Alex Berenson is at the top of his game. His command of the literature is excellent and there are few politicians, public health officials or reporters that can match his chops. He has a remarkable talent and please take the time to listen.
He lays out in simple detail how public health's "fly by the seat of their pants approach" has morphed into failure. And that is what you are seeing. A failure which in Canada is held together by a mountain of cash from Ottawa.
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His discussion illuminates the period between March-June 2021 when vaccines morphed,at least to those paying attention, from great promise closer to failure. This was in essence the "last hope" of public health to redeem itself.
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So vaccines have joined social distancing and masking in their downward slide from policy, to farce and theatre. But this failure is notably worse as so much "hope" was leveraged to its grand success. No one knows what to do next, thus the craziness accelerates,
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And that is perhaps the takeaway from this interview. Public health never had a viable plan, it was all fantasy from the very beginning. That is why we are in the pickle we are. End.
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It's hard to repress ones cynicism and say "What plan". But, I will try to be constructive. Mr. Premier @fordnation, next week is too late and I tell you why.
The exasperation that front line health care workers have for public health and your gov't is accelerating rapidly. They see units closed, staff fired, patients denied service and/or shunted. Just today, multiple colleagues decided to retire. They see breakdown in real time.
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Running a health system is hard and requires sound policy implementation. It isn't a virtue signaling exercise. People in this province are practical and they expect competent service for the taxes they pay. This isn't happening.
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The "bad cat" is back discussing the clever work of Dr. Norman Fenton. This work cuts through the noise and focuses on a clear unambiguous point. Does vaccine uptake change all cause mortality, an indice impervious to revisionism? 1/
This is serious work done by a clever data analyst and the answer BTW is No. At this point in time, there is no observable benefit to vaccine uptake. Digging into the analysis, there are some interesting caveats that do require careful consideration. 2/
Long story short, it basically comes down to this. Vaccination results in an initial rise in death that offsets the long term benefits. Those long term benefits are in turn time limited as vaccine efficacy fades after 5-6 months. 3/
So who won the C19 Olympics? Its seems Denmark, Sweden and Norway have captured gold, silver and bronze. Meanwhile Canada is looking for a participation medal if it can figure a way across the finish line. How did it go all so wrong in this seemingly advanced nation? 1/
Simply speaking, it all comes down to approach, experience and the guiding principles. The Scandinavian countries adopted a voluntary "mitigation" strategy (tried and true) whereas Canada employed a centrally planned "general suppression" model (new and radical). 2/
Scandinavia's mitigation strategy highlighted transparency, honesty and the gentle art of persuasion. They valued an informed public, openly admitted mistakes and acknowledged that public health measures were limited in efficacy. It valued the concept that "less is better". 3/
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/
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.
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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/
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.
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