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...and people are indeed dying.
Note that the data is still incomplete for 2022. So while it may look like there's been a big decrease in deaths, other indicators suggest that's not the case.
👉🏻 https://twitter.com/elsthomson/status/1617687613099638785 /4
“Since the province won't release December data for months and when they do, they'll undercount by 29%, we can estimate drug supply toxicity using the reported frequency of overdoses at Safeworks (high: 5.88% in Dec). It should land close to 167: the highest since February 2022.”
Bike path from Oliver to downtown was (semi) cleared this morning, much better than yesterday. But the clearing abruptly stopped east of 104 St.
Lots of cyclists out today, most chose to ride on the sidewalk through this stretch. Just too hard to get through.
