Per capita DEATHS by province since Feb, compared to peer high income countries with populations >20M
Left: Table, individual province, country values
Middle: Cumulative values, 7d rolling avg
Right: Weekly rate of change
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Jan 29
Since Feb
For every 1 Atlantic #Canadian living in long-term/ personal care & retirement homes who DIED of #COVID19
this many people in LTC/RHs died of C19 in other regions:
32: QC
10: ON
12: MB
2: SK
9: AB
5: BC
0: North
13: #Canada outside Atlantic provinces
Per capita DEATHS by province since Aug 17 (Wave 2), compared to peer high income countries with populations >20M
Left: Table, individual province, country values
Middle: Cumulative values, 7d rolling avg
Right: Weekly rate of change
/17
Jan 29
Since Aug 17 (Wave 2)
For every 1 Atlantic #Canadian living in long-term/ personal care & retirement homes who DIED of #COVID19
this many people in LTC/RHs died of C19 in other regions:
66 QC
30 ON
71 MB
13 SK
43 AB
26 BC
0 North
37 #Canada outside Atlantic
Many are feeling conflicted about posting vaccine selfies b/c of very real & important equity concerns.
But we cannot underestimate how important it is for people to see that we know the vaccines are safe & how life-changing it is to receive them.
I actually think we should keep posting these, but perhaps we can say that we'll only do this if simultaneously we advocate hard for transparent data reporting on progress on vaccination in vulnerable sectors, and then to improve this progress.
For example, here's QC is reporting daily on vaccination progress in high priority vulnerable sectors (example: cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sa…). It's unacceptable that other provinces aren't doing this, b/c it allows them to hide progress on the most critical, widely accepted goals.
Do you want to be a resource supporting people with #COVID19 vaccine safety questions?
@COVID_19_Canada is running Zoom sessions from 8-10 nightly where volunteer scientists, physicians, pharmacists talk w/ anyone who drops in.
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We're well-staffed with volunteers for these nightly sessions, which are primarily for people working & linked to the LTC community.
However, at the request of unions & homes we're expanding to do scheduled sessions at other times of day.
Ultimately, we'd like to make drop-in & scheduled sessions available through much of day 7 days/wk & in multiple languages. Plus, expand to support ppl beyond LTC community.
We're not ready to scale up that big just yet, but I want to start signing up volunteers to help.
#Canadian scientists, science communicators, HCPs who vaccinate and is scientifically knowledgeable about #COVID19 vaccines
Are you frustrated by slow vaccination rates, vaccines being thrown out? Do you want to help now?
There one very big way we can help now.
Many HCWs scheduled to be vaccinated now are nervous about the vaccine and would like to be able to talk to knowledgeable experts and have supportive, non-judgemental discussions.
It is incredibly important that we provide support and information and conversation about the COVID vaccines to people who live, work in & visit long-term care and retirement homes in Canada. And we need to do it NOW.
Do you work, live in or visit a long-term/personal care or retirement home in #Canada, or do you know someone who does?
Are you worried about whether the #COVID19 vaccines are safe, and if you should take them?
If so, I'm starting a nightly Zoom session to answer questions.
If you'd like the link to attend, please email me: tara.moriarty(at)utoronto.ca.
If a lot of people want to attend, my first priority right now is people associated w/ LTC/retirement homes.
Je suis (pas mal) bilingue. Alors, je suis capable de discuter en francais.
I'll do the sessions at 8 p.m. Eastern time, so it's not too late for Atlantic folks, but also late enough for many people on the West coast to be home from shifts. I'll do the sessions on weekends too so that as many people as possible can attend.