{"id":124851,"date":"2022-04-21T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/?page_id=124851"},"modified":"2022-06-29T12:45:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:45:32","slug":"covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The CCS has been a strong advocate of maintaining quality cardiac care services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of our advocacy efforts we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>prioritized the full vaccination of health-care workers (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CCS_Covid_Vaccine_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter to leaders and decision-makers<\/a><a href=\"#testimony1\">; federal Health Committee testimony<\/a>);<\/li><li>highlighted the consequences COVID-19 has had on cardiovascular care and proposed solutions (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/CanadianCardiovascularSociety-e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal Health Committee brief<\/a>; <a href=\"#testimony2\">federal Health Committee testimony<\/a>);<\/li><li>offered information, support, advice, and solidarity in the government\u2019s pandemic-response (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Letter-to-PM_Covid19_Canadian-Cardiovasuclar-Society.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These efforts were complemented by our COVID-19 Challenge for Canada Initiative (C3i). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This dashboard provides a pan-Canadian understanding of the impact that COVID-19 has had on cardiovascular care. <a href=\"https:\/\/c3i.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about C3i<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/c3i.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard-1024x677.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard-302x200.png 302w, https:\/\/ccs.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/C3i-Dashboard.png 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"testimony1\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Federal Health Committee Testimony &#8211; Dr. Marc Ruel<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CCS President, Dr. Marc Ruel, appears before Federal Health Committee as part of COVID-19 study\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WjXSdIXv_yM?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"testimony2\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Federal Health Committee Testimony &#8211; Dr. Paul Dorian<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CCS Participates in Federal Government\u2019s Study on Canada\u2019s Response to COVID-19 ft. 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