Albertan governent somehow becomes even worse

[james_davis_nicoll]

Millions of Albertans ask whether the living will envy the dead.

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[dewline]

I think that's the exact result that Danielle Smith and her enablers want.

[graydon]

It's disturbing how "endemic" is getting spun as "not a problem".

Rabies is an endemic disease.

[jreynolds197]

A friend of mine just tested positive for COVID. His wife is getting sick. Last I heard, she was going to take a test, but I haven't heard the results yet.

People like the AB premier should FOAD.

[bunsen_h]

My immune-deficient wife and elderly father both tested positive eight days ago. Neither are able to tolerate Remdesivir. Dad's doing a lot better but my wife is still pretty ill. I'm *really* frustrated that so many people are no longer taking COVID seriously.

EDIT: Since my last direct contact with my wife was 11 days ago (3 days before she was symptomatic), and my rapid tests have been coming up negative, I thought I'd avoided the illness. But I had a bit of a sore throat last night, so I figured I should test myself again. There's an incredibly faint line at the "T" point on the test cassette. I took another look at the test I ran a couple of days ago, which I thought was clear, and found a "T" line that I can just barely make out in good light. It's possible that the cassette having dried out has made it more visible.

So here I am again. I've got a decent supply of groceries from a shopping trip two days ago, and I hope I didn't infect anyone while I did it. I was masked and keeping my distance from people as much as I could, and it looks like I've been nearly successful in fighting off the disease, so it's not very likely. Still: [*sigh*]

[(Anonymous)]

AIUI, the instructions say, any visible line in that place on the home test for SARS-CoV-2 is to be treated as a positive test. On the other hand, you're told to check the test only a certain short period after performing it. In that case, what it looks like the next day doesn't count either way.

These could seem trivial points when the lives of your loved ones are threatened by this curse. Nothing I could say will help with that.

Robert Carnegie

[bunsen_h]

And it's possible that when I read the later test, I did it more than the proper 15 minutes after I added the drops to the cassette. I called the provincial health line, and was told that I should consider the tests to be negative.

My wife is still doing not-very-well in hospital. At this point, the major issue seems to be that the infection -- like any other infection -- causes her chronic problems to flare up. For the most part, she's getting decent care, unlike in many other visits. Her symptoms are highly visible.

[(Anonymous)]

"They have been the most discriminated against group that I've ever witnessed in my lifetime," Smith said of unvaccinated Canadians at the news conference.

She obviously hasn't been looking very hard.

If I were Albertan and had to see a health care professional, I'd ask "Are you vaccinated?". If the answer is no then I'll say "Get out, and send me some one who is." Do you think I could get charged with discrimination?

-Awesome Aud

[dionysus1999]

Discrimination can be important. We discriminate against people who want to rob and kill others. When coughing on someone can kill them, it does behoove us to treat the unmasked as dangerous people who deserve the treatment of being shunned and excluded from public affairs. It drives me nuts when something as simple as a mask becomes a conservative talking point.

[bunsen_h]

I suppose it might be technically true if one considers only the number of people "discriminated against" and includes everyone who's politically/socially associated with that group. The number of native Canadians is much smaller than the number of people who feel that anti-COVID measures infringe on their freedom, or at any rate don't want to wear masks, get vaccinated, etc. There are more Trump supporters (who, by implication, are okay with his stance on COVID) than there are members of any non-white ethnic group in the U.S.

If one takes into account the justification of the forms of "discrimination" and their consequences -- and how easy it is for the unvaccinated to become vaccinated -- the assertion is preposterous. Nobody is lynching unvaccinated people or taking them for "rides" out of town on bitterly-cold nights. They're not at elevated risk of police violence merely because they're unvaccinated.