Being calm & kind will support mental health but it's truth that will keep us safe.
To that end, a few question suggestions for @richardzussman:
What data, exactly, shows that there is low/no transmission in #bced schools & that students don't transmit the virus? 1/?
#bcpoli
2/?
Why did the Minister of Public Safety, and not the Public Health Officer, mandate masks in all indoor public spaces?

#bcpoli
3/?
Why did the Deputy Minister of Health, and not the Public Health officer, mandate masks in hospitals?
#bcpoli
4/?
Why does the @CDCofBC not align with Canada's chief public health officer @CPHO_Canada Dr Tam's position on the aerosolization of the virus and asymptomatic infection among the young?
#bcpoli
5/? Why do the reasons for not mandating masks in classrooms keep changing?
* masks aren't effective
* kids will fiddle with them
* I (Henry) don't wear one when I'm at my desk
* kids sit at desks in rows facing forward so 1 m distance is okay
* kids will be bullied
6/? When there's new emergency measures because the virus is becoming more infectious, it's imperative we get clear answers about why BC's Public Health Officer's positions on masks is completely out of sync with public health leaders throughout the world. #bcpoli
7/? The international embarrassment of having our premier @jjhorgan being called out by an Australian epidemiologist @DrZoeHyde for the dangerous idea that students don't transmit the virus is the least of our problems.
Continued obfuscation is the biggest one.
Fin/
#bcpoli

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Perhaps #bced teachers should implore @mikefarnworthbc to keep them safe in the indoor public spaces that classrooms are.
#bcpoli

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Recommendation 1
That the Ministry of Education provide stable, predictable, and adequate funding to enable school districts to fulfill their responsibility to deliver quality public education to all students in British Columbia.
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Recommendation 2
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