1/ Good segment just now, on @CBCEyeopener w Dr Raj Bhardwaj @RajBhardwajMD discussing AstraZeneca vaccine. Here are a few highlights I noted:
. People are getting hung up on the 62%
. There’s a bunch of diff ways to slice these numbers
...
2/ . Two standard doses given a full 12 weeks apart … have a higher efficacy
. Anybody who got the AZ vaccine, nobody got sick enough to be hospitalized, nobody died
. Real world data from the UK and Scotland. Associated w reduction in risk of hospitalizations by 94%
3/
. [depends upon] where those countries were on their curve of infection
. Bottom line for me, the AZ vaccine has the ability to turn the deadly virus into a common cold, just like the mRNA one
. [goes back to initially] there weren’t enough older people in the trial.
(fin)
4/ note - these are all quotes from @RajBhardwajMD
- so when I wrote "Bottom line for me ..." - "me" = Dr Bhardwaj (although any errors are mine)
Also, these are the highlights, there was more said than this - recommend listening to the segment cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…
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1/ When you hear the CPC make claims that the Gov’t of Canada has failed Canadian small businesses, they overlook the fact that gov’ts around the world are experiencing the same thing, due to the pandemic.
(a thread with charts, to follow – from 4/ onwards. Link in 11/)
2/ And while I’m not suggesting we ignore the plight of small businesses, how much better off would these owners be, if they and/or their employees and/or their customers, were dead from the virus? It’s a false dichotomy to look at the economy vs health …
3/ The following quotes and screenshots I made of charts, are from “How Canada's pandemic experience has been easier than some” Evan dyer, CBC News, Mar. 2, 2021 (link to article in tweet 11/)
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#C213 I've noticed that the Fed NDP talking point is that Liberals have been promising this for 24 years. In truth, only 4 years. Thread: (ref in tweets 4/5/6/) 1/ It was only in 2004 that Premiers (except Que who have their own prog) have been calling for national pharmacare.
2/ Paul Martin’s Liberal gov’t made some progress, then work towards national pharmacare stalled out for 10 yrs under Harper. Justin Trudeau’s Liberal gov’t name Eric Hoskins head of fed advisory council on how to implement national pharmacare in 2018.
3/ 2018 minus 2004 = 14 years. 14 minus 10 years stalled under Harper = 4 years. In other words: Liberal gov’ts, with request from Premiers, have been working on this for 4 years.
1/ #QP#CdnPoli#C213
PM Trudeau, in response to question about pharmacare: “Yes, we know there is more to do, which is why we’re working in partnership with provinces and territories. The NDP are pulling a political stunt …
2/ PMJT cont’d: … to try to demonstrate that they could do it in a wave of a magic wand. Mr. Speaker, we work in the real world here. We work with the provinces, we work within the constitution, and we will deliver national pharmacare for Canadians”
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3/ some good background information in this thread by @univrsle
listening to Ontario's Vaccine update. Rick Hillier won't answer the reporter Laura's question, why is there no plan.
He claims that they have to wait 'til vaccines arrive.
And gives example ppl able to find out from Toronto - so he's downloading responsibility to cities? #ONpoli
2/ Hillier seems to think the only info people want in Ontario, is age brackets and who comes first. No info about locations or who will do the vaccinating
3/ I feel so bad for Ontarians. I thought it was bad here in Alberta. O M G, he's continuing to basically stonewall the reporters. And I think he really believes what he's saying, which means he's "not the brightest bulb" IMHO
just made a screenshot I really like, of PM Trudeau and President Biden. I'm feeling very hopeful right now. It's good to hear them both speak about many important files and see a renewed alignment with out closest neighbour & ally
1/ Alberta Premier Kenney just blamed Ottawa for Teck pulling out of Alberta. That's not true. Even the Calgary Chamber @CalgaryChamber recognized the real reason for their withdrawal (see next tweet for quote and link to their article)
2/ From Calgary Chamber article (Feb. 24, 2020)
“To quote Teck directly, Frontier could not move forward because we, as a province and as a country, have been unable ‘to have a framework in place that reconciles resource development AND climate change’ calgarychamber.com/release-022420…
3/ also from the article (linked in 2/)
"“We need real, decisive action on climate change, with tangible outcomes and conviction. The success of our businesses, the well-being of our families, and our strength as a country all depend on it.”