Alberta NDP MLA Janis Irwin (Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) requested people continue to take measures to protect themselves against COVID-19, despite the majority of restrictions being dropped. .“I know that many would prefer I don’t talk about COVID, but here’s your reminder that it’s still here,” said Irwin in a Wednesday tweet. .“And we ignore these numbers at our peril.” .Irwin said the people who died are more than numbers. She said the deaths are “real people with stories and loved ones who miss them deeply.” .She made these comments after the Alberta government reported 28 COVID-19 deaths in the past week. There are 1,118 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 28 in the ICU. .Alberta crossed the 5,000 death threshold. .Twitter user Thot Tamale said Irwin was overreacting.."No one cares what someone with broccoli hair has to say," said Tamale. .Irwin responded by saying Tamale was annoying. ."Honestly the trolls are incredible these days," she said. .She called her hair "more like cauliflower tbh (To be honest)." .Irwin said in 2020 Alberta’s economic recovery plan will require an intersectional, gender-based lens and COVID-19 has disproportionate effects on women..READ MORE: NDP: Reopening requires an “intersectional, gender-based lens”.“It’s women who are impacted most by this pandemic,” she said. .“I’m sorry to tell you, it’s not just about men this time.”
