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Passionate BC teacher, activist. #COVIDisAirborne so ventilate, filtrate, mask up! Physics major. Co-Founder @Protect_BC @SafeSchoolsBC M: @jheighton3 @zeroes .ca
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BC authorities are trying to rewrite history by claiming that BC schools were magically safe during the
#COVID19
pandemic year.
There are a lot of holes in their claims.
Here to set the record straight-a thread for
#bced
, class of 20-21.
@JM_Whiteside
@jjhorgan
@DrBonnieHenry
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Imagine if gov’ts & PH said, “There’s less lung cancer now, so let’s allow indoor public smoking again. Smokers have freedoms too.”
Or “There are less car accidents now & designated drivers are inconvenient. Only a few victims will die anyway. Let’s allow drinking & driving.”
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How do I know masks work? I’ve taught in elementary school for over 20 years; every year pre-pandemic I would get multiple colds. Class too.
Universal masking in class (students & me) for past 2 years - I’ve had ZERO colds & the class tissue box supply is still stacked high!😷👍
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BC’s 1st
#CleanAirFestival
was a success!
- magic show!
- mask decorating!
- live music by
@geoffberner
!
- Corsi-Rosenthal boxes for classrooms!
- Postcards for a return to masks in Healthcare & clean air in schools!
Wonderful to meet so many people who care for others.
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🧵:
Key debunking:
Experts
@fitterhappierAJ
&
@FurnessColin
explain COVID-19 immune dysregulation, including why that theory is attacked.
Part 1:
In our immune systems, what are T-cells, and how does COVID-19 cause immune dysregulation?
Immunologist
@fitterhappierAJ
answers:
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I’ve been asked to explain how to put on a headstrap respirator mask, keeping long hair loose. I’m using my new black CAN99 headstrap version from
@vitacoreinc
(just released!). They use bands that don’t slip but also don’t pull on my hair. (Bonus!!)
Protecting health!👍
Steps:
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Excellent ventilation here at
@edyong209
’s presentation regarding “Reporting on Long Covid”!
Universal masking with N95/KN95s plus rapid testing beforehand means it’s a safe space for everyone.
Airborne safety prevents reinfections.
#LongCovid
Thanks,
@SFU
@pippsbc
for hosting!
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Masks, testing, tracing, limiting crowds - these are all PROTECTIONS (not restrictions) from a virus that spreads exponentially, does vascular damage, & has unknown long-term effects.
Therefore “lifting restrictions” actually means “lifting protections”.
Is that a smart choice?
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Presser today:
@adriandix
“People don’t need me to tell them to wear a mask, to wear a mask”.
Uhmmmm - Yes, they do.
Have you BEEN out in public much, Adrian? You made masks optional; now people think “it’s over”!
Abdicating responsibility is NOT leadership.
#CovidIsNotOver
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My headstrap BLACK
@vitacoreinc
CAN99 masks just arrived!! They fit well. Lovely to have a respirator company that listens to consumer demand. (Ahem,
@3M
)
Thanks,
@canadastrong
, for selling boxes of 10 so I could try it out!
Available in 🇨🇦so far, hopefully in 🇺🇸soon?
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If anything, this graph proves that SARS-CoV-2 is *not* “just a cold or flu”. 38% rise in labour force disability! Look at that steep rise…& it is NOT levelling off.
Normal? Hah!
Source: US Federal Labour Stats, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Link:
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Looks like the world is discovering the “Find Out” phase of FAFO. Cholera, measles, tuberculosis, mycoplasma pneumonia, strep A…
Public health should’ve listened to scientists who warned about immune dysfunction after SARS2 infection. Sheesh.
Pivot needed back to protections!
Yes, quarantine is better than spreading
#cholera
“Flights are being missed, people have lost money on hotels booked in Mauritius. Guests are angry, rebellious, sad… 'fed up' and that there were 'limited facilities' to deal with being stuck at sea.”
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Dr. Henry admits she lifted the mask mandate b/c she felt the “legal orders” were triggering & ppl would do the right thing if it were made optional.
So shall we lift speed limits then? Drinking & driving laws? Smoking indoors?
Colossal mistake.
#bcpoli
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Study shows T-cell response after vaccination is much better in people who haven’t been infected, compared with those who are infected then get 💉.
Looks like mass infection policy was a huge mistake. Now the majority won’t have good 💉response.
Great./s
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To
@keithbaldrey
,
Actually, COVID-aware *are* in step w/ science; it’s “if we have to live w/ this virus, let’s be smart about it instead of
#LetItRip
nonsense.”
