This isn’t a substack for the sake of a substack…I’ve already posted on masks and those who will continue to wear them after today, Tuesday, March 1, 2022…so I’m going to be touching on a couple of different things this round.
Firstly, there are 2 really good reasons to burn your symbolic and worthless face diaper.
Primarily, because we are no longer mandated to wear them.
Additionally, they’ve offered no actual protection and though you can be sure that we will be thrown into another Mask Policy, the New Mask Mandates will be more specific to the type of mask you will need to wear. A cloth covering for you mouth and nose, that you’ve kept in your pocket or on your dashboard is not actually that sanitary. Bacteria and germs only require 2 things to breed and that is a warm and moist environment…aka, when you’ve worn and breathed through that piece of shit for any length of time, you’ve created said warm and moist environment. After that, you’ve tucked it into your pocket or backpack or purse…whatever…and allowed this once fashionable but fully symbolic piece of cloth to become a petri dish for god only knows what.
When we do get thrust back into wearing these things, there will need to be some actual science to support these measures and properly fitted, N95 Quality Filtration and Sterile will be the New Norm for masks. So…when you see the big sales going on around masks and think you should load up…maybe just throttle back on that for the time being or take some actual consideration into where we are probably headed.
You can still feel free to celebrate, just keep in mind that we’ll probably be headed back to this exact place and that could happen sooner than we all think or expect. In Alberta and Across Canada, the decline of ‘New Cases’ has stopped declining.
And we are only moderately lower than where we were before the REP program was put in place. Anything that resembles a capitulation bounce here, will result in us going back. Could be next week, might not be until the fall, because COVID is Endemic, it will be back.
Moving past this, we are not completely Mandate Free in the province as of yet, there are still a couple of things that are on the list, with no set date for removal:
Now, these may not have much of an impact on your life at current but they absolutely have had an impact on your life for the last 2 years.
What I’ve learned throughout the last couple of weeks where Alberta and AHS have taken the witness stand to defend the measures taken to ‘Flatten the Curve’ of COVID cases throughout the pandemic is that they’ve disputed Expert Testimony provided by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and his work done on ‘Focused Protection’ throughout the Great Barrington Declaration.
“Expert” and I use this term loosely, Witness after Expert Witness brought out by the Responding Attorney for the Province - Nicholas Parker - has stated a few FACTS that they continue to support through to this very day…those facts being:
Morbidity is equally as important as mortality;
Isolating certain sects of vulnerable people is impossible and draconian; because,
They aren’t sure who the Most Vulnerable actually are.
Except for the fact that these people can be identified through the information that the Province of Alberta puts on their website.
By Age:
And also by specific Health Conditions:
Elderly with pre-existing health conditions make up 96% of All COVID Mortality and 80% of COVID Morbidity and those who aren’t in this group only account for 4% , 158 Deaths and 20% of Morbidity throughout the last 2 years.
I’m sure you can see where we are going here, right?
After 2 years of locking down the province and forcing you, your children/grandchildren through Draconian Measures and Mandates including Face Diapers, while Arguing that Focused Protection would never work out…those who are the Highest Vulnerable for Morbidity and Mortality throughout the Province are the Only Ones Left under COVID Mandates for Focused Protection - described as People who reside in “continuing care” Facilities.
Yup.
Everything up to this point, a full 2 years of pandemic in trying to Flatten the Curve has been complete bullshit!
Again…while we can Celebrate the Day - keep some of this in mind and maybe share it with a few people who are still donning some floral or crafty face shield that rides well below their nose because of Safety. They probably haven’t had a chance to see what’s really been going on!
Happy Mask Free March 1st, Alberta!
Could not agree more!
Ask an actuary. There’s no difference because of Covid-19