http://www.660citynews.com/2021/07/22/alberta-kenney-media-fear-covid-19/
Premier Kenney believes media should 'stop promoting fear when it comes
to COVID-19'
BY JOEYCHINI
Posted Jul 22, 2021 1:58 pm MDT Last Updated Jul 22, 2021 at 7:46 pm MDT
SUMMARY
The premier believes we should 'start actually looking at where we're at.'
CAMROSE, Alta. – Premier Jason Kenney says the province is in a good
spot in the fight against COVID-19, and he believes it’s time for media
to stop promoting fear when it comes to the virus.
The premier was addressing his tweet from this past weekend which
celebrated the success of the stampede—stating it was the first major
event in Canada ‘after the pandemic’.
Many people, including several health experts, took issue with the
Premier’s phrasing, they say we are not through with this virus yet.
READ MORE: Experts concerned over Alberta government’s comments about
pandemic moving to ‘endemic’
“We are now three weeks into that full openness,” said the premier,
referring to Alberta’s Open for Summer Plan. “And I’m very encouraged to
see that we continue to do very well.”
While he acknowledges that the virus remains an issue, Kenney says there
has been a dramatic drop in covid numbers, and it’s time we all start
looking at where Alberta is when it comes to the fight against COVID-19.
“Numbers will go up, and they’ll go down… What matters most is that the
widespread protective effect of vaccines is real,” he said.
“We should embrace the science, we should stop listening to people who
deny the powerful protective effect of vaccines.”
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rise to 649
Kenney says Alberta crushed the third wave and, even when cases rise,
the case numbers will likely not merit the same response as before.
“We have seen the numbers come down dramatically in Alberta, and we
should salute that,” Kenney said.
“Let me be blunt, I think it’s time for media to stop promoting fear
when it comes to COVID-19, and to start actually looking at where we’re at.”
According to the premier, we now have fewer people in hospital with
COVID-19 than at any point in the past nine months. He adds that 75 per
cent of eligible Albertans have gotten their first dose of vaccine, and
within a week, he expects we’ll hit about 65 per cent of eligible people
fully vaccinated.
“But most importantly, about 90 per cent of the vulnerable in Alberta,
have been vaccinated–that is people over the age of 65–those are by far
the most vulnerable individuals.”
The premier says these numbers mean our healthcare system likely won’t
face the same capacity issues we’ve seen in the past, should COVID cases
rise in the fall.
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