Let’s look at the science, shall we? And about public opinion…let’s look at that too.
A thread 🧵…
@GlobalBC
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The number of trolls who are angrily responding to C0VID-informed tweets shows that SOMEONE is living in fear, and it’s not us.
Could it be this is the stage just before dawning realization of reality, that ignoring SARS2 doesn’t solve it? 🤔
Gov’ts better wake up.
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How about interviewing some mask-wearers to see why they continue?
“I don’t want Long COVID, brain fog or a heart attack.”
“My spouse is undergoing cancer treatment.”
“I am immunocompromised so vaccines don’t work as well for me.”
“If I’m reinfected, my Long COVID will return.”
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Wow,
@jjhorgan
admits
#COVIDisAirborne
& crowded classrooms all day can be stressful for teachers, parents & students as a result!
#bced
is looking forward to you reinstating mandatory masks, as important source control for an airborne virus.
#HEPA
needed too (
#BA2
is dominant)!
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Hospital stays in 🇨🇦 average cost $730/day (source
@cbcmarketplace
). Therefore, Canadians, you can either
#WearAMask
or have your taxes go up to pay for healthcare.
You can’t say no to both. Choose.
Selfishness has a cost.
#CovidIsNotOver
#LongCovid
#BA2Variant
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Huge scandal which should be covered by
#BCmedia
…Dr. Bonnie Henry & Dr. Reka Gustafson received knowledge about
#LongCovid
from PHAC yet they NEVER INFORMED THE PUBLIC of risks, even *removing protections & characterizing COVID as a simple respiratory illness instead. Even now.
In July 2020, a mere 5 months into the pandemic, DoH officials, participating in the PCPHN Special Advisory Committee on Covid-19, were provided with a copy of a 15 page slide deck outlining what was then understood about persistent Covid-19 symptomatology.
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This is explosive reporting. Mainstream media - YOU NEED TO COVER THIS.
FOI requests reveal Bonnie Henry,
@CDCofBC
& BC Min of H were regularly updated on
#LongCovid
harms by
@GovCanHealth
, yet they have NEVER WARNED THE PUBLIC & removed protections instead.
Investigation here:
A POP BC Blog with the contribution of Anneke Wijtkamp.
Building on the information discovered by
@PoPNB_kindness
&
@HallwayOrchard
🙏
B.C.’s Long Covid cover-up: what they knew and when they knew it. And what they did not do.
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BC media, please understand why
#bced
feels abandoned by DBH’s “Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe” slogan.
If DBH was KIND to school communities by listening to concerns & working to make schools SAFER, we would be CALM. But she has ignored evidence and gaslit us instead.
A thread:
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To policy-makers who might be thinking rampant C19 will “thin out” an over-populated planet & thus reduce the overall demand on earth’s resources:
You’re forgetting the social unrest from associated trauma - every victim (death or disability) is part of a devastated family.
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BC govt
@bcndp
:
“We aren’t responsible for anything - even provincial highways. Local gov’ts can call the situation. We will support them.”
BC citizens: “Why do you exist then? To be a PR firm for fossil fuel co’s & tourism? Or to take care of the province & its peoples?”
🤷🏻♀️🙄
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BC HCW are now instructed to come to work while positive w/ SARS2!
@adriandix
, THIS is how you’re dealing with staff shortages??
#bcpoli
@CDCofBC
Leaked BC Provincial Health Service email… “HCW no longer required to stay home from work for 5 days if they test positive…”⬇️
😬
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Devastating. A BC teacher dies AT SCHOOL from C19 complications (initial infection caught at work), yet gov’t eliminates protections, pretends they’ve cleaned the air (nope) & unions let it happen?
This was a year ago. Omicron (not mild), masks gone in March.
@bctf
? Crickets.😡
One year since this wonderful person died IN a
#BCED
school from CoVID complications-an infection picked up at school.
My niblings were devastated.
No peep from anyone, not even from BCTF.
No fight in her name to protect teachers.
She died for nothing!
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Witness
@WHO
attempting to wriggle out of accountability because they erred when they refused to admit that
#COVIDIsAirborne
.
4 years later, their mistake is blatantly obvious, so they rewrite the definition instead of taking responsibility.
All those behind it should be fired.
@trishgreenhalgh
👀 …and there it is… in black & white!
“Puff cloud” ☁️
Nope, you really weren’t joking. 🤦🏻♀️
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Question: if the tables were turned, and 50-70 yr olds (age of our politicians & PHOs) had no access to 💉, but the rest of the population did, would they be opening up?
The selfishness of removing mask mandates while younger demographics have either 1 or 0 doses is astounding.
