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@Protect_BC
May 18 • 13 tweets • 6 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
"The outbreaks come in the aftermath of a decision by Ministry of Health to lift mask mandates in health-care facilities. On April 6, PHO Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Dix announced an end to universal masking requirements in health-care settings." @juliemaclellan @burnabynow
BC community surveillance program indicated high test positivity rate (16%) for #SARSCoV2 at the time mask protections were lifted in BC healthcare settings & seniors' LTC/AL homes. bccdc.shinyapps.io/respiratory_pa… BC Community Surveillance d...
Who could have predicted what would happen next?
burnabynow.com/local-news/cov…
"For this unit only, we have ceased group activities and communal dining, and all patients are on droplet precautions." And it's #Airborne
newwestrecord.ca/local-news/cov…
From 2021...
bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-care…
In 2022, we don't know if there were more #covid outbreaks at Arbutus Care Centre. @VCHhealthcare stopped reporting in Feb. 2022. Strange what happens when reporting is at the "discretion" of the Chief Medical Health Officer.
How does one define "discretion"?
VCH Values are: We care for everyone, we are always learning and we strive for better results.
vch.ca/en/about-us/wh…
vch.ca/en/about-us/ac… VCH website screen shot sho...
Lack of integrity is when an organization says something and does something else.
The Brits call that "a say-do gap".
Why it matters? Because the gap between "saying" and "doing" is where dis/mistrust lies.
In 2023, @VCHhealthcare calls these #Covid cases "clusters." Et voilà no more #covid outbreaks in LTC.
theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…
We ask you: Wouldn’t a reasonable public health officer start wondering if what they are doing in 2023, is still not protecting their LTC residents and staff from #COVID19, should they not be trying something different?
After all: They care for everyone, they are always learning and they strive for better results. @VCHhealthcare

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May 18
Remember this:
theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…
When @CDCofBC and PHO were too busy during #Omicron counting infections to prevent infections
End result: the 6 mo-4 yo in BC became the "most infected and least vaccinated".
Attack rate refers to infection rate causing the change in sero-prevalence ( #covid antibody response) Image
And this happened between Sept/Oct. 2021 to March 2022 when children were "safe" in "structured activities" in schools and daycares. (sarcasm)
Vaccine for the <5 years only became available in BC in early August 2022.
Read 10 tweets
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May 16
"@CTVNews has spoken with some of the staff directly but agreed to conceal their identities for fear of repercussions, which has been a massive concern in the province: muzzled healthcare workers of all stripes describe a culture of fear"
"fear for speaking out about the failures of the system, even when they’re solely advocating for their patients’ safety and care. @Fraserhealth has repeatedly told ED physicians to not openly discuss our ‘challenges’ with the public,” the group writes in its letter."
Google's Aristotle project showed that high performing team have 1 thing in common: high psychological safety. "Teammates feel confident that no one on the team [or administrator] will embarrass or punish anyone else for admitting a mistake, asking a ?, or offering a new idea."
Read 4 tweets
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May 12
This is what happens when mask mandates in health care are eliminated and the public is given the false narrative that COVID-19 is no longer a threat.

1/12
bc.ctvnews.ca/not-just-langl…
Unfortunately the message the world heard when the WHO announced the end of the global health emergency, is that the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

2/12
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
Minister Dix and Dr. Henry said in a joint statement that "COVID-19 is no longer causing severe disease in most people."
But the BC COVID-19 situation report from April 23-29 reported 175 hospitalizations, 16 critical care admissions and 42 deaths.

3/12
Read 12 tweets
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May 11
"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."
Read 9 tweets
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Apr 18
“But if you actually look at what’s happening with hospitalizations, since Omicron subvariants emerged, it’s a giant wave that’s lasted not only much longer, but is also just as high as those we saw in 2021 or even higher at some points." @BlakeMMurdoch
“It’s like a high tide that’s always elevated, and this steadier state can mean a higher total burden over time.” Especially so given our 🇨🇦healthcare system has a low bed count per population compared to most OECD country. Meaning no slack in healthcare system.
➡️ oecd.org/coronavirus/en…
Read 4 tweets
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Apr 17
In BC Long Term Care Facilities mandatory masks and screening of all visitors for COVID was stopped on April 6.

Dr. Henry said “we don't have any outbreaks in long term care right now of influenza or COVID [in B.C.],"

But is this really true?

1/7
cbc.ca/news/health/ma…
BC CDC Covid stats show that seniors aged 80 plus continued to have high levels of hospitalizations and death from January 30 to March 27, 2023.

2/7
It is suspicious that no outbreaks have been declared since January 20, 2022 in Vancouver Coastal Health (which has the most number of LTC facilities in BC) shortly after a letter stating outbreaks would be declared only at the discretion of the MHO.

3/7
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