COVID-19: Vaccines

Grocery store employees should be on the priority list for Covid vaccine, once it is available.

They have worked on the front lines, dealing with vast quantities of people (possibly infected), every day since the beginning of this crises. This would simultaneously reward them, and keep them safe, so that they can continue to provide food for the community, which is an indispensable service to all of us.

Stop testing people who are not severely ill. It is a waste of time and money and unrealistically inflates covid cases resulting in unneces

Stop testing people who are not severely ill. It is a waste of time and money and unrealistically inflates covid cases resulting in unnecessary closures and lockdowns.

Does self-isolating 2 weeks before Xmas lower the risk sufficiently for family members to gather Dec 25, in groups of less than 10?

For those who are able to do so, does (totally) self-isolating for two weeks leading up to Christmas lower the risk of family members getting together on December 25th, keeping the number of people below 10 and confirming that all the members have isolated?

Public message about spitting

It seems to me that spitting is probably a very ‘transmittable’ behavior in these COVID days…. I do lots of activities that people seem to think it is a normal thing to spit (ie cross country skiing, running, waiting at the bus stop)…lift your face mask and spit without thinking twice about it. I think it would be a very good public message to says spitting is unnecessarily risky to others around you….

Decorate a neigbours lawn with Christmas ornaments especially for those living alone; shut-in.

Lights and decorations lift everyone's spirits so we could spread joyon our street.

For large performance venues, e.g., a cinema that seats 600, what are the criteria to increase its allowed number of patrons above 50?

Publish criteria to increase a large performance venue's seating above 50

Smaller daycare centre cohorts

Daycare centres are refusing children with runny nose. Consider decreasing daycare class sizes to minimize contact and transmission of COVID and other viruses. Keeping children at home is not sustainable for many working parents.

Not necessarily business but a change to the fines

I see a large amount of school aged kids walking around and hanging around in different stores/malls/supermarkets. For me, at least, I would be hesitant to call 311 on them as I know their parents are going to be the ones that will likely pay for any fines. However, if instead of fines they had to do community service for breaking the gathering limits(e.g. if the fine is 800 dollars / minimum in Ontario = 50 hours of community service). The students would be more hesitant to break the rules as they will actually have to work/pay the consequences. I would be less hesitant to call 311 AND these kids would get some work experience under the belt

Manitoba Makes Ottawans Isolate 14 Days

We should protest to Manitoba Public Health. Our Ottawa Covid case numbers are better than western provinces which do not have to isolate. I have kept a frequent part-time apt. in Winnipeg to serve my clients, clubs & Winnipeg's many attractions. Can your offices try to impress the mutual benefit of allowing federal, technical, financial professionals & families from Ottawa into Manitoba even for 4 or 5 days while being Covid tested? I have not been to my other home, where I lived for 29 years before moving mainly to Ottawa in 2006, for 6 months. My 2 Covid tests on 16th May & this week are negative. Thanks in (p)anticipation, Denzil

Remove all the unnecessary C19 measures and let businesses reopen fully. Small business owners should be protesting in the street

The emergency is over.

If mandated, allow for either masks OR visors.

Getting takeout occasionally, shopping locally for everything that I can

Posters at the businesses' entries "No mask = exempted for medical reasons"

Yesterday I had to go to the grocery store and it was a horrible experience. I am claustrophobic and have chronic bronchitis. I cannot wear mask and the law should protect and serve protection for people like me. I suggested the bracelet in my other post. Now, I am also suggesting posters at the entrance of any type of business. At the Superstore, I was verbally attacked and an old man almost hit me. I had to call the store manager to solve the situation. Very sad.

Mobile/accessible covid testing Lincolnfields/Britannia

Please do this in Lincolnfields area! Parking lot behind Metro at Lincolnfields Shopping Centre or Park behind Regina Alternative School. It’s Centrally located to Woodpark, Lincolnheights and Britannia. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ottawa-acorn-mobile-clinic-brings-covid-tests-to-disabled-disadvantaged?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1594502118

Spotlights on local businesses.

Ordering Online from Amazon is an easy way out during Pandemic. We need more ways to emphasize that local businesses DO have products we need.

Mobile/Accessible covid testing in Lincolnfields area!

Please do this in Lincolnfields area! Parking lot behind Metro at Lincolnfields Shopping Centre or Park behind Regina Alternative School. It’s Centrally located to Woodpark, Lincolnheights and Britannia.

Need many more testing centres

New York state has over 700 testing sites including pharmacies and drive thru sites and they are now testing over 60,000 people a day. Make it more convenient for people and they will get tested. Leave it at 3 sites in the city and you will get less response.

Make the link to testing areas prominent on the City's homepage. Make the test facilities reflect the huge size of this city.

Make the hours of operation customer based, not staff based. I gave up and went to Winchester which was efficient and effective.

Drive through testing and mobile testing units.

People that don't want to go to the assessment center due to fear of getting Covid there waiting with people that could have COVID would feel more comfortable in their cars.

Contact Tracing App

I believe this has been implemented in many areas. It is a mandatory condition upon being landed in some European countries. There is no reason why we can't implement this here. We have the technology.

All stores should hand out disposable masks and have sanitizers for people to use entering and exiting. This is a must if malls are to open.

Allow pet groomers to open

During the pandemic, it seems our furry friends were forgotten. Their little nails need clipping at the groomers, as they grow into their pads and makes it painful for them to walk on. Matted fur is also not fun for them. This was awful to close pet groomers. They could of practiced safe measures by coming to retrieve the animal from our vehicle, just like vets do.

Provide people with hand washing stations outside around the city

Could mean retrofitting fountains, festival handwashing stations or designing new handwashing stations for the novel needs of coronavirus. (Call me if you need a designer ;) ) There’s a group in Montreal that designs and provides homeless with hand washing stations, perhaps some insight could come from them.

I’ve been bringing my portable lawn chair for when I need a rest on my daily walk.

Hopefully we can encourage others to do the same. Seen lots of people using public benches.

Set (and enforce) public health standards in commercial buildings

One of the key takeaways from this pandemic is that one should stay home if one is sick, to prevent spreading the illness to others. However, when I read a story such as this one on Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/gdwop0/first_day_back_at_work/) - where the boss at a dealership shows up with cough/flu symptoms when some restrictions are about to be lifted - whether this story is true or not, I realize that it might not be so easy. I'm not sure if in this case, it's a question of changing labour laws or public health standards, and if it's a question of provincial or municipal jurisdiction...but people should avoid going to work if they're sick, or be forced to wear masks if they need to show up to work. Could some sort of public health inspection be implemented to ensure that commercial buildings are safe for employees and customers?

Formal Fridays

Sometimes my husband and I will dress up a little on Friday evenings and order take out or delivery from a local restaurant and play board games - gives us something to look forward to each week :)

Outdoor time, cooking

we go for walks and bike rides every day and we have been doing a lot of cooking and baking