The next company to show promise in the production of mobile PCR point-of-care tests was Precision Biomonitoring from my hometown of Guelph, Ontario. On May 11th, I spoke to the CEO, Dr. Mario Thomas, about his company’s testing units. At that time, he was just waiting for the green light from Health Canada. On June 28th, I touched base with him again. He stated that approval from Health Canada was “imminent”. On July 7th, he contacted me to say that his company had just received the go ahead from Health Canada. This was great news. When I asked him how many units would be going out and to whom, he replied: “Many to workplaces to protect workers and operations sustainability.” When I asked him about government involvement, he stated that the province had shown some interest but he had not heard back from them at that time.
I began emailing my MPP and my MP to find out when they would be purchasing such units, and then getting them to the most needed places such as retirement homes, airports, border crossings, supply chains, and especially, to essential workers and schools. Based on their responses, I soon realized that nobody was doing anything about acquiring and implementing these newly-approved and available tests. After continuously emailing and calling Premier Doug Ford, Provincial Health Minister Christine Elliott, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, Associate Chief Officer of Health Barbara Yaffe, Provincial Minister of Long Term Care Merilee Fullerton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Federal Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, I have, to date, received a total of 0 responses.
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