ronandannette
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- May 4, 2006
At this point in Alberta at least and perhaps the rest of Canada too, nobody can say anymore where the transmissions are coming from. Our Provincial health authorities have bluntly stated that effective contact tracing is has become simply impossible with hundreds of new cases being diagnosed every day. The only sure ones are those linked to easily identifiable sources like hospitals and senior’s care facilities. They’ve all but stopped providing any meaningful data on who is being diagnosed demographically and only publish raw numbers. Our hospitalization and ICU reporting is similar but today, after a long while I did read a break-down of the most recent 27 deaths, which occurred over the past 5 days. The deceased ranged in age from late 60’s to over 100 and all but 4 were connected to medical or care facilities.You hit the nail on the head with that statement. It’s very true. This is why cases are rising in Europe. It’s not because people are traveling or going out and about too much, is because they feel safe in their own homes and have social contacts there- who wears masks then? . Psychologically speaking inviting friends and family is safe, but it is not. Inviting another family over for dinner puts you at more risk then sitting next to a stranger on a plane. Which scenario are you wearing a mask?
At this point the assumption is nebulous community spread but no one can say for sure. Cases are rampant in our K-12 schools; 147 separate facilities are currently reporting some form of outbreak. Schools are not closing, nor is anything much really, even though we had what was supposed to be "drastic restrictions" announced last week. Both the Chief Medical Officer and the Premier admit we just now taking shots in the dark and more stringent restrictions will have to follow if things don't turn around. Whatever that may mean.