Keys to Takeaway:
Concern about threatens that Canadian health workers are facing during the pandemic.
Seeking support from social media platforms, government and regulators.
Health care is looking for support from the government, regulators, and social media platforms.
Some of the threats that have been warned by Canadian health workers to worry about are Antisemitism, racism, misogyny, unfounded character assassinations, and disturbing threats of physical violence and even death these are some daily messages that workers are receiving.
Canadian front-line healthcare workers, public health advocates, academics, and experts speaking out on the benefit of COVID-19 vaccines and against misinformation are threatened. Even one of the healthcare workers told that they received a suspicious package at their place of work that led to an evacuation.
The workers are claiming that it is affecting their mental health which always worries them about their security. The volume and intensity of personal attacks and the dozens of baseless professional complaints made against them have escalated their worry and are looking for support from the government of Canada.
While politicians and the public were swift in action when protesters stormed Canadian hospitals this summer to berate healthcare workers and oppose vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions it was then seen that the governments, regulators, and social media were active.
However, when it comes to online harassment of healthcare workers across Canadian governments, regulators and social media seem inactive.
Dr. Naheed Dosani, a physician and health-justice advocate in Toronto commented that we compare ourselves with our neighbors to the south. However, this pandemic has shown an extensive hatred around the country.
Online attacks ‘take their toll’
It is seen that those who spoke on media platforms are more targeted to threaten, intimidate and ultimately silence them.
Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth, a family physician in Ottawa, wrote in the Globe and Mail this week stating about the antisemitic death threaten from a formal complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Showing the level of hatred of the attackers.
Further, she commented that it is a problem related to death and if she won’t speak then she has to deal by herself. She added that she is not the problem because she is speaking out. The problem is that somebody out there thinks that it is something that they can get away with.
Read More: ‘Under attack’: Canadian health-care workers call for more protection from harassment and threats | CBC News
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