Thread by @Protect_BC

"What the world’s governments have really learned from the pandemic is that they can ignore it. Many have simply stopped testing, stopped counting cases and deaths; after all, if you don’t count it, it doesn’t count." @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/…

"Dropping non-pharmaceutical measures like masking may enhance the spread of COVID-19, but who will know without surveillance? "
#bcpoli @CDCofBC @adriandix @Dave_Eby

"Dr. Daly, CMHO for @VCHhealthcare, was on @bctoday on May 5, the day WHO declared the end of the emergency. She encouraged listeners to think of #SARSCoV2 “like other respiratory viruses,” especially the coronaviruses that can cause common colds."

"Evidence suggests that #SARSCoV2 isn't just a respiratory virus. It can spread through the vascular system, forming blood clots, and the nervous system, dulling the senses of smell and taste as well as inflicting other kinds of brain damage."

"Unlike its cold-causing relatives, SARS-CoV-2 can cause long-lasting harm as well as death."

"But governments have learned that #LongCovid and other after-effects can be largely ignored, just like the fact that #SARSCoV2 is #Airborne."

"Some health workers[and others] in some countries may well improvise effective prep'n & response measures for next pandemic, bcse they'll have learned true lessons of this one." @Protect_BC @PoPNB_kindness @POP__PEI @PoPNovaScotia @SafeSchoolsBC @CAAerosolCltn @MoriartyLab

"But we can’t expect to see such measures on a global or even national scale unless ordinary citizens demand them. They are unlikely to do that while our present authorities mislead us about the nature of the virus and urge us to get back to living our lives."

Thank you @Crof Thank you @TheTyee for not selling out.