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?
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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" As such, a vaccine alone, no matter how effective, will not tip the balance toward health because COVID-19 is not a disease; it is a symptom of an exhausted planet. " theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Schools are being kept open not because of the need for educating students, their primary function, but because #bced performs a social safety net function in the provision of food, & the support of mental health in children. 1/?
2/? Schools perform these functions despite the fact that there is a Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, a Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, and a Ministry of Child and Family Development in BC.
3/? The ‘downsides’ that Dr Henry talks about to closing schools is not related to a loss of learning but to the loss of food and mental health support for children in one of the richest provinces in Canada. A province where 1 in 5 children lives in poverty.
What would schools in BC be like if the mandate letter for the next Minister of Education included all 21 recommendations for Healthy and Resilient Schools? Why not ensure we are more prepared when the next pandemic arrives? #bced#bcpoli#MandateTheRecommendations 1/21
2/21
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. #bced#bcpoli#HealthyAndResilientSchools
3/21
Recommendation 2
That the Ministry of Education terminate the consideration of a prevalence-based model for special education funding and align special education funding with special education needs. #bced#bcpoli#HealthyAndResilientSchools
2/ Senegal has a better plan. @bcndp should check it out.
"You see Senegal moving out on all fronts: following science, acting quickly, working the communication side of the equation, and then thinking about innovation,"