It's been three long years of ever-changing expectations
about our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As governments and
organizations are reassessing the cost/benefit analysis of risk
reduction measures, mandatory vaccination policies are front and
centre. Now that the Ontario government is encouraging long-term
care facilities to allow unvaccinated staff in long-term care
facilities,1 other employers should consider – is
it time to update or even eliminate our mandatory vaccination
policy?
Long-term care homes suffered a heavy toll during the pandemic,
with the result that risk reduction measures in them have been
stringent and wide-ranging. However, in a sign that times are
changing, Ontario's provincial government, in consultation with
the Chief Medical Officer of Health, has announced that, effective
March 31, 2023;
