Canada’s COVID-19 hospitalizations still sharply rising amid Omicron-driven wave: top doctor | FULL

Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that although there are early indicators suggesting Canada has reached its peak of COVID-19 cases in this Omicron-driven fifth-wave, daily hospitalization numbers are still “rising steeply.”

“Although there is a degree of underestimation due to current testing policies, the seven-day average of close to 27,000 cases reported daily as of Jan. 19 shows continuing high rates of infection,” she said.

Tam also pointed out the national average daily case count has decreased by 28 per cent compared to last week.

On Monday, the federal government also approved the country’s first at-home oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment. Paxlovid, Pfizer’s antiviral drug, has been found to reduce risk of hospitalization and death by 89 per cent in clinical trial data submitted to Health Canada.

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[SystemUnderSiege]

Dr.Tam literally advised people to wear masks during sex. That was a real thing that happened. And we're supposed to take her seriously.

[canadiansforA]

Open everything up with no restrictions or vaccine passports

[eazyb]

Canadians appreciate Dr Tam crawling out of her coffin to deliver her propaganda.

[anniecouillard]

So you mean to tell us that 2 years there was not enough time to increase hospital staff? .

[Innovativeminingsolutions]

Do not poison yourselves or children.
England got smart but their leaders will still be charged.

[jeffmartin]

Cases vs hospitalizations makes it not scary anymore. But keep pushing the fear

[janieeauschn]

STEP DOWN TAM. WE DON'T BELIEVE ONE THING THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOU HAVE LOST ALL CREDIBILITY AND THE TRUST OF THIS ENTIRE NATION. SHAME ON YOU. YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR CRIMES.

[omicrondelta]

Ireland removes all restrictions and mandates

[markw]

Truckers are coming for you Tam … RUN!

[olga]

I dont know what she is talking about.I am not vaccinated and had an omicron: headache, than a nasal congestion, much easier than flu.I am 58

[Byteable]

She usually gets everything wrong, but yet she’s Canada’s “Top Doctor / Expert”.

[dennisjefferis]

So, the thing about being a "Top Doctor/Expert" is it's basically a political/administrative position with no real medicine involved. You hold press conferences where you parrot WHO or government gibberish about models and trends, variants and restrictions. You have an alphabets worth of letters following your name that you believe essentially gives you the right to tell everyone else what to do. And anything goes as long as it promotes the agenda. Everything but the truth.

[anniecouillard]

Why are hospitalizations in Ontario now mostly fully vaccinated... in Aberta dr Hinshaw is using a fancy math percentage... I'm not a mathematic wizard but .. It makes no sense...

[steveharrigan]

This woman is complicit in thousands of deaths that never had to happen. She had the tools to bring this man-made pandemic to a halt long ago, and she damn well knows it. She should be charged and prosecuted.

[rawrjay]

hey top doctor, just so you know doses 1, 2, and 3 are all ineffective against omicron. good luck

[redalphazerotaco]

If you have closed all your boarders . How do you have those numbers? At this time if people aren’t vaccinated. They don’t want to be.

[derrickgardener]

Most people dont know but Tam was fired from W.H.O and also fired from U.k health board, reason Incompetence !

[realcanadiangirl]

I'm an unvaxxed server who works with the public on a daily basis and have yet to catch it. You can't scare me Tam!

[shevinsacrey]

Literally the last person on the planet I would take medical advice from.

[johnarthur]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hospital systems, and doctors are finally talking about the difference between dying with COVID and dying of COVID. This distinction wasn’t made for nearly two years – but officials didn’t shy away from using inconclusive reports of “COVID deaths” and cases as justification for harmful lockdowns.

But now the mainstream narrative appears to be shifting dramatically, with officials finally admitting that being COVID-positive at the time of death is not necessarily proof that COVID was the cause of death and that comorbidities must be acknowledged. But Canda Health still not being truthful. The Narrative is collapsing.