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@frozen
When Bonnie Henry says transmission happens at home, she “forgets” the part where someone CAUGHT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, like transit, work or school, & then brought it home. Therefore mask mandates in public spaces help.
How incompetent can a PH official get?
@Protect_BC
is better:
🧵
This is the PH messaging that BC needs. Thanks,
@DrFiliatrault
@Protect_BC
.
“Masks work best when the majority of people are masked, as there is less of the virus released into shared air; therefore the risk of inhaling infectious aerosols diminishes.”
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A reminder to
@adriandix
& Dr. Bonnie Henry that universal masking prevents colds, flus AND COVID.
Much easier than creating more beds (w/ no staff), repurposing LTC, cancelling surgeries & increasing air ambulances.
Instead of wringing hands over the fall season, BE PROACTIVE.
How do I know masks work? I’ve taught in elementary school for over 20 years; every year pre-pandemic I would get multiple colds. Class too.
Universal masking in class (students & me) for past 2 years - I’ve had ZERO colds & the class tissue box supply is still stacked high!😷👍
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I’m wondering when the class action lawsuits can begin for every Canadian who developed
#LongCovid
, considering public health KNEW about it from
@GovCanHealth
, starting July ‘20 & building through ‘21, yet told no one.
People’s “personal risk assessments” are based on lies.
🧵⬇️
Can’t sleep after a zoom with some COVID pals so I’m reading through what PHAC sent to multiple officials in every province about Long COVID and I see they already told every province in Nov ****2021***** that being a woman is a risk factor for LC. Hey ladies did your CMOH warn u
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Ugh, they did it. 👎
Bonnie Henry &
@adriandix
removed masks in healthcare settings, starting today. BC joins Western jurisdictions w/ following anti-science rhetoric instead of protecting HCW & vulnerable patients. Yet another nail in the coffin of Western society.
Abominable.
The Great Unmasking™️:
It’s almost like there is a coordinated back door effort to weaken Western countries by promoting mass infection among their populations, crippling them economically by crashing their labour markets & healthcare systems. Leaders are blind.🫣
Excellent🧵⬇️
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🧵:
@BogochIsaac
Understand the context behind the backlash:
-hospitals overwhelmed yet PH refuses to mandate masks
-vulnerable expected to isolate for??? years?
You said, “we’re not going to mask our way out of the pandemic”.
Perfection shouldn’t be the enemy of action.
1/I've been reflecting on this thread for a bit.
I have zero intention to be unkind to David here, rather it is an opportunity to touch base on the current state of social media/pubic discourse & our current trajectory (extending well beyond COVID).
Summary: Vey iz mir
🧵
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Every minimizer “expert” who says there’s no point in trying to mitigate SARS2 should be fired. That includes public health leaders.
Imagine if engineers did the same? “No point in using airbags, seatbelts, crash tests…car accidents can’t be eliminated so we give up!”
PH FAIL.
Futility is such an excellent basis for public health...🙄
Imagine if John Snow just decided to go down the pub rather than take the handle off the pump...
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So all proponents of “immunity debt”- are you now volunteering to drink toilet water & eat expired, unrefrigerated meats to further strengthen your immune systems? Looking forward to your Randomized Controlled Trial™️ on that subject.
Note: you don’t get to be the control group.
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The Great Unmasking™️:
It’s almost like there is a coordinated back door effort to weaken Western countries by promoting mass infection among their populations, crippling them economically by crashing their labour markets & healthcare systems. Leaders are blind.🫣
Excellent🧵⬇️
I'm very concerned.
For 2 years, 🇨🇦 masked.
For 2 years fewer than 5% of the population were infected w Covid in 2 years.
For 2 years flu went away.
All was good.
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The scandal of the century will be, bigger than DDT and asbestos, the officials that KNOW
#COVIDisAirborne
yet choose to promote droplet theory instead.
That one choice results in MILLIONS of needless infections, long term damage, & family tragedies.
When do the lawsuits start?
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As 🇨🇦 hospitals & LTC consider provincial PH announcements that masks are optional in healthcare settings, they should probably think about liability based on the lessons learned from the SARS1 pandemic.
See highlighted conclusions ⬇️.
SARS1 legal link:
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The longer governments wait to finally decide to set clean air standards to ASHRAE 241 levels, the more they are disabling a healthy population.
Media, this affects you, too, as your kids go to unsafe schools w/ few protections.
Inform the public & join us to DEMAND CLEAN AIR.
