Health care workers, politicians face new wave of harassment as tensions over COVID-19 restrictions rise
Karrie Porter felt demoralized, staring at vulgar insults clumsily spray-painted on the side of her St. Catharine’s home a few days ago.
When Ms. Porter woke up the morning after her tweet, a text message from the next-door neighbour alerted her that she, too,“She was quite upset and disturbed,” Ms. Porter said of the neighbour. “And so are the rest of my neighbours, to be honest. What people need to understand is I don’t live alone – I have two children and a husband. This is my private home, and this is unacceptable.”
And on social media, health care workers have been the targets of harassment campaigns, including a recent post by the publisher of a far-right media website, in which he announced a $5,000 “bounty” for videos of certain outspoken doctors and politicians breaking lockdown rules.Provinces introduce new COVID-19 policies as hospitals brace for Omicron’s spread
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