5,000 international units a day of vitamin D because there s a direct correlation between it boosting your immune system and fighting off COVID.
Share to Dec 18, 2020 2:05 PM Pete McIntyre
The opposition B.C. Liberals are calling for a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot project to be added to long-term care homes.
Interim leader Shirley Bond said as the number of exposures and deaths in long-term care homes across the province continues to grow, the NDP government needs to expand the project to cover all long-term homes.
“The vaccine offers a glimmer of hope but it won’t immediately impact the devastating impact COVID-19 is having on our seniors,” said Bond who is also critic for seniors services and long term care. “We already have a pilot project for rapid testing, so let’s use this added layer of protection in all long-term care homes. We need to do absolutely everything we can to protect our seniors and the incredible staff who are working so hard to care for them.”