2 yrs ago, I was trolling the Open gov’t site for FOI responses w/behind scenes info for a pandemic timeline. Included was finding original FOI response w/Dr. Henry’s infamous quote asking Gustafson, Daly & Brodkin for data to support low C19 transmission in #bced schools.
🧵1/ I believe I found the original FOI response. It was labeled a media request & after reading it thru several times, I confirmed that many dates & other correspondence lined up w/info in Brishti Basu & Srushti Gangdev’s stellar Oct 2022 Burnaby Beacon school exposure article.
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On March 27, 2024 @WHO published a TL;DR report titled “Indoor airborne risk assessment in the context of SARS-CoV-2”

Here’s a few excerpts & my interpretations from a layman’s perspective …
🧵 It’s two pronged purpose was to:

-Provide a “description of airborne transmission mechanism”

-And to create a “method to develop a new standardized model for risk assessment”

In Aug 2022, BC’s Provincial Infection Control Network updated its document titled: “C19: Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission in Health-Care Settings.”

Then a year later, in Sept 2023, it was archived for “historical reference only.”

Let’s take a look, shall we?
🧵 First, these were the three specific topics that were last updated:

“Transmission risk from direct & indirect contact”

“Risk factors associated with increased risk of aerosol transmission w/possible longer distance spread”

Back in April 2022- right after masks were lifted in schools!- the Fed health minister announced that the CIHR was investing 6.7 mil into a Cda-wide research platform to better understand C19’s impact on children & young people.

Hmm, I wonder what they’ve learned, don’t you?
🧵 Btw, the platform is called POPCORN, which stands for “Paediatric Outcomes Improvement through Coordination of Research Networks.” And studies are taking place across 16 Cdn research sites.

Here’s article with Minister Duclos’s announcement: mcgill.ca/peds/article/6…

In my quest to continue to dig into what was known, I’ve learned that at least as far back as March 2021, Canada’s health leaders & FL providers, knew all about C19’s serious cardiac implications in kids, whether there were underlying conditions or not. #LongCovidKids
🧵1/ As per this from a TREKK (Translating Emergency Knowledge in Kids) fact sheet to emergency dept HC providers: “Cardiac presentations are not frequent but have included heart failure, pericarditis, arrhythmias, hypotension/shock, chest pain, palpitations, syncope and fatigue."
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A summary of early McKinsey article on C19 in kids/schools & their influence since pandemic outset.

Remember: gov’ts & public health in Cda & beyond were all too willing to oblige as evidenced by what was done (keep kids in unsafe schools) & wasn’t done (protect them!)

A 🧵… April 2020 article titled “How to safely reopen schools after C19 closures,” McKinsey lights match for gaslighting to come, by stating: “schools provide not just learning & social support for students but also, crucially, childcare, w/o which many parents cannot return to work.”

The long-term consequences of this never-ending pandemic are forever altering lives.

Case in point: A typical bad day for me now is exponentially worse than any pre-pandemic bad day. Here’s my new “bad day” normal…
🧵 1/ Two weeks ago, I was 2 days into an out of town visit helping care for my Mom. Since her cognitive issues are consistent w/frontal temporal dementia, she has lost all decision making capability, is prone to frequent inappropriate behaviour & inconsolable outbursts. 2/

🧵1/ I’m reading up on this court case btwn Henry & unvaxxed HCWs & think it’s interesting that there was no scrutiny into what constitutes “fully vaxxed.” Since as per Henry’s HCW vax order, an over two year outdated 2-dose primary series still qualifies. tnc.news/2024/05/16/b-c… 2/ Specifically, in her HCW vax order & when she was questioned about it during a PH briefing, Henry explains benefits of hybrid immunity-that HCWs even w/outdated vaccines that were also infected w/C19 recovered faster, posed lower risk to patients & reduced absenteeism rates:

https://twitter.com/littleann4ever/status/1717239792969355574

🧵 1/ Gee, I wonder where countries around the world, incl Canada, got the idea that eradicating absenteeism & subsequent learning loss was more important than protecting students from a disabling disease or supporting them in their recovery when they’re sick. Oh, I know…. 2/ You see, according to McKinsey- yes, of course it’s McKinsey!- it’s not only about making sure kids are in school so parents go to work in the short term. Apparently, as per their Apr/22 article, it’s also about preventing catastrophic economic losses over the next 15 years.

Last week, I was told there was a “cold” virus spreading in my Mom’s memory care facility. And that she was sick. And now, of course, it’s been confirmed that the “cold” was actually C19 & it’s still spreading like wildfire. But that’s not the worst thing that happened… You see, a nurse came into my Mom’s room to take her temperature. But as has happened frequently in the past, my Mom got scared. Only this time my Mom backed away too quickly, falling onto the arm of a chair, landing on the floor, crying out in pain.

Case in point: After 1st C19 infection, my kind/independent Mom began exhibiting lack of empathy/apathy. 2+ infections later, dramatic behaviour changes. MRI showed “atrophy disproportionately marked in right to temporal lobe.” Now she’s most difficult resident in 24hr facility:(

https://twitter.com/jamesthrot/status/1768304236746469398

MRI summary: Multiple sm areas of increased signal intensity in frontal parietal & posterior temporal lobe white matter consistent w/mild changes of leukoaraiosis. Disproportionately marked in right cerebral hemi, particularly right to temporal lobe. Pattern=possible form of FTD.

