apples to apples

[GOODRUM]

Does anyone know how the total deaths in Canada or even in Saskatchewan compare in 2020 to past years?

[burnt]

Charts I have seen show no change or even slightly lower numbers.

Look for numbers to jump next year, or two as untreated diseases take their toll.

[SASKFARMER]

Very little change is what I have been told.

[shtferbrains]

You guys get down on your knees and say Pandemic Pandemic Pandemic one hundred times.

[GOODRUM]

That’s what I was thinking, not much difference.
Obviously the “end of the road homes” will have more openings on any given year.

[sumdumguy]

Wuhan is humming, back to normal. Everyone must have an Alert App and regular testing.

Why don’t they rapid test all the workers in LTC and require them to have an app. Our leaders don’t really want it to end - the scare boosts their popularity and so if a few old geysers succumb...

[farming101]

Caution is needed. Without fully understanding what happened in previous years, current demographics and demographic trends it will be hard to prove anything with just this chart. Also, as I've said since March there are no two identical populations. The outcome in one place will most assuredly not be the the same as any other place

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310076801 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310076801

[zeefarmer]

Lockdowns will kill the old too. Wife talked to someone at a LTC home the other day. Said all residents have gone downhill the last 2 weeks. Seeing family is the only thing most have to live for.

[TSIPP]

Less than 100 Covid deaths in Saskatchewan, I’m betting the small uptick in numbers are drug overdoses and suicides.

[TSIPP]

And the flue isn’t killing anyone anymore

[Partners]

Lockdowns will kill the old too. Wife talked to someone at a LTC home the other day. Said all residents have gone downhill the last 2 weeks. Seeing family is the only thing most have to live for.

Both parents are in LTC.
WE ARE living the nightmare..
Yes they wish they would die ..no life without family visitors at that age.
They could give a shit if they got covid ..
A giant finger to you know who..

[farmaholic]

Both parents are in LTC.
WE ARE living the nightmare..
Yes they wish they would die ..no life without family visitors at that age.
They could give a shit if they got covid ..
A giant finger to you know who..

Is it possible to face-time them(if they're techy enough) or phone lots.

My Dad was in the hospital again and this time no one was able to stay with him and help with his care and be an "interpreter". He did fine but he sure would have liked a family member to be there. I'm glad he's home again and out of ("more") harms way. Corona would definitely take him out! We made sure to get his cell phone to him.

The hospital definitely has less non essential traffic mulling around in it. Security at main entrances then a screening process before you can get further in..... and the wards/units are heavily monitored too. Anyone in "street clothes" is very suspect.....especially if they don't have a Sask Health worker ID card clipped to them or hanging from a lanyard around their neck.

Can't wait for this to be over!

[snap]

[snap]

Looks like a total of 15 people in Saskatchewan died of influenza last year. Seems like maybe covid-19 is deadlier. But I don't know... maybe the number 98 (deaths from covid so far) is actually less than the number 15?

[TSIPP]

Most of the old people that died, didn’t get tested for the flu, they just died, flue or not.