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Now would be a good time,
@CBC
@CBCTheNational
@CBCNews
@CBCAlerts
to cover the FOI evidence that shows Health Canada regularly emailed provinces about long term health consequences of SARS2 infections. It provides context to why 🇨🇦hospitals are overwhelmed.
People need to know.
When ur national news network just tells ppl to be sick forever rather than reporting on the fact that all 13 CMOHs and thus health ministers received hundreds of pages of scientific warnings about long COVID since summer 2020 that they never shared (see my pinned)
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WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE over
@GovCanHealth
regularly emailing provinces w/ info & studies about long term harms from SARS2 (from 2020 onwards!), yet no province told the public & removed protections instead? Public told “it’s mild”? Egregious harm.
#MediaPleaseHelp
#MediaPleaseLook
Huge scandal which should be covered by
#BCmedia
…Dr. Bonnie Henry & Dr. Reka Gustafson received knowledge about
#LongCovid
from PHAC yet they NEVER INFORMED THE PUBLIC of risks, even *removing protections & characterizing COVID as a simple respiratory illness instead. Even now.
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Here’s yet another Novavax study that shows excellent immune responses, this time in children.
But Dr. Henry never mentions Novavax, instead defaulting to Pfizer/Moderna instead? NACI should ensure Canadians everywhere (BC included) have excellent access to Novavax; promote too.
RCT of Covovax / Novavax COVID vaccine in children 2-11y and 12-17y. Excellent immune responses across variants that had higher titers than adults. Also very low rate of side effects, with no myocarditis reported.
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CBC radio interview:
Dr. Henry may say that there won’t be extra protections in schools this year, but Luc Latulippe & myself go over why that’s a mistake and what should be done.
‘23-24 Tripledemic2?
Listen to
@CBCEarlyEdition
@CBCGloria
interview here:
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4/“Normal” is different now. Those who go along with public health’s misguided “you do you” approach are prolonging the misery & contributing to erosion of 🇨🇦 health care.
And that is NOT OKAY.
Thanks to
@DFisman
for continuing to highlight the need for better in this country.
Not sure why you’re running interference for Bonnie Henry on masking,
@BogochIsaac
You’re a smart guy. You understand reproduction numbers. This is an absolutely terrible framing of an intervention that reduces risk by 80% + when used properly.
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I taught 9 & 10 year olds, wearing a mask, all year last school year. They each wore one too. And let me tell you, the safety masks provided enabled us to reduce absences due to illness by a lot & had zero impact on our ability to connect.
#bced
Quit spreading misinformation.
@Mrhockey1231
Honestly that may best be a regional decision. If fortunate to be low transmission - low delta worries, I think the benefit of masks versus the impaired facial expression cues and communication becomes debatable. Teachers being vaccinated is a big relief now!!!
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Bonnie Henry: “We’re seeing way more…uh, many more cases (of severe bacterial infections) particularly in people under 20”.
-You mean, STUDENTS?? (K-12 & post-secondary)
“We’ve seen this before in other pandemics.”
-So why did you not use the
#PrecautionaryPrinciple
?
Sheesh.
Last week, Dr. Bonnie Henry said she's 'not really' seeing evidence that covid damages the immune system, but then described an unexplained rise in dangerous bacterial infections—a rise that one might expect if covid WERE damaging immune systems. Got it.
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Part 2: Why the attacks on "COVID-19 immune dysregulation", despite evidence showing it is probably playing out now w/ more severe outbreaks of a variety of pathogens?
What forces are at play? Is it the fact that "herd immunity" would be dead as a theory?
@fitterhappierAJ
:
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When do the scales tip for governments to switch from:
“I can’t admit I screwed up because I might get sued”
to
“Damn, I’m so far behind the science now that I WILL get sued if I don’t pivot”?
Asking for the entire Western world.
#COVIDisAirborne
#CovidIsNotOver
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BC reporters, please ask whether MLAs are accessing rapid tests to attend in-person legislature sessions.
If the answer is yes, shame on them. MLAs are vaccinated. Those tests should be used in schools, where delta is spreading, classes are crowded & K-6 kids are UNVACCINATED.
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PHAC has released a new
#LongCovid
report.
Notable findings:
- 16-18% of working-aged Canadians report LC, even young people!
- women more affected (hmmm nurses, LTC, education & daycare workers need protections?!?)
- 12% w/ no co-morbidities (still significant!)
Link in 🧵⬇️:
New
#LongCovid
data from
@GovCanHealth
"Among adults who reported being infected 3 or more months prior to completing their questionnaire, about 17.2% (95% CI: 15.8%, 18.7%) experienced longer-term symptoms."
