Kenney： 'I swear to God' Alberta is open for good – weeks before more COVID restrictions
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Summary
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Kelly about the latest outbreak of the flu and how it's affecting the Canadian health care system. We also talk about how the vaccine response has been so far and why we should not be worried.
Transcript
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Very good, very good. Are we going to get a picture?
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I thought maybe sometimes that's where you had the phone.
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In terms of the lockdowns have been a little bit crazy for me.
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But I just want to ask you, because the message that we have right now is open for some.
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But they're effective enough to keep people out of hospital.
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And right now, Britain has seen a huge increase in cases, but stable hospital numbers.
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So cases will go up and down, but hospitalizations will stay flat.
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Because we've inoculated the most vulnerable, we're going to be at over 80% vaccination in Alberta.
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Most of them are under 12, and the flu is a greater threat to them than COVID.
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And the other, the largest other cohort is in their 20s, and they're very healthy.
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In Alberta, we've had only two deaths under the age of 30, zero under the age of 20.
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So COVID is not a threat to people under 30 effectively.
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So the fact that 20% of them are not vaccinated, don't worry about it.
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But in Australia, I believe they are putting back...
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But they only have, they only have 15% of the population with the first dose.
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Australia was very late on vaccine acquisition.