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..
This is so similar to our reaction to climate change. Act like it's not happening. How has that been turning out?
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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
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
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…
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.
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.
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.
@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.