Albertans should be concerned with the competence of the managers of AHS if they say they can increase ICU capacity by more than 1,000 beds, yet months later are in a state of panic over not having enough beds to deal with the spike in hospitalizations for COVID-19. During the 4th wave spike, there were even times when AHS was using less than 300 beds.
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Right off the bat, it should be asked why, if ICU bed data keeps getting altered retroactively, are AHS spokespeople and AHS CEO Dr. Verna Yiu able to provide public health updates at press conferences with any semblance of credibility knowing that the data they work off of could be significantly retroactively changed in the future? Food for thought.
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During a September 23 press conference, Alberta Chief Medical Officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw said that people who were sick at home and not tested for COVID-19 were being counted as part of the outbreak. The Alberta government is now claiming this did not happen, despite being on video.
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In the aftermath of the article was published and was viewed tens of thousands of times the hashtag #ThankYiu was spawned by those supporting Dr. Yiu. Nobody seemed to actually attempt to explain/justify why her statements during the September 23 press conference were contradicted by AHS data.
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Alberta Health Service CEO Dr. Verna Yiu during a COVID-19 press conference on September 23 made multiple claims about hospital capacity that could be classified as misinformation based on AHS data showing the narrative that hospitals could be overwhelmed is heavily exaggerated and potentially outright false.
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Just today Cochrane-Airdrie MLA Peter Guthrie sent out a letter to his constituents apologizing for the UCP government putting back in place the restrictions despite previously having said that “Alberta was not only ‘Open for Summer’ but ‘Open for Good.”
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Kenney himself admitted back in April of 2020 that AHS could expand ICU capacity to over 1,000+ beds in the province, which raises the question of why that was not already done at least partially a long time ago?
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Although the pro-oil and gas advocacy organization would have endorsed the Conservative candidate in any given race back in 2019. Now in 2021 with Conservative leader Erin O’Toole having the party run on a carbon tax, and supporting the anti-oil Paris Agreement, UWR is endorsing Independent candidate Derek Sloan instead of Blake Richards.
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The school board seems to be trying to put their decision on masks in schools onto the provinces by waiting for their guidance to avoid criticism, rather than just doing the responsible thing and following the trend in Alberta and removing the mandates.
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The United Conservative Party recently rolled back the draconian lockdowns they had Albertans under for much of the last year, falling back in line with what their voter base was demanding of them, and as a sign that the UCP finally did the right thing, the NDP immediately demanded a public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic.
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A well written report. Thanks for your effort. It raises awareness.
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