[CathyRyan]

You have got to be kidding? These nurses are being asked to treat people without proper equipment the hours they are putting in is grueling. Their complaints are not being addressed. Their families are being shunned because of the work they do. Nurses spotted the new outbreak of sars reported it and they were ignored! If I were this lady I would tell them where to stick it.

[friendly]

You have got to be kidding? These nurses are being asked to treat people without proper equipment the hours they are putting in is grueling. Their complaints are not being addressed. Their families are being shunned because of the work they do. Nurses spotted the new outbreak of sars reported it and they were ignored! If I were this lady I would tell them where to stick it.

Absolutely true. The Health Canada response? Draft the nurses. Put fake obvious fake diagnoses on SARS deaths (Mark Steyn allegations). Provide third world level ER care (Steyn again). Shoot the messenger.

[jalisco555]

No I'm not kidding. The history of medicine is the story of treating sick people in the abscence of complete information about the safety of doing so. I'm a physician and I vividly remember the brave people who treated AIDS patients in the 80's before we understood the nature of that disease. I also remember my contemptible colleagues who refused to do so.

BTW, is the Canadian health care system so bankrupt that they can't even provide gloves, gowns and masks to their staff?