Thread by @DonaldWelsh16

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/

Canada, who thought bluster was a substitute for scientific literacy, lost in rout. Our public health actions precipitated death, bankrupted a country, and destroyed the fabric of a nation. Our political class wallows in indecision, an embarrassing state of affairs. 4/

There is a pathetic quality to the Canadian response, long on virtue signaling and crackpot academic concepts, and short on measurable results. One persistently bad idea after the next, with of course "the vaccine" as the magic bullet at the end. 5/

Our pandemic plan was pure fantasy pedaled by an unprepared public health community who knew little of societal function. It's a smoldering mess, held together by lies, propaganda, and open coercion of the general public. 6/

Canada's C19 response showed, to those paying attention, how lumberingly inert gov't can be. Clearly, big gov't armed with a dogmatic plan and the mountain of cash, can't solve a "wicked" problem. It's a bitter pill to swallow. 7/

When this disaster finally comes to its ignominious end, lets hope we have the strenght for a full public inquiry and a thorough house cleaning. Canada's emergency planning is in desperate need of restructuring and that requires new thinking and new personel. 8/

In this light, Sweden's constrained but flexible approach is one model to consider. Alternatively, Florida's dynamic P3 approach is worthy of consideration as it too delivered solid results. Whatever choice, Canada must adapt to this monumental failure of governance. End.