Here's your AB COVID # analysis for Wed Feb 9th. 1/
The Not-Very-Useful Cases/day metric yest was 1841. Positivity 31.73% (last tues 35.55%) slow dropping of very high number. 2/
Hospitalization: Inpt: Sat -45 to 1453 (revised from 1450 yest adn 1437 Mon), Sun +29 to 1482 (revised from 1476 yest and 1424 Mon). Mon +48 to 1530 (revised from 1494 yest) Yest -50 to 1480 (subj to revision) 3/
ICU Mon +10 to 129 (revised from 128 yest) yest +6 to 135 (new #weararespiratorwave record) (subj to revision) Paeds admits 8. none to the ICU (yay!) Deaths: 11 . 4/
Just so you know, I promise to keep doing these updates until they are no longer useful. And I wrote this today, in case you missed it. fin/
A short tweet thread on the current goings-on in Alberta. 1/
It seemed clear way way back in December, when the messaging from the gov't was: 1)Omicron is mild, and 2) Everyone is going to get it, that the removal of all protections was imminent, in the hunt for (mythical) herd immunity reuters.com/business/healt… 2/
It was precisely this that made me dub this the #weararespirtorwave, because it was clear that the gov't was no longer interested in protecting people, + we'd have to up our "individual responsibility" to make up for their lack of gov't responsibility. 3/
Here's your AB COVID # analysis for Tues Feb 8th. 1)
CAses/d (I know y'all know this fact, but for those who don't (@jkenney) this is a pretty useless metric now that testing is restricted) 1773. Positivity 36.43% (last Mon 40.53%). 2/
Hospitalization: Inpt: Last Tues +22 to 1568 (new pandemic record) (revised from 1566 yest 1554 Fri 1542 Thurs and 1492 Wed) Wed -35 to 1533 (revised from 1530 yest 1515 Fri and 1472 Thurs) Thurs -21 to 1512(revised from 1507 yest and 1466 Fri). 3/
Here's your AB COVID # analysis for Mon Feb 7th covering the days of Fri/Sat/Sun. 1/
Cases/d remain a useless metric, but FTR: Fri 2112. Sat 1393. Sun 1128. Positivity (a more useful leading indicator) Fri 32.02% (last Fri 36.15%) Sat 29.50 % (1st day below 30% since Jan 2nd (28.23%)) (Last Sat 32.24%) Sun 31.19% (35.47%). Slowly dropping but still v. high.2/
Hospitalization: Inpt: Last Sat (the 29th) -27 to 1450 (revised from 1446 Fri 1443 Thurs 1438 Wed 1433 Tues and 1418 Mon)Last Sun +28 to 1478 (revised from 1469 Fri 1463 Thurs 1459 Wed 1452 Tues and 1417 Mon) Mon +66 to 1544 (revised from 1536 Fri 1529 Thurs 1517 Wed 1476 Tues)3/
Time for a little thread on the pending removal of Alberta's (and SK, and maybe ON etc) Vaxx Passport (Orwellianly known as the Restrictions Exemption Program) #REPnotRIP. 1/
The passport serves three purposes: 1) decrease transmission rates in the population (it is an important layer of swiss cheese). 2/
Here's your AB COVID # analysis for Thurs Feb 3rd. 1/
Cases/d yest (reminder: essentially useless) 2537. A better metric, positivity, remains flat, yest 34.49% vs. last Wed's 34.96%. 2/
Hospitalization: Inpt: Last Thurs +11 to 1463 (revised from 1461 yest 1458 Tues 1456 Mon and 1391 Fri). Fri +7 to 1470 (revised from 1468 yest 1463 Tues 1459 Mon). Sat -27 to 1443 (revised from 1438 yest 1433 Mon and 1418 Mon) 3/
Here's your AB COVID # analysis for Wed Feb 2nd. 1/
Cases/d yest (a useless data point presented mostly for historical reasons): 3127. Positivity 39.97% (last Tues 37.74%). 2/
Hospitalization: Inpt: Thurs +10 to 1461 (revised from 1458 yest 1456 Mon and 1391 Fri). Fri +7 to 1468(revised from 1463 yest 1459 Mon). Sat -30 to 1438 (revised from 1433 yest and 1418 Mon) .Sun +21 to 1459(revised from 1452 yest and 1417 Mon) 3/