Western Standard - September 13, 2021


Kenney： 'I swear to God' Alberta is open for good – weeks before more COVID restrictions


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Length

2 minutes

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153.58209

Word count

343

Sentence count

49


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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.

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00:00:00.000 Very good, very good. Are we going to get a picture?
00:00:17.000 I don't know.
00:00:19.000 I thought maybe sometimes that's where you had the phone.
00:00:22.000 But nice to meet you.
00:00:23.000 Yeah, I have just one quick question.
00:00:26.000 In terms of the lockdowns have been a little bit crazy for me.
00:00:31.000 Just because I'm here on my own.
00:00:33.000 Sorry, sorry.
00:00:34.000 But I just want to ask you, because the message that we have right now is open for some.
00:00:41.000 It's open for good.
00:00:42.000 Open for good.
00:00:43.000 Open for good.
00:00:44.000 I don't want to go back.
00:00:45.000 I swear, I swear to God.
00:00:47.000 No, no.
00:00:50.000 With the vaccines, we don't have to.
00:00:52.000 But I mean, it's still not 100%.
00:00:55.000 But they're effective enough to keep people out of hospital.
00:00:58.000 And right now, Britain has seen a huge increase in cases, but stable hospital numbers.
00:01:05.000 That's the sweet spot.
00:01:07.000 So cases will go up and down, but hospitalizations will stay flat.
00:01:11.000 Because we've inoculated the most vulnerable, we're going to be at over 80% vaccination in Alberta.
00:01:16.000 That's what these people are protesting.
00:01:18.000 They don't want the vaccines.
00:01:20.000 And that keeps us open for good.
00:01:22.000 But what about the other 20% that are not?
00:01:24.000 They're younger.
00:01:25.000 Yeah.
00:01:26.000 Most of them are under 12, and the flu is a greater threat to them than COVID.
00:01:30.000 Right.
00:01:31.000 And the other, the largest other cohort is in their 20s, and they're very healthy.
00:01:35.000 In Alberta, we've had only two deaths under the age of 30, zero under the age of 20.
00:01:43.000 Right.
00:01:44.000 So COVID is not a threat to people under 30 effectively.
00:01:46.000 Right.
00:01:47.000 So the fact that 20% of them are not vaccinated, don't worry about it.
00:01:50.000 Okay.
00:01:51.000 But in Australia, I believe they are putting back...
00:01:54.000 But they only have, they only have 15% of the population with the first dose.
00:02:00.000 Here we have 80%.
00:02:01.000 Yeah.
00:02:02.000 But in Alberta, 75% with the first dose.
00:02:05.000 Okay.
00:02:06.000 So you...
00:02:07.000 Australia was very late on vaccine acquisition.
00:02:09.000 Yeah.
00:02:10.000 But don't worry about it.
00:02:11.000 I understand.
00:02:12.000 Thank you very much.
00:02:13.000 Thank you.