Covid is still killing people
Covid is still killing people and the death rate in Quebec is higher than anywhere else in Canada, as it has been throughout the pandemic.
I spotted a tweet recalling this quote: “Je trouve ça dur 20 décès en une journée. C’est énorme. (…) C’est inacceptable.” – François Legault, October 22, 2020.
But we’ve had 20 deaths a day for weeks, and all Legault does is promise we can soon take our masks off. Not so énorme any more, it seems to be accepted now as normal.
mare 09:47 on 2022-05-01 Permalink
In 2020 the victims were all unvaccinated, now we’ve taken precautions and everybody is vaccinated (Not) and has had booster shots. (Not).
But they’re mostly old people, who just die a little earlier than they would have otherwise. (Not)
We’re also conveniently ignoring Long Covid, which incidence might be as high as 10% to 30% of the cases from research in other countries. We don’t test so we have no idea of the number of cases, so no idea how much this is going to bite us in the ass.
We just have to add a bad flu season to our list of causes of death. Well, a few bad flu seasons per year. Fall, winter and spring.
Kevin 11:09 on 2022-05-01 Permalink
The first response to that tweet that i see is a urologist saying most of those dying from Covid had 18 months or less to live anyway.
https://twitter.com/fpuro/status/1520759733828956164?s=20&t=nPFU_pgeTsDN3eVDaODEhA
So I guess callousness is a Quebec value that I don’t share.
jeather 12:48 on 2022-05-01 Permalink
You know, people with 18 months to live do, as a rule, actually want to live those 18 months, not be thrown away as unimportant since they will die soon; their families, also, would like those extra 18 months.
jeather 12:52 on 2022-05-01 Permalink
To be clear, I’m not responding to you, Kevin, but to that guy on twitter.