I’ve been practising internal medicine and infectious diseases for the better part of 20 years. I’ve been through the Ebola crisis, H1N1 and SARS, but none of those experiences prepared me for Covid. The scale of the whole SARS outbreak in 2002 pales in comparison to the current Covid-19 pandemic. It was still harrowing I saw colleagues get sick and patients die but that virus was somewhat more predictable. What differentiates Covid-19 is that it’s hidden, capricious. It’s also extensive in its reach and dangerously infectious, which makes it even more daunting and overwhelming compared to any outbreaks I’ve seen in the past.
Lac La Biche RCMP charge three people in shooting incident
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Mounties in Lac La Biche are laying charges after a shooting incident earlier in January.
The RCMP says early on the morning of January 4th they were called to a home in the community where they found a man with serious injuries from a gunshot wound. The man was taken to Lac La Biche Healthcare Centre and then flown to the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Mounties have not updated his condition.
An investigation began and two days later the RCMP arrested 38-year-old Joel Cory Desjarlais and 25-year-old Riel Desjarlais of Lac La Biche and charged both with attempted murder with a firearm among other offences.
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The Government of Alberta has faced a variety of criticisms over how it has handled the second wave of COVID-19 but its previous response was widely regarded as a success.
Chief among the second wave concerns is timing.
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Within two weeks of the first case of COVID-19 being detected within Alberta’s borders in March, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced schools would be closing, business would be shuttered and everyone who could would be working from home.
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The Government of Alberta has faced a variety of criticisms over how it has handled the second wave of COVID-19 but its previous response was widely regarded as a success.
Chief among the second wave concerns is timing.
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Try refreshing your browser, or Year in Review: Timing of restrictions was key difference between first and second wave of COVID-19 in Alberta, say health experts Back to video
Within two weeks of the first case of COVID-19 being detected within Alberta’s borders in March, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced schools would be closing, business would be shuttered and everyone who could would be working from home.