Ontario, Quebec and BC do not currently release covid comorbidity statistics but Alberta does. I was pretty amazed to read today that of the 575 people who have died in Alberta so far as of this writing, 98% of them had comorbidities such as high blood pressure, dementia and diabetes.
A column in the Sun a few weeks ago pointed out that only 10 deaths in Alberta had no known comorbidities, and those ten potentially would have included individuals who died in their nineties or hundreds. Over 75% of all total deaths in Alberta at that time had
three or more conditions in addition to covid.
Please don't jump all over me for pointing this out. As I've said in previous posts the numbers are the numbers, and unless you are going to lock yourself in a room for two years and have someone push your food under the door, it is helpful for everyone to understand the risk factors to themselves and others in deciding whether they are going to a spa for a session with one other person, or riding a bus, sending kids to school, going to work, going to the mall, going to see family, etc. etc.
Unlike Dr. Whitesnake I'll spare everyone from posting about this every day everywhere, but if we have to subjected to Whitesnake's fear porn 24/7 throughout this forum then this is also helpful information to know...
Ten. Thatโs the number of otherwise healthy people who have died from COVID-19 in Alberta since the beginning of the pandemic.
torontosun.com