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PoP NB submitted a RTI request for records of discussions of Long Covid. The response brings to light a shocking level of deception perpetrated against the people of NB, under which true magnitude of risk was hidden and the fundamental precepts of public health were abandoned.
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We'll soon be in the position of having to accept or deny invitations to gather. Our replies and our concerns may be met in different ways. While the risks will vary, the science they are based on is consistent.
May this summary help you in your conversations.
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#COVIDisVascular
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As an engineer, I can’t “strongly recommend” that a building or bridge not fall down… I have to ensure through minute specific direction that it cannot be reasonable subject to any condition in which it can fall down.
Why is the same duty of care not required of Public Health?
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For over a year, the province has been overtly nudging the public toward accepting mass infection and disregarding increasing debility and death. They do this by leveraging the public's belief in the myth of government protection.
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Immunity debt, as it’s being used vernacularly as an anti-mandate argument and a negative outcome of masking claim, is a misrepresentation of hygiene theory.
While exposure to diverse microbial environments bolster an immune system, pathogenetic diseases harm it.
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It has been 325 days since the last public press conference on the still ongoing pandemic.
People infer the absence of communication as an absence of hazard, and in the vacuum difficult truths never get officially corroborated and comfortable lies never get officially debunked.
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NB Public Health therefore has an ethical duty to apply precaution.
However, we now know NB decision makers had a staggering quantity of high quality information detailing the prevalence and mechanisms of the long term complications of Covid-19.
They simply chose to ignore it.
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First, it is important to acknowledge the ethical framework of Public Health, as set out by PHAC, states scientific uncertainty should not prevent decision makers from taking action to reduce risks associated with COVID-19.
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In July 2020, a mere 5 months into the pandemic, DoH officials, participating in the PCPHN Special Advisory Committee on Covid-19, were provided with a copy of a 15 page slide deck outlining what was then understood about persistent Covid-19 symptomatology.
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We'll soon be in the position of having to accept or deny invitations to gather. Our replies and our concerns may be met in different ways. While the risks will vary, the science they are based on is consistent.
May this summary help you in your conversations.
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#COVIDisAirborne
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Long Covid is a constellation of numerous symptoms occurring weeks or months following Covid-19 infection. It affects both adults and children. It attacks those who had severe acute infections and those who had mild or asymptomatic infections.
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We now know that the office of Public Health was in possession of mountains of excellent, vetted, scientific information on the long term complications of Covid-19 infection.
It simply did nothing with it, and actively kept it hidden from the public and media.
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It's believed Long Covid symptoms are rooted in the widespread damage Covid-19 infection causes in pulmonary, vascular, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and neurological systems (lungs, vessels, heart, stomach/intestine/bowel, and nerves respectively).
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Public perception of Long Covid varies between it being uncommon and only impacting those with preexisting chronic health issues, to it being imaginary, psychosomatic, or of dubious origin.
These perceptions are underpinned by an utter absence of its mention in the PH narrative.
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On Feb 24, 2022, when the current government and PH told the people of NB the pandemic was now going to be managed through individualized risk assessment, it neglected to inform any of its citizens of the true magnitude or mechanism of that risk.
This was a lie of omission.
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Long Covid conditions can improve with time and care, unfortunately, its effects can be debilitating, severely reducing a sufferer’s ability to work and do simple everyday activities.
There is no cure.
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In the psychologically encumbering darkness, this is the beginning of something objectively positive.
Having airborne transmission plainly discussed as fact in the legislature is a beautiful victory for truth. Having politicians move to address it with integrity is monumental.
Motion 36 has passed. Unanimously.
A lot of people have done a lot of work to get to this point. I’m proud to say I am one of them - and that many of the others are my friends.
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Even at this very early stage, evidence was being provided to NB officials which summarized studies from Italy, the US, and the UK showing a minimum of 10 percent of Covid-19 patients continued experiencing ongoing Covid-19 related issues.
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“Because, under capitalism, “peace” is the maintenance of violence on the state’s terms. Organized efforts to disrupt those harms will always be characterized, by any necessary stretch of the imagination, as violent.”
- Let This Radicalize You, by Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba.
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The public believes this myth.
They believe, if things were bad, government would inform them.
But if government doesn't inform them in time, government would intervene.
But if government doesn't intervene in time, the systems created by government will heal them.
