Health Minister Dorothy Shephard said a decision has been made by the Department of Health to do an excess deaths analysis once all registered deaths for 2021 have been coded with Statistics Canada. (CBC)
by Robert Jones
CBC News
July 6, 2022
In a noticeable change in tone Friday, Health Minister Dorothy Shephard told the legislature she is concerned about unexplained high death counts in the province in the second half of 2021 and will attempt to get to the bottom of what happened.
“I think that everybody wants to know,” said Shephard under questioning from interim Liberal Leader Roger Melanson.
Melanson was asking about an updated Statistics Canada report Thursday showing an estimated 4,599 people died in the province during the final 25 weeks of 2021, 886 more than long-term averages for that time of year after adjusting for population growth and aging.
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What was the one thing that was different in 2021 that previous years? Covid 19 Jabs, often coerced or otherwise mandated. THERE IS YOUR ANSWER PEOPLE!