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9 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read
This article, one among 40 on lockdown efficacy, reinforces in my mind one simple fact.

The idea that Public Health can drive a nation's pandemic response is finished. This are no second chances for this level of ineptitude.

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nature.com/articles/s4159…
Many have watched in horror as an undisciplined group of cloistered academics/public health officials blundered their way across the social, economic and educational landscape of the country. Edict by heresay, hunches and ignorant modeling.

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Blunder after blunder rolled on, no transparency or accountability, as our public health community and political class silenced dissent through crude propaganda and the regressive application of behavioral psychology. It was disgusting.

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But good news. Our public health community has moved on, bought team uniforms and a set of pom poms to cheers on vaccines to absolve themselves of this mess. Not a wit of self reflection.

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Lets hope the public health community has the good sense to slink away when this sorbid episode ends. Lets us also hope our political class has the courage to shin light on a debacle that should never ever happen again. Perhaps, its time to wave goodbye to public health. End.

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10 Mar
This beautiful bit of data from Michigan, a state next to Ontario (my province) nicely shows you everything. C19 hit populated areas first in spring and more rural areas the following season. You can see, seasonality, regionality, and herd immunity. The virus is now endemic.

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So, a virus will be a virus. It will spread where it wants and we see its impact when in season. You can pretend to control it with lockdowns, masks and the other silly nonsense. It doesn't care about your feelings or what you think.

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We were told this would happen by the likes of @FatEmperor and Anders Tegnell. But the powers to be, hired people to discredit them saying they were dangerously misinformed. They weren't but took the abuse anyways. There is a price to be paid for being right.

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7 Mar
The two most important things to remember about the C19 response.

1) It's the single largest social policy blunder ever in Canadian history.

2) It didn't have to be this way.

Lets break it down.

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What do we say about an unprepared public health community. They:

1) Badly miscalculated the threat.

2) Implemented draconian policy wildly disproportionate to the threat.

3) Had no ability to adjust.

4) Had no exit strategy other than a high risk vaccine ploy.

2/
It's been a slow motion disaster, with policy failure and weak political leadership driving it forward. Its hard not to get angry at the blundering mess public health and gov't have wrought upon a prosperous nation. The word "ineptitude" seems rather fitting.

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2 Mar
These editorial sentiments are well meaning but lets be clear. The C19 response has revealed the dark art of public health as destructive and incompatible with 21st century life. Much to criticize especially its use of behavioral psychology....1/

torontosun.com/opinion/editor…
Canada's C19 response started with two blundering mistakes. 1) wildly inaccurate claims of a viral threat; and 2) vaccines were the only way out. Both were disturbingly naive, but moving forward it locked Canada into a dangerous narrative....2/
That narrative involves the use of behavioral psychology to raise general anxiety and to reinforce conformity of thought and action. These dangerous weapons pull apart the underpinnings of society and shattered the psychological grounding of too many Canadians....3/
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1 Mar
Provocative and articulate thoughts from our small business community asking Canadians "Where are your values?" Indeed, values, economy, family and health all intersect within the C19 response. Have we struck a balance? 1/
The answer is a resounding "no". A walk through a shattered urban landscape and twitter discussions of force isolation and anal swabbing of children tells you this train left the tracks a very long time ago. Who is responsible? 2/
Let start with our ever bewildering public health community. A cascade of poor decisions fueled by an incorrect viral assessment, an amoral value system, stunning hubris and ideas that should never see the light of day. A terrible combination. 3/
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27 Feb
This british article highlights the strong push to put a spot light on how death was attributed to C19. Undoubtedly, one of the most serious failures of the current response. A deeper look reveals other interesting nuggets. 1/

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/g…
One, MPs including those in gov't are pushing this forward. Second, they accept that significant errors were made by default. Third, a procedural issue was raised as to whether this is a stand alone issue or whether it should be rolled into a public inquiry. 2/
These are welcome statements, with remarkable candid, something we haven't seen in a very long time. The stars are aligning for a public inquiry and perhaps more. The public mood is moving swiftly towards more serious proceedings for those in position of authority. 3/
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26 Feb
Undoubtably, one the the very best discussions I've seens on C19. Two analytical thinkers (Nick Hudson and Kelly Brown) carefully and methodically destroy the broad lockdown narrative. There are a few take away messages. 1/

One, there was a near complete lack of serious analytical analysis. Two, public health is flying blind and lacks the neccessary skill sets to guide society through the mess. Three, vested interests play an ever increasing role in shaping the C19 narrative for financial gain. 2/
The last is interesting in the Canadian context, with respect to the news media. Both the CBC and the Toronto Star have been hemorrhaging eye balls and revenues for years until C19 magically reversed their fortunes. Coincidence? 3/
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