.@PremierScottMoe, it was more than disheartening to hear you talk today about how doctors should *start* publicly educating and talking to media to counter pandemic misinformation, as if we haven’t been doing this kind of advocacy from the start.
A thread (with receipts):
A thread (with receipts):
Back in March 2020, we saw the writing on the wall and knew we needed more action from our political & business leaders. Our first open letter, signed by nearly 200 Drs, called for a move to encourage employees to work from home and businesses to move to a takeout/curbside model.
https://twitter.com/paulmasiowski/status/1240398888202313730
In November 2020, we wrote again, this time specifically addressing you. We asked for masking in public spaces and increased funding to support testing and contact tracing capacity (sound familiar?).
https://twitter.com/hinz_tamara/status/1327336459641249794
In April, 2021 we wrote to you again, asking for consistent public health measures, economic support for essential workers such as paid sick time, and a vaccine rollout plan in keeping with national recommendations.
https://twitter.com/hinz_tamara/status/1380680165840220162
All in between and ongoing, dozens of Sask physicians have been on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to provide education and information. We’ve done interviews with local, national, and even international media, sometimes even in other languages!
We’ve had countless one on one conversations with friends, family, and strangers to answer COVID-related questions and allay vaccine-related fears.
All of this has been done unpaid during precious hours off with our families.
All of this has been done unpaid during precious hours off with our families.
We do this as a labour of love and out of a sense of obligation, so it feels like more than a slap in the face to have our premier now announce that there is “an opportunity for medical professionals to provide some guidance.”
Sir, we’ve been providing it all along, to the public but most importantly to you. We have wanted to provide collaboration and share our expertise, to let you know our concerns.
Today we are in our worst wave yet, but please don’t place any blame at our feet.
#skpoli
#covid19sk
Today we are in our worst wave yet, but please don’t place any blame at our feet.
#skpoli
#covid19sk
Post-script:
I neglected to include this letter from Saskatchewan’s 17 medical health officers from the end of August. Of course, they made a number of sensible recommendations that were promptly ignored by our premier, only for him to abruptly change course a couple weeks later.
I neglected to include this letter from Saskatchewan’s 17 medical health officers from the end of August. Of course, they made a number of sensible recommendations that were promptly ignored by our premier, only for him to abruptly change course a couple weeks later.
https://twitter.com/gqinsk/status/1432399170766315524
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