We will emerge from the current surreal situation. We have voluntarily given up our freedoms on the advice of the medical community in order to slow the spread of a communicable virus. What is galling is that the predicted exponential increases in COVID-19 cases has not taken place. We have had a very large number of cases (and deaths) added to the totals due to virus outbreaks in long-term care facilities which were predictable and preventable. A few days ago, we were advised that deaths in long-term care facilities represented about 50% of the COVID-19 deaths reported. That is horrific and getting rapidly worse as new instances in care homes are reported each day. What is the proportion today? 55% ... 60% ... or higher? It makes a huge difference in trying to assess the risks to the general population. Both the reported number of cases and number of deaths are artificially high when assessing the risks to the multitude in self-isolation. Including s...
A discussion on political, economic and social issues in British Columbia, and Canada