On their #COVID19 policies this gov't likes to say “we follow the science."
But our policies are not based on the raw data, they are based on the values viewed as important by gov't & used to interpret the science.
Today I want to talk about those values. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
But our policies are not based on the raw data, they are based on the values viewed as important by gov't & used to interpret the science.
Today I want to talk about those values. 1/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
Yesterday the BCCDC updated their guidelines to say that public health is balancing preventing illness and going to work & socializing.
That is the crux of the growing frustration we're seeing. Increasingly the @bcndp are choosing to value work over people. /2 #bcpoli #COVIDBC
That is the crux of the growing frustration we're seeing. Increasingly the @bcndp are choosing to value work over people. /2 #bcpoli #COVIDBC
This has been done under the guise of ensuring we “rebuild” our economy - and there lies the misunderstanding. @jjhorgan himself said in a not too distant past “People are the economy of BC.” 3/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
If gov’t policy continues to allow for people to get #COVID19 then we won’t be able to rebuild because the most important element, British Columbians themselves, will continue to be sick and unable to fully participate in our society. 4/ #bcpoli #COVID19BC
By putting the onus of public health responses on individuals this @bncdp gov’t is exacerbating existing inequities in our society - those who can isolate or can afford to WFH are less likely to get sick - meanwhile the health of the most vulnerable is left to chance. 5/ #bcpoli
If we truly want to “build back better” and overcome this pandemic then our leading value used to “follow the science” must be the health of all British Columbians which means doing everything possible to lower transmissions. 6/6 #bcpoli #COVID19BC
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