Another wave of COVID-19 coming in fall as Smith promises to end lockdowns

By Lethbridge Herald on August 24, 2022.

Editor:

Danielle Smith has stated there will be no more COVID-19 lockdowns when she becomes premier on Oct. 6.

Medical researchers and doctors agree there will be a wave of the COVID-19 variant BA 5 in the fall when people spend more time indoors.

 Our vaccines are less effective against infection from this new variant but give excellent protection against hospitalization; and there are also new medicines to treat COVID patients if they get to the hospital five days after infection. BA 5 spreads extremely fast – if the most protected man in the world – President Joe Biden – can get COVID-19, anyone can.

Relevant statistics about COVID restrictions, from three sources: New York Times, Johns Hopkins University and the World O Meters data site. 

Florida, with a population of 22 million, has had 78,750 COVID deaths for a rate of 3.58 deaths per 1,000 people. Canada, with a population of 38,500,000, has had 43,440 deaths, for a rate of 1.1 deaths per thousand. Republican Florida with anti-restrictions Governor Ron De Santis has had more than 3.5 times the COVID deaths as Canada.

Allan Wilson

Lethbridge