Phil Tank: Misuse of the word 'lockdown' and false claims about a spike in suicides need to be rectified so Saskatchewan can move past the pandemic skpoli
where he liberally used the word lockdown to refer to any restrictions introduced to save lives amid the deadly spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
But the word “lockdown” is used far more widely — and generally lazily — by politicians, journalists and other public figures to refer to any and all public health rules. Since March 2020, which marked the start of the pandemic in Saskatchewan, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix has run 1,184 articles containing the word lockdown.
Some exceptions included people diagnosed with COVID-19, who were required to quarantine, and those living in facilities like. Many believe Saskatchewan avoided the devastating losses in long-term care that other provinces suffered because of the latter measures. The harshest measures in Canada came in Quebec, which imposed a curfew. Compare that to China late last year, which literally forced a lockdown on its citizens to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Except that there was no increase, at least not in Saskatchewan. According to the statistics compiled so far, there were fewer confirmed suicides in 2020 , 2021 and 2022 , when the so-called lockdowns were in place, than in 2019 .Article content
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