Thread by @Protect_BC

Tl;DR Very important thread by @HallwayOrchard with big shout out to @PoPNB_kindness for uncovering through RTI/FOI, this damning evidence
against possibly all provincial CMOH/PHO. Complete failure to follow Precautionary Principle in the face of mounting #LongCovid evidence

Meet 🇨🇦 Chief Science Advisor (CSA), Dr. Mona Nemer @ChiefSciCan Do read below what her role is.

@ChiefSciCan has been paying close attention to the evolving #Covid science
First with this:

And then focusing on #LongCovid and the accumulating, scientific evidence surrounding #LongCovid and its impact on Canadians.

Uncovered by @PoPNB_kindness is a letter sent by @LongCovidCanada to Dr. Tam and all provincial CMHO/PHO on June 30, 2020. Recognize any BC name? protectnb.ca/rti/Long%20Hau…

The letter made very valid requests for research into #LongCovid along with the provision of medical support and care for affected individuals. There was also a call for greater public awareness of the potential for prolonged symptoms after #COVID19.

Starting in July 2020, many reports were sent by the Office of @ChiefSciCan to provincial CMOH/PHO keeping them appraised of #LongCovid evolving science. Make no mistake, the Science Advisory Committee email list include Dr. Bonnie Henry and BC Deputy Provincial Health Officer

The Science Advisory Committee email list also includes Dr. Reka Gustafson and @CDCofBC Scientific Director of Environmental Health Services.

Here are the list of reports that Drs. Henry and Gustafson and others on the Science Advisory Committee would have received about #LongCovid and the emerging scientific evidence

More Scans of Evidence sent by the Office of the Chief Science Officer (OCSO) relating to #LongCovid to Drs.Henry, Gustafson and @CDCofBC

More information received on #LongCovid by BC PHO and Deputy PHO along with @CDCofBC. Abbreviations: PCPHN= Pan-Canadian Public Health Network SAC=Science Advisory Committee CADTH= Canadian Agency for Drugs & Technologies in Health

Having attended almost all BC government #COVID19 Update, this amount of information on #LongCovid provides a stark contrast with the number of times, BC PHO has uttered the word #LongCovid.

Looking at Public Health Agency of Canada, public health ethics framework, this stood out.
canada.ca/en/public-heal…

"Precaution" was nowhere to be found in BC's #COVID19 Ethical Decision-Making Framework.
www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/hea…

All & all, damning evidence that BC PH was well aware of #LongCovid, its harm & evolving scientific evidence. #bcpoli & @CDCofBC chose not to warn & protect BCians of longterm risk of #COVID19 infection & re-infections. #Vaccine diminish risk, don't eliminate #LongCovid risk

#bcpoli @CDCofBC and BC PHO failed and are continuing to fail to protect British Columbians against #COVID19 & #LongCovid

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