Here in Alberta, Kenney rushed to drop the restrictions against the advice of medical professionals as the new variant moved in. This, to please his Stampede backers. The Stampede goes ahead in 10+ wildfire smoke endangering animals (cruelty to animals plus the usual horse deaths), performers, and audiences (cruelty to human beings). Attendance is so low, they drop the admission on the Sunday for attendance recording. Monday the Stampede officials declare the event a success as the Covid cases start to come in…
After fighting the pandemic for 16 months, health-care workers face a wage cut from UCP as a personal thank-you. Already short of workers, hospitals start closing beds in and out of cities, including emergencies. No one is available to work these shut-down places. And no burnt-out, overworked, underpaid health-care workers are likely in a positive frame of mind to rush back to work for UCP peanuts.
Wildfire smoke settles in for another week, making leaving home a dangerous, unhealthy proposition. There will be an increase in respiratory cases which will lead to an increase in emergency visits with their already predictably long line-ups. “Move along, move along” says Tyler Shandro. “Nothing to see here. Everything is normal and under control.”
And so Kenney’s stupid, very risky pipeline choice costing AB a cool 1.3 + billion will be paid back by the decent people who no longer work for or want to work for this health-care system disaster. Madness!
Be prepared for more bed and hospital closures, folks. We are fast becoming a ‘shithole’ province under the UCP and the tubby, arrogant Stampede street-bum in charge.