Thread by @ryanmeili

Last night’s SK docs town hall had some hard truths to share. 🧵

We learned the devastating news that 3 children under 12 have died from COVID-19 in the province.

At 16% of the total child deaths in the country, this is by far the worst rate in Canada.

https://twitter.com/gqinsk/status/1451561898302914580

Cases and hospitalizations among kids have spiked dramatically since the SK Party sent kids back to school with no provincial public health measures.

We have the second lowest percentage of the eligible population (>12) vaccinated, the lowest overall population vaccination rate.

Sask continues to lead the country in cases and death rates last 14 days and test positivity is high and not declining.

Despite Moe claiming to the contrary, it was starkly stated:"SK is NOT in decline and rate of case production remains HIGH.”

Our hospital situation has worsened, with us now firmly in the "red zone" meaning patients sent out of province, lower quality care, and triage: "ethical choices about who receives appropriate level of critical care and who receives substandard care already occurring".

Our ICU census is the highest per capita of any province at any point in the pandemic. And this is without counting the 57 patients on the ward sick enough that they should be in ICU.

Our current COVID inpatient census equals the capacity of MJ, PA and Swift hospitals combined.

The modelling shows that without gathering restrictions this situation will only worsen, and that such measures would work to reduce this desperate situation in our ICUs.

There was a clear recommendation of gathering restrictions from public health experts.

In sum, things are bad and Scott Moe isn't listening, preferring to ignore the experts and put politics ahead of people's lives.

While hard to hear, it's inspiring to listen to people who've given their lives to saving others bravely speak truth to power.