THREAD: Saskatchewan is lagging behind the rest of the country in testing.
Fast access to #COVID19SK testing is essential to safely sending kids and teachers back to school. If kids, teachers, or school staff get sick, we need fast and reliable access to testing – period. (1/10)
Fast access to #COVID19SK testing is essential to safely sending kids and teachers back to school. If kids, teachers, or school staff get sick, we need fast and reliable access to testing – period. (1/10)
Any delay in access to testing means kids in #sasked could be out of class for days, with their parents having to stay at home with them, only to find out they have a simple cold. (2/10)
Or worse, that an outbreak will happen but we won’t identify it until it’s spread far more than it would have if we’d tested and traced quickly. (3/10)
Saskatchewan has consistently been testing only around *half* of our advertised capacity.
Scott Moe says we can process 2000 tests per day, but we’ve only been testing around 1000 people per day -- while many are waiting days for a test, and days more for results. (4/10)
Scott Moe says we can process 2000 tests per day, but we’ve only been testing around 1000 people per day -- while many are waiting days for a test, and days more for results. (4/10)
This is a huge problem. Why hasn’t the Premier or the Sask Party’s Minister for Health done anything to fix this, instead of just ignoring it? (5/10)
Last week, the Sask Party committed to double our province’s testing capacity to 4000. But then we learned they hadn’t done the work to make that possible.
Healthcare workers are sounding the alarm that there simply aren’t enough trained staff to make that happen. (6/10)
Healthcare workers are sounding the alarm that there simply aren’t enough trained staff to make that happen. (6/10)
Scott Moe needs to own up to his failure to run testing properly in this province, apologize for that failure, and most importantly, do the work to fix it.
We need to be proactive with testing and make sure that we’re using our existing capacity well. (7/10)
We need to be proactive with testing and make sure that we’re using our existing capacity well. (7/10)
This means looking at how we can test more – including random testing of asymptomatic people in schools to make sure we’re catching cases early. (8/10)
The Saskatchewan NDP has been pushing hard for a plan that allows kids, teachers, and staff to get back to school safely, but the Sask. Party stuck us with the worst plan in Canada, offloading all the hard decisions to school divisions. (9/10)
It’s time for a government that will show leadership by making the right decisions when it comes to our healthcare and education.
It’s time for a government that puts people first.
(10/10) #skpoli #safeschoolsnow #sasked
It’s time for a government that puts people first.
(10/10) #skpoli #safeschoolsnow #sasked
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