In late December, I started to pull/chart the @AHS_media Acute Care Outbreak data again, for the Omicron wave.
Given that Airborne Transmission is still unmitigated in AHS Hospitals, it's not surprising that things have spiraled out of control very rapidly.
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Here are the cumulative cases and deaths linked to these outbreaks, since I started pulling the reports on Dec. 10th.
These are patients or healthcare workers that caught COVID while in the hospital. Some patients then died.
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Here are the total new cases from this past week, by Hospital.
The worst offenders this week are Villa Caritas, RAH and RGH.
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The Villa Caritas outbreak is especially horrifying. This is a very vulnerable population, and they've allowed virtually every patient to become infected.
Per this article, 80% of patients were infected. 3 days later, 21 more people have caught it.
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cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Why is this happening?
A small poll of 50 HCWs in Alberta found only 25% of hospitals are using Continuous N95s during Omicron. 42% are using Targeted N95s for COVID+, and a staggering 33% are still following pure #DropletDogma with surgical masks for everything but AGMPs.
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Why are targeted N95s for COVID+/sus patients not enough?
Because COVID is EVERYWHERE, and Airborne transmission often occurs during the presymptomatic or early symptomatic phase, where patient screening fails.
Klompas has been very clear on this.
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acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…
Why are Hospitals, IPAC officials and prominent Alberta ID Docs so resistant to Airborne mitigation and Continuous N95 use?
There are some very powerful ID Docs in Alberta (@WHO committee leads), who have staked their careers on #DropletDogma.
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With the scientific consensus shifting on Airborne, these folks are now sowing doubt in the efficacy of N95s... a tried and true PPE used in many other industries to prevent inhalation of hazardous aerosols.
The basis for this is an Ouroboros of BS:
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They claim there isn't sufficient evidence for Continuous N95s and HEPA filtration.
They state we need to wait for more RCTs and/or "a signal".
"The signal" has arrived. It takes the form of 700 infected people and 10 dead (so far) in just 1 month.
Good thing we waited.
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Update from Misericordia, which has had 29 individuals infected in this recent surge, including 11 just last week.
Gee, I wonder why this is happening?
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