#CovidAwarenessWeek
#CovidIsNotOver
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Dr. Bonnie Henry saying “we haven’t seen (XBB.1.5) take off…yet” is so reminiscent of her failed “watch and wait” when Alpha, Beta, Delta & Omicron waves were just starting. Are we really going to do this AGAIN?
(Remember the panic 💉of Whistler workers? K-3 😷 after huge 📈?)
Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi says quicker ventilation upgrades and temporary indoor mask mandates are needed to deal with the crushing XBB 1.5 wave that's beginning to hit us.
Meanwhile, Dr. Bonnie Henry says "what we've not seen is it take off. Yet."
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@JasonM98282978
That’s so thoughtful of you! I hope the boy recovers quickly so he can come home and receive his special gift.
You have a caring heart (the common trait among all COVID-informed & still-masking population). This just proves it all the more. ♥️
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On the subject of accountability:
What’s astounding is that Dr. Bonnie Henry, whose failures in Toronto’s SARS1 2003 outbreaks were recognized in the SARS Commission, is currently allowed to *make the same mistakes* & is even chair of provincial PHOs!
Huge error,
@GovCanHealth
.
We need to start estimating the approximate death toll attributable to specific failures (for example WHO refusal to take airborne spread seriously) and rolling out criminal charges against individuals.
26 million dead is well into crimes-against-humanity territory.
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BC citizens- it’s time to demand
#CovidSafe
schools from
@bcndp
@JM_Whiteside
!
If they want open schools, they need to make them safe. Delta v demands it. Our kids deserve it.
Join us on Saturday, August 14! Spread the word.
#SafeSchoolsCoalition
#COVIDisAirborne
#SafeBCED
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To Dr. Bonnie Henry:
We’re tired of being treated like lab rats in your ethics-waived, population-based studies.
We are real people, with loved ones & actual LIVES to live.
Latest one: limiting Paxlovid access while you “observe”? Add it to the pile. Chilling.
Signed,
BC’ians
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3/ So, with the above motivations, COVID-aware looked for evidence to understand what the world is facing w/ this virus.
No 1 basic fact:
#COVIDIsAirborne
, but unfortunately political forces (incl 🇨🇦PH) deny & obfuscate that.
It’s a massive failure. Mario Possemai says it best:
Mario Possamai, a pandemic planning expert and Senior Advisor of Ontario’s SARS Commission, about the tragic failure of the
@WHO
& our public health leaders:
“Lack of accountability, lack of transparency and lack of keeping up with the science. We really need to change that.”
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May 10/21 presser:
@DrBonnieHenry
“In terms of the data that we have (on schools & childcare), unfortunately our surveillance data is limited in both those areas.”
#bced
: SAY WHAT? You’ve been claiming “low transmission” for 9 mo w/ no proof!
PROOF DOESN’T EXIST?
#ResignHenry
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2/ First, who are these people you deride as “COVID zero”? Many have good reason to seek out info to keep ourselves & others safe:
- front line workers
- caring professions (schools, LTC, hospitals)
- immunocompromised or live w/ someone who is
- have
#LongCovid
- have empathy
…
Our asthmatic child needed a mental health day last week because she felt unsafe sitting in a class with unmasked, sick kids in
#bced
5 days later- cough, fever with Covid despite recent booster.
#BringBackMasks
One-way masking, vaccines aren’t enough.
@adriandix
@Dave_Eby
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Part 3:
@FurnessColin
explains why COVID-19's behavior & rapid changes means we shouldn't discount COVID's immune dysregulation effects as a contributing factor to the current crises.
"It's hard for some people to unlearn."
More in this clip:
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Since 15,000 HCW are off sick each week, compared to 9,000 pre-pandemic, wouldn’t it have been better to KEEP universal mask protections in place instead of removing them last April?
@bcndp
@adriandix
You were told this would happen. DBH FAIL.
#bcpoli
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5/ What would acknowledgment of
#COVIDIsAirborne
mean?
Better control of viral transmission, for starters. Less ppl sick, less strain on workplaces & hospitals, less learning loss.
#CleanTheAir
is a noble goal that benefits all. (Yet you mock, Keith?)
🇨🇦 engineer
@joeyfox85
:
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How about adults *continue* to wear masks out of respect for children, who cannot get 💉yet but could be one of the 10%
#LongCovidKids
if they catch it?
We are supposed to be the role models. How selfish is it that the adults ditch 😷 b/c we are 💉? Too bad, kids?🙄😢
#BCfail
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Dr. Gustafson: “Every hour you spend in school is an hour of lower risk of transmission for both students and staff.”
THIS is why BC is in such trouble-the PHO in charge of the
#bced
pandemic plan is blatantly willing to ignore evidence & state lies.
