Open letter on Quebec’s handling of Covid
CTV has a scathing open letter on Quebec’s approach to Covid, signed by a list of experts in the field.
It seems obvious that the CAQ is minimizing information and discussion about Covid so gloomy talk doesn’t blight their chances in the October election. Even though it’s a foregone conclusion the CAQ will be re‑elected, François Legault wants to make sure we don’t know the facts and can pretend the pandemic is over and everything is sunshine and lollipops again.
Update: Public health is going to give a presser on the 7th wave on Thursday afternoon.
I just have to add that more people I know have Covid right now – people I know in person here in town, and people I know online – than at any other time in the pandemic. It’s showing up particularly in people who’ve recently travelled, but not only them.
mare 13:41 on 2022-07-13 Permalink
I’ve read similar open letters of medical professionals in other countries, so it’s not just a CAQ re-election thing. Politicians are supposed to keep the population safe, but the population is tired of Covid, and of Covid measures. Keeping the economy going and inflation at bay are seen as more important everywhere in the world. A few thousand deaths for each wave in every country are the cost of doing business. (Relative to population size there are a lot more deaths in Quebec than elsewhere, even though our reported number of cases is low, but that just tells something about the overall health of the population and the quality of, and the strain on, the healthcare system.)
H. John 23:35 on 2022-07-14 Permalink
André Picard tweeted:
“BA.5 will bring a wave of new infections—and a wave of reinfections, too.
@edyong209 reports on what the variant means, and what to do about it.”
He links to Yong’s article in The Atlantic
https://twitter.com/picardonhealth/status/1547783191473205253?s=20&t=9Jr-IvdhE8XY4MfzXGhmAQ