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OK, the results are in & most of you believe that in the face of likely danger the Precautionary Principle says we should #DoSomething.
SARS2 is an example.
SARS2 is an example.
However, there are ppl who feel the Precautionary Principle means that until an intervention is proven safe, we should #DoNothing.
SARS2 is an example.
SARS2 is an example.
Bizarrely, both definitions can be found in medicine even though they represent opposite philosophies & proponents of each believe, often fervently, that their definition is correct.
Nobody likes lockdowns but you can't say they don't work. In Alberta we lived through the proof of it. The failure lies in what sectors we choose to reopen & when & in not adopting a #ZeroCovid strategy like some much smarter places have adopted, saving lives & economies. THREAD 
If it feels like our leaders don't know what they're doing it's because they don't but you can't blame that on lockdowns. There's no avoiding lockdowns when our hospitalization numbers rapidly approach a rate our hospitals can't manage. Other jurisdictions aren't failing. /2
I tried to share this article with a "Conservative" friend who assured me we had to do things the way we did or our economy would fail. When I told him that just wasn't factually accurate he refused to read it & the chat ended in acrimony. Okay then. /3 thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/0…
