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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
@ZiadFazel
Jun 7, 2022 • 8 tweets • 23 min read • Read on X
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Alberta continues to burn deeper into exponential growth of COVID-19, worse than any other province.

Led by Calgary, by far worst in Canada, with cases doubling every 4.2 Generation cycles, at 3.5 days/cycle = doubling every ~14 days.

Joined by Edmonton. Central & North close.
Both the daily R from @imgrund and semi-weekly Wastewater Sampling at @ucalgaryCHI are leading indicators of #COVID19AB prevalence, ~5 days ahead of PCR.

Calgary has not recovered from 6th Wave, which GoA launched w rushed drop of safety measures through Feb (latest data 2 Jun).
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI More recent wastewater sampling shows:
• Edmonton had more pronounced surge in May, and is rising again
• Medicine Hat & High River rising again
• Banff never recovered from May surge

We're sitting ducks for Omicron's ongoing mutation without (proven, simple) safety measures.
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @LeylaDAsadi @jvipondmd @demandsbetter @noelgibney @stuckncalgary @kasza_leslie @Adam_Toy @FionaMattatall As I said ⬆️, R & Wastewater Sampling predict PCR results by ~5 days.

covid-tracker.chi-csm.ca

We can already see test positivity stopped falling in Calgary AHS Zone, per GoA stats 30 June. Watch tomorrow's release for 5 June stats.

alberta.ca/stats/covid-19…
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @LeylaDAsadi @jvipondmd @demandsbetter @noelgibney @stuckncalgary @kasza_leslie @Adam_Toy @FionaMattatall What happens when you ignore:
• leading indicators like R & 💩
• current measures like PCR %

or lie that hospital admissions you promised to "closely monitor" are not rising?

1. Hospitals so full capacity is negative
2. Ambulances get tied up waiting
3. Lots of Albertans die
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @LeylaDAsadi @jvipondmd @demandsbetter @noelgibney @stuckncalgary @kasza_leslie @Adam_Toy @FionaMattatall You must be asking how Hospital Capacity becomes negative - even a province-wide average.

According to @HQCA, it is when patients are shoehorned into hallways & lounges. AFAIK, doesn't count "blocked beds" where people wait in ER or ambulance for a bed.

focus.hqca.ca/emergencydepar…
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @LeylaDAsadi @jvipondmd @demandsbetter @noelgibney @stuckncalgary @kasza_leslie @Adam_Toy @FionaMattatall @HQCA @AHS_media is supposed to report certain performance measures like Hospital Occupancy quarterly.

But I see nothing more recent than quarter ended 30 Sep 2021, reported 16 Nov. At least @HQCA gives us end Dec 2021.

By now we should have 31 Mar 2022.

albertahealthservices.ca/about/Page1264…
@imgrund @ucalgaryCHI @GosiaGasperoPhD @RajBhardwajMD @LeylaDAsadi @jvipondmd @demandsbetter @noelgibney @stuckncalgary @kasza_leslie @Adam_Toy @FionaMattatall @HQCA @AHS_media An example how old, averaged stats are misleading. Hides overflow at individual hospitals.

Red Deer Regional was at 82% 👍 in December 2021.

By April 2022, 14 ambulances backed up and surgeries being moved to other cities.

/c @HSAAlbertaEMS @PfParks

globalnews.ca/news/8850342/a…

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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 23
Curious anomalies in Alberta stats on Health Canada's Medical Device Incidents & Serious Adverse Drug Reactions dashboard.

Superficially unremarkable, but you know I drill down. 🧵

@Jantafrench @MBellefontaine @markusoff @PattiSonntag @picardonhealth

health-infobase.canada.ca/hospital-adver…Map of Canada showing reports by jurisdiction, with Alberta 3,968 not looking too far out of line at 14% of Canada's 28,301 people.
Map of Canada showing rate of reports per 100K people, by jurisdiction, with Alberta 81.17 slightly worse than Canada's 81.17.
See the ALT text in my map screenshots above.

Alberta slightly higher than Cdn average in ALL reports per 100K, but still in the pack.

