LEVY: Fully vaccinated traveller fined $3,750 for refusing hotel stay torontosun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from torontosun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Article content
My column for this week was all set in my mind; I was going to criticize LifeLabs for the long lines and long waits for those requiring blood work. But before I pumped a word into this computer I happened to see on television even longer lines of people waiting outside in freezing temperatures to receive their first COVID-19 vaccinations. The Canadian Press reported that dozens of residents of Richmond Hill aged 80 and older lined up outside the Richmond Green Sports Centre in the cold, paperwork in hand for their immunization appointments. Many were leaning on walkers or sitting in wheelchairs, bundled up against the -8 C weather.
After what should have been a major sigh of relief, a Newmarket resident is instead left feeling outraged after his 80-year-old grandma was forced to wait outdoors in freezing temperatures for her COVID-19 vaccination appointment on Thursday.
A Newmarket, Ont. resident is outraged after his 80-year-old grandma was forced to wait outdoors in freezing temperatures for her COVID-19 vaccination appointment on Thursday.
A Newmarket, Ont. resident is outraged after his 80-year-old grandma was forced to wait outdoors in freezing temperatures for her COVID-19 vaccination appointment on Thursday.