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Official slogan of Ontario's latest COVID fear campaign:

Now COVID patients are: Younger and Sicker™

@fordnation+lockdowners now using exact same phrase.

As if coordinated.

How odd.

More vague assertions-no data.

#onpoli #covid #demandthedata
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It started when OST+PH began pushing stricter lockdowns + even curfews. Now it's everywhere.

Toronto Star has a quote from Dr. Sameer Masood:

"little bit younger and seem a little bit sicker, despite being otherwise healthy"

#demandthedata

thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
3.
Same Star article the reporter adds another Y and S ™ flourish with this:

"some doctors are reporting more patients who seem younger and sicker arriving to hospital"

"seem"

How young? How sick? How many?

#demandthedata
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Important Thread:

A much-hyped study used right now by Ontario for tighter lockdowns citing a more deadly 3rd wave is hugely flawed. Yet it underpins a PH scarefest alleging a UK variant ups the death risk by up to 100%.

@Roman_Baber

#onpoli #COVID19 #DemandTheData

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The study’s conclusion; UK variant has "the potential to cause substantial additional mortality". And for Team Apocalypse, it adds the perfect argument to throw away the keys… "further coordinated and stringent measures are justified".

#onpoli #COVID19 #DemandTheData

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But near the end of the paper, a less scary note with this: "The absolute risk of death in this largely unvaccinated population remains low". Oh, so … not so scary after all. But there’s more...

#onpoli #COVID19 #DemandTheData

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