Thu Jan 13, 2022 – 11:04 am EST
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta Chief Medical Officer Deena Hinshaw have both admitted that numbers released to the public about ICU capacity and COVID hospitalizations have been off by as much as 60 percent.
In a Facebook video streamed live on Tuesday, Kenney revealed that a significant number of COVID-labeled hospitalizations in Alberta hospitals were incidental cases — meaning they were hospitalized for another reason, but tested positive by routine testing and were not sick with COVID.
During a Facebook live video on Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney revealed that a significant number of covid cases in Alberta’s hospitals are cases where covid is not the primary reason for hospitalization. #abpoli #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/dRKnZutFwP
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Kenney explained that a distinction had to be made between people who “had been admitted to hospital where the primary diagnosis and sickness of concern is COVID-19, versus … people who had been admitted for other maladies,” and then were diagnosed through routine testing.
“Of the 163 omicron patients in hospital, 66 have a primary COVID diagnosis … and of the 14 omicron patients in ICU, 11 have a primary COVID diagnosis,” he stated.
According to Kenney, that
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