There is a tendency among media in Central Canada to treat ‘Canada’s COVID-19’ outbreak as a single thing affecting all of society. It clearly isn’t
When Ontarians look back on the COVID-19 pandemic as the moment when their government finally ponied up the big bucks and fixed the province’s long-term care system, they will likely also wonder what the hell took so long. As appalled as everyone quite rightly is by the Canadian Forces’ report into the state of five long-term care homes that were in dire enough shape to require military intervention, we really shouldn’t be shocked.
We shouldn’t fool ourselves, though: Long-term care homes will always be uniquely vulnerable. And as the economy reopens, it’s essential we keep focusing on them. It’s essential that we focus, period. What explains all this, beyond some obvious factors, will be the subject of years of research and inquiry. But as it stands, it should inform how we think about the next phases of recovery.
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