SONIA FURSTENAU ... To give people a hopeful vision for the future we must be truthful about the present
Yesterday we hit a record number of hospitalizations in BC - 2 years into a pandemic this is not where I envisioned we would be. We should have learned and gotten better with each wave. But we have not. Why not and how can we do better? It’s difficult to understand the direction, outcomes, goals, and guidance right now. The press conferences and communications from government do not articulate a clear common goal or shared outcomes that we’re striving for collectively. Mostly it feels like we’re on our own, and that it should be our expectation to be exposed to Omicron, and likely become ill. We keep hearing over and over the word “mild” - but how are we meant to reconcile that with hospitalizations at the highest they’ve ever been in BC? Many fully vaccinated people describe severe symptoms from this wave of COVID, and clearly many people are ending up in hospital. Is it responsible to diminish illness in this way? Also - no discussion about lo...