Thread by @rantonstupidity

This is interesting. Take a look at when mask mandates ended in the provinces, and the trend of hospitalizations for Covid-19 in Canada.

First up: Alberta and Saskatchewan, ending mask mandates Feb. 26 and Feb. 28, respectively. Mask mandates end just before the next wave. 1/6

Next, British Columbia. Mask mandates end March 11 2022. Right at the trough of the previous wave and at the beginning of the next. 2/6

Manitoba, New Brunswick and Newfoundland end mask mandates March 14 and March 15, once again choosing the exact bottom of the trough of the previous wave. What amazing timing! 3/6

Nova Scotia and Ontario follow suit, also choosing to end mask mandates at the bottom of the trough on March 21 2022. Surf's up dude! Catch the next wave! 4/6

PEI ends mask mandate at the top of the next wave, May 6 2022. Good timing, PEI. 5/6

Quebec follows PEI, ending mask mandates May 14 2022.

What does this reveal? Maybe waves of hospitalizations due to Covid-19 are correlated with the ending of mask mandates in the provinces? Nah, couldn't be! Just a coincidence. 🙄 6/6

B.C. doesn't provide historical data - at least, that I can find - so let's use "daily infections" to measure B.C.'s success at combatting Covid-19 and the results of ending the mask mandate on March 11 2022.

Mandate ends, new wave begins. Yay, new wave! 🙄

Hospital and ICU admission data for Manitoba. Notice that the number of hospital admissions never returns to low level seen in 2020 and 2021 after mask mandates ended. #Manitoba

New Brunswick ends mask mandates March 14 2022. Predictably, just in time for the next wave of hospital admissions. #NewBrunswick

Newfoundland ends mask mandates March 14 2022. Unique among the provinces, Covid-19 hospital admissions don't reach new highs after mask mandates end. Maybe Newfoundlanders are more sensible than inhabitants of other provinces.