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After all, public health protections are so engrained in our culture that absence of them implies absence of any hazard or risk.
If Long Covid was serious, surely PH would alert the population who are being exposed to the risk of contracting it…
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No member of PH or the DoH has ever provided any of this information to the people of NB.
The full slide deck and full list of recipients are available here:
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And the virus’ ability to induce ubiquitous micro-clotting.
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Yesterday, I was denied a vaccination.
The reason was due to the newly revised and recently imposed regulation that restricts access to boosters for those who received their most recent immunization in the fall, unless they fall under the category of "at-risk."
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The population of NB has not been informed of the existence, prevalence, or impact of Long Covid through the one office responsible for disseminating that information.
As a result, the population’s knowledge is piecemeal, anecdotal, and dangerously incomplete.
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The presentation detailed evidence of cardiovascular and chronic disease implications in Covid patients, and studies demonstrating the long term respiratory dysfunction, reduced exercise capacity and reduced quality of life of those impacted by the 2003 SARS epidemic in Toronto.
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POV you're interviewing New Brunswick's Chief Medical Officer of Health...
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But they did not.
As of today, PH has not mentioned Long Covid in any press release or press conference. There is no mention of long term symptoms or complications on the NB Covid-19 webpage.
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The government and the office of public health claim legitimacy and authority through propagating the idea that they protect people from illness and death, that they improve and prolong life.
This is a myth.
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Starting in May, 2021, PH had been receiving PHAC reports showing evidence of Long Covid causing long-term health outcomes involving the cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, renal, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems, plus psychosocial health effects, among others.
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PHAC committed to study the issue and gather evidence of Long Covid’s impact on Canadians, and we can see through other reports included in the response that they made good on this promise.
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Early in our advocacy we told ourselves the same things and laboured under the naive notion that given the information being published by the medical and scientific communities, PH would surely take the ethical action of including accurate risk descriptions in their comms.
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Were it true that abstinence from viral infection was detrimental to wellbeing, we would be lamenting the lack of rabies, ebola, HIV, and smallpox in our lives.
Play in the woods and eat some dirt, but wear a damn mask indoors and around others.
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We see all around us, day after day, that this mythological safety net does not exist, and perhaps never did.
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If it was serious, and PH has to date said nothing, surely they are not yet aware of the condition, or do not have access to appropriate information…
Surely…
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This material was sent to 13 members of the DoH, including CNOH Jennifer Russell, Deputy CMOH Cristin Muecke, and the Deputy Minister of Health Heidi Liston, as well as 254 other health officials within the Canadian federal and provincial governments.
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Blind public trust is a potent tool and it has been used effectively in New Brunswick to convince good people to not protect themselves, their families, or their communities from a crippling pathogen.
But blind public trust does not come naturally. It requires cultivation.
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In Aug 2021, 2 weeks after NB’s first attempt to remove protections, PH was in possession of evidence which showed:
80% of infected patients developed 1 or more long-term symptoms.
Persistent effects of Covid included CT abnormalities, abnormal lung function, fatigue, dyspnea.
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PH who rapidly moved to safeguard NB from Covid even prior to knowing the full risk; who sermonized on collectively protecting each other from the harms of the novel pathogen; who exist solely to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole.
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The truth ► People are poorly informed of what constitutes covid comorbidity and they are poor judges of their own health. 44% of Canadian adults have one or more chronic illnesses and Covid infection has been shown to increase risk of developing chronic illnesses.
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No member of PH or the DoH has ever provided any of this information to the people of NB.
Neither have they implemented any of surveillance, guidelines, or information sharing.
In preparation for this thread we interviewed several NB doctors and medical practitioners.
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The Department of Health laments the condition of New Brunswick healthcare while denying its practitioners the tools to improve it.
The full reports are available here.
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The truth ► Highlighting the fact metrics are not appreciably changing obscures the harsh reality that infections and their outcomes (death, long covid) are continuously prevalent at high volumes, and that the period since PH abandonment has been the deadliest of the pandemic.
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52% of all reported SARS-CoV-2 related deaths in Nova Scotia have occurred since protections were removed.
"Mild" omicron is responsible for 77% of all reported SARS-CoV-2 related deaths in the province.
