Canada is living through the largest social policy failure in its history. It's monumental and how we act as individuals and collectively as a nation will determine our fate. There are dark paths ahead if we aren't careful. 1/
Canadians must ground themselves on a simple set of facts and use reason to craft sound policy. A small but important list.

1) There is no "Canadian" pandemic, we meet none of the traditional criteria. There is a viral concern. Perspective is important. 2/
2) The public health response, as crafted by PHAC, was a high risk gambit with no historical or scientific precedent. It's a monumental mistake as a simple comparison to Sweden shows. 3/
3) Lockdowns were a public health disaster. Data clearly shows they drove the death of thousands, destroyed millions of jobs, shuttered business and decimated education.

Lockdowns accomplished nothing and this "original sin" warps our perspective and policy. 4/
4) Public health deployed a naive, coercive campaign in which facts were immaterial and science openly ridiculed and debased. Public health embraced the silly idea of the "Noble Lie". There is no such thing. 5/
5) Vaccines are a tool, not a holy grail, and they can't be safely or effectively developed on the current time scale. This myopic thinking blinked policy makers who have failed to consider other options. 6/
6) Political leadership has been absent while ideologically driven public health officials were allowed to debase the principles of democracy and human rights. They purposely pitted Canadians against one another to maintain control throughout this disasterous campaign. 7/
It is now time for Canadians to dig themselves out of this hole. We must act together with deliberate purpose. We must wake up from our collective infantilization and face reality. 8/
Our political leaders must openly acknowledge their failings and talk honestly to the public. They must shun the deceit and commit to the truth. Public health should be stripped of power and made subordinate to direct legislative control. 9/
Public health officials should openly apologize for the pain they callously metered out onto the public, especially the working class. They should commit to the dismantling of this corrosive campaign. If not, they should be removed from office by the legislature. 10/
Government should commit to a full and robust judical inquiry. All relevant legislative, cabinet and public health documents should be discussed in the public domain. The inquiry should consider whether officials broke trust with the public. 11/
These actions require real leadership (something in short supply) as the public rapidly loses faith in government as an institution. It's time for all to step up and engage. The foundational principles of this country are hanging in the balance. End.

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15 Sep
Anders Tegnell, Sweden's chief public health officer, has been an anchor point of common sense and decency during C19. He was ridiculed early for classifying C19 as a "hard flu" and for following the standard pandemic playbook. Boring and practical was the new "radical". 1/
What stuck in my mind was his constant refrain, "lets talk in a year or so and see where we are". He knew the test of time reveals all about the choices a society makes and whether they are wise. 2/
Here we are 18 months later and Sweden won in a blow out. Practicality and honesty won the day in every imaginable category. From age adjusted death, to maintaining an intact functional society. They are finished with C19. 3/
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11 Sep
The truth is always the first causality of war, an axiom that equally applies to the C19 response. Without the common bond forged by trust, the enactment of public policy becomes difficult without the application of force. 1/
Public health has long ago burnt trust to the ground. Blundering and blind, Canada's C19 response has been a cavalcade of poor decisions, long on hardship and short on results. Collateral damage has spread to all segments of our society.

2/
The collapse of trust is observable in Canada's ongoing federal election. Canada's left of center tradition, especially under 50, has shifted decidedly rightward to upstart parties like the PPC. Suddenly, working age Canadians find freedom and smaller govt key values. 3/
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6 Sep
Interesting thread highlighting the reimergence of the Flu in India. Lots to consider in addition to the fact that C19 is now endemic. Lets ponder a bit more. 1/
With C19 going endemic at a seroprevalence at 66%, we now have a reasonable assessment of HIT. This was achieved naturally as only 10% of the population was vaccinated. 2/
Impressively, this endemic state was achieved with a low death rate and for a fraction of the cost blown by western governments including Canada. There was no silly drama driving India off an economic cliff.

3/
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5 Sep
With time, Canadians will come to realize that the entire C19 escapade, from the chaotic policy response to the mountainous spending, were literally for nothing. There is no documented evidence that public health saved a single life in this country.

1/
What we are witnessing is political hubris combined with rank governmental incompetence. Public health didn't know what a respiratory virus was, thus they blindly followed the crowd, implementing failed policy after failed policy. It was a shocking waste.

2/
Human life was snuffed out in the thousands, the potential of our youth squandered by a careless rabble focused on power and making bank. As our economy sunk, they doubled down blaming others for their ineptitude and lack of foresight.

3/
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4 Sep
Julius Ruechel has been a clear insightful voice throughout this reckless public health response. His long form essays synthesize the day-to-day information into a broad understandable pattern. Lets look a bit deeper. 1/

juliusruechel.com/2021/09/the-sn…
Mr. Ruechel casts a harsh light onto the public/commercial interests driving this public health response. He cuts to the bone, noting how these interests misrepresent data and common knowledge to build demand for an end product, an ongoing vaccine subscription service. 2/
It's a provocative view, one built on a retrospective analysis of the literature, pandemic history and daily newsworthy events. His take home message is that a con is being played on the unwitting public. 3/
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31 Aug
Another day, another C19 bombshell lands on the Canadian public. Our rambling and incoherent policies are driving a lose of confidence and a shrinking of our economy. An iceberg is ahead and we better pay attention.
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Many months ago, our public health community (PHAC, OPH, and OST) assured us of their abilities. You see...their draconian actions would spur recovery and everything would be sunshine, lollipops and unicorns. Those policies have clearly failed and they were wrong again. 2/
This is just the tip of the iceberg and for a more thoughtful analysis of our self-induced economic quagmire, this is an excellent article. One of the authors is a Canadian economist. It's time for all of us to face reality. 3/

collateralglobal.org/article/lockdo…
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