COVID in Alberta, Military Misconduct – May 3, 2021
Alberta doctors, health officials, and political leaders are trying to protect the health care system from collapsing under the weight of North America’s highest rate of new COVID-19 infections. We hear more from Dr. Noel Gibney, co-chair of the Edmonton zone medical staff association pandemic response committee.
Conservatives are calling for the prime minister to fire his top aide over the handling of military misconduct allegations. Meanwhile, the Liberal chair of the defence committee abruptly cancelled today’s meeting amidst a continuing push to call Telford as a witness. Peter Van Dusen welcomes MPs Anita Vandenbeld (Liberal), Michael Barrett (Conservative), and Randall Garrison (NDP).
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Public Procurement Minister Anita Anand will face questions at a Wednesday afternoon committee meeting on the government’s response to the pandemic. Ms. Anand is expected to address delays in vaccine shipments.
On Wednesday morning, two health networks in Toronto were forced to cancel vaccination appointments due to a supply shortage. They said they will reopen their clinics whenever they receive more vaccines.
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In a statement on Tuesday morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were looking into rare blood clots that had occurred in six women after getting the J&J shot. The blood clots happened between six and 13 days after vaccination, and the women were all between the ages of 18 and 48.