Doris’ blog goes weekly

Colleagues and friends – It has been a long haul and this blog and all of us at RNAO have walked with you every step of the way! I started the COVID-19 updates on January 27, two days after the first Ontario case was announced. For a period of three months, until May 1, we kept an almost daily schedule for the updates. During the month of May we kept a schedule of three times a week, and in June we have moved to a schedule of once a week. We will continue with the weekly update, including a summary of the week and other topics of interest (i.e., LTC Commission, government consultation for wave #2 of COVID-19). Should you have ideas you want discussed or want to offer to submit a piece for my blog – send me a note at <dgrinspun@rnao> with copy to Peta-Gay (PG) Batten <pgbatten@rnao.ca> .

The Daily Situational Reports we get from Ontario's MOH EOC are being posted daily in RNAO’s website. That way, you can access the Ministry’s guidance without having to wait for my COVID-19 report. The link is here and you can check it every day.

We don’t know how long and with what intensity COVID-19 will come back, but what it is certain is that we are still not free from it and will not be until there is an effective and widely used vaccine and/or treatment.

As many have said, this is a marathon, not a sprint, so we must keep our strength and our responsible action through a long and difficult period. Although we are already preparing for wave #2 of COVID-19, we must also take time to regain energies and there is nothing like good weather to do so! 

As always, feel free to continue writing to me and my staff and we will continue to do the best we can to respond.