The median age of a covid-19 fatality is greater than life expectancy.
Only 50.9% of Canadians make it to their 80th birthday, but 71.5% of the people who have died from/with covid-19 were over 80 years old at time of death.
Also, the epidemic is over in Canada. Let's go back to normal.
ON and QC deaths curves for reference:
Aug. 27 Update:
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The mission of the @IdeasInst "is to make a public commitment to the values of the enlightenment: liberty, tolerance, universal rights and rationalism."
This resonates so well with what many of us here believe in, especially as the last two years have strengthened our values.
Here are two Ontario-focused articles (written by your neighbours!) to share with family and friends who may benefit from knowing they're not alone in feeling that things have gotten out of hand in this province.
The children (and adults) of Ontario are not alright.
"Ontario’s children are the victims of abuse. Under any other circumstances, what Ontario’s children are experiencing would be investigated by our police as child abuse."
"In my classroom, the learning loss is noticeable. My students can’t concentrate and they aren’t doing the work that I assign to them.
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Our children need life on the highest volume. And they need it now."
A maternity hospital in Japan has raised concerns about mask usage during pregnancy, noting that the length of umbilical cords has shortened alongside an increase in mask usage during covid.
This was posted on Instagram and is, unsurprisingly, no longer available.
The wording of the Instagram post is available here for those who can read Japanese or who want to attempt a translation.