Hinshaw blames Alberta's fourth wave trajectory on 'open for summer' plan calgary.ctvnews.ca/hinshaw-blames… She says that removing restrictions sent the wrong message to Albertans that Covid was over. Hinshaw also says evidence from BC is that vaccine mandates work.
Lets be clear this was not an unforeseen event. There were dire warnings at the time that "Open for Summer" was premature. Kenney explicitly said that he did not anticipate a negative scenario. Critics were labelled fear mongers and NDP shills.
Alberta, based on ICU numbers, is being hit harder right now than at any time during the pandemic. Where is the policy learning? Why the cherry-picking of the most optimistic data and scenario?
Having Hinshaw apologize is a step forward. But real accountability would be the Premier appearing in public to accept responsibility (instead of hiding). And changing the people who were making these bad decisions. Decisions that are killing people.
Why hasn't Hinshaw resigned? Why hasn't Shandro resigned? Why aren't members of the cabinet (I'm looking at you Savage, Schweitzer, Toews) resigning on a point of principle?
Most importantly why hasn't Kenney resigned after bungling the second wave, the third wave, and especially the fourth wave? Who demonized critics. Who took the most optimistic path. Who blamed others.
Last week AHS added surge capacity to ICU. Do we have to wait for the surge capacity to become overwhelmed? Do we need ICUs to turn into even more deaths? Do we need more medical procedures delayed, leading to more health care problems down the road?
When is it enough?
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