09-01-2021, 08:11 PM
(09-01-2021, 03:47 PM)tomh009 Wrote: So, Ford and Elliott caved, and we're getting vaccine "passports" after all, even if they are not exactly prepared for it quite yet. This list looks much better now:
- Federal government
- Hospitals (employees) and ambulance services
- Air Canada, including passengers
- Porter Airlines, including passengers
- WestJet, including passengers
- Sun Life
- "Big Five" chartered banks
- Most universities and colleges
As a staff member of the University, I received an email which began:
Quote:Late last night, we received new instructions from the Ontario Government’s
Ministry of Colleges and Universities and the Chief Medical Officer of
Health that outline their direction to us for the fall term.
In particular, the government now requires that universities must implement
a mandatory proof of vaccination program by September 7 and that we can
relax some physical distancing measures in instructional spaces such as
classrooms and labs.
So looks like it should be all universities and colleges very soon. This is promising! A large population of students who probably don’t have a high fraction of dyed-in-the-wool vaccine denialists but for whom the task of getting vaccinated may feel less salient.