But when you separate Serious Adverse Drug Reaction (Serious ADR) from Medical Device Incident (MDI), the stats get weird. Summary table of rate per 100K of all reports by province or territory, separated into ADR and MDI reports, Showing Canadian average of 69, with Alberta slightly higher at 81.
Alberta reports 3,269 out of Canada's 7,190 Medical Device Incidents. A whopping 45% from ~ 12% of the population.

Per 100K people, Alberta is by far highest in Canada at 67, nearly 4x the national rate.

These stats are since 16 Dec 2019, so are heavily affected by pandemic. Image
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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 15
More evidence AB Health Min LaGrange never intended ANY vaccination in physician's offices continue past April 2024.

Feb 2024: she "specifically asked" Alberta Pharmacists Association if they could do it, even if beyond their current scope of practice.
@drDavidKeegan @JMeddings Screenshot of Alberta Lobbyist Registry search of "Alberta Pharmacists" showing their 9 Oct 2024 filing. Scroll to the right for the magnifying glass icon to see the report, which I cannot directly link.
Screenshot of top of "Alberta Pharmacists" 9 Oct 2024 Semi-Annual Organization Lobbyist Renewal Filing.
Screenshot from "Last 6 months" section from the filing, which reads: "Program or Policy: Alberta Public Health Vaccine Program We met with Alberta Health Public Health and Compliance Department to discuss community pharmacists participation in the administration of the influenza immunization vaccine and other public health vaccines. We met with Minister LaGrange in February, 2024 and she specifically asked if we could provide a list of potential public health vaccines that pharmacists could administer under their scope of practice but that the currently didn't have access t...
Screenshot from "Next 6 months" section from the filing, which reads: "Program or Policy: Alberta Public Health Vaccine Program We meet with Alberta Health Public Health and Compliance Department to discuss community pharmacists participation in the administration of the influenza immunization vaccine and other public health vaccinations."
@drDavidKeegan @JMeddings @JenLeeCBC @TheBreakdownAB @TehseenLadha @Albertadoctors For the evidence she lobbied them, rather than the other way around, search Alberta Lobbyist Registry for "Alberta Pharmacists" to see their 9 Oct 2024 semi-annual filing.

"Previous 6 Months" + "Next 6 Months"

Kudos @ABPharmacists for the transparency.

albertalobbyistregistry.ca/apex/f?p=171:9…
For background, see @JenLeeCBC excellent reporting, especially this tweet and my 4 replies to it, showing how Min LaGrange gamed Alberta Purchasing Connection to only put out an unprecedented RFEI for this, not an RFP as she falsely claimed.

@shoffmanAB

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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 11
ICYMI, my request Friday to Minister @AdrianaLaGrange to recoup $49.4m from MHCare Medical/Atabay boondoggle.

Sorry to openly copy AB reporters, but questions at her pressers are so restricted.
@alanna_smithh @Jantafrench @ByMatthewBlack @gthomsonink @MBellefontaine @JenLeeCBC
@AdrianaLaGrange @alanna_smithh @Jantafrench @ByMatthewBlack @gthomsonink @MBellefontaine @JenLeeCBC I wasn't aware that on 10 Aug 2020, then-Education Minister Lagrange had fired a pre-emptive deceptive strike at Alberta's Ethics Commissioner Trussler about the IFR chlorine masks purchased within the previous two (2) weeks from a company in her riding.

rdnewsnow.com/2020/08/10/lag…
@AdrianaLaGrange @alanna_smithh @Jantafrench @ByMatthewBlack @gthomsonink @MBellefontaine @JenLeeCBC Complaint alleged the Minister lied by claiming her political staff were NOT involved.

Justice Trussler cannot address "moral integrity" aka lying.