#nspoli
@nsgov
#CovidIsNotOver
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We are currently deep into reviewing a massive RTI response regarding the NB Department of Health’s knowledge of the long term effects of Covid infection…
spoiler: it’s not good.
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In one year we went from timely transparent information to an utter absence of understanding of our current situation.
The lack of information has become the information.
The lack of message has become the message.
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Also check out our
#CovidIsAirborne
thread.
We'll soon be in the position of having to accept or deny invitations to gather. Our replies and our concerns may be met in different ways. While the risks will vary, the science they are based on is consistent.
May this summary help you in your conversations.
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#COVIDisAirborne
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None of the information from the Public Health Agency of Canada has been provided to them. They have not been made aware of any efforts to gather patient data or develop diagnostic or treatment tools. They have received no information on Long Covid from the government.
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To have the ability to inform people of their risk, and to do nothing is immoral. When it is the reason your position within Public Health exists, it is the highest form of negligence.
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The truth ► Omicron is incredibly transmissible, which, regardless of severity, translates to orders of magnitude more cases and subsequently massive increases in hospitalization and death. Focus was placed on the severity because transmissibility implications were alarming.
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The truth ► Covid-19 is not the flu. The prevalence and severity of Covid-19 has resulted in one-year mortality equivalent to over a decade of influenza. To say nothing of the fact that 1 in 7 of all Covid-19 infections result in long term illness.
Because it's been a while, here's an updated chart showing Covid vs Influenza deaths in New Brunswick.
Note: Covid death reporting lags by 2 months, but influenza deaths do not.
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If you are curious whether you are on the right side of history with respect to any particular issue, there is an easy metric.
Look for which side is actively engaged in community care.
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The knowledge that our government has long been in possession of information which, if used to shape policy, could have prevented thousands of people from developing chronic illness, is sickening.
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As we enter the pandemic information blackout, a situation purposefully manufactured to reduce public awareness and increase public apathy, I've endeavoured to devise a meaningful way to continue informing people that covid is neither over nor mild.
So, I'll wear my experience.
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As early as Aug 2021, the federal Office of the Chief Science Officer (OCSO) was sending DoH detailed digests listing, linking, and summarizing studies and evidence on Long Covid.
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Updates were given outlining accumulated information and proposing ways forward which included strengthening public health surveillance, planning the development and dissemination of evidence-based guidelines and tools, and facilitating coordination and information sharing.
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Long Covid is a preventable chronic illness caused by Covid-19 infection. New Brunswick Public Health has no difficulty understanding this concept in the context of measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus and polio.
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If Covid-19 was fire, our government would be arsonists and our province would be burning to the ground. We deserve prevention, education, and the means to extinguish this inferno of disease, disability, and death.
The truth ► They’ve taken the battery out of the smoke alarm.
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These documents began as monthly communications to hundreds of provincial health officials across Canada, and soon switched to a bi-weekly frequency due to the vast amount of information being produced.
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The truth ► Vaccines do not currently eliminate transmission. Unmitigated transmission presents a risk of more rapid evolution of the virus, with outcomes that may include increased transmissibility, increased immune escape, or greater pathogenicity.
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The truth ► Demand for PCR testing has waned as a result of the manufactured complacency flowing from the efforts above. The public have been nudged into believing Covid is mild and only affects the frail and elderly, not consequential enough to warrant an intervention from PH.
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Most recently we see the CMOH Jennifer Russell state again that ► the NB covid situation is "very stable"... a bold statement considering it was made at a time when NB had the highest covid positivity rate in the country.
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This classification, a product of sociological engineering and eugenics, was created to further marginalize and other disabled individuals while downplaying the effects of Covid-19 on the already disenfranchised and increasingly disengaged population.
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The outcome ► a false sense of security develops out of the implication of stability. No perceptible change in hazard leads to no change in public precaution. Lack of situational awareness is ensured and no exterior pressure is placed on PH to act.
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My inability to maintain my desired level of immunity was not a philanthropic exercise in supply austerity (something I would support). They have more vaccine than they can administer due to the wildly successful narrative of the pandemic being over.
I was denied based on policy.
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The outcome ► A false sense of security develops underpinned by innate ableism. A necessary belief in physiological wholeness leads to an othering of those afflicted by severe outcomes. Lack of situational awareness is ensured and no exterior pressure is placed on PH to act.