@JM_Whiteside
A thread:
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WHERE IS NOVAVAX XBB APPROVAL IN CANADA?
@GovCanHealth
, you’ve had nearly *3 months* to review
@novavax
submission.
USA & EU already approved. Most Canadians can’t afford to go to the US & privately shell out $$ for it.
Canadians deserve equal opportunities too. Update??
Novavax’s updated protein-based
#COVID19
#vaccine
now an option for all 194 member states of the
@WHO
.
To read more:
#publichealth
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5/ Why does this matter?
People were convinced they don't need to bother w/ protections. Politicians refuse to
#BringBackMasks
or clean the air. If they KNEW that COVID harms the immune system rather than boosting it, protection suddenly becomes feasible.
Children dying from Strep throat and other immune consequences
This virus season has been like no other with high hospitalization rates from RSV, Influenza and now more children are dying from Strep A bacterial infections. This long thread looks at what might be going on.🧵1/
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@ianhanomansing
Ian, in 5-10 years, when everyone realizes that it was wrong to “Let it rip”due to long-term harm that PH deliberately ignored & unfortunately debilitated many, will you be proud of defending PH stance?
Instead you tone police those who point out studies & need for precaution.👎
There are hundreds of thousands of publications on acute covid and several thousands on
#LongCovid
(also under names like Long Haul Covid etc.) going back to 2020. The severe cardiovascular, neurological, multi-system and multi-organ sequelae were all recognized in 2020 and 2021
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To be clear, the shared class tissue box supply would ALWAYS be depleted, pre-pandemic, due to multiple colds, flus & allergies. Sometimes I would have to top it up myself in May/June to finish the year.
Not the past 2 years though. It’s unusual to have this many tissues left.
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On Dr. Bonnie Henry’s tears today when reminiscing about how hard the Delta wave was in fall/winter ‘21:
She conveniently ignores her part in it.
- removed masks July 1/21 (Ont kept theirs) despite delta data from UK
- declared 1 vax enough (despite 0-11 no vax)
Infuriating.
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Schools DO DRIVE TRANSMISSION, the opposite of what Dr. Henry & the rest of
@CDCofBC
claimed. This is proof that politics absolutely co-opted public health’s SARS2 response & still does today.
WE NEED CLEAN AIR IN SCHOOLS NOW. Reducing Strep A, flu, Covid, measles is worth it.
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The BCTF AGM delegation has spoken! Motion below has passed to get better
#covid19bc
safety for
#bced
staff, students and families.
Thanks to
@Janfra2
who worked on it with me, and to those who fought to bring it back to the floor.
Together we make a difference.
♥️ to
#bced
.
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Why are people questioning BC’s Covid response? If we look at BC’s situation with a calm, critical thinking lens, this is what a lot of people are seeing with our provincial response: (THREAD)
#RedFlagCovidBC
#bced
#bcpoli
@CDCofBC
@bcndp
@adriandix
@JM_Whiteside
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6/ But aren’t we in a better place, since vaccines are available?
Unfortunately, COVID variants &
#LetItRip
policy meant 2022 was deadlier in BC than 2021 & 2020.
Maybe removing masks while
#CleanTheAir
hasn’t happened, was the wrong decision?
We need
#VaccinesPlus
. Layers!
Dr. Bonnie Henry Adrian Dix COVID Facts
*Deaths in 2022 up 57% over 2021
*Deaths in 2021 1522 in 2022 2383
*Add up total deaths reported each week last 33 weeks 961 actual deaths for that period 1577
*Death rate per 100,000 in 2021 was 30.4/100000 in 2022 it is 47.7/100000
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More bad decisions by B.C. public health: Healthcare workers don’t need to test for COVID-19.
This is a workplace safety issue. If HCW develop
#LongCovid
, how will they qualify for
@WorkSafeBC
if they have no diagnostic test?🧐
@BCNursesUnion
@DoctorsOfBC
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🧵
“I feel like we are in a worse position b/c of complacency…the pandemic has been downplayed this whole past year. And not enough has been explained to people about the long-term harm from previous COVID infections.”
@jheighton3
@Protect_BC
in the news:
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4/ The evidence that
#COVIDIsAirborne
was there all along.
So of course, 3 years in, COVID-aware advocates are aghast that there is still pushback from the ID community, from health authorities & from public health. Why pushback? Corruption?
Check out this paper from 1974!!
That public health agencies in the 21st century were able to LIE about the transmission route of coronaviruses ánd that most ‘science journalists’ uncritically helped spreading this, is the scandal of the century.
