Ontario plans to remove most mask mandates on March 21; end remaining public health orders a month later.
Ontario plans to remove most mask mandates on March 21; end remaining public health orders a month laterJoanna Dales plays with her children five-year-old Finleigh and 17-months-old Fiona at their home in London, Ontario on Friday, March 11, 2022. Dales started to worry about her young children as soon she heard of Ontario's plan to lift mask mandates in most settings, including schools and daycares, later this month.
Dales has a five-year-old whom she also worries about, but she noted that her older child was at least able to get both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and will continue to wear a mask at school.New parent Nick Lecuyer says the upcoming lifting of mask mandates is making him and his wife feel even more isolated.
"People are saying that we have to adapt. I don't disagree, but I don't think it's too much to ask that we keep masks on until the under-fives have the opportunity to be vaccinated," she said.Desrosiers said she and her family do everything they can to stay at home but potential exposures still creep into their lives, such as when they need to go out for errands or doctor's appointments.
Dr. Roderick Lim of the Paediatric Emergency Department at London Health Sciences Centre said the government has to balance the interests of public health in Ontario with the interest of people wanting to return to a "normal life." For Shoshanah Jacobs and their partner, news of mask mandates being lifted prompted a decision to pull their children, aged four and seven, out of school.
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