And so it begins. The request to start back-up COVID planning. Overcapacity planning. Surge planning. The question lingering in the back of our minds "will this be the wave where we triage?"
There are many unknowns still with omicron, but what is a fact is that our healthcare system in AB is in such a precarious position that even a blip of a wave will bring it all crashing down.
We have not recovered from the fourth wave, and in many hospitals, we are still into surge ICU and medicine ward spaces. With staffing shortages plaguing the ability to get back to "normal activity."
The stress, impending sense of doom is all palpable this week. The flurry of behind-the-scenes activity is familiar and disconcerting.
And you know what else is familiar and disconcerting? The seemingly laissez-faire attitude of our Premier, which is in stark contrast to hospital activity, planning for the worst.
And so while healthcare workers and hospitals will continue to plan and respond, how much longer can we pick up the pieces of bad public health policy and governance?
Spoiler alert- not much longer. Folks, I'm scared. And tired. The seesaw is just barely on a balance. The weight of this wave will be crushing if our leaders don't start to take it seriously.
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