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Welcome to a new episode of “How to Personal Responsibility Harder to Survive the Most Recent Manufactured #IntentionallyCruelWave” brought to you by Public Health.
Dubé and Boileau have arrived (masked).
Dubé starts by saying they know the famous virus is still circulating, and all they wanted to do today was talk about it. He doesn’t want anyone to “worry” that they’ll be doing anything about our deteriorating situation.
Next big debate in Alberta is whether schools should open again in 6 days. It's a tough one, balancing the role of schools in contributing to community spread, and longCOVID in kids, vs. equity with challenges in keeping kids at home for many parents 1/
Yesterday Premier Kenney continued to promote the myth that "in-class transmission has not been a major source of community transmission in Alberta and elsewhere" (timestamp 33:01) 2/
In reality the 4th #intentionallycruelwave was driven entirely by the unvaccinated in the 5-11 age group, as seen by AB Health's data. And we enter the January school period with most of these kids unvaccinated, still only 34% with one shot, inadequate protection for omicron. 3/ 
It's time for a little walk down the path called "what wave is this?". About naming the 3rd, 4th, and now 5th waves. And why it's important. 1/
it began with the 3rd wave. Our leaders oblivious despite having evidence from previous waves of how exponential growth worked, making it predictable, and how to stop it through mitigation policies, making it preventable. #predictableandpreventablewave. 2/
Then the fourth wave. The attempt to cause herd immunity by allowing it to run rampant through our population, especially the kids. And h/t to @sarahkendzior and @AndreaChalupa for pointing out that cruelty is the purpose. The #intentionallycruelwave 3/
So, it's time for a long tweet thread on airborne transmission, and the resistance of AHS, AH, and Canadian IPAC (that's Infection Prevention and Control) to acknowledge the problem, and mitigate it, resulting in umpteen preventable illnesses and deaths. 1/
We've known from at least May 2020 (perhaps China recognized it in Jan '20) that COVID was primarily transmitted via airborne means, by inhaled aerosols. However, IPAC has been using an alternate concept known as contact/droplet (c/d). 2/ pnas.org/content/117/26…
As time has gone on, there has been increasing quality and quantity of scientific studies supporting airborne/aerosol transmission. It's quite irrefutable now. 3/
bmj.com/content/373/bm…
cmaj.ca/content/193/26…
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
bmj.com/content/373/bm…
cmaj.ca/content/193/26…
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
#COVID19AB Video Analysis
From CMOH presentation to PCN 13 Sep 2021
Sorry - no scorecard for a couple of days - have to put that aside to get caught up on this, which has become urgent in chaotic weeks since.
I wanted to follow up on this thread on Deceptive Framing. 👇
From CMOH presentation to PCN 13 Sep 2021
Sorry - no scorecard for a couple of days - have to put that aside to get caught up on this, which has become urgent in chaotic weeks since.
I wanted to follow up on this thread on Deceptive Framing. 👇
In my 14 Sep thread:
• I quoted @cfrangou 13 Sep thread,
• who did some prescient reporting on CMOH's presentation to the Primary Care Network at 6pm on that night of Monday 13 September
• including the video, which was taken PRIVATE the next morning.
alberta.ca/primary-health…
• I quoted @cfrangou 13 Sep thread,
• who did some prescient reporting on CMOH's presentation to the Primary Care Network at 6pm on that night of Monday 13 September
• including the video, which was taken PRIVATE the next morning.
alberta.ca/primary-health…
I don't know who ordered it to be taken private: PCN, CMOH, or both. No explanation AFAIK.
Taking it private put more attention on @cspotweet video clips, and on my thread.
Over 314K views, over 7% of Alberta's population.
I'm not a Kardashian.
All y'all are suspicious...
Taking it private put more attention on @cspotweet video clips, and on my thread.
Over 314K views, over 7% of Alberta's population.
I'm not a Kardashian.
All y'all are suspicious...
#COVID19AB Balanced Scorecard
Mon 27 Sep
If you remember my hurricane analogy from yesterday, today we emerged from a weekend without communications from Alberta Health.
There was no sunshine. No respite between bands. Only the 250 km/h eyewall.
Mon 27 Sep
If you remember my hurricane analogy from yesterday, today we emerged from a weekend without communications from Alberta Health.
There was no sunshine. No respite between bands. Only the 250 km/h eyewall.
@jvipondmd @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @TehseenLadha @drdagly @plasercalgary @GermHunterMD @kwburak @PfParks @dupuisj Test Positivity
4th Wave was unusual as Test Positivity was a steep, unhesitating rise.
⬆️not 📈
We have seen that frightening line with Delta all over the world.
Researchers sometimes change their graph to log scale and are shocked to still see it.
covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca
4th Wave was unusual as Test Positivity was a steep, unhesitating rise.
⬆️not 📈
We have seen that frightening line with Delta all over the world.
