{"id":19028,"date":"2020-12-29T23:48:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=19028"},"modified":"2020-12-29T23:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T03:48:57","slug":"were-all-lifting-the-load-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=19028","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe\u2019re all lifting the load together.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Premier McNeil, Dr. Strang discuss how they are doing after <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>the past 10 months in the fight against COVID19<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The Premier and Chief Medical officer of health for the province acknowledged the pressures they and their staff have felt as they worked to keep Nova Scotians safe during the past 10 months of the COVID19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Stephen McNeil, who became emotional near the end of his answer to the question asked by The Laker News, started off by noting that he and Dr. Strang are just the faces, and there\u2019s many people behind the scenes working hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStaff who work for the both of us have been through a tremendous amount,\u201d he said. \u201cI want to thank those Nova Scotians who often write me a note and acknowledge the contribution of staff who work in my office over the past 10 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be perfectly frank, it would have been an extremely impossible 10 months if I had not had the staff I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNeil recognized the sacrifices those staff members put in as the pandemic hit the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEarly on, many of them isolated from their own families for a period of months before we actually knew what was happening so we could actually deliver a message to Nova Scotians,\u201d said Premier McNeil. \u201cNow we\u2019re able to find different ways.\u201d<\/p>\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=\"Pat Healey from The Laker News on the NS COVID-19 Update (12-29-2020)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQCCwjZSLUs?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<p><strong>(Video cut by Dagley Media)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got my two questions in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> briefing with Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang. Good answers to both questions. I had wanted to ask about how they are doing for a couple weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FallRiverNS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FallRiverNS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastHants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EastHants<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Laker News &#8211; Pat Healey \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@ReprtrPatHealey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReprtrPatHealey\/status\/1344008179617853446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Robert Strang said he is fortunate to be surrounded by a team that is dedicated and skilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have many colleagues across the healthcare system who are very skilled in their work,\u201d said Dr. Strang. \u201cWe\u2019re all lifting the load together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the outpouring of support in letters, cards, and emails from Nova Scotians continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat gives me great strength and helps me keep committed,\u201d said Dr. Strang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Strang said the holidays was one where he enjoyed and took some down time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been fortunate to have been able to be a bit more relaxed over the last few days, but I\u2019m here for the long haul,\u201d he said with a chuckle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McNeil said he is grateful for the support of Nova Scotians and the kindness they have shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs hard as this may be at times, I have never lost sight that there are many, many Nova Scotia families that have paid a much bigger price then I have through COVID,\u201d an evidently emotional McNeil said as he finished his answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;95&#8243;] Premier McNeil, Dr. Strang discuss how they are doing after the past 10 months in the fight against COVID19 HALIFAX: The Premier and Chief Medical officer of health for the province acknowledged the pressures they and their staff have felt as they worked to keep Nova Scotians safe during the past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[975,983,50,1715,1685,471,517],"class_list":["post-19028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-covid19","tag-dr-robert-strang","tag-halifax","tag-healthcare","tag-kindness","tag-mental-health","tag-premier-stephen-mcneil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}