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Aug 6, 2021 • 10 tweets • 13 min read
So the thing that everyone said was going to happen happened, and at least 129 people have been reported to have caught #COVID19AB at the Calgary Stampede SO FAR... 1/
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Despite rapid testing onsite & assertions that all precautions were being followed, AB has 129 new cases of #COVID19AB because the government went ahead with a big event despite medical experts warning it was too soon. 2/
Yesterday, AHS released an RFP for expanded orthopedic procedures in chartered surgical facilities. Privatization of our health care has become par for the course from the AB government, but let’s break this down again anyways🧵1/21 alberta.ca/release.cfm?xI…
As per the Alberta Surgical Initiative, the gov't plans to reduce wait times by contracting out all sorts of surgical services to private facilities. It's modeled after the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative which the gov't has repeatedly praised, but which ultimately failed! 2/21
