1/🧵 Warning!⚠️
This Sept/19/22 CTIF Research seminar:“The Eighth Wave-Challenges & Predictions for an Uncertain Future,” contains GBD terminology & questionable advice from 1 panelist which would just be outrageous if it wasn’t so dangerous. Guess who⬇️
2/ Yep, Mel Krajden.
And pls remember while reading that the CITF’s mandate is to “catalyze, support, fund & harmonize knowledge on SARS-COV-2 immunity for..decision-makers to inform their efforts to protect Cdns & minimize the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.”#bcpoli#canpoli
3/ Krajden’s presentation (50min mark)re:challenges of other seasonal viruses, starts w/:
“It’s time to return to normalcy for our traumatized population…”
“Focusing on Covid morbidity/mortality is bad b/c…to protect older Cdns has come at high cost to our youth” (sorry, olds)
4/ And continues with:
“As a result of Covid control measures, the normal seasonal activity of influenza, RSV & other viruses h/b perturbed.” (Interesting choice of words, eh?)
“Human existence in microbial free bubbles creates other unknown risks” (um, unknown?)
5/ And:
“We have had an extraordinary large SARS-COV-2 wave over the summer!” (But we did nothing to protect you!)
“This wave has created massive levels of hybrid immunity..”(AKA unprecedented/unmitigated infections…oh well, vaccines! sorry #LongCovid is Mr. Snuffleupagus)
6/ And:
“Use caution (i.e masks)…“tools combined w/broader health measures like lockdowns or curfews …work...” but come “at a price!” (Hey, who wants lockdowns!)
And in ambiguous conclusion: “Rational plans are needed…incl surveillance & other preventive measures” #bcpoli
7/ Now that concludes the presentation portion, but I daresay there’s more in the Q & A session.
The 1st of 2 questions posed to Krajden (w/eyebrow raising answers): “What can be expected of physicians in the HC system in the 8th wave?” (59min/30s mark)
8/ After long preamble re:immense challenges physicians will face due to fact their HC workforce w/b sick too, he segued:
“What’s clear is that many kids who get infected in school often aren’t infected in school they are infected in their communities…”
Yep, he said that! #bced
9/ 2nd q (1hr25min mark) “From what we’ve learned from Covid mgmt, do you think we’re doing enough for other respiratory viruses, influenza esp…to lower mortality?”
“The lessons learned…is health measures..to protect against Covid…eliminated influenza, so they work..BUT…”
10/ “challenge is to balance risks…so you want to balance out measures you use…we can be quite draconian but you affect many components of society…so we need to be very strategic..respiratory viruses are endemic so not easy to protect against (but influenza was eliminated!)
11/ con’t..”and part of the natural cycle of life is to be exposed to them and develop an immune response…when they are severe we develop vaccines to negate severity of disease, so eventually…” AND that’s when his phone rang (probably Bonnie saying watch out for Twitter!)
12/ Anyway, there’s good presentations too (i.e Sally Otto), but mask q answered by 2 panelists that are all in on “individual choices.”
Also, this is evidence-based seminar rooted in CITF research conclusions from 119 Cdn studies. What research evidence is Mel Krajden citing?
13/ I'm putting this on record b/c: 1) Krajden has & continues to have influence over national research initiatives & health policy in his CITF Leadership role, among others. 2) It's unconscionable.
My transcript w/his full answers to questions above: docs.google.com/document/d/1Vt…
14/ Here's more on Mel Krajden's various positions in the PHAC Covid-19 Immunity Task Force & the potential influence he has had & continues to have on BC's Covid19 research & public health policies over these last 3 years.
🧵1/ I’m reading up on this court case btwn Henry & unvaxxed HCWs & think it’s interesting that there was no scrutiny into what constitutes “fully vaxxed.” Since as per Henry’s HCW vax order, an over two year outdated 2-dose primary series still qualifies. tnc.news/2024/05/16/b-c…
2/ Specifically, in her HCW vax order & when she was questioned about it during a PH briefing, Henry explains benefits of hybrid immunity-that HCWs even w/outdated vaccines that were also infected w/C19 recovered faster, posed lower risk to patients & reduced absenteeism rates:
3/ As well, as per above article, re: Henry’s never-ending C19 PH emergency, the judge said that “transmission of the virus posed a significant health risk & justified ongoing use of emergency powers & that an unvaxxed HCW constituted a ‘health hazard,’ as defined by PH Act.
