Last updated on March 4th, 2021 at 11:32 am<\/p>\n
Peel Region is part of the Greater Toronto Area and has a population of close to 1.4 million. It is also home to the largest and busiest airport in Canada, Pearson International Airport, which has also been in the headlines recently<\/a> with returning travellers outrightly refusing Covid tests and ignoring quarantine rules put in place by Justin Trudeau’s Federal Liberal Government. Needless to say, health experts<\/a> chimed in on this government-mandated madness. Dr. Martha Fulford, an infectious diseases physician at Hamilton Health Science who focuses on pediatrics, called the measures “shocking… especially when you consider this is being proposed for children who are not in any way sick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Days after the release of the draconian Covid-19 quarantine guidelines, Peel Health posted a Twitter thread, calling it “a mistake”<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, Peel Health issued severe Covid-19 guidelines<\/a> geared at parents of children attending school or daycare. It wasn’t long until health experts entered the fray, roundly condemning quarantine policies that would do great psychological harm to children. By Monday, Peel Health walked it back by issuing a tepid “oops, sorry” on Twitter<\/a>; providing further evidence that the “cures” being applied to Covid-19 are so much worse than the “disease”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday, Peel Region schools distributed a handout<\/a> calling for the isolating of young children in their own home. If that wasn’t enough, the harsh restrictions were to be applied to children who do not even have symptoms. Those children were to “self-isolate”; meaning they must stay in a separate room, eat in a separate room, and even use a separate bathroom. And if the child must leave a room, it is mandatory that they wear a mask and stay 2 metres apart from other family members. As well, any other children in the home must be kept separate from their siblings during what amounts to a 14-day forced quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Dr. Susan Richardson, Head of the Division of Microbiology at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, \u201cthis is cruel punishment for a child, especially for younger children, 4-10 years old.\u201d She went on to state, \u201cShutting a child off from their parents and siblings for up to 14 days in this manner could produce significant and long-lasting emotional and psychological effects.\u201d
Dr. Tess Clifford, director of the Psychology Clinic at Queen\u2019s University in Kingston, Ontario, questioned the practicality of the measures. More importantly, she too expressed concern for the health and welfare of innocent – and healthy – children, stating the policies were “highly likely to cause harm to children who would already be experiencing considerable distress with having to remain at home,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n