While hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are in retreat in Alberta, the constantly mutating virus continues to kill and disable covid19ab abhealth
But data released early last month by Statistics Canada suggests actual COVID-19 death numbers in Alberta and throughout the country are likely higher than the official figures.Article content
While those numbers are encouraging as part of a downward trend, Saxinger said they would have been considered “absolutely appalling” in the first weeks of the pandemic.Article content “Between the immunizations and the number of people infected, many times fewer people are becoming seriously ill. But if you’re unfortunate to be seriously ill from other causes, it’s still a serious problem,” said Gibney.Article contentSince that second anniversary, there have been a number of other changes to how Alberta has confronted the virus and its fallout.
LPN Rachelle Lively prepares a COVID vaccination at a City of Calgary mobile station at Southcentre Mall on Dec. 14, 2021.While some of those public health measures weren’t perfectly calibrated to the actual need due to a steep learning curve, Saxinger said inaction would have been costly folly.
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