Here we go again. 5th wave's a charm?
I don't know what to really say at this point because as an Alberta, I've always taken things with a grain of salt. We don't have much of a choice when the country has benefitted from our successes for so long without giving back. I heard that Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta blamed Prime Minister Trudeau earlier for the 5th wave of the novel coronavirus we've all come to know and loathe as: COVID-19. More specifically, the integration of the Omicron variant to our lives. Thankfully the rapid antigen test or RATs were made accessible through Alberta Health Services (AHS) last week.
One thing I can tell you with absolute certainty: I'm sick of all these fucking acronyms and English was my favourite subject in school.
Today there was #BreakingNews with regards to booster doses for 18+ year olds who received their second of the COVID-19 vaccine at least five months ago. Jason Kenney held another one of his famous press conferences earlier to talk about the impact of the latest variant on Alberta. The numbers are up again it seems. Yesterday Alberta identified more than 780 new cases of the variant bringing the total to 4,318. I might be wrong but it sounded like Dr. Deena Hinshaw admitted COVID is airborne - did I get that right? Unsurprisingly the website crashed immediately after the news that booster doses for all Albertans 18+ were now available. Oh! And the pharmacists weren't made aware of all this either. If you work in a pharmacy, you found out when your phones started ringing off the hook today.
We received new restrictions today from Jason Kenney to "protect the health care system." Albertans are being asked to reduce their number of contacts by half and starting Christmas Eve, businesses participating in the Restrictions Exemption Program (REP) must have either a negative COVID-19 test or proof of vaccination from any patron of 12 years or older.
I seriously wonder if the government of Alberta is doing all this on purpose and intentionally trying to make it difficult to live and work in this province...
We won't even go there.
Today is also significant because of the 1's and 2's.
You'd think it would be a fairly straight-forward day - now 21 months into the global pandemic, but nope. People are still as dumb as they ever were! Let me give you an example:
My husband works in retail and for the most part his scheduled shifts are six days on, four days off. Last weekend he was off Friday-Sunday and worked yesterday from 08:00Am to around 4:30Pm. Today he went into work at 08:00Am and was again scheduled to be off around 4:00Pm. At mid-day I receive a text message to update me that he will likely have to work late to close the store (8:00Pm). Why? The Assistant Manager showed up to start his shift, not wearing a mask, with a cough and other cold/flu-like symptoms. This guy went into work, proclaimed he is sick to his colleagues and acted like it was a big surprise to him when Human Resources got pissed off. Are you stupid, or are you fucking stupid? I fail to understand how some people are this inconsiderate/oblivious/dumb AF after 21 months of this. TWENTY-ONE. Again with the two's and ones...
After hearing my husband wouldn't be home to eat dinner together I was naturally bummed out. But then I read what Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek posted to Twitter about the Calgary Flames' intention to pull the plug on their new event centre deal with the city... And it was as if fuel had been added to the flames that surrounded me. I'm not even a huge fan of the Calgary Flames but still felt like this news was a slap in the face to those who have supported the team since they moved here from Atlanta. The audacity of rich white men is truly incomparable. Now I'm talking 1.5B (USD) rich, rich - in case you were wondering.
I didn't want to make this post about me, however I am starting to realize my child won't know a world without COVID-19 and #COVID19AB is going to be here for a very long time. People are going to come and go in this province but we aren't done with it yet. Not even close. I am still somehow thankful to have the opportunity to create life here. There are too many humans I have yet to connect with. Between my hard-working husband and myself, we own four properties in Alberta. I couldn't dream of leaving behind the support of my family and close friends. From time to time my mind wanders and I imagine starting a business here. Something that would bring people together, or perhaps a podcast to share stories. I wonder often if I can pull it off.
Then I remember, tomorrow is a new day.
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