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Jennifer Heighton Profile picture
@jheighton3
Apr 28 • 9 tweets • 7 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
🧵:
Time to make some noise, Greater Vancouver! Come out to show @adriandix @bcndp that universal mask protections *must* be returned to healthcare settings.

Protect HCW & patients. #CovidIsNotOver, & 2-way masking is the most effective way to lower transmission.

Article:
2/ LTC homes suddenly getting vaccinated this week, with no notice given, shows that @CDCofBC is aware that C19 is still a threat. Of course, because XBB.1.5 plus XBB.1.16 are circulating.

In which case, @bcndp should #BringBackMasks too.

Protect those at risk! Vax not enough.
3/ Proof that C19 cases are rising is in @CDCofBC data, shown here. (Thx, @rdumont99!)

Note that @CDCofBC is only going to report monthly from now on.

That means BC needs to #BringBackMasks more than ever, since withheld data means operating in the dark.

Risk assessment? Hah!
4/ Why wait until every hospital & LTC facility is facing outbreaks? Why not prevent them from happening in the first place?

Leaders who think to *remove protections* in the face of MORE TRANSMISSIBLE variants have some twisted logic. Maybe it’s time for some common sense?
5/ Relying on the goodwill of others to continue masking clearly doesn’t work.

It’s why society requires speed limits, indoor smoking & drunk driving laws. Asking nicely & “personal responsibility” to do the right thing doesn’t cut it. #DoNoHarmBC

Just one BC example:
6/ Meanwhile, @BCChildrensHosp gets seriously ratio’ed over this tweet, which is encouraging those who are sick to not come to the hospital.

Twilight zone - instead of returning universal masking, to keep transmission low, they’d rather tell people to stay away?
#DoNoHarmBC
7/ Study after study is showing that C19 is a virus to be reckoned with.

It’s not seasonal.
It’s not just respiratory.
The long term harms are serious.
And we have no clue how it’ll affect us 5, 10, 15 years from now, let alone after multiple reinfections. 😬
#DoNoHarmBC
8/ @tamarataggart says it best.

“Don’t go where there are sick people without wearing a mask.”

Bottom line: Basic decency. That’s what we need to get back to.

@bcndp Read the writing on the wall. You’re not doing yourselves any favours by siding with selfish c-nvoy whiners.
9/END
This is the opportunity to DO SOMETHING about BC’s abysmal decision to overload our already stretched healthcare system.

Tell @adriandix that we disagree with that decision…participate in @DoNoHarmBC’s Die-In demonstration!
Fri, Apr. 28, 12 noon,
National Day of Mourning

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Apr 28
“All human lives have value. We don’t want pity, we demand our human rights. No one is disposable, no one should be sacrificed.” @sylvia_a_fuller

Exactly. @KasariGovender said so, too - so @adriandix, WILL YOU LISTEN? You are violating human rights by removing mask protections.
2/ @DrKarinaZeidler: “I work as a family doctor…what I see is, ppl who are struggling just to be able to STAY ALIVE. They’re losing their housing, they’re losing their support, their community; they are isolated & alone.” #LongCovid

Do better, @adriandix. Quit minimizing & ACT.
3/ Every chalk outline represents 100’s of BC’ians who must access BC healthcare services every day. All have medical reasons for needing care: whether cancer, organ transplant, diabetes, ER, accident, surgery, blood tests, dental care…

We all need HC at some point. @adriandix
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Mar 27
🧵
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.
2/ Illinois just passed legislation to put 60,000 HEPA purifiers in classrooms.

This SUPPLEMENTS mechanical ventilation by filtering air, providing additional air changes *on top* of what the HVAC system provides.

(Contrast w/ @bcndp, who erroneously think mech v is enough.)
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. Screenshot of one classroom...
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Mar 18
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.
🧵⬇️
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.

The moral & physical harm is huge.
Read 5 tweets
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Jan 20
🧵:
@BogochIsaac Understand the context behind the backlash:
-hospitals overwhelmed yet PH refuses to mandate masks
-vulnerable expected to isolate for??? years?

You said, “we’re not going to mask our way out of the pandemic”.

Perfection shouldn’t be the enemy of action.
2/ @BogochIsaac You also said, masks are “not going to eliminate the impact of COVID, that’s why we kept having waves despite mask mandates.”

Think about it. Kids in schools. Crowded workplaces. Mass transit. Did your words help or hinder those spaces?

Needed this instead:
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…

Read the room.
Read 4 tweets
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Dec 27, 2022
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.

A thread 🧵…

@GlobalBC
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
…
3/ So, with the above motivations, COVID-aware looked for evidence to understand what the world is facing w/ this virus.

No 1 basic fact: #COVIDIsAirborne, but unfortunately political forces (incl 🇨🇦PH) deny & obfuscate that.

It’s a massive failure. Mario Possemai says it best:
Read 24 tweets
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Dec 8, 2022
🧵:
Key debunking:
Experts @fitterhappierAJ & @FurnessColin explain COVID-19 immune dysregulation, including why that theory is attacked.

Part 1:
In our immune systems, what are T-cells, and how does COVID-19 cause immune dysregulation?

Immunologist @fitterhappierAJ answers:
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."
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