Huge scandal which should be covered by #BCmedia…Dr. Bonnie Henry & Dr. Reka Gustafson received knowledge about #LongCovid from PHAC yet they NEVER INFORMED THE PUBLIC of risks, even *removing protections & characterizing COVID as a simple respiratory illness instead. Even now.
And before @CDCofBC says, “Oh, but with vaccines, we are in a different situation now”, I’d respond w/ the fact that I know of teachers & students *who were fully vaccinated*, caught 🦠 at school, & developed #LongCovid during the #Omicron era (supposed to be “mild”?!?). #bced 😢
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3/ The majority of COVID-conscious advocates saw the folly in 1-way masking: that unmasked infectious people would be spreading more virus particles in poorly ventilated and/or crowded spaces, and therefore the person with an N95 would be more exposed than universal masking.
Science-following #bced activists are right more than @CDCofBC, many times.
We predicted:
✅delta wave during BC’s “Hug Day” summer
✅removing mask protections during BA.2/5 would result in massive infection
✅schools are community hubs & need protections
3/ @CDCofBC is also ignoring new variants on the horizon (they’ve done this EVERY time!).⬇️
Mass infection allows the virus the opportunity to mutate, & mutate it has. That fact has NEVER been explained to the BC public. One reason lowering transmission should be top priority.
3/ Vancouver Int’l Airport has 2 terminals, domestic & int’l. I’m in the domestic one. CO2 levels are pretty good, in various places throughout. Reasonably busy time.
One area to potentially avoid: restaurant where it’s crowded & everyone is unmasked to eat.
2/ Station Square, Burnaby:
Cactus Club - has glass floor-ceiling walls that open. Except they were closed. Outside temp 20C. Non-chalant “no” when asked if they would open walls, even partially. CO2 levels 850-880 ppm.
Patio area was closed, too, so indoors was it.😬
Grade: C-
3/ Meanwhile…
Earl’s Restaurant, next door.
Heated, outdoor patio w/ roof overhead, open air. Plus the indoor part of the restaurant has windows that open; they were opened on this day.
How much does the government party-in-power affect unions? Turns out, a lot.
Case in point, Ontario Fed of Labour vs. BC Fed of Labour, on #COVID19. @OFLabour@bcfed
06/21“But it’s not about, ‘We told you so’. It’s about, we told you to protect workers from potential airborne transmission of COVID-19. Why haven’t you listened to so many voices, including the labour movement for over a yr?”
1/ Thoughts on the emergency #bced COVID-19 briefing, called by #DrBonnieHenry & @JM_Whiteside on Oct. 1, 2021, after 3 major districts mandated masks for K-Gr. 3…