Ontario reports over 4,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 47 more deaths
Ontario reported over 4,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations today and 47 more virus-related deaths, including a young person under the age of 19.
There are currently 4,026 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, down from 4,114 hospitalizations yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the latest hospitalizations, Health Minister Christine Elliott says 56 per cent were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 and 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
600 people are in ICU with COVID-19. 81% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for #COVID19 and 19% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 6,473 new cases of #COVID19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 22, 2022
Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics
The pandemic has triggered a new debate over what used to be a settled principle of bioethics — that you don’t treat patients differently based on past behaviour that may have contributed to their condition.
“The core fundamental principle of clinical ethics tells us that once a person enters the hospital as a patient, whatever got them there is no longer part of the equation,” said Vardit Ravitsky, who teaches bioethics at the Université de Montreal and Harvard Medical School.
