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It’s obvious that #COVIDisAirborne (& many other viruses too like colds, flu, RSV), yet @CDCofBC@bcndp refuse to admit it & take immediate action. Upgrading 6% #bced schools per year doesn’t cut it.
@Dave_Eby The longer you wait, the more “flat earth” out-of-touch you’ll be.
3/ Boston Public Schools have an indoor air quality database, where people can check CO2 levels (& more) of their child’s classroom in real time.
➡️bostonschoolsiaq.terrabase.com
@bcndp Would be an excellent way to prove whether your claims that iAQ in #bced schools are good enough.
4/ Meanwhile, #LongCovid continues to affect kids, emphasizing WHY we need #CleanAir in schools.
“It’s like your world has come crashing down…there are no answers for anything…”
A year later, Hannah Collins, 13, is still not better.
5/ The problem w/ #LongCovid is that those that have it can’t work, can’t go to school, can’t socialize…therefore people don’t see them. That doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
Just because some students/staff don’t return to school, doesn’t mean we ignore them. Yet @bcndp does.👎
6/ Yet another reason to deploy #CleanAir measure’s immediately in every classroom:
COVID & flu can cause #ImmuneHarm, making it easier for fungal infections to become deadly. See research by the University of Calgary ⬇️.
How long will you keep your head in the sand, @Dave_Eby?
7/ Not only fungal infections, but also others like Strep A are now killing children more than normal. Again, #ImmuneHarm from COVID “let it rip” is no doubt contributing.
Studies prove COVID affects T-cells; @GovCanHealth even told provinces but none acted. 👎
At what point is it grossly negligent to resist pandemic-level #CleanAir standards in schools? The evidence that 6 ACH+ helps is unavoidable. Especially when kids are getting sick, over & over, w/ serious illnesses.
I’m wondering when the class action lawsuits can begin for every Canadian who developed #LongCovid, considering public health KNEW about it from @GovCanHealth, starting July ‘20 & building through ‘21, yet told no one.
People’s “personal risk assessments” are based on lies.
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2/ Of particular note in a lawsuit should be public health’s decision to promote “it’s mild”, related to initial acute infection period, while staying mum about a significant risk of #LongCovid afterwards.
And removing mask protections in 2022, stating “personal choice”.
3/ Of course, gov’ts have passed laws where people can’t sue them or public health over their decisions.
But there needs to be SOME ACCOUNTABILITY. The harms done are egregious & shouldn’t be allowed. No one should be above accountability.
3/ @BogochIsaac You could’ve referred to the many studies that show masks help to reduce transmission.⬇️
Meanwhile HCW are burning out, schools had unprecedented absences (learning loss) & hospital services in your province are on the road to privatization…
To @keithbaldrey,
Actually, COVID-aware *are* in step w/ science; it’s “if we have to live w/ this virus, let’s be smart about it instead of #LetItRip nonsense.”
Let’s look at the science, shall we? And about public opinion…let’s look at that too.
2/ First, who are these people you deride as “COVID zero”? Many have good reason to seek out info to keep ourselves & others safe:
- front line workers
- caring professions (schools, LTC, hospitals)
- immunocompromised or live w/ someone who is
- have #LongCovid
- have empathy
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Part 2: Why the attacks on "COVID-19 immune dysregulation", despite evidence showing it is probably playing out now w/ more severe outbreaks of a variety of pathogens?
What forces are at play? Is it the fact that "herd immunity" would be dead as a theory? @fitterhappierAJ :
Part 3: @FurnessColin explains why COVID-19's behavior & rapid changes means we shouldn't discount COVID's immune dysregulation effects as a contributing factor to the current crises.
"It's hard for some people to unlearn."
More in this clip:
2/ The Q is, how did our “leaders” let it get to the point where a simple health tool like masks is viewed as a “blunt tool” or “heavy handed” or a “stringent measure”?
All teachers know: words matter. If explained well, it becomes matter-of-fact, common sense.
No controversy.
3/ Instead, BC has a PHO who uses those phrases & makes the population 2nd-guess masks as a health tool.
Scientists who design, explain & study masks understand WHY they are effective as source control AND protection…does our PHO?
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.