Thread by @cjmelenchuk

👋Hi. It's Saturday morning and I am grouchy. So this is what I am going to tell you about our current Covid situation in Alberta and the @UCPCaucus & @jkenney complete UNWILLINGNESS to act - because that is what it is - unwillingness. #ableg #abpoli @UCPCaucus

We are in the home stretch. All adults that want a vaccine are being told they can have one by June. That's what the @UCPCaucus keeps saying - that is only 3 months away. We've been doing this for 12 months, but now 3 months is too far away to protect lives. #ableg #abpoli

So the variants are exploding in Alberta. 325 new variants yesterday and they account for 23.4% of our active cases. And no new measures have been brought in. The government is "watching closely". 🙄 #ableg #abpoli #COVID19AB @UCPCaucus @jkenney @CMOH_Alberta

The rest of Alberta is "watching closely" as we are thrown back onto this horrific roller coaster ride, clicking up to the top, headed back up to the peak. We are screaming & shouting that we want off, we are pleading with them to shut it down. #ableg #abpoli @UCPCaucus @jkenney

But they have their ear plugs in again because they claim they are protecting "lives and livelihoods". I saw @jkenney on the news last night saying he was concerned about the numbers, but we just don't have enough vaccines. It's Ottawa's fault. #ableg #abpoli @UCPCaucus

@jkenney, rising cases & more contagious, possibly more deadly, variants in AB is not an opportunity to jab at JT. REAL lives are at stake & as @drdagly said a few weeks ago, with vaccines at the ready & an end in sight, every death in Alberta now is preventable. #ableg #abpoli

Point blank @jkenney is happy to call out the federal government because of a lack of vaccines (any opportunity to call out @JustinTrudeau sits so well with his dwindling base), but unwilling to prevent deaths of Albertans when we can see the end. #ableg #abpoli @UCPCaucus

Plain and simple. Any death from here on in is the result of @UCPCaucus and @jkenney's refusal to act in the best interest of Albertans now that variants are taking over. It's is reprehensible that with a vaccine, we are still allowed people to needlessly die. #ableg #abpoli

*allowing