Canada just passed a terrible milestone.
More than 40,000 Canadians have now died of COVID. Globe and Mail health reporter Andre
More than 90 per cent of pandemic deaths in Canada have been in people older than 60 ....
There is no doubt that elders, especially those with chronic health conditions, or living in long-term care, are at far greater risk. In recent weeks, we’ve again seen a steady increase in outbreaks, and deaths, in long-term care facilities.
But let’s please stop with the too-often-uttered ageist nonsense: “They were going to die anyhow.”
Deaths from cancer, heart disease, COPD, diabetes and other things that routinely kill elders have not dropped one iota.
The tens of thousands of COVID-19 deaths are on top of that – additional years of life lost.
Governments have largely stopped collecting and publishing data. But the hospitalizations and deaths won’t stop just because we avert our gaze.
Avert? Yes, that's exactly what we are doing.
Today I saw some incredible statistics about how many extra Saskatchewan deaths we have had
in the last two years:
Dr. Ogieglo notes that in addition to Covid deaths, people have been dying earlier of other
conditions. Here are some additional figures:
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