Despite the outrage, most of B.C.'s RATs are still in a cage

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OPINION:'B.C. received nearly 3.4M rapid antigen tests, but had distributed only 1.2M. In comparison, Ont has received nearly 32M from the feds, & handed out 34M, according to Health Canada,' writes Andrew Fleming.

Distinguishing between the have- and have-not provinces is a Canadian tradition as old as Confederation.

Demand for rapid antigen tests has spiked across the globe, thanks to the highly contagious Omicron variant, and Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan all offer the test kits to the general public for free., RATs are being handed out in places like libraries and liquor stores, in a desperate scramble to flatten the latest curve.

why Canada’s westernmost province isn’t making RATs as available as they are in other jurisdictions, she chuckled, then said: “We will not be doing that here.”

 

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to whoever wrote the headline - I salute you. It gave me a very mellon collie feeling during these trying days.

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