City-run long-term-care homes have seen fewer COVID-19 deaths. Are staff wages the reason?
By Jennifer Pagliaro and David Rider
I think what’s tragic about this is that we have our military called in to lend an extra pair of hands, but what they saw were staff afraid to use (personal protective equipment) or staff who may not have had the right training to use it. There were systemic issues that were not the result of the pandemic alone. They were part of long-standing systemic issues.