Thread by @freespiritus

1/ The @CDCofBC provided a single link as scientific evidence for their #bced plan.

When you click on link, it doesn’t even take you to study, it takes you to a picture of study.

Go to page 18, and click on National and International studies. #bcpoli

bccdc.ca/Health-Info-Si…

2/ Here’s the actual study that @CDCofBC references. You’ll notice that the study stresses the CRITICAL importance of following IPAC mitigations in order to keep schools safe.

nccmt.ca/uploads/media/…

#bced #bcpoli

3/ The McMaster rapid review from August 2021 admits that none of the studies look at areas the deal with societal or structural inequities. #bcpoli

Remember this is the ONLY scientific “study” that the @CDCofBC used to justify having so few mitigations in #bced.

4/ If you’re wondering if schools in BC are following IPAC recommendations—the answer is largely no.

Community transmission in BC is extremely high, so is positivity & Ro is above 1. @CDCofBC continues to pretend we are endemic— to keep economy open.

health.canada.ca/en/public-heal…

5/ IPAC guidance recommends a long list of symptoms that should be tested, only 4 of which the @CDCofBC are testing for.

Contrary to IPAC guidance the @CDCofBC also refuses to use rapid tests in schools as a public health tool.

Contact tracing guidance also largely ignored.

6/ IPAC provides guidance for amount of testing that should take place —BC not following. Also provide definitions of outbreak & what do when there is one, not happening in #bced.

@CDCofBC is an outlier & is not following Canadian Public Health guidelines for K-12. Why is that?

7/ IPAC guidance provides guidelines that suggest that mitigations be implemented when transmission is high, and outbreaks are taking place. @CDCofBC is not allowing rapid tests to be used in #bced, they discourage testing & recommend isolating. Obfuscation is @CDCofBC’s game.

8/ @CDCofBC uses their BIASED data to justify keeping schools open & say they’re safe. Data is suppressed so it’s difficult to counter narrative.

They ignore all World & 🇨🇦 PEER REVIEWED science that proved that COVID is airborne & mitigations are required to keep schools safe.

9/ Why do you think the link the @CDCofBC provided went to a picture of a rapid review rather than a link to the actual study?
Why haven’t the @bctf, @BCSTA_President, @BCSups, or @JM_Whiteside asked to see any of the science to justify having so few mitigations? There isn’t any.