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2 Dec, 30 tweets, 7 min read
Starting a new thread, relating to the comment I made on @NikaDragomira's thread, to collect comments on the breaking news, Alberta health
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 Here's the thread I created (gathering my previous thread, which accidentally became broken up) - of Dr Hinshaw, Health Min Shandro & Premier Kenney's press briefing - when they put in new measures (half measures IMO)
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 An important read
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 switching to CPAC (not sure if @CBCNews is covering Premier Kenney's speech. They announced it on their program, but they've also mentioned other news 'coming right up' 🤷‍♀️) cpac.ca/en/direct/cpac…
(I'll keep both CBC and CPAC tabs open. @CBCNews does an excellent job with their sidebars, when adding them during some of the COVID-19 press briefings - perhaps they'll be doing that in this case)
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 It's also on their YouTube channel (YourAlberta)
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Premier Kenney is appointing a multidisciplinary team to distribute the vaccine, once it's available. "Alberta's govt will not make a mandatory vaccination." (quotes Wilfred Laurier)
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 meant to mention that Premier Kenney started with stats, including a 9.2% positivity rate! (I'll post a link to the stats, once Dr Hinshaw's team posts them - usually following the presser, but this is unusual today)
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 we were at 6.87% on Nov. 26th
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 switching to Health Minister Shandro now. More about the plans for a vaccine task force. Plenty of bragging about how prepared they'll be for the Pfizer vaccine & Maderna vaccine, and how they've been working w feds

They're going to make us wait, to hear about hospitals
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 all about getting PPE to frontline workers, vaccine task force and so on. I feel the same way that BertaAdvantage does - THIS is what they lead with?
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 new graphs
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 Don Braid "for the premier. Fed health min said on weekend all regulatory procedures must be followed before vaccine ready. Do you know there will be regulatory approval that has already been granted?"
Kenney "I believe that Moderna & Pfizer is applying for acceleration"
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 I posted this earlier, on Pfizer
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 Premier Kenney is busy blaming new Canadians for living in higher density housing and caused the outbreaks in the meat packing plants 😡
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 reminds me of this
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 reporter "we've doubled up into ICU rooms. Are we in a public health crisis?"

Kenney "under strain in 17 biggest hosp. Smaller centres don't have a single case. AHS making sure to open up more & more ICU beds. … which is why we came forward w strong measures last week"
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 reporter asking about field hospitals.

Shandro "health officials have reached out to the Red Cross to secure a contract. If it's needed. It's up to AHS. Not included in current plan. … to make sure that it could be a plan, that's why there's a conversation w Red Cross"
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Kenney "as we expect quite bluntly for the cases to go up. We did set up a overflow emergency capacity in the Spring, thank you to Sprung Structures." (then French w no interpretation)
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 not many questions taken. Presser is over.
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 Alberta's Health Minister made it sound like double bunking in the ICU's was normal - happens all the time. Here's what is noted about this practice, in this Toronto Star article thestar.com/news/canada/20…
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4 Dec
Besides announcements about extending & expanding COVID-19 progs (aid to local bus; for research for LTC orgs, and so on), PMJT said "we need to do our part as Canadians to lean on each other, to keep our distances, wear our mask, avoid gatherings, and use the COVID Alert app"
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he answers "the minute Health Canada approves the vaccine as safe, we will be ready to distribute it"
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4 Dec
(abbrev) "Dr Supriya Sharma, Health Cda’s regulatory branch, would give no firm date for authzn of 1st of 4 vaccines currently under review. But said Cda’s decision expected around same time as the US & EU, possib as early as Dec 10."

Yet oppo parties make it sound like ...
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US and EU haven't either. And sounds like (per quote in first tweet above) Health Canada's regulators ready to approve around same time.

Opposition need to respect sciences!
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 When you think about it. Most of the complaints from Oppo politicians, have been because they don't respect Canada's regulatory process (yet rest of world does), and/or don't respect democratic non-interference from Ottawa in independent branch of Health Canada ...
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3 Dec
Catherine Cullen, in response to Michelle Rempel-Garner claiming no fed vaccine distribution plan, asks MRG "Can you really say there's no plan, when there will be a dry run conducted by the military, across the country?"

#PnPCBC
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Catherine Cullen says "you mean lack of specificity? They did say the first quarter"
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Don Davies "I want more information"
Catherine Cullen "You don't want the feds to decide this for the provinces & territories, do you?"
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3 Dec
excellent!
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 powerful speech from @perrybellegarde, on @CBCNews. Thank you, CBC, for including sidebars with key points underpinning this momentous event - "Ottawa Introduces UNDRIP Legislation"

(previous Bill C-262 introduced in 2018, stalled in Senate)
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 from the sidebars (h/t @CBCNews):
What is the 'UNDRIP'?
. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
. 46 articles ratified in 2007 by 144 members of UN Gen'l Assembly
. Recognizes basic human rights of Indigenous people
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2 Dec
excellent explainer by @janycemcgregor just now, on @CBCNews - regarding boil water advisories
Thanks for explaining how complicated this is - orig budget not enough, top-up in econ statement ystrday should bring closer to possibility of meeting goals. ...
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 (cont'd re boil water advisory file) - that pandemic delays to construction adding costs. More to it than construction, also maintenance, training locals, connecting to homes, and so on
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 my take-away (correct me if I'm wrong): GoC initially underestimated amt $$ needed to meet March 2021 goal. Ystrday's econ statement includes $$ to make up for this but difficult to predict amt needed. When construction proj's delayed, costs can skyrocket. COVID-19 delays
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2 Dec
It's sad when the US (Terrence Daniels) & the UK (BBC) does a better job of outlining & understanding Canada's DPM Freeland's (Finance Minister) Dec 1, 2020 Economic Statement - than our (Canada's) opposition members & #Cdnmedia
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 from the BBC article "Monday's fiscal plan pledges C$1bn to help provinces and territories improve Covid-19 infection control in long-term care facilities."

Note, fed NDP leader Jagmeet Singh was claiming there was nothing in the statement for long-term care homes
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 from the BBC article "Industries that have been particularly vulnerable to economic shutdowns like tourism, travel and arts will be eligible for business loans up to C$1m, with a 10-year term."

Note, #Cdnmedia were falsely claiming there wasn't anything for tourism industry
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