On Apr 20, 2023, @PHSAofBC Board Chair, Tim Manning read out inquiry from a member of public about patient health & legal ramifications of allowing sick HCWs to return to work. Pls note this mtg took place week after Dr. Henry rescinded HC mandatory masking. Here’s full Q & A:
🧵 Q: “In light of the PH advice incl from regional health authorities under your jurisdiction & your employee, Dr. Henry, that HCWs do not need to test for C19, may go to work w/C19 & may expose patients to C19, is the board aware that the @CMPAmembers (Cdn Med Protective Assoc)…”

🧵1/ I’ve updated my Part 3 timeline summary of all known about LC in B.C. to reflect that Skowronski received evidence of the long term harms in children, all the while, she & her co-authors, including Henry, were conducting their seroprevalence study.
docs.google.com/document/d/1MR…
2/ I’ve also added an addendum to my Part 2 piece about all that was revealed in B.C. FOI documents (& more!) to keep record of Minister Dix’s affirmations on Hansard while he was being questioned in the legislature by Sonia Fursteneau on April 27, 2023. docs.google.com/document/d/19n…

Since Oct 6/23, there’s new BC PH orders requiring HC/residential care workers to provide vax status proof. And upon review, here’s my takeaways: 1) Henry’s C19 PH emergency’s still ongoing, 2) it’s rife with disinfo/justifications 3) & it’s all about shifting blame.
🧵 Thread. First, here’s section confirming that Henry is still very much enjoying her emergency powers. It also confirms her admissions that C19 still poses serious PH threat. Since w/o these declarations by her, she would have no justification for a continued BC C19 PH emergency:

Hey, remember back in Nov, 2020 when Dr. Henry continued to refuse to follow other provinces & issue a PH order to mandate masks in public spaces? Well, I found an F.O.I that sheds light on her behind the scenes resistance & finger-pointing. #bcpoli
🧵 A thread… 1st, a reminder of Henry & PR team’s Nov16/20 Op Ed: “An order can never replace our personal commitment. We need to be responsible for our own actions-that is how we all pull together. I wear a mask & I expect each of you who *can* to wear one too.” bc.ctvnews.ca/dr-bonnie-henr…

🧵 1/ Re: #PaxlovidBC
Here’s eligibility form that BC physicians must fill out for patients. And guess what? At bottom of page, there’s glimmer of hope! If deemed ineligible, patients are invited into a pan-Cdn C19 study! www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/hea…
2/ The study’s called CanTreatCovid. And even tho 49 & under must meet eligibility criteria, if you’re 50+, you qualify regardless! But hurry b/c you must be symptomatic w/i last 5 days. And participation is *voluntary* even tho it’s your last option! cantreatcovid.org

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Oh boy! On the heels of their communicable disease K-12 guidance-where C19 is only mentioned once re: vaccination-the BCCDC has just updated their “C19 illness in Children” online section. And here’s the pendulum of truths, myths & lies… 2/
“C19 will continue to circulate in our population. When C19 spreads in our communities, it can also spread in settings such as schools, childcare facilities, & other places where people get together.”

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Okay, I did another dive into info unveiled in @PoPNB_kindness @HallwayOrchard Right to Info response. This time re: all known about LC in kids by BC seroprevalence study’s principal investigator, Danuta Skowronski. All the while infections rising & #bced schools unsafe. 2/ Specifically, re: email list revealed by PoPNB, there’s evidence Skowronski rec'd 19 PCC reports from Cda’s Office of the Chief Science Officer btwn July, 2021 & July, 2022. Inclusive of 340 LC studies, numerous articles & fact summaries. The reports: protectnb.ca/2848.html#ocso

With Sept right around the corner, VOCs on the rise & the scarcity of BC family doctors, here's a little rundown on the updated help available if (when) you find yourself in the *debilitated with LC* camp. Spoiler alert: You're on your own! #bcpoli
Here we go...🧵 1/ So, this PHSA webpage still asks: "Are you a B.C. resident struggling w/PC symptoms & looking for help?" And it still reveals LC truths contrary to PH messaging. But there's now a detailed pathway to help you navigate your self-help journey… 2/ phsa.ca/health-info/po…

🧵 1/ Since the carefully crafted walls of secrecy about all that was known about LC/PCC by PH/Gov’t officials are hopefully starting to crack, I thought I’d share, in order, the pieces I’ve written to date on this subject as it relates to B.C…
#bcpoli 2/ As far back as Spring 2020, B.C was ahead of the pack when it came to access to real-time updated info about LC & PC multi-system damage via it’s PC Recovery Clinics & it’s one of a kind PC Interdisciplinary Clinical Care Network. My 1st piece:
docs.google.com/document/d/1HX…

Back in May/23, I set my sights on Open Gov't Cda & sifted thru previously submitted “Access to Info” requests. I narrowed my search to LC/PCC, Special Advisory Committee on C19 & generally known info early on.

The following 🧵 shines light on 1st response re: LC/PCC & PHAC. Before diving in, I must say that the Feds don't make previously completed ATI requests easy to access. The only info immediately viewable is the org name, date & request summary. Then an "informal request" form must be completed/submitted. open.canada.ca/en/search/ati