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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by IG_Semmelweiss on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:48PM (#30092418)
They had almost 2 years to prepare for this.

Further, hasnt the "lack of workers" been exacerbated from vaccine mandates on workers?

So, you have a system that cannot competently do its work prior to crisis cannot plan with enough time and *further chooses to shoot itself of the foot by limiting their labor

None of these seem to indicate that those in charge care about taxpayers in the process.

What is the government scared of? - incompetence? - lack of planning? - labor practices?

No. None of these. They are scared of doing something different because "no one got fired for buying ibm". Nothing scares them more than doing something different from what is coming from the top.

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by belval on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:41PM (#30093147)
> Further, hasnt the "lack of workers" been exacerbated from vaccine mandates on workers?

There is no vaccine mandate for workers. They tried to push for it initially but they realized that they couldn't deal with the unvaccinated workers leaving, especially in long term care homes.

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by throwoutway on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:46AM (#30100467)
So nurses & doctors are banned from buying groceries then? (Putting the article and your comment together)
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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by belval on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:51AM (#30101996)
Unvaccinated nurses and doctors are banned from shopping in non-essential stores which include superstores (Walmart/Costco) with a grocery section.

They are allowed to go to regular grocery stores.

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by errcorrectcode on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:05PM (#30093394)
Doesn't that imply LTC needs to pay more and forbid unvaccinated conspiracy nuts from watching grandma?
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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by belval on Thursday January 27, 2022 @10:55AM (#30102043)
Well yes and no. The thing is we have an aging population that we have to take care of and it's been growing for a while now. Consequently we don't have replacement for those unvaccinated workers, they are literally all we have.

The government offered a $15k bonus to nurses if they agreed to be full-time and it barely changed anything.

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Re:Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart... by errcorrectcode on Friday January 28, 2022 @05:23PM (#30121272)
Supply & demand. Pay more, and it attracts more and better employees. Care facilities rake in tens of millions, they can afford to pay more.

I think the US needs massively better immigration customer service and expanded visa programs to attract more medical workers, especially caregivers and nurses.

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