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18 Aug, 11 tweets, 5 min read
BC's premier has kept a low profile during Covid to "focus on experts"
HOWEVER he's had enough gaffes that keeping him out of the spotlight may serve a dual purpose👀
BUT no public appearances for 4 wks as fires grow & the 4th wave surges?
Major backlash
bc.ctvnews.ca/it-doesn-t-loo…
This was the last time Horgan was seen publicly, on July 21. His office has confirmed he's on vacation but won't confirm he's in Atlantic Canada nor when he went.
bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-s-wildfire…
As for gaffes, there was the millennial blame game 🤦‍♀️

And the time he claimed BC had "been successful" against COVID on the day we broke a new hospitalization record and had way more cases per capita than Ontario 🧐
bc.ctvnews.ca/we-have-been-s…
Not to mention what I consider the single biggest whopper we've heard in a year 😒
But the most hurtful one that really enraged the most people has to be when he said "fatalities are part of life" and that people knew it'd be hot during the heat dome.
Nearly 600 people died, hundreds more than in OR and WA. Why? bc.ctvnews.ca/early-info-sho…

I think this is also a good time to remind you that then-premier Christy Clark faced similar outrage in 2015, during a fairly routine wildfire season.
"I was on vacation but I've been working every day," she said.
Sound familiar?
bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/fightin…
Can you imagine how Clark would've been treated if she was nowhere to be found during what looks like most destructive wildfire season in #bcpoli history -- let alone during a 4th wave of the pandemic??
bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-updat…
And lest the partisans dismiss the criticism as a Liberal ploy, the lumps are coming from all corners and with good reason 👇
I don't begrudge Horgan for taking time off, but how many communities have to be evacuated, how bad do these comparisons have to be before there's a even Zoom appearance at a wildfire or COVID update presser??
This is all summarized more coherently and in more readable form in my latest write for @CTVVancouver, though I suggest you watch the broadcast version as well as it's nice to SEE the tone of the #bcpoli remarks

bc.ctvnews.ca/it-doesn-t-loo…

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10 Sep
Susan Tasson went to Royal Inland Hospital with stomach pain Tuesday night.
The beloved Kamloops grandma died 6 hours later in the waiting room, her head resting on her daughter's shoulder, having never seen a doctor. 1/ @CTVVancouver #bcpoli
bc.ctvnews.ca/family-traumat…
The health minister was asked to confirm this @KamThisWeek story describing only 3 nurses were on shift instead of 24. Adrian Dix didn't deny the number and insisted they've injected $1m into RIH this year to deal with ED shortages. 2/
kamloopsthisweek.com/news/patient-s…
But this comes in the bigger context of two major factors in BC:
1. COVID cases consuming the lion's share of scant hospital resources
2. A staffing shortage that I haven't seen addressed in a meaningful or constructive way 3/
bc.ctvnews.ca/walk-a-mile-in…
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29 Jun
The premier was also asked about preps and messaging for the unprecedented heat wave.

"Fatalities are part of life," responded Premier Horgan. "The public was acutely that aware we had a heat problem."

100+ died related to heat in Metro alone: #bcpoli
bc.ctvnews.ca/never-seen-any…
More context: the VPD say they typically respond to 3-4 sudden death calls per day. Since Friday, they've had an average of 14 sudden deaths per day, describing it as "unprecedented casualties."
Is this part of life?
And we now have QUITE the subtweet in response to Horgan's comments 👀
Read 4 tweets
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29 Jun
Have BC's COVID cases & deaths really been that much lower than QC, or have they been looking harder?
That's one of the big questions arising from a bombshell report by @MoriartyLab et al, who believe the death toll could be DOUBLE.
1/@CTVVancouver #bcpoli
bc.ctvnews.ca/it-s-really-di…
Their peer-reviewed paper to @RSCTheAcademies is dense and complicated and the result of many months of work (I started talking to Moriarty about this in early spring).
Read it for yourself here: 2/ rsc-src.ca/en/covid-19-po…
It's been no secret the excess death rate in BC and Canada has been high. @stats_canada has been saying so since March. The question is, what have those people died from?
The paper's scope was ppl 45+, from Feb 1-Nov 30 2020, adjusted for opioid deaths. 3/
bc.ctvnews.ca/851-deaths-thi…
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14 May
“It was a way of making sure we weren't overly cautious," said Dr. Henry when asked about non-outbreak protocols in BC care homes with an infected staffer.
"Enhanced surveillance" doesn't prompt a testing team nor trigger notifications.@CTVVancouver 1/
bc.ctvnews.ca/no-extra-testi…
He spent 4 mos in an FOI battle to find out how many times VCH & FH declared "enhanced screening" rather than outbreaks in the 2nd wave, and @ianjamesyoung70 did a deep dive into the stats w grim conclusions.
The health authorities still left out info. 2/
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
What are enhanced surveillance/monitoring protocols?
In Vancouver Coastal: hold a couple meetings and keep a close eye for more symptoms.
In Fraser: the above, plus shut down visits & group activities in affected wards.
Dr. Henry points out the majority don't see more cases. 3/
Read 8 tweets
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8 May
There's a famous Hemingway quote describing going bankrupt two ways: "Gradually, then suddenly."
I think that's what's been happening with trust and goodwill with BC public health officers and yesterday was the suddenly.
bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-health-off… @CTVVancouver #bcpoli
Someone leaked these reports to the @VancouverSun. Yet the dep PHO tried to spin the idea it wasn't a leak despite the fact CDC didn't publish them and several pages clearly say “For authorized internal public health use only –not for public distribution."
vancouversun.com/news/local-new…
Gustafson & Henry claimed these were working docs (that didn't say 'draft' or 'V.1') and they're fine with info being public. Henry tried to downplay, insisting most info already public.
Not true. That level of detail has systematically been kept from the public for 14 months.
Read 11 tweets
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7 May
The BCCDC acknowledged airborne transmission of COVID-19 this week but the province isn’t changing its messaging or recos: “We have always said, there is a continuum of droplets.”
A UBC air quality expert says msg/recos have to evolve. @CTVVancouver 1/5
bc.ctvnews.ca/open-a-window-…
Michael Braur says ventilation is key and we should add open doors and windows to our layers of protection whenever indoors with people we don’t live with.
Simple and effective — while keeping our distance.
Much harder to do at workplaces, where air filtration is important. 2/5
@TeriMooring points out many school windows don’t open and teachers/parents have resorted to buying HEPA air filters for classrooms on their own since the province still hasn’t provided them despite committing to do so. 3/5
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