Dear Premier Moe & MLA’s,
I have a few questions after reading comments made recently in MooseJawToday and other media outlets.
The Leader-Post reported on April 8, 2020 that the Saskatchewan Health Authority has committed to increasing the number of ICU beds in Sk. to 1000? Your government has had about 21 months to move this initiative along. Can you now report significant progress in alleviating the tremendous shortcomings in medical preparedness? Can you also assure the people of Saskatchewan that your government will become more proactive in the future rather than waiting for disaster to strike before taking action?
I would also like to know how you personally or your government can not be frightened by the possibility of being wrong on these 'vaccines'? 85% of fully vaccinated staff and residents at the Willington Care Centre in Burnaby, BC tested positive for COVID. There were 13 deaths according to news reports on October 21, 2021.
Unfortunately there are many, many more examples of the complete failure of these vaccines to protect us from harm and death.
Perhaps it would be useful to share the peer reviewed studies that you are using to show the effectiveness of the COVID jabs in preventing transmission? This statement is from the CDC on September 15, 2021: “Infections with the Delta variant in vaccinated persons potentially have reduced transmissibility than infections in unvaccinated persons, although additional studies are needed”. Perhaps a better way to state this would be to say “We have our fingers crossed that vaccines may help.”
Also, you could have our Minister of Health attempt to explain why hospitalizations and deaths have increased despite the increases in the rate of vaccination.
I think it’s time to stop scapegoating the unvaccinated for your government's failure to respond. If you can't accept that responsibility then be bold and go after everyone who is a burden on our minimum capacity and understaffed health care system. Health care needs because of poor choices are certainly higher among smokers, drunk drivers, drug users, the obese and alcoholics and many others just to name a few.
You have not, as a government, provided the leadership in health care the people of this province deserve although you have had ample time and resources to do so. I would respectively ask that you stop with the bullying and show us the science that you’re using to justify your directives.
Do not take my continued support for granted. Mandating, discriminating, intimidating and divisive policies will not make a great election platform, nor will the threatening, “The time for patience is now over” make a great election slogan. Perhaps that is the one point we can agree on.
Ron Hardy
Wakamow
Moose Jaw
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Editor’s Note:
In reference to the comments made in the third paragraph of the letter to the editor by Ron Hardy, please read the updated story regarding Burnaby’s Willingdon Care Centre on Burnaby Now:
UPDATED: Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak over at Burnaby's Willingdon Care Centre, 15 dead
The outbreak was declared on Sept. 27, 2021
by Jess Balzer. Updated Nov 3, 2021 12:33 PM
The story can be read at:
https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/death-toll-rises-to-15-amid-ongoing-covid-19-outbreak-at-burnabys-willingdon-care-centre-4719958
