1 in 56 BC
1 in 74 AB
1 in 75 SK
1 in 36 MB
1 in 43 ON
1 in 27 QC
1 of every 5 Cdns w/ C19 in long-term, personal care & retirement homes has died
There are 14,4457 LTC cases in last 28 days ⬇️
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I'm simplifying these threads & will now show sliding window views of last 3 months of cumulative data for whole epidemic (except for province-specific summaries at end).
Rate of change graphs are provided for preceding 28 days to give a better sense of most recent dynamics.
Please note that though it's tempting to speculate about recent trends for long-term/personal care & retirement homes, reporting for this sector is VERY delayed & is almost always incomplete for preceding 3-4 weeks. The period of uncertainty is now highlighted in gray in graphs.
We all want to be seeing declines in LTC/RH cases & deaths following vaccination & most recent rounds of restrictions.
However, I don't think we can be confident for another 2 wks-ish about declines we're seeing in some provinces.
Table: Per capita deaths for individual provinces, peer high income countries w/ pop >20M, plus change last 7 days
Graphs
🔹Total deaths (mid top)
🔹Total deaths per 100K (mid bottom)
🔹Wkly rate of change in deaths (bottom right)
Feb 5
Since March 2020
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
33 QC
11 ON
12 MB
4 SK
9 AB
6 BC
0 North
143 #Canada outside Atlantic
*pop-adjusted ratios
correction....14 Canada outside Atlantic, not 143
Feb 5
#COVID19#Canada long-term care & retirement home DEATHS since March 2020
Tables: Per capita deaths, % total deaths in LTC/RH, rates of change last 7 days
Graphs:
🔹Total & per capita values (L)
🔹% total deaths in LTC/RH (R top)
🔹Wkly rate of change (R bottom)
Feb 5
Since March 2020
For every 1 Atlantic #Canadian with #COVID19
this many ppl were diagnosed in other regions
22 QC
14 ON
16 MB
15 SK
20 AB
10 BC
2 North
For every 1 Atlantic Cdn w/ C19 in LTC/RHs, 9 contracted C19 in homes in rest of #Canada
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.