Right in the centre - Finding facts takes work
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- Published on Friday, July 2, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
In nearly 32 years of writing columns and stories, it is abundantly clear that we need newspapers more and more every day. There’s a lot of information floating around about every topic under the sun. Perhaps more than any other issue, C-19 has generated more information, both true and false, than any other topic I have ever covered.
Right in the centre - Manitoba– How do we measure up?
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- Published on Friday, June 25, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Last week, I posed this question to Manitoba Health: “If Manitoba had the same ratio of population to ICUs as North Dakota, there would be over 400 ICUs in Manitoba instead of 72. Do you know why Manitoba numbers of available ICUs varies so much from North Dakota?”
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Right in the centre - Overhaul needed
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- Published on Friday, June 18, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
For what it’s worth, I believe our criminal justice system needs a major overhaul.
Right in the centre - Keep it polite
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- Published on Friday, June 11, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Every so often, a comment or a letter comes along that’s a bit discouraging. We have received a lot of letters lately and most have been very well thought out and reasonably well composed. In addition, we also get a large number of submitted columns. We don’t have room for many submitted pieces but we try our very best. We have to make decisions, right or wrong, we have to make decisions.
Right in the Centre - Crisis should drive changes
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- Published on Friday, June 4, 2021
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner & Press
Every day, we hear that Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Manitoba are nearly full, largely due to COVID-19 cases. In response to a question from the Banner & Press about ICUs, a Manitoba Shared Health spokesperson said, “As of May 31, there have been 820 COVID patients admitted to ICU since the start of the pandemic. This includes 246 so far for the month of May, 2021, which is about five times the 50 COVID patients admitted to ICU in April. To date, 71 patients remain in ICU, 543 patients have been discharged or transferred out of ICU and 206 have sadly died while in ICU.” We all know an ICU is a very serious place to be and with C-19 in Manitoba, the death rate in the ICUs is 25 per cent, one in four.
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