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Mar 16 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Since BC is some sort of Brave New World where adults are treated like infants who must be shielded from data & facts, we must look elsewhere. If Covid is rising this fast in S. Korea, which has had far better pandemic mgmt, then likely in BC too #bcpoli
Here's a similar graph for Germany, showing Covid cases spiking fast: #bcpoli
Hong Kong is seeing one of its word Covid waves yet. "Hong Kong public hospitals are running out of beds again amid the fifth and worst Covid-19 wave, with 10 hospitals exceeding their capacity on Sunday." hongkongfp.com/2022/03/15/cov…
And in Canada? The new BA.2 variant is rising fast. This is also being seen across UK and W. Europe. What is BC doing?
As for "herd immunity," that's not going to happen. This idea that Covid is a mild cold or flu, & we can just become immune to it without consequences, is looking like bunk. Successive infections may cause you cumulative damage. We must try something else.
As for the idea that the new BA.2 variant isn't serious or lethal (and BTW classic Omicron wasn't "mild" either either, look at BC's near-collapsed hospitals and the extremely high death rate of this last wave), see this:
So what's the conclusion here?
1. The indoor mask mandate needs to be returned immediately, & kept until coast is truly clear
2. Public health needs to get its sh1t together, admit #CovidIsAirborne, update OHS & demand ventilation/purification upgrades in bldgs
3. GIVE US DATA
The BC govt's infantilization of the public needs to stop now. No more withholding of data, no more patting us on the head, no more faux-parental lying. Smarten up.

The BC public, in turn, needs to stop colluding with this infantilization & start demanding transparency & truth.
BC hospitals are still crashed by the last wave & we're on the cusp of a new one. The truly frightening, pit-of-the-stomach thing is the chasm between what Dr. Henry says in front of the cameras & what her reports say. Please read whole thread. #bcpoli
I'd also like to know this.

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Mar 18
Had another interesting exchange with my former gas pipeline engineer friend this morning on #TMX & #CGL. You may recall he has high-level Cdn & internat'l experience designing/building pipelines. He's upset Canada would dump failing #TMX onto First Nations.. #cdnpoli #bcpoli
..Engineer: "First Nations groups are now competing to buy #TMX, but with the “repair” from the recent washout sitting on sharp rock, I assume, since they haven't shown us a new sand bed, the rush is on for the gov’t to get rid of it to the first buyer..." #bcpoli
...Engineer: "The Canadian govt needs a buyer with enough money ($25 billion) and is willing to take on the liability for both pipelines [old pipeline and new larger #TMX twinned line] when they fail... of course, the buyer won’t know that..." #bcpoli #cdpoli
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Lindsay Brown - Wear A Mask Profile picture
Mar 18
How many warnings that are then proven true is it going to take before people stop with this kneejerk "you're Chicken Little, the sky isn't falling" reaction every $#%* time they're warned?

The BC public & #bcpoli were warned about Delta & Omicron & ignored it. And this time?
In case you didn't catch it in the tweet quoted above: the BA.2 variant is TRIPLING every two weeks.

Guess the pandemic is over. And if it turns out to have longer term effects on yourself and others, will we hear a mea culpa, or...?
All we are doing with this incessant "let er rip" & "it's just a cold or flu" & this removal of mandates is building a huge factory to produce more & worse variants.

Even with the current variants we're seeing long term vascular and other damage, brain shrinkage..
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Lindsay Brown - Wear A Mask Profile picture
Mar 14
When journalists avoid challenging govt because they fear losing access to key politicians for interviews, that's called "access journalism." Related: when govts block a reporter from interviewing a politician in retaliation for a tough story, that's called "source chill" #bcpoli
..Or at least we called it "source chill" when I studied media.

In any case "access journalism" is considered a degraded form of media. Yet it's rampant in BC. Many of the highest-profile journalists in #bcmedia engage in it & for obvious reasons don't like you to point it out..
Many journalists are rightly very sensitive about being accused of access journalism. Rob Shaw finally blocked @frozen on Twitter, despite Tom Jackman having long been critical of Shaw's govt-friendly reporting, right after Tom replied to him with the hashtag #teamaccess.
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Lindsay Brown - Wear A Mask Profile picture
Mar 13
Again! A relative went to a friend's in-person funeral in Vancouver 8 days ago. Many who attended caught Covid. She was the only person in an N95 (didn't eat or drink). This is the 2nd superspreader event she has attended, & both times remained unscathed, thx to N95.
#bcpoli
PS funeral was on a Friday & it sounds as if symptoms developed for most by Wednesday (some didn't get symptoms but still tested + on a RAT).

Just remember: even if your symptoms are mild it doesn't mean there isn't permanent damage. Cardiovascular & neuro/brain damage. Avoid.
In this thread, some studies on the effects and spread of Covid.

1. Brain damage
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Lindsay Brown - Wear A Mask Profile picture
Feb 13
Hi @checkupcbc, it strikes me that your guests & callers are treating the convoy as a grassroots protest & not a highly orchestrated political strategy on the part of large interests. Sure, such interests easily harness free-floating anger, but their money & agenda come first.
@checkupcbc Yes, some are upset about the pandemic, some are racist & hate-motivated, others may have other grievances, but it looks as if they're all being easily recruited by good corporate strategists. I work as a strategist & I recognize the signs. There's money behind this. Follow it.
@checkupcbc In short, your frame of 'are the divisions in Canada growing more extreme' is a false frame. The frame should be 'how are large interests harnessing Facebook to create astroturf movements like Yellow Vests & the convoy to advance their own interests, usually resource extraction.
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Feb 11
Vancouver Coastal Health's chief medical health officer Patty Daly says there's "great debate" over whether #COVIDisAirborne.

It's like saying climate change is still a debate. No, it's not.

Deal with this disinformation, @adriandix.

straight.com/covid-19-pande… #bcpoli
@adriandix The US CDC has stated #CovidIsAirborne. So has the WHO.

Do @CDCofBC and @VCHhealthcare think BC has a different pandemic with a different virus? #bpcoli
@adriandix @CDCofBC @VCHhealthcare For context: y'day BC Children's Hospital openly denied #CovidIsAirbone on Twitter. VCH's Patty Daly seems to feel a need to support them today. We knew VCH was peddling droplet dogma, but this is bold. VCH can't protect us if they deny the virus's proven route of transmission. ImageImage
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