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“Survivors of Covid-19 experienced long-term symptoms, new disability, increased breathlessness, and reduced quality of life. Findings were even present in young, previously healthy working age adults, and most common in younger females.”
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The implication ► Evoking the concept of stability leads people to feel that our risk is not increasing, pandemic management is working/has worked, and by extension that the deranged PH policy recommendations are defensible.
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The 11 page report goes on to state:
“Policy responses need to take into account the complexity of long COVID. Public health response to COVID-19 needs to adequately address long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.”
All this in just this *one* report.
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Part 1: On June 12, 2023 I submitted a Right to Information request to the Office of the Premier asking for records referenced during, related to, or produced as a result of the New Brunswick government’s review of EECD
#Policy713
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To do this, every statement from Public Health has a consciously authoritative frame that surrounds the statement and provides context in which the public interprets the statement.
There is ► the statement.
There is ► the implication.
And there is ► the truth.
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Today marks one year since New Brunswick Public Health and
@Gov_NB
ceased all pandemic mitigation, outright abandoning 800 thousand people to a highly transmissible, ubiquitous, neurotropic, vasculotropic, cardiotropic pathogen.
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“Vax and relax” complacency serves only to increase the hazard to those who can not count on surviving an infection. Even minimizers admit the disease is problematic for the latter but do not seem to see how coddling individuals directly causes downstream harm.
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The first OCSO Evidence document included in our RTI response was labeled “Number 5”, suggesting that the communications began in April 2021 (we have filed a separate request with the Federal Government for access to all OCSO reports and their recipients).
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The implication ► covid is only a risk to the unhealthy, disabled, or infirm; categories to which the vast majority of people would not knowingly assign themselves.
If covid is only unsafe to the unhealthy, if you are healthy you are safe.
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As we will see, this framing mechanism is pervasive in Public Health comms since they lost the plot in December 2021.
As omicron took hold across the world, we heard the statement that ► this variant was "mild."
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It’s convenient and self soothing/serving to believe we’re getting more sick more often because we didn’t play out in the virusphere enough, but our memories are short and our collective immune systems are compromised by an ubiquitous immunodeficiency producing pathogen.
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On April 1, 2022, PoP NB submitted a RTI request to the NB DoH asking for records referencing the removal of the mandatory order, the criteria for removing the mandatory order, and justification for removing the mandatory order. we received one, single, damning document.
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These nineteen reports include 340 studies on Long Covid, 79 media items on the condition, and 44 commentaries, letters and professional opinions on evidence and policy recommendations. They also include 37 resources for patients, doctors, and policy makers.
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No member of PH or the DoH has ever provided any of this information to the people of NB.
The full reports and the preliminary list of recipients are available here.
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This level of abandonment is sociopathic and criminal.
The full letter is available here.
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The outcome ► A false sense of security develops out of the implication of mildness. An inferred reduction in hazard leads to a demonstrable reduction in public precaution. Lack of situational awareness is ensured and no exterior pressure is placed on PH to act.
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Twenty-eight months have passed since this letter was sent to our Chief Medical Officer of Health. No reply was made. No research was provided. No answers were given No support was implemented within our province.
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Additionally, this disease does not simply stop at one vaccinated individual. It moves on to their friends and family... and on to strangers... and on again from them.
And it finds the individuals for whom a Covid-19 infection is not something to simply endure.
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During the record setting influenza and RSV season which began in 2022, we saw ► Covid-19 quietly grouped with “other respiratory illnesses.”
The seemingly innocuous shorthand serves to further minimize the severity of virus that has killed 1 in every 1000 New Brunswickers.
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“More than a third of our COVID-19 patients presented persistent symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection, particularly through loss of smell, loss of taste, fatigue, and dyspnea, with a high prevalence in HCWs among COVID-19 outpatients.”
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Plausible deniability enthusiasts take note.
This is how you answer the airborne question to allow yourself the flexibility at any future date to claim either "I said Covid was airborne" or "I did not say Covid was airborne."
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On tone policing.
I often see suggestions that since a decent number of people survive Covid-19 infection without death or visible disability, people least at risk should not be subject to information that could cause them undue concern.
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Leger claims the focus of PH is on prevention (a concept, in regards to Covid-19 which was wholly abandoned by Public Health mere weeks prior) but displays no awareness that prevention of infection is equal to prevention of long term complications.
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