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24 Aug, 15 tweets, 13 min read
1-This is a thread 🧵 that looks at the annotated bibliography that the @CDCofBC provided for their back to school plan. They didn't expect you to click on the links and read it because if you do, you'll find a very different outlook than what they suggest. #bced #bcpoli #COVID19
2- Wayback machine says this document has been worked on as recently at Aug 16th, 2021 which makes me think it is what they are using for schools this year. Unbelievably none of the references are from 2021, before we knew COVID is airborne.

www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/edu…

#bced
3- Scenario 1 of Alberta's plan -- the near normal return, which Alberta itself has superseded because Delta is destroying the Province. Check it for yourself.
#bced #bcpoli #COVID19BC

open.alberta.ca/publications/c…
4- The next reference is from the @CDCgov and it's actually been archived because it's about droplet theatre and we know that #COVIDisAirborne.

cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…

#bced #bcpoli
5- Another @CDCgov reference about droplet theatre from 2020 that is for the flu, not even COVID. Seriously.

cdc.gov/flu/school/cle…

#bced #bcpoli
6- Here we have a document from the CDC in Europe from March 2020 that once again looks at droplet dogma and cleaning. Delta is not Wild COVID, haven't we learned a thing or two about COVID since March 2020?

#COVIDisAirborne #bced #COVID19BC

ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/…
7- Here we have the 2020 version of Harvard's Global health -- Path to Zero guidance which actually tells you to go and look at their new updated guidance because it is outdated.

#bced #bcpoli

globalhealth.harvard.edu/path-to-zero-s…
8- John Hopkins tool kit for opening schools is next:
equityschoolplus.jhu.edu

It has many tools that are being updated and show how countries around the world are doing at re-opening schools. #bced #bcpoli
9- We have another outdated document from Harvard from 2020 that looks at how to open school buildings safely for wild COVID. Their new document focuses on ventilation. Here's the outdated doc that the @CDCofBC provided:

schools.forhealth.org/wp-content/upl…

#bced #bcpoli
10- This is a rapid review that looks at the science up to July 2020. This does not deal with Delta or VOCs. Nor does it address the fact that COVID is airborne.

nccmt.ca/covid-19/covid…

#bced #bcpoli
11- Next we have a link that's been archived by
@GovCanHealth because it is outdated guidance -- and yet the @bccdc are using it to guide #bced as if Delta does not exist and COVID isn't airborne.

canada.ca/en/public-heal…
12- The Hospital for Sick Children's guidance which has also been archived and updated because #COVIDisairborne.

sickkids.ca/siteassets/new…

#bced #bcpoli #COVID19BC
13- Finally, we have another outdated document from 2020 from the @WHO that looks at considerations for schools.

who.int/publications-d…

#bced #bcpoli #COVID19BC
15-Hope that I'm wrong, & they've updated their references with science from 2021. Delta variant is more transmissible, causes more serious disease in children. We also know that people shed longer with Delta, too. We need guidance based on most up to date science.
#bced #bcpoli
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14 Apr
Dear @BCNDPCaucus,
✴️By now you may have heard that BC has not been following what peer reviewed science is saying.
✴️You may have also learned that the @CDCofBC is deliberately not contact tracing or collecting data in #bced so they can say that schools are safe.
#bced #bcpoli
2/
✴️Review my twitter feed for past year & you will see all the scientific studies that show that BC is not following the science.
✴️Key facts we are ignoring: the virus is aerosolized and Health Care workers and essential workers need N95s to stay safe, particularly with VoCs.
3/
 ✴️BC is also ignoring how the virus is largely spread. 50% of spread comes from people who have no symptoms. The @CDCofBC has ignored warnings from around the world and REFUSED to mass test asymptomatic people. This is negligent.
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2 Apr
If I were @jjhorgan, I would:
1. Create an ind panel of experts from across 🇨🇦 (Epidemiologist PhD, ICU MDs, Stats, Eng, Aerosol, etc).
2. Ask Fed Govt for Emerg support
3. Ramp up testing & Sequencing
4. Use Prov, & municipal govt employees for contact tracing. #bcpoli #bced
5. Install @DrVictoriaLeeFH as the new PHO.
6. Fire P. Daly, R. Gustafson and DBH for endangering the lives of BCians and dereliction of duty.
7. Develop standards that are clear and based on science.
8. Hire new a new comms team.
9. Adopt #COVIDzero
10. Revise #bced guidelines.
11. Legislate data transparency. Tell the truth at all times to win back trust.
12. Revise vaccination schedule so that those in LTC homes get their second shot within two months.
13. Vaccinate front line workers immediately.
14. Acknowledge virus is aerosolized & adapt mask plan
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2 Apr
1/Feeling a bit reflective today. Bunch of us have been advocating for better safety measures for #bced since last May. We were attacked by our own Prov union, our own locals refused to press for science, SDs hauled teachers in, & the media belittled us for asking to science.
2/ We haven’t changed our stance since last May.
We’ve been right about:
✅Masks
✅Ventilation
✅Schools ⬆️ transmission with ⬆️community spread
✅Asymptomatic spread
✅Virus being airborne
✅Test-Trace-Isolate
✅Long-Covid
✅MIS-C
✅#COVIDzero
✅GBD in BC
3/ The Unions now realize they backed the wrong horse and hung members out to dry, the media seems to have realized how bad things really are, SDs are realizing about Long-Covid, and our govt is still MIA. They have let all BCians down. What are we going to do about them? #bcpoli
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2 Feb
1/ Today, let’s discuss the term gross negligence. Why you may be asking?

Because it would appear that Superintendents and Trustees need to be reminded of their fiduciary responsibilities —to their staff and students.

bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document… #bced #bcpoli Image
2/ #BCed is an essential service.

#BCed staff are also considered frontline workers, and as such, are required, by law, to receive the SAME standard of care as other frontline workers.

Students owed a duty of care from the @bcndp, too.

Outlined here: www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/edu… Image
3/ In Aug, the MofEd outlined safety plan in a court of law (parent court case) and argued that:
1. Masks hinder learning
2. If masks were required in schools then students would feel safe & might not stay away from school if they felt sick.

Ruling here: bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/20/…
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2 Jan
1/ I find it gobsmacking that there are journalists that can’t seem to comprehend that BC is deliberately under testing so the @bcndp can say our numbers are low— go out & shop.

The numbers testing positive are deliberately low, but there are thousands in BC with COVID. #bcpoli
2/ BC’s dashboard has claimed that we were in the 400 to 600 range for the past week.

The University of Washington projections say that we should have approx. 4266 positive cases in BC.

That means there are thousands of BCians who are positive and don’t know it. #bcpoli
In terms of projected deaths — we are doing worse than Ontario, which has 3 times the population of BC.

Meaning BC would have 51 daily deaths if we had the same population as Ontario.

BC is becoming famous for categorizing what should be COVID deaths as Excess Deaths.

#bcpoli
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1 Jan
BC’s Ro value is currently higher than Alberta’s.

All students in Alberta will be starting school online on Monday. They also have a mask mandate in classrooms in Alberta as well.

Ontario Ed is also all online.

I thought BC’s #bced plan was “aligned” with the other Provinces?
Ontario is delaying school opening.

globalnews.ca/news/7535362/c… #bced #bcpoli
Alberta has moved school online until January 8th.

todocanada.ca/alberta-school… #bced
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