premier scott moe cautioned on the weekend that the covid-19 war in saskatchewan will carry on, but then laid down his best weapons on the battlefield.
saturday, the province legitimately reached its step 3 goal of having at least one dose for 70 per cent of those 18 years and older. sunday, saskatchewan announced 68.6 per cent of everyone 12 years and older had at least one dose.
it wasn’t quite the stated 70-per-cent goal to remove masks on july 11, but as they say in horseshoes and hand grenades, close enough.
moreover, the daily c ovid-19 statistical dashboard suggest there are some wins to celebrate.
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a death a day in this province (we had one additional death reported on each saturday and sunday) may sound like a success in a province of 1.17 million people. but in the entire u.s. on sunday (with the caveat that florida has decided to no longer report covid-19 statistics) there were just 86 deaths reported , lowering the seven-day average in that country of more than 332 million people to 291 deaths a day.
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as hopeful as moe’s message was — especially to those wanting to sit to in the stands, frustrated by not being able to hold summer reunions or weddings or simply sick and tired of masks — it did contain disturbingly contradictory notions.
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