Hinshaw apologizes for Covid-19 death misclassification
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edmonton.ctvnews.caPosted Oct 15, 2021, 2:32 AM UTC
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Shit like this and the mannequins used in that CBC story just add fuel to the conspiracy fires.
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Stinks...doesn't it? Now I'm getting conspiracy vibes off the conspiracy fires...dammit!
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Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or not but the mannequin would have been for training purposes, and to also not expose the identity of a patient who was unconscious and intubated. It would have been helpful though for a sign to be placed up on the dummy’s chest or something that said “training environment” because I know lots of people went bananas after seeing that mannequin on the news.
Apologies if your comment was supposed to be /s but I wanted to comment in case others were already thinking the same conspiracies and read your comment.
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This honestly sounds more like a political issue rather than bad reporting. The kid died of Covid but was obviously going to die soon regardless. However that's how death certificates work, they list what caused the death. You can have someone on their death bed dying of cancer and if someone runs in and shoots them in the head the cause of death will be gun shot wound.
I don't really know what the correct answer here is. The obvious answer is simply don't report this one as Covid publicly but then they get in trouble for hiding numbers. If they report it people complain there were other issues which were going to kill him soon anyway.
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Great, an excuse for AHS to report even less info about COVID
Alberta Health is the provincial ministry responsible for setting health policy direction. Alberta Health Service is the arms length provincial agency that provides health services. Don’t confuse the two. Hinshaw speaks on behalf of the department. Verna Yiu is the CEO of Alberta Health Services.
I stand corrected!
Lots of hard working AHSers out there keeping things going! Let’s lay the blame for politicizing Covid at the feet of the government officials - where it belongs…
Fair enough!
Strange takeaway from this. It seems they are still reporting the information, but waiting until its clear and correct, how is that a bad thing?
For the past 18 months, the Alberta government has consistently been pissing away its credibility about anything and everything. So when I hear they plan to change how information is being reported yet again, I get suspicious
And rightfully you should be suspicious. This was a prime example of blatant disinformation in which they and the media were caught with their pants down. Always be weary of what gets reported.
No because they are now being held accountable. Covid numbers were published falsely and alot. If we the people want to eradicate misinformation then it goes both ways
Fair enough. No more misinformation!
But right now it’s hard to trust the Alberta government about anything.