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19 Sep, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Saskatchewan broke 3 #covid19sk records today:

- highest daily new cases: 543
- highest hospitalizations: 249
- highest ICU admissions: 55

Reminder: the health care system is bracing for the worst, with plans in place to begin making life-and-death decision by Sept 30 #skpoli
The thresholds that would push our doctors to make life-and-death decisions are in this thread below 👇🏻 #covid19sk
Earlier this week, Dr. @awong37 said now is the time for people to lay low, don’t get a trauma/major injury because critical care may not be available.

thestar.com/news/canada/20… #covid19sk
.@drsusanshaw also told me an anecdotal story of someone she knows who won’t send their kids to the lake. Not because they worry about COVID, but because if their kids get hurt they worry the health care system won’t be able to help them. #covid19sk

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21 Sep
I’m covering the @peoplespca headquarters for @CdnPressPoli where @MaximeBernier has just arrived to cheers and handshakes. One supporter even baked him a Saskatoon berry pie. #cdnpoli #Elxn44
Organizers are pleading with the crowd at PPC headquarters to wear masks as per Saskatoon Inn’s policy, but most remain unmasked including PPC leader Maxime Bernier. Seats have been added and the room had to be expanded as the room is packed

#cdnpoli #Elxn44
So the PPC actually planned 2 rallies: 1 inside the Saskatoon Inn and 1 outside the hotel, + left it up to people to decide which one to go to. Here’s a current snapshot of the two. PPC Leader Bernier arrived to the one inside.

Note: inside room is 2x as big

#cdnpoli #Elxn44
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18 Sep
A #COVID19SK 🧵: Today @drsusanshaw graciously spent 40 minutes with me over the phone discussing the state of Sask’s health-care system that is overwhelmed by COVID. She says it’s important to talk about/share this information. Thread continues below..

theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Saskatchewan is already in Stage 1 of its triage plan. Surgeries are getting delayed so that those who are in a car crash or have COVD-19 can have immediate access to an ICU bed. #covid19sk
Today there are 76 residents in ICUs. If we hit 119 ppl in ICUs, Sask will enter Stage 2 of its triage plan. Doctors will then have to consult their ethics team to decide who gets life-saving care.

The health authority projects we will hit 125 ppl in ICUs by Sept. 30. #covid19sk
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25 Aug
🧵Takeaways from today's media scrum with Sask's Health Minister Paul Merriman on #COVID19SK.

The minister says you'd have to ask Dr. Shahab if we're in a fourth wave, but "we're seeing all of the signs we're entering a fourth wave."

Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/sa… #skpoli
Sask's Health Minister Paul Merriman says if people don't want to get vaccinated, then that's their choice.

"I think you're infringing on people's personal rights if you're mandating things." #covid19sk #skpoli
Health Minister Paul Merriman says the Sask government is not changing any direction since it ended the state of emergency on July 11, which also ended all restrictions/mandates.

The province continues to rely on personal responsibility. #covid19sk #skpoli
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6 Aug
🧵 : Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak declared at Parkside @Extendicare on Nov. 20 (that killed 39 LTC home residents), the facility had 13 other outbreaks between January 2020 to July 2020:

- 11 respiratory
- 1 vomiting/diarrhea
- 1 scabies

#covid19sk #skpoli
.@saskhealth officials said in the ombudsman report that:

- Parkside @extendicare had more outbreaks than any other facility in Saskatchewan
- That's because residents were housed four in 1 room - The "infrastructure does not lend itself to disease control”

#covid19sk #skpoli
The Sask ombudsman's probe into Parkside @Extendicare said the facility’s 4-bed rooms were a major contributing factor to the outbreak. (That’s 4 people in 1 room). Here are highlights from the report....

#covid19sk #skpoli
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5 Aug
Here’s what happened at Parkside @extendicare during Sask's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, per the Ombudsman's 120-page report:

- In 62 days, 170 of 173 residents got COVID-19 (20% or 39 died from COVID-19, 3 others died from other causes)
- 132 staff infected #covid19sk #skpoli
Patient Zero at Parkside was a direct care worker:
- They worked 2 shifts prior to being symptomatic
- Then worked 8 shifts while symptomatic
- Didn’t seek testing right away when advised by doc to do so
- Was unmasked + close contacts w/ 3 other direct care workers

#covid19sk
The first person to die from COVID-19 (Resident Zero) was linked to Patient Zero (who didn’t report symptoms to management), according to an Extendicare note sent to @saskhealth.

#covid19sk #skpoli
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30 Apr
In April, 56 Saskatchewan residents died from COVID-19. They were fathers, mothers, parents, educators. They leave behind children, co-workers, family and friends.

Below are some of their stories from @CBCSask journalists. 1/8

#covid19sk
Ali Syed, died of COVID-19 days after his wife gave birth to their third child — a daughter, who will never meet her father. 2/8

cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…
Ghidei Tesfai, 70, was considered one of the matriarchs of Regina’s Eritrean community. She is remembered as 'a mother to all.’ 3/8

cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…
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