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It gets exhausting, listening to BC Public Health get it wrong, again & again, putting people’s lives at risk.

Latest example, Dr. Patricia Daly, @VCHhealthcare on @bctoday show.

She’s wrong, as scientists at @JohnSnowProject prove. “C19 like the cold or flu” - NO!

More…
2/ For a good start to how Dr. Daly, @VCHhealthcare, is wrong in her statements, see this thread. It has the source recording of her interview, too.

I’ll follow w/ proof from @JohnSnowProject.

@SKGandhiMD breaks down the main errors w/ the interview…⬇️
3/ Dr. Daly reassures BC that @WHO is correct in declaring the global C19 emergency is over, b/c of “high population immunity” & that C19 is like a cold or flu now.

@JohnSnowProject article, w/ studies in footnotes, proves her wrong. (See 1st tweet for link to article.) Screenshot of John Snow Pro...
4/ First up:
John Snow Project @JohnSnowProject scientists explain how the hygiene hypothesis is incorrectly used to make eye public believe that repeated infections are “good” for the immune system.

Vastly different from Dr. Daly’s claims that infections confer good immunity. Misunderstanding the Hygien...However, this is a very dif...
5/ Second:
Studies prove that coronaviruses like the common cold do not have lasting immunity, therefore reinfections are common. Plus, many viruses like smallpox and measles do NOT decrease in virulence over time.

Compare to BC PH, saying COVID is “mild” after only 3 years! Coronavirus infections do n...There is no reason to think...
6/ Third:
C19 & how it ages the immune system.

Read the article for the full explanation; these screenshots are snapshots of it.

Basically, “To recommend infection as a way of ‘sharpening the immune system’ seems foolhardy in light of what the literature tells us.” Infections cause immunosene...One does not need to dive d...
7/ Fourth:
How C19 infections in particular increase the risk of autoimmune disease.

Compare that with Dr. Daly’s claim that “longer term implications from Covid is not different than from other viruses.” Infections increase the ris...(Continued from previous im...
8/ Fifth:
How C19 reinfections can affect the body.

A) The fact that it’s both a respiratory AND systemic virus makes it different from the common cold, which is the opposite of what Dr. Daly would have us believe.
(CCC = Common Cold Coronaviruses)

C19 “lasting damage” 😬 SARS-CoV-2 infections may i...However, SARS-CoV-2, like S...
9/ How reinfections affect the body(con’t)

Organ system damage plus immune harm will most likely shift baseline risks higher with reinfections. This reduces life expectancy & quality of life, already documented.

Compare to Dr. Daly who says, “Young people are at very low risk”. At some point the damage ac...
10/ Sixth:
Minimizers who claim that C19 is now a “textbook virus” that we can treat like a cold or flu are ignoring the fact that immune harm can manifest in other autoimmune conditions, cancers & deaths from diverse causes (like cardiac & kidney disease). However, these commentators...
11/ BC Public Health has never warned the public about long term harms from COVID, that it affects many organ systems & damages the immune system. Whenever questioned in pressers, the reply is just “we are learning”, despite KNOWING INFO from @GovCanHealth since July 2020.

See:
12/ @JohnSnowProject Conclusion.

It’s the opposite of what BC Public Health & Dr. Daly @VCHhealthcare say.

They’ve been wrong before. Remember masks off, July ‘21, followed by the Delta wave? Masks off, Mar’22, followed by most C19 deaths that year? #bcpoli

Thread continues… Infection with a virus does...
13/ Dr. Daly also said that BC had a “typical flu season last year” and that it “wasn’t more severe.”

Has B.C. EVER had a season where *6 kids died in 2 weeks* of flu complications?

Short memory, Patricia?
Shameful that she gets away with these statements.
14/ BC PH via Dr. Daly continues their lies, yes, lies, that the people most at risk from C19 are “very frail elderly & immunocompromised”, as if THAT’S a good reason to drop all precautions. (Eugenics, anyone?)

She’s wrong though. See this 🧵regarding what cardiologists see:
15/ When Dr. Daly says the deaths in B.C. are just those who “died within 30 days of a positive test” & that they died of something else…remember that BC *only tests* admitted patients who have respiratory symptoms. Plus BC is among the worst for excess deaths in Canada.
16/ Dr. Daly doesn’t mention #CleanAir or ventilation at all in the interview. She only says how “important it is to socialize”, just not how to do it safely.

And regarding masks, she cites the Cochrane review, which was debunked & the editor apologized for printing.

Oops.
17/ The debate on masks should be long settled by now. It’s got evidence from even before the pandemic.

They are proven to work, especially at a population level when most people wear them; even better when N95s are used.

It’s an engineered tool. We don’t RCT bridges.

Read ⬇️:
18/ END
Many of us have shown, over & over, how BC Public Health is wrong when they minimize the virus.

We provide evidence & studies too. @CDCofBC doesn’t, unless they provide their own skewed data (which we’ve documented too).

@bcndp WHY IS BC PH STILL IN CHARGE?

Dr. Daly?❌

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More from @jheighton3

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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Apr 28
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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!
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Mar 27
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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.
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.
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Jan 20
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@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.
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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:
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