My doubts began right away, when I saw pallets stacked on their sides inside the walk-in freezer.
But my concerns are not just limited to violations of Alberta's Occupational Health & Safety Code, meant to protect workers, and the risk of damaging vials.
For another example, why is this Ultracold Freezer so warm that the Manager, Immunization Business, a Registered Nurse, is able to touch it with her bare hand?
It is not below -70ºC as required for the Pfizer vaccine. How can DM Wynnyk claim Alberta is prepared without this?
This is not grainy cellphone video taken by a whistleblower. This is a highly-polished, multimedia announcement by @shandro, @CMOH_Alberta and DM Wynnyk, coordinated with @jkenney meeting the Pfizer vaccine arriving in Alberta that same afternoon.
Must finish work today, so will add to thread on weekend.
While I will be backing up my questions largely from 🇨🇦 & manufacturer sources, for now pls compare Alberta's purported readiness Mon 14 Dec with this demo in Ohio on Tue 1 Dec.
While reviewing these photos from GoA Flicker account today, I noticed *unredacted* high-res photos of the UPS shipping labels for Pfizer vaccine delivery to both the Calgary & Edmonton @AHS_media sites, showing shipping address & tracking barcodes.
One photog asked me to follow @AHS_media back so they could DM 👇🏼.
GoA has had enough time to take the photos down. I believe Min @shandro is playing w fire releasing unredacted photos of UPS shipping labels to vaccine depots @GovCanHealth@HarjitSajjan
After reviewing photos GoA proudly posted on 14 & 15 Dec, it is clear @AHS_media is failing not just at receiving the new -70ºC Pfizer vaccine, but also its *existing responsibilities* for refrigerated vaccines.
I've raised the Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Code violations of stacking pallets on their edges, as this could not only injure workers, but smash glass vials made more brittle by storage as low as -70ºC.
To someone with warehouse/logistics experience, walking into room where pallets are on their side edges is like walking into office with desk on fire. You can't miss it. Min @shandro & @AHS_media proud of this?!
Why does @AHS_media store empty pallets in the "freezer" at all? I count 4 wood & 2 plastic in the smallest room, connected to a largely empty warehouse. They warm the "freezer" unnecessarily, and introduce contaminants.
Here, plastic skids aka pallets have been used as bumpers. "DO NOT MOVE SKID" = they can fall when bumped, onto workers or fragile immunization products.
What oversight is DM Wynnyk's logistics team providing to @AHS_media?!
Edmonton: @AHS_media employee goes out alone to meet truck, then tries to hold door open with 1 hand, while pushing unsecured top-heavy box on flat cart through doorway with the other hand.
Up to 5000 lives depend on the safe delivery of the vaccine in just 1 box, which would have travelled Belgium-Germany-USA-Edmonton, only to be smashed by @AHS_media within 30 seconds of taking shipment & liability from UPS.
Someone pointed out: AHS vaccine worker cuts off UPS delivery van before it reaches loading dock right behind him, where shipping/receiving deal with couriers all day.
UPS should bring vaccine across level grade at dock, Receiving handles delivery, Vaccine picks up from there.
Problem already in Alberta's Pfizer vaccine rollout.
@AHS_media got 3900 doses, but so far has only vaccinated 3074 people.
If anyone has immunization performance by province from *first* Pfizer batch (received ~ Mon 14 Dec) please share links.
Some provinces eg. Ontario ran a pilot with only a set number of doses, rather than all the trays (nominally 975 doses each) they got.
These vaccines were supposed to provide hope, for healthcare workers who have gutting it out for months, hoping their lives will become less dependent on a premier without conscience.
Instead their rollout has become just another bitterness to tolerate.
But the City doesn't tell you the $17m/yr is a mortgage payment, of which only the interest portion is operating revenue.
The City lies to you these are all Lease Payments.
On this mortgage, at best the City is getting a breakeven. The City is showing no Interest Income on it.
Let's pretend this is a lease:
• payments starting at $17m/yr
• rising at ridiculously low 1%/yr
• as if CSEC is an affordable housing client needing a rent cap.
CSEC gets ALL the revenues of $1.2b of taxpayer dollars, custom-built, for only $17m/yr.
🧵 Stampede Park Arena aka "future Culture & Entertainment District Event Centre"
City of Calgary's presentation of the financials is deceptive:
• overstating direct benefits to City
• overstating CSEC investment
• understating City investment
• especially from Reserves
Citizens of Calgary do not get a referendum on the deal. In fact, "public consultation" was limited to an announcement on 25 April 2023, releasing this deceptive report.
Our "Referendum" is the Provincial Election Monday 29 May, and its advance voting.
How is City's report deceptive?
• Pretends $316m worth of CSEC mortgage repayment over 35 yrs is upfront capital investment
• Hides the fact the City needs another $316m up front to build arena complex - from Where?
• Disguises $17m/yr of mortgage payments as Lease Income
@JorgeDe83010797 Hi. The other night we chatted briefly about locomotive axle bearings on @MriyaReport and I decided to get up to speed on it a bit. If you want to chat about this on the Spaces, let me know. I can cover generally while you dive deeper.
@JorgeDe83010797@MriyaReport This video goes deeper into the assemblies. I gathered from the Spaces that Russia does not make the bearings themselves, but was curious about their domestic capability for fabrication and maintenance of all parts of the axle box, or even the bogeys.
Let me know if I misunderstand.
• 2 wheels + axle + gear = WAG = wheel set
• 2 or 3 wheel sets assembled into bogey aka truck(?)
• axle box contains the (tapered) roller bearing and transfers load to axle
• have to track roller bearing wear & replace
🧵 Gov of Alberta's Backdoor Prohibition
on School Mask Mandates
IMO, this is the policy holding back EPSB and other school boards in mandating masks in any school, for any period of time, no matter how bad the outbreak.
How is a 6 Sep 2022 Policy a collateral attack on a 26 Oct 2022 Decision?
Because Justice Dunlop made it clear in August that Minister Lagrange would have to enact a Regulation to prohibit masks, not just write a letter and threaten school boards.