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Feb 8 4 tweets 2 min read
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Stephanie Smith says she thinks it may be "a little bit early" from a hospital perspective to lift #COVID19 restrictions. She says hospitalizations have plateaued, not declined. 1/4 #ABCOVID
2/4 However, she says the REP program (#AB's vaxx passport) gives us "the least bang for our buck." She says vaccines can prevent severe disease but they are not as good at preventing infection. She says it makes sense if REP program is 1st to go. #ABCOVID
3/4 However, she says relaxing restrictions could help promote spread. Those who are more vulnerable could get COVID19 and hospitalizations could increase, Smith says. #ABCOVID
4/4 Smith says maintaining restrictions is probably the right strategy until it's clear #AB is coming down from this wave. #ABCOVID

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Feb 8
And coming up at 5 pm MT: cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Kenney says it's clear #AB passed peak of omicron infections weeks ago. He points to England, Scotland, Denmark lifting restrictions and states like CA and NJ removing mask mandates.
He says active cases, rolling 7-day avg of new cases has dropped steadily from 7k to 2k/day with total active cases falling from 55k to about 30k now.
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Meanwhile, biggest takeaways from press conference on Coutts blockade: cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
1. RCMP insist there are very "definite actions" taking place
2. But police don't have a way to remove vehicles, trucks from the scene (towing companies have told them they don't want to get involved) - this appears to be their biggest challenge & it isn't clear what the plan is
3. RCMP say there are illegal activities taking place that violate Criminal Code and provincial laws. Police say charges will be laid. Timeline TBA.
4. Situation has become intolerable and it has to end: Acting Justice Minister @sonyasavage
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Apr 1, 2021
Coming up in 15 minutes: globalnews.ca/news/7733440/a…
New numbers from @jkenney:
-875 new cases
-of which 322 are variants of concern
-292 in hospital including 59 in ICU
-4 new deaths
Today marks the second day where cases are over 800, Kenney says.
Read 28 tweets
Nov 24, 2020
Operator just told us the call will be taking place "shortly." The waiting continues...
Kenney starts by saying yesterday's meeting was 8 hours long.
There is no one single way through this pandemic, Kenney says.
Read 38 tweets
Nov 23, 2020
@CMOH_Alberta says there's a backlog of cases for contact tracers. Positive cases have received results but AHS has not been able to do contact tracing investigation.
Effective tomorrow, if 10 days have passed since you received a positive test result, AHS will no longer call you to do a contact tracing investigation.
Hinshaw says she's asked AHS to start with the most recently diagnosed cases and work backwards through the backlog.
Read 15 tweets
Nov 6, 2020
Kenney says there were 802 #COVID cases yday and 609 are being reported today.
He says there are 171 people in hospital with 33 in ICU.
He says #AB is at a turning point. If we don't bend the curve, we will face tougher choices in the days ahead, the premier says.
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