Schools are back at full capacity tomorrow. Teachers don’t feel safe and feel abandoned.
Parent court case tomorrow, too.
Important day. Time to lead @jjhorgan and have difficult conversations. Do what’s right, ask to see science and use Precautionary Principle in #bced.
These 78 world renown epidemiologists, scientists, paediatricians, & medical doctors from Stanford summarize what is accepted in science for schools, @jjhorgan. None of this science is being used in #bced and this will be your legacy if you don’t step in. Last chance.
Today is the day that it really sunk in that all levels of Govt in 🇨🇦 are prepared to let the masses get infected.
They haven’t educated citizens or Health Care Workers about long COVID either. Our govts are knowingly doing nothing to stop a Health Hazard. 💔 This is not my 🇨🇦.
2/ Means @GovCanHealth must have accurate data unless Min of Health is withholding it? And if so, Feds should fine BC until they start meeting FED & OECD standards. FOIPA data?
Vascular diseases takes longer to damage the young. It’s still COVID death though. They just hide it.
For those working in unsafe conditions, this thread highlights which sections of the Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Act may apply to your situation. You can highlight them in an unsafe work claim. It’s BC specific but may apply elsewhere. #bced#bcpoli
2/ BCCDC creates guidance for employers, and employers can choose which aspects of the guidance they want to use in their safety plan.
Guidance is not law, it’s a suggestion.
The OHS Act is law and it TRUMPS any BC CDC guidance. Important distinction.
2/ Here’s the actual study that @CDCofBC references. You’ll notice that the study stresses the CRITICAL importance of following IPAC mitigations in order to keep schools safe.
1-This is a thread 🧵 that looks at the annotated bibliography that the @CDCofBC provided for their back to school plan. They didn't expect you to click on the links and read it because if you do, you'll find a very different outlook than what they suggest. #bced#bcpoli#COVID19
2- Wayback machine says this document has been worked on as recently at Aug 16th, 2021 which makes me think it is what they are using for schools this year. Unbelievably none of the references are from 2021, before we knew COVID is airborne.
3- Scenario 1 of Alberta's plan -- the near normal return, which Alberta itself has superseded because Delta is destroying the Province. Check it for yourself. #bced#bcpoli#COVID19BC
Dear @BCNDPCaucus,
✴️By now you may have heard that BC has not been following what peer reviewed science is saying.
✴️You may have also learned that the @CDCofBC is deliberately not contact tracing or collecting data in #bced so they can say that schools are safe. #bced#bcpoli
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✴️Review my twitter feed for past year & you will see all the scientific studies that show that BC is not following the science.
✴️Key facts we are ignoring: the virus is aerosolized and Health Care workers and essential workers need N95s to stay safe, particularly with VoCs.
3/ ✴️BC is also ignoring how the virus is largely spread. 50% of spread comes from people who have no symptoms. The @CDCofBC has ignored warnings from around the world and REFUSED to mass test asymptomatic people. This is negligent.