👇Review paper about coronaviruses in 1974 (!)
HT:
@jmcrookston
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How come provinces are allowed to destroy Canada’s beloved universal health care by refusing to promote airborne protections?
Yet the federal branch, Health Canada, clearly understands?
@GovCanHealth
can you withhold federal transfer $ until provinces employ
#CleanAir
policies?
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@DFisman
That’s exactly the problem. And it’s why I wrote this thread, to a B.C. legislative reporter who’s been one of BC Public Health’s biggest fans. When he accused one of ours of being “out of step with science”, that deserved a response w/ the very science that
@CDCofBC
ignores.
To
@keithbaldrey
,
Actually, COVID-aware *are* in step w/ science; it’s “if we have to live w/ this virus, let’s be smart about it instead of
#LetItRip
nonsense.”
Let’s look at the science, shall we? And about public opinion…let’s look at that too.
A thread 🧵…
@GlobalBC
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BC is the only province (outside of the Atlantic bubble) that is returning to in-person classes on Jan. 4 w/o a mask mandate. Other provs remote for 1 wk. New variant is a possibility. When will BC consider caution w/ this virus?
My interview on
@CKNW
:
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🧵A mysterious white lung pneumonia that is sending kids to the hospital has multiple countries on high alert, yet NO GOVT is implementing respirator masks &
#CleanAir
standards in schools? Isn’t this the exact situation that
@ashraenews
Standard 241 was invented for?
SERIOUSLY?
☆ If We're Keeping A Count ☆
Recent Outbreaks of Pneumonia
• Especially in Children & Teens •
Have Thus Far Been Reported in:
• China
• Switzerland
• Netherlands
• Denmark
• Ohio, U.S.
• Ireland
• Massachusetts, U.S.
(Substantiating Articles Follow)
#pneumonia
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Q: Why is BC so patriarchal? Gatekeeping *everything* including info.
Vaccine boosters, Paxlovid, rapid tests (last to release), PCRs…
It’s all “We know best, shut up you peons.”
And “You don’t deserve data. We have absolute control.”
BC’ians need to recognize & confront.
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4/ Could what we are seeing now with the pediatric crisis in multiple countries, w/ children seriously ill & dying from illnesses that they would usually recover from, be immune dysregulation rather than "immunity debt"?
Recent study on C19 & immunity:
According to a new study, a subset of the naive T-cells from healthy individuals were absent from the recovered individuals. Both COVID19 positive patients & the recovered individuals exhibited a CD40-CD40LG-mediated inflammatory response in the monocytes and T-cell subsets 1/
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How is this passing as journalism?
@VancouverSun
, you’re using a True North hit job on a BC dr & professor as the main source for this piece?
No interview w/
@AmyTanMD
, no dive into the good she’s done for the community over the years?
Retract this article. It’s feeding trolls.
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🧵:
Damage control, anyone?
@keithbaldrey
joins
@AJWVictoriaBC
in trying to denigrate
@BCGreens
.
Except backing Bonnie Henry’s decisions won’t age well. Greens will be vindicated when DBH’s mistakes become obvious.
❌
@bcndp
rely on spin, not truth.
More…
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HOW IS THIS HAPPENING,
@adriandix
?
Family only finds out their elderly loved one tested positive for C0VID *after* they see HC staff gowning up? Meanwhile family has been visiting, prior?
IF HC STAFF NEED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES, SHOULDN’T FAMILY BE TOLD TOO? (Yes, I’m shouting.)
Elderly patient tests positive for COVID in ER yesterday night. They don’t tell her or the family. Her husband is also in his final day at VGH and all his elderly siblings come to the hospital to pay respect. No one is masked because they didn’t know wife had COVID.
#bcpoli
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Dr. Henry’s scientific communication record:
C19:
-is airborne❌
-is vascular, attacks multiple organ systems❌
-variants evade immunity❌
Masks:
-are good source control❌
-work best when universally worn❌
Ventilation/filtration:
-iAQ engineers consulted❌
SHE’S speaking?😬
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9/ What else does the science say? COVID aware citizens follow scientists, read the studies, engage w/ aerosol engineers, immunologists, doctors & more. Unbiased scientists raised the alarm: COVID harms the immune system.
Means *everyone* should avoid infection/reinfection.
What is going on with our immune cells after COVID-19 infection?
This thread will explore some of the impacts of COVID infection on our immune system even after people are recovered including:
- Missing naive T-cells
- Exhausted T-cells
- Loss of B-cell maturation
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Witness the consequences of Dr. Henry’s “let-it-rip” Covid policy. Both 🇨🇦’s Heart & Stroke Foundation AND the British Heart Foundation warn about increased risk of strokes & heart attacks after SARS2 infections. Yet no mention nor protections from Henry.
