🧵:
If @nationalpost editors cared about society, they would NOT platform these authors, known COVID minimizers.
The article is misinformation. It ignores #LongCovidKids, post-COVID risks, education access for vulnerable families & multiple studies.
nationalpost.com/opinion/opinio…
If @nationalpost editors cared about society, they would NOT platform these authors, known COVID minimizers.
The article is misinformation. It ignores #LongCovidKids, post-COVID risks, education access for vulnerable families & multiple studies.
nationalpost.com/opinion/opinio…
2/ 2 of the authors, Dr. Jennifer Grant & Dr. Martha Fulford, are from the #UrgencyOfNormal group. It advocates for schools to be open without protections, saying Omicron is mild, even though it hospitalized & killed more kids in 8 mo than 2 years prior!
urgencyofnormal.com/our-team
urgencyofnormal.com/our-team
3/ The Urgency of Normal “toolkit” has been criticized by experts before.
"It's just simply, here is the conclusion we've come to, and here is the argument we would use in favor of this conclusion. And I think it's flawed ... start to finish," says @MarkWKlineMD1.
Article⬇️
"It's just simply, here is the conclusion we've come to, and here is the argument we would use in favor of this conclusion. And I think it's flawed ... start to finish," says @MarkWKlineMD1.
Article⬇️
https://twitter.com/charliesmithvcr/status/1556381982560382976
4/ Let’s start with this fact ⬇️ that the authors ignore when they push for no protections in schools (yes, they are “protections”, not “restrictions”!).
Students do not live in a vacuum. They have parents, grandparents & others who may be vulnerable (or could be after COVID).😬
Students do not live in a vacuum. They have parents, grandparents & others who may be vulnerable (or could be after COVID).😬
https://twitter.com/jeffgilchrist/status/1573773592717922306
5/ But what about children themselves? The authors claim that COVID is no worse than the flu for kids. Evidence shows, from hospitalizations & deaths in MULTIPLE countries, that they are wrong.
See Canadian epidemiologist, @DGBassani, explain with Canadian stats:
See Canadian epidemiologist, @DGBassani, explain with Canadian stats:
https://twitter.com/dgbassani/status/1572444198082592768
6/ But isn’t Omicron “mild”? The authors claim it is so. But that’s proven to be magical thinking, cooked up in Dec 2021 by those who didn’t want to care anymore (ex: BC, who severely limited PCR testing & stopped all school notifications).
Evidence shows otherwise. See master🧵
Evidence shows otherwise. See master🧵
https://twitter.com/jeffgilchrist/status/1570390229860880387
7/ And they ignore this thread too - which contains multiple links & studies proving the serious effects that COVID can have in kids, even previously healthy ones.
There’s a reason why #LongCovidKids has been trending as a hashtag for over 2 years now.
There’s a reason why #LongCovidKids has been trending as a hashtag for over 2 years now.
https://twitter.com/meetjess/status/1570259687894908928
8/ Instead the authors say that concerns over #LongCovidKids are “unfounded” & severe complications are “very uncommon”.
They neglect to say that when the majority of the child population is infected, even a small proportion of that is a huge number of kids.
UK epidemiologist:
They neglect to say that when the majority of the child population is infected, even a small proportion of that is a huge number of kids.
UK epidemiologist:
https://twitter.com/dgurdasani1/status/1495882708584747011
9/ Plus evidence is piling up that COVID infections can cause other medical issues down the road, including in kids.
Ex: increased diagnoses of Type 1 diabetes after having COVID.
Some post-COVID conditions are for life. Think about that. These are *children*.
Why not prevent?
Ex: increased diagnoses of Type 1 diabetes after having COVID.
Some post-COVID conditions are for life. Think about that. These are *children*.
Why not prevent?
https://twitter.com/erictopol/status/1573329404008316929
10/ Another massive error @nationalpost makes when platforming COVID minimizers is the discriminatory, ableist approach that happens w/ zero protections in schools.
Public education access is a basic human right.
@SafeSchoolsBC 🧵on how mask optional policies discriminate:
Public education access is a basic human right.
@SafeSchoolsBC 🧵on how mask optional policies discriminate:
https://twitter.com/safeschoolsbc/status/1563654182523256832
11/ Notice how the authors focus on a stat of “healthy children” & conveniently avoid mentioning those w/ asthma, immune disorders, diabetes, born premature, cancer survivors & more. Families too.
Is school only for the “perfect” then? What does this say about @nationalpost? 😬
Is school only for the “perfect” then? What does this say about @nationalpost? 😬
12/ One of the authors, Dr. Pooya Kazemi, even betrayed his opinions in a tweet, before deleting his account.
“Essentially a cold or flu FOR THE HEALTHY ONES” (emphasis ours)
That means immunocompromised should not get an education? His @nationalpost article is basically that.
“Essentially a cold or flu FOR THE HEALTHY ONES” (emphasis ours)
That means immunocompromised should not get an education? His @nationalpost article is basically that.
https://twitter.com/leftcoastvegan/status/1425495048272023552
13/ The authors also claim “teachers are not at greater risk than the general community.”
However, their hyperlink is a study of hospitalizations; nothing about #LongCovid. In BC, education workers are the 2nd highest profession w/ COVID @WorkSafeBC claims, most DURING OMICRON!
However, their hyperlink is a study of hospitalizations; nothing about #LongCovid. In BC, education workers are the 2nd highest profession w/ COVID @WorkSafeBC claims, most DURING OMICRON!
https://twitter.com/lithohedron/status/1570131801049563136
14/ @SafeSchoolsBC advocates for schools to be open, but safely. That means clean air with ventilation, filtration & universal masking until clean air is as normalized as clean water.
Not only does it allow ALL kids access to ed’n, it keeps society running w/ less illness.
Not only does it allow ALL kids access to ed’n, it keeps society running w/ less illness.
https://twitter.com/safeschoolsbc/status/1564441472921116672
15/END
It’s 2.5 years into this pandemic. Minimizers prolonged it by encouraging mass infection which gives opportunities for new variants. Those variants evade immunity & reinfect, causing societal disruption.
@nationalpost, you are part of the problem. Stop platforming them.
It’s 2.5 years into this pandemic. Minimizers prolonged it by encouraging mass infection which gives opportunities for new variants. Those variants evade immunity & reinfect, causing societal disruption.
@nationalpost, you are part of the problem. Stop platforming them.
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