🧵 1/ Gee, I wonder where countries around the world, incl Canada, got the idea that eradicating absenteeism & subsequent learning loss was more important than protecting students from a disabling disease or supporting them in their recovery when they’re sick. Oh, I know….
2/ You see, according to McKinsey- yes, of course it’s McKinsey!- it’s not only about making sure kids are in school so parents go to work in the short term. Apparently, as per their Apr/22 article, it’s also about preventing catastrophic economic losses over the next 15 years.
3/ A quote: “Lower levels of learning translate into lower future earnings potential for students & lower economic productivity for nations. By 2040, the economic impact of pandemic-related learning delays could lead to annual losses of $1.6 trillion worldwide…” Yikes, right?
Last week, I was told there was a “cold” virus spreading in my Mom’s memory care facility. And that she was sick. And now, of course, it’s been confirmed that the “cold” was actually C19 & it’s still spreading like wildfire. But that’s not the worst thing that happened…
You see, a nurse came into my Mom’s room to take her temperature. But as has happened frequently in the past, my Mom got scared. Only this time my Mom backed away too quickly, falling onto the arm of a chair, landing on the floor, crying out in pain.
Now, my Mom has a badly bruised or fractured rib. Either way, the only way forward is pain meds & lots of rest. But since my Mom has dementia type that causes high anxiety & erratic behaviours, including ceaseless pacing, resting, for her, is probably most unattainable remedy:(
Case in point: After 1st C19 infection, my kind/independent Mom began exhibiting lack of empathy/apathy. 2+ infections later, dramatic behaviour changes. MRI showed “atrophy disproportionately marked in right to temporal lobe.” Now she’s most difficult resident in 24hr facility:(
MRI summary: Multiple sm areas of increased signal intensity in frontal parietal & posterior temporal lobe white matter consistent w/mild changes of leukoaraiosis. Disproportionately marked in right cerebral hemi, particularly right to temporal lobe. Pattern=possible form of FTD.
This MRI is yr old now. And it was only made possible after my Dad, desperate for answers, pleaded in person at hosp. By some miracle, my Mom got on cancellation list & had appt w/i week. I say this b/c due to outrageous wait times, there’s so many out there w/no MRI/diagnosis.
On Apr 20, 2023, @PHSAofBC Board Chair, Tim Manning read out inquiry from a member of public about patient health & legal ramifications of allowing sick HCWs to return to work. Pls note this mtg took place week after Dr. Henry rescinded HC mandatory masking. Here’s full Q & A:
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Q: “In light of the PH advice incl from regional health authorities under your jurisdiction & your employee, Dr. Henry, that HCWs do not need to test for C19, may go to work w/C19 & may expose patients to C19, is the board aware that the @CMPAmembers (Cdn Med Protective Assoc)…”
“…states the following, yes or no?:
A physician may be found to be of breach of his or her duty of care to patients by continuing to provide med services & prevent transmission of viruses where the physician suspects he or she has C19 or has been diagnosed w/C19…”
🧵1/ I’ve updated my Part 3 timeline summary of all known about LC in B.C. to reflect that Skowronski received evidence of the long term harms in children, all the while, she & her co-authors, including Henry, were conducting their seroprevalence study. docs.google.com/document/d/1MR…
2/ I’ve also added an addendum to my Part 2 piece about all that was revealed in B.C. FOI documents (& more!) to keep record of Minister Dix’s affirmations on Hansard while he was being questioned in the legislature by Sonia Fursteneau on April 27, 2023. docs.google.com/document/d/19n…
3/ And to round things out, here’s my Part 1 piece about the LC knowledge w/i BC’s own PHSA & their post-C19 clinical care network. No updates but this section piggybacks Dix’s words above & shines light on what was known when the network was conceived: docs.google.com/document/d/1HX…