@adriandix
@bcndp
FAIL.
He suffered a stroke while driving through the Massey Tunnel. He called for an ambulance but it never came. Even when he went to the hospital he still waited nine hours to see a doctor.
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After insisting for over a year that “schools are safe” & “low transmission in
#bced
”,
@bcndp
is faced w/ convincing parents that 💉5-11 yr olds is worth it.
Conundrum?
#SafeSchoolsCoalitionBC
was approached to help with that; read about our response ⬇️
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@BogochIsaac
You also said, masks are “not going to eliminate the impact of COVID, that’s why we kept having waves despite mask mandates.”
Think about it. Kids in schools. Crowded workplaces. Mass transit. Did your words help or hinder those spaces?
Needed this instead:
@BogochIsaac
@DFisman
Masks work.
Better masks work better.
More masks work more.
Free, high quality masks for everyone in most indoor settings work great. They work even better when you clean the air.
See? It's not hard.
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Instead of a long 🧵 about being “worried” about C0VID, how about
@WHO
@mvankerkhove
give some CONCRETE advice?
-say
#CovidIsAirborne
-tell countries to:
1️⃣implement ASHRAE 241 *now*
2️⃣inform public re: N95 effectiveness, variants, reinfections,
#LongCovid
3️⃣restart testing
…
Long🧵
#COVID19
and where we are. I’m worried.
We are entering the 5th year of the pandemic and we are certainly in a different phase. This phase is marked by an evolving virus (with the XBB and BA.2 sublineages circulating and JN.1 becoming dominant).
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Hey,
@guardian
, how about you interview & platform
@DaniBeckman
instead of
@GidMK
? Check out her reply to him, then check out her feed with all of her research observations.
She’s right, too. What other *rampant* virus affects the brain to the degree & frequency that Covid does?
@GidMK
You and some other epidemiologists should listen more to neuroscience. COVID-19 is very different from the flu for the brain. The type of damage in Long COVID-19 That I see in the microscope is unlike the damage I observe with influenza strains.
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Wow.
@fitterhappierAJ
is right, again!! Called it, in August ‘20 (expand his tweet, quoted below).
Has Dr. Henry said ANYTHING about immune damage from SARS2 infections? Or is it all, “don’t worry, hybrid immunity!!”
Healthcare is collapsing, yet she gets a propaganda movie.😡
Group A strep exists intracellularly
TB is intracellular
EBV is intracellular
Syphilis is intracellular
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae is intracellular (also)
Notice a pattern?
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🧵Dr. Henry &
@adriandix
depending on “stay home when sick” as schools’ main strategy shows just how out-of-touch they are.
With an out-of-control housing market, ⬆️ inflation + few sick days, many families struggle to stay home.
Should’ve kept masks.😬
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10/ But what does
@CDCofBC
(& PH in most Western countries) do? Instead of warning the public, they double down on “immunity debt” theory as an explanation why viruses are hitting harder.
Except “immunity debt” is debunked. Getting infected to ward off infection makes no sense.
The immunity debt narrative seems to serve three main functions:
1) Vilify masks and other mitigation measures.
2) Absolve people who let COVID rip in schools.
3) Let health officials off the hook re: mask mandates despite 3 surging respiratory viruses.
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Hey,
@adriandix
, didn’t you learn from last year? Isn’t there a healthcare worker shortage? And aren’t hospitals, LTC & patient clinics where sick people go?
+
@WHO
says
#CovidIsAirborne
!
So WHY ARE YOU REMOVING MASKS?
A HC system that’s constantly in crisis mode makes no sense.
NEW - Health Minister Adrian Dix announcing with the end of respiratory illness season, the mandate for patients and visitors to wear masks has now ended. The province will be rolling out a spring COVID-19 booster campaign.
#bcpoli
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All COVID minimizers, including politicians, PHOs, MHOs & admins of various companies/universities, should be forced to shadow front-line workers for several weeks.
In the tour include: hospital EDs, schools, meat packing plants &
#LongCovid
clinics.
With no mask. THEN comment.
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It is May 1, 2021, and NOT ONE
#bced
school or district has been allowed to move to
#Stage3or4Hybrid
or
#Stage5Remote
, despite:
- exposure letters 📈
- VoCs
- staff not 💉
- kids can’t be 💉
- staff, kids & families sick.
@bcndp
5 stage plan was the biggest 🦠BAIT & SWITCH lie.
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