Kenney actually addressed this last week in a conference. The ~185 in hospital currently are Covid only, and we have another 60 or 70 I think he said for normal ICU.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So we’re in the 250s out of 425.
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."
-H.P. Lovecraft
Thankfully Dr No has absolutely zero say over provincial restrictions. I'd say that it's a very safe assumption that outside of the Maritimes, the provinces are going to treat her "advice" with the utter lack of consideration it deserves at this point.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If our downward trend in active cases continues and we keep vaccinating 40k+ a day, Kenney and Co are going to be in very tough spot at the end of May. He'll be faced with cases dropping, restrictions expiring and a vaccination rate that he'll want to brag about. If only the May 4 restrictions are the ones that are rolled back, it won't be enough for a lot of people at that point.
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I think the whole we will do ___ at ___ carrot has failed and make everyone looks bad.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Policy and effect moves much slower than this virus.
Sadly I don't think you are wrong and I'm not sure we will ever see the true and accurate numbers. Everything has been politicized and everyone has an agenda.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Does anyone know how many Influenza deaths we had in 2020? I wouldn't be surprised if flu cases/deaths early on were counted as Covid *puts on tinfoil fedora*. And for those one or two people sitting at home wearing 4 masks with their "I've been vaccinated shirt" on itching to screech at me - Yes, I know Covid is real, and yes I already got my 5G shot, thanks.
This would be funny except there's way more virtue signaling from the anti-vax crowd than the vax crowd....like stfu, who asked your opinion on the vaccine, guy?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Now given they given report based on season and I think the season overlapped with COVID for more than 1/2 of that period and at least 2 months of strict measure, so who knows.
But compared to 2019 without COVID, the death is about the same. If anything, death and cases are up 30% in 2020 vs 2019. So a COVID case misdiagnosed as Influenza is more likely since we don't even know what to test for or have the capacity to until closer to the end of that reporting period.
And as of Apr 8, we had 0 cases of influenza this season.
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca...enza.aspx#data
I'll assume that contrast is where this tin foil hat theory comes from.
I think ITTT type of policy/bargaining with the public while make sense on the surface, it just set yourself up to overpromise/underdeliver.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
And policy changes definitely works a lot slower than COVID.
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Meanwhile… in the maritimes.
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/halifax-...ance-1.5431334
“a woman and three youths sitting at a table.”
$2,500 fine
I’m all for doing your part to not spread things, but that is crossing well over the line into crazy town
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well today is a day.
ICU down 5
Total cases 721
Active cases down 1000, mega
R value 0.85
We’ve won.
Why was the fucking fear narrative about our health system earlier today? At least they said truthfully it’s not the icu beds, it’s the staff. They’re “exhausted” said Dr Yu.
Today’s slide show.
https://www.alberta.ca/assets/docume...e-20210517.pdf
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"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."
-H.P. Lovecraft
so the closures.. work
now the question is, does the government rush back to open things up or stay status quo including schools
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We are celebrating 10.2% positive cases?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
721/7002 tests performed.
"This is not an urban vs rural issue"
Slide 14 postiviity rate:
North Zone: 18%
Central Zone: 12%
Calgary: 10%
Edmonton: 9%
South Zone: 8%
https://youtu.be/LFWCkNy9LZ4?t=1642
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closures dont work that well, the real battle now is vaccines. Vaccines are literally ALL that matter.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Patios, personal services and sports have only been shut for 7 days, the rest have only been in effect since the 5th and I doubt this drop is because schools and gyms have been closed for 12 days and retail capacity has been slightly lowerThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Or our vaccine penetration is finally starting to make a difference.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That’s the wonderful thing about trying 3-4 things at the same time, then declaring a few weeks later “Eureka it worked”.
You actually have literally no idea what actually made the greatest impact.
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I don't think it's ever been about the physical beds, always about the number of staffed beds that has been the issue, even back in November.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Positivity rate isn't really that useful of a statistic. 10% isn't great. But it's not an unbiased sample of the population, ya know? R value and new cases per day is probably more relevant.
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Calgary and South positivity rate is trending down. Edmonton is indifferent but North Zone is still trending up.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The 1/4 mil AZ shots should have in full effect right around the time of lock down too. So we may have people who took shots to thank.
The majority of Pfizer shots that started to deliver in May should kick in around now. I expect those numbers to come down quickly, especially for the cities.
I like the active cases stat. If it’s going down that’s literally all that matters.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
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Originally posted by Toma
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We have been piling on 1100-1800 cases/day for the last week. A -992 is a nice change of pace.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Agreed. Then they have to be transparent she say staff are refusing.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Whether that being exhausted, or taking a lot of personal leave and extended time away - it had to be said. And I’m happy it was, Albertan’s actually need to hear that.
The health staff are human, they don’t really want to work harder than anyone else. Why would they?
Can we staff more beds? Fucking rights we can, will they step up to the plate? Probably not..
It is what it is. We’re three weeks away. Go time.
Fun fact, you’ll be able to have a party of 15 people in your house in three weeks over in Sask.
Also - it pissed me off when Kenney said we have more hospitalization and icu then Sask ever had, because we don’t. They pushed through longer, fiercer and on April 18 or so had the equivalent of 195 icu patients (using 3.8 multiplier for population).
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age."
-H.P. Lovecraft