Researchers sometimes change their graph to log scale and are shocked to still see it.
covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca
When Test Positivity stuttered in September, then peaked in mid-September (urban mask mandates & restrictions) experts with @PopAlberta kept warning of danger.
My analogy then was a 1000-km wide wildfire at 80 km/h.
Because there weren't strong province-wide safety measures.
My analogy then was a 1000-km wide wildfire at 80 km/h.
Because there weren't strong province-wide safety measures.
Hi @jkenney,
I hear you don't want to put a hard lockdown in place because you don't want to punish the vaccinated. Can I let you in on a not-so-secret secret? The vaccinated are being punished either way. It's not really safe to be out an about. There is no room 1/
I hear you don't want to put a hard lockdown in place because you don't want to punish the vaccinated. Can I let you in on a not-so-secret secret? The vaccinated are being punished either way. It's not really safe to be out an about. There is no room 1/
for car accidents, sports injuries, or illness in our hospitals. We are being told to stay home in the midst of a predictable 4th wave. Seriously, the only people not being punished under your leadership are the unvaccinated who you continue to whip into a freedom frenzy. 2/
So can we stop pretending that you have any consideration for the lives and livelihoods of the vaccinated. WE ALREADY DID the right thing. We keep doing the right things. This wave is all about the last 20% of the province who are all willfully unvaccinated 3/
#COVID19AB Balanced Scorecard
Stats reported Fri 24 Sep
This weekend feels like seeing a Cat 5 hurricane bearing down on a remote island on Fri evening, knowing we won't hear for some days until power & telecom are back, praying for few deaths & devastation when they're out.
Stats reported Fri 24 Sep
This weekend feels like seeing a Cat 5 hurricane bearing down on a remote island on Fri evening, knowing we won't hear for some days until power & telecom are back, praying for few deaths & devastation when they're out.
Except we're not a remote island in open ocean. We're in Alberta, supposedly a modern society.
The hurricane has not passed. We've just had outer bands pass through. Rain, wind, storm surge, etc.
The 250 km/h eyewall is still coming. Major casualties. Hail & Devastation.
The hurricane has not passed. We've just had outer bands pass through. Rain, wind, storm surge, etc.
The 250 km/h eyewall is still coming. Major casualties. Hail & Devastation.
Modern society? Let's compare AB to City of Chicago
Population:
AB 4.4m
Chi 2.7m City (9.6m Metro)
Daily Cases:
AB 1554
Chi 412
Test Pos:
AB 10.11%
Chi 2.9%
Hospital:
AB 1061
Chi 25
Avg Daily Deaths
AB 14.1
Chi 3.57
Fully Vax
AB 62.4%
Chi 57.4%
chicago.gov/city/en/sites/…
Population:
AB 4.4m
Chi 2.7m City (9.6m Metro)
Daily Cases:
AB 1554
Chi 412
Test Pos:
AB 10.11%
Chi 2.9%
Hospital:
AB 1061
Chi 25
Avg Daily Deaths
AB 14.1
Chi 3.57
Fully Vax
AB 62.4%
Chi 57.4%
chicago.gov/city/en/sites/…
Here are my initial thoughts on the announcement today.
YES I’m relieved measures are finally being implemented.
BUT they’re a hodgepodge of rules that still pander to the unvaccinated and are difficult to understand (see @UbakaOgbogu tweet), let alone implement: 🧵 1/n
YES I’m relieved measures are finally being implemented.
BUT they’re a hodgepodge of rules that still pander to the unvaccinated and are difficult to understand (see @UbakaOgbogu tweet), let alone implement: 🧵 1/n
1.The only ABSOLUTE restriction is for indoor social gatherings (10 max for vaxxed, no for unvaxxed) which is essentially unenforceable.
2.Other measures have a RESTRICTION EXEMPTION which means unvaccinated citizens can participate with a private negative test - MAJOR equity issues AND won’t drive our vaccination numbers up sufficiently.
Just watched the full recording of @CMOH_Alberta's presentation yesterday to Alberta family doctors on the current state of #COVID19AB (still accessible here):
I do appreciate Dr Hinshaw acknowledging her mistake - Thank you.
But issues remain.
🧵 1/
I do appreciate Dr Hinshaw acknowledging her mistake - Thank you.
But issues remain.
🧵 1/
Some of these issues are serious and have already been discussed by other commentators:
I’ll point out some other concerns I still have that may have not yet been expressed, or needs reinforcement.
2/
I’ll point out some other concerns I still have that may have not yet been expressed, or needs reinforcement.
2/
@CMOH_Alberta is still comparing pediatric COVID with sports injuries.
This is a false comparison:
-Kids can’t spread sports injuries to other kids, or to society at large.
-We’re doing our best to prevent sports injuries (helmets, etc) and are not doing so for COVID.
3/
This is a false comparison:
-Kids can’t spread sports injuries to other kids, or to society at large.
-We’re doing our best to prevent sports injuries (helmets, etc) and are not doing so for COVID.
3/
