Today's BC govt briefing on #Covid19BC was even more disappointing than anticipated. In response, there will be a briefing from @Protect_BC on Thursday, with lots of time for media Qs to PoP doctors, incl. @DrFiliatrault who stopped SARS in its tracks in Vancouver in 2003
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https://twitter.com/Protect_BC/status/1470876406888681472
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault Why was today's BC govt #covid19BC briefing disappointing?:
- NO rapid tests for BCers before Christmas/NYs! Nothing til mid Jan. Dangerously slow compared to other provs..
- rapid tests misinformation (see next tweet)
- NO acceleration of booster shots or kids vaxx shots
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- NO rapid tests for BCers before Christmas/NYs! Nothing til mid Jan. Dangerously slow compared to other provs..
- rapid tests misinformation (see next tweet)
- NO acceleration of booster shots or kids vaxx shots
#bcpoli
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault Misinformation on rapid antigen tests (RATs) from Bonnie Henry today:
1. 'BC has different RAT kits than elsewhere' - she has said this before & it's UNTRUE.
2. Her strange false distinction between lateral flow tests & RATs; they're the same:
1. 'BC has different RAT kits than elsewhere' - she has said this before & it's UNTRUE.
2. Her strange false distinction between lateral flow tests & RATs; they're the same:
https://twitter.com/Lidsville/status/1470885485614567427#covid19bc
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault This contradiction on #RapidTests:
https://twitter.com/matpVI/status/1470886990828638213
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault 'People won't go to parties if they don't have rapid tests, but if you give them RATs they'll feel too safe & socialize'...(the same nonsense she gave us re masks -- they make people feel too safe).
You can see what's wrong with this argument from a public health perspective:
You can see what's wrong with this argument from a public health perspective:
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault As one doc just commented, Bonnie really doesn't understand the difference between individual decision-making & population level decision-making (her job). They aren't the same.
Breaking even a few chains of transmission prevents 100s of cases down the line. That's the math.
Breaking even a few chains of transmission prevents 100s of cases down the line. That's the math.
@Protect_BC @DrFiliatrault And worse, Henry's implying rapid antigen tests aren't pretty accurate, which they are.
Also, as was pointed out a few tweets back, if RATs are not accurate, why is she using them in the large settings she says she's going to use them in?
We're at Contradiction Junction here
Also, as was pointed out a few tweets back, if RATs are not accurate, why is she using them in the large settings she says she's going to use them in?
We're at Contradiction Junction here
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