The documents, obtained through an access to information request, consist of dozens of pages of communications between officials at Alberta Health, the government ministry, and Alberta Health Services, the provincial health authority. They show that, in addition to ordering AHS to remove references to specific vaccines, the government instructed the health authority to limit information on vaccine benefits and efficacy.

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Public health experts have said these paltry [vaccination] numbers are partly to blame for the fact that Alberta’s hospital wards and emergency department waiting rooms are now overflowing with patients. The Globe and Mail reported last week that some doctors have said the situation is worse than it was during the height of the pandemic.

I don’t know how these things usually work, but it seems like overreach for elected officials to tell public health officers how to do their jobs.

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    “The desire is to not indicate the types of vaccines available, just that they are.”

    This seems to be an intentional barrier to prevent people from getting the appropriate vaccines.

    Why do it? Because fewer people who get vaccinated means more people will get sick. More people getting sick means that hospitals won’t be able to cope.

    Who ya gonna blame? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! 🤡

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      I always wonder how much planning these people do. Do they have an endgame in mind, or do they just want to pretend that public health doesn’t matter?

      For example, Danielle Smith didn’t even think through her promise to pardon violators, and that seemed like a pretty major plank of her last election platform.

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      Why do it? Because fewer people who get vaccinated means more people will get sick. More people getting sick means that hospitals won’t be able to cope.

      Who ya gonna blame? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! 🤡

      You’re missing the final part to the puzzle, it’s not blame the feds.

      Public health care doesn’t work so we’re going to privatize it.