She concluded the Minister was protected by political staff claiming they interfered behind her back.

ethicscommissioner.ab.ca/media/2809/lag… On August 10, 2020, she wrote to the Ethics Commissioner to pre-empt an investigation, as the information about Mr. Radford, owner of IFR, being a donor and constituent in her riding surfaced. She denied having connections to Mr. Radford. She lied saying IFR was chosen purely on POC’s technical advice. She lied and said she only learned of IFR’s contract on Aug 8, after the press conference. She then tried to mislead the Ethics Commissioner saying none of her political staff were involved. I would like a full investigation conducted regarding this conflict of interest, in contravention o...
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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 10
MHCare Medical
Supplies to Alberta Health Services 🧵

For those investigating this, especially HCW representatives like @UnitedNurses @HSAAlberta @gilmcgowan @Albertadoctors...

Health Canada's Medical Device Incident Database confirms some suspicions.

hpr-rps.hres.ca/mdi_results.ph…Screenshot of Health Canada database showing 289 results for "mhcare"
There are, as expected, MANY reports like this of Vanch mask problems.

Some mistakenly filed as PRIMED, but all correctly identifying importer MHCare Medical and/or the Beifa Group Chinese exporter printed on the box.

@John1MD @RajBhardwajMD Example of many Vanch mask reports
Examples of PRIMED masks assumed, but box identifying MHCare Medical or the Beifa Group Chinese exporter on the box.
Examples of no name listed for masks, but Beifa Group and/or MHCare Medical identified
A large number of POWDER FREE NITRILE EXAMINATION GLOVES that MHCARE MEDICAL CORPORATION DBA MRAICHE HOLDING CORPORATION imported from
SHIJIAZHUANG HONGRAY GROUP CO.,LTD.
with typical MHCare Medical problems:
• poor material or build quality
• skin inflammation, rash, etc... Screenshot of 2 of many results listing adverse reactions to the gloves
Screenshot of 3 of many results listing adverse reactions to the gloves
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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 9
Minister @AdrianaLaGrange, Atabay + MHCare Medical have not delivered $49.4 million of the $70m paid up front for children's meds.

Increasingly unlikely.

Please get that back. We need the money for healthcare. @alanna_smithh @Jantafrench @shoffmanAB
theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…"The provincial government has said it is working with the Turkish manufacturer to “explore options” to fulfill the remainder of the contract, but has repeatedly declined to provide additional details. However, in the e-mail from Mr. Van Dyne to Ms. Williams, he said they are hoping to fulfill the remainder of the contract – equivalent to $49.4-million – through the purchase of intravenous, or IV, acetaminophen."
You stated that GoA "bought the medicine with the best of intentions."

Only 13,700 of 1.5m bottles received were even distributed. AHS will NOT use them. We have 3-4 yrs of national demand in stock.

With good intentions now, please get the $49.4m back.

edmonton.citynews.ca/2024/01/10/opp…
Minister @AdrianaLaGrange, you rightly stated that you're "very much in favour" of companies getting contracts competitively through RFP.

MHCare Medical and Atabay got this business via sole-source. Not competitive.

So can we get the $49.4m back now?

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Ziad 😷 Fazel 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Nov 5
1. Danielle Smith ordered EVERY shipment of the $80m MHCare Medical/Atabay children's acetaminophen boondoggle to be AIRLIFTED at taxpayer expense.

2. It's likely these airlifts were handled by MHCare Medical too, with their usual profiteering off the Gov of Alberta.

🧵
How do I know Item 1 above? Well, for starters, Smith told us in her opening PR stunt.

Stupid, wasteful decision. Even if you truly believed you were solving a shortage, you might airlift the first 1-2 shipments, while bringing the rest by ocean freight.

alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI…"Alberta’s government and Alberta Health Services are working with Health Canada on completing the drug establishment licensing approval process. Once the approval is granted, the medication will be delivered to Alberta over 10 air shipments. As soon as the medication arrives in the province, it will be distributed to community and retail pharmacies so that parents and caregivers can purchase it for their children. Because Alberta’s government has secured so many bottles of the pain and fever medication, it is expected that Albertans will be able to find it on pharmacy shelves in the s...
Why do I suspect Item 2 above? MHCare Medical was already the middleman between Atabay, Alberta Health, and Health Canada.

They tout their international logistics experience on their website.

Why would they give GoA's corrupt, lucrative business away?

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