Lively good friday dinner with family. A few thoughts for the C19 lockdowner crowd.

1) You've definately lost the 80+ grandmother crowd. When they say "its bullshit" they mean it. They might get winded carrying a pitch fork but they vote and there angry.

1/
2) Engineer class. Definately not keen about lockdowns. Every second sentence-"Does anyone in public health know how to problem solve?" None wear masks at work and hot tip- neither do teachers once the kiddies leave.

Mildly disturbing- they are applying for green cards.

2/
3) Only thing less popular than cold broccoli with cheeze are virtue signalers. Suggestion from the grandmother crowd- "Doctors from Toronto should work in the fields for a week or two". Hard labor is apparently a cure-all for everything, including poor social media behavior.

3/
4) Surprisingly, one liberal relative has bought all the supplies for a F*** Trudeau sign. Going to hang it from his balcony. Just checking with city to make sure its fits with "community standards bylaw". Note to lockdowners- betrayal is a very visceral emotion.

4/
5) Millennials are definitely pissed. They know they're getting screwed by lockdown and the "Equity" chatter doesn't cut it. Hot tip to baby boomer parents- I'm not sure they're going to help at old age. Might want to hire.

5/
So there you go. A microcosm of life at the easter dinner table. Take it for what its worth but it ain't looking pretty for the C19 lockdowners.

Might be time to change sides and pretend you were with us the whole way.

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Its Monday again. Your friendly reminder, you are living through the largest social policy disaster in Canadian history. Thanks to your public health community.

Lets briefly consider one origin of this disaster, "Anecdote vs Data" ......1/
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C19 is the single largest, social policy disaster in Canadian history.

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2) public health officials to show the destruction was worth it,

3) politicians trying to preserve the foundation of governance. 2/
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