Mike Hanafin (mhanafin.bsky.social)
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@FoodProfessor
just keep toadying for the billionaires. How the f*ck are we supposed to know "how much is too much profit"? We don't have the mindsets of these greedy bastards. Taking potshots at people having the nerve to use term "GREEDFLATION" shows where your interests are lodged. Screw you
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She lied right to our faces. They knew &
@adriandix
played along. Stellar journalism that took FOI request (not easy in BC--thanks NDP) to get truth. These are NOT people to be trusted. Will
@GlobalBC
/
@cbcnewsbc
follow up? Or continue as DBH cheerleaders?
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@RonanFarrow
@michaelluo
@benyt
Exactly the type of response I expected from you, dignified, measured, and clear--to a smear job that isn't fit to line the bottom of a bird cage. Shame on
@nytimes
--the same paper that gave us 140 front page "Hillary's emails" stories, then the "we were wrong" story on Page 20
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Nice to see
@CBCNews
do this story properly, calling out the corruption and cronyism of the for-profit LTC world--basically repeating what
@DrVivianS
has been shouting from the rooftops for years. And astutely letting Dr V say it in her own words too. Dr V is a bloody hero.
Ontario promised to fix long-term care. Now it’s letting companies with poor records expand. We discuss with
@DrVivianS
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@carolemacneil
@charlesadler
@PresidentCBCRC
@adriearsenault
The question I would have preferred was: "Would the audience notice if we didn't have 70 layers of
@CBC
executives?"
Keep journalists, cut half the execs and various PR staff.
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Well done
@DrFiliatrault
!
"On a TV talk show in December, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said “putting a mask mandate in schools is not going to stop the spread of influenza or RSV.”
There is no scientific basis for this statement."
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That screaming you heard at my place was when she said Omicron "came out of the blue"
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RIP to my Mom Phyllis Hanafin-passed away peacefully on May 10 at Lakeside LTC in Toronto after a short illness due to Covid-19, & after many years of horrible impacts of dementia. She was 88. Photos from my "Christmas surprise" visit of 2011, and my last time with her in May '22
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Last week finally had my first (and hopefully last) bout of COVID. Despite virtually zero mentions from BC PH mgmt (and 🇨🇦🇺🇸 PH in general) COVID is still here, never went away, and nothing is being done to stop it from spreading.
#bcpoli
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After careful consideration (& 30 yrs in media), I am embarrassed for the BC media landscape. There are exceptions I continue to applaud & follow/retweet, but so much BC "journalism" has taken a backseat to cheerleading & pandering to agendas that don't reflect reality.
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Every word. I wish I had written this--reflects everything I think about this dishonest snake of a corporate
#bcpoli
politician.
Horgan now working (at nice price tag) for coal company he was allegedly regulating (and covering for) just a few months ago.
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@AC360
Well done
@JeffreyToobin
for bringing this up. In the video he's laughing hard at trump's disgusting joke. Yet he still tries to pretend he disapproves of Pompeo's treatment of the NPR reporters. Add that to his "I kept my underware on" nonsense with Epstien.
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@CPHO_Canada
respectfully, you would have been better not to tweet anything, if that's your year-end take. Govt/PH took virtually no serious precautions--in fact, lifted most of ones that might have been effective, and allowed PHOs (led by BC's Dr Henry) to do even less. No praise earned
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BC waves white flag, thanks to Dr Henry. They're already working hard to suppress evidence that makes this decision look foolish. Will I keep wearing my N95 in healthcare settings? Damn right. Because--unlike
@adriandix
/Bonnie Henry--I care about HCW & people in general
#bcpoli
BREAKING: B.C. removes universal mandatory mask-wearing mandate in hospital and health-care settings
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I would be embarrassed as a journalist to have this tweet on my timeline. I mean...really? Is this what
#bcpoli
does to reporters?
NEW - The independent COVID-19 report found B.C. had a strong overall response to the pandemic, and the public trust built by the calm and competent daily press conferences led by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry contributed significantly to that success.
#bcpoli
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@KatharineSmart
quick question--how often has
@DFisman
been wrong on any important Covid-related/epidemiology-related issue concerning Public Health measures? How often has Dr Henry been wrong, or ignored Precautionary Principle in making decisions? Might be uncomfortable answers, but it's truth
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They lied to us, sneered at ppl who called out their lying--many insider-type "access-journalists" (Baldrey especially) defended them, attacked/blocked anyone daring to criticize. Policies around precautions at schools allowed 70-80% of kids to become infected, and they're proud?
Study coauthored by Dr. Bonnie Henry documents colossal increase in COVID-19 in Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley via
@georgiastraight
@jheighton3
@SafeSchoolsBC
@Protect_BC
@DrFiliatrault
#COVID19
#BonnieHenry
#bced
#bcpoli
@bcgreens
@DrKarinaZeidler
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How has
@adriandix
not resigned, or been removed? And how does the management of
@VanIslandHealth
keep their jobs as well? Or is this the "Dr Reka effect"?
#bcpoli
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As many feared, Bonnie Henry dropping mandatory masking requirements in healthcare facilities.
@adriandix
, this is on you...and hopefully you are sent to political oblivion as soon as humanly possible.
Disgusting decision.
#bcpoli
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Walked through Shaughnessy today with friend and dogs and couldn't help but notice so many homes with no signs of human activity. Many more behind fortress-like fences and hedges. And couldn't help but thinking of
@mortimer_1
Nice moss-covered driveways.
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FINALLY someone in modest position of authority in BC (mildly) criticizing Dr Henry. Only modestly, but still nice to see someone not applauding her every move.
Do Baldrey and the rest of the DBH cheerleading team (incl politicians) get out their knives?
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@lisa_iannattone
I think there's a correlation between the results of this poll, and the very wise/astute/caring person the participants follow on here, for the great information, and advice.
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DBH flooding the zone with so much data/graphs that no average person could possibly understand so quickly. Showing a bunch of graphs that scream "the time to act was a month ago!!". But her tone of voice says "you're on your own, good luck"(&wash hands)
@adriandix
co-conspirator
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I notice
@GlobalBC
hasn't touched this story (yet, as of Thursday morning's website scan).
Meanwhile, Global Halifax had to cancel their Thursday morning show, due to staff Covid/other illnesses.
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Can you imagine if we had people as wise and honest as
@1goodtern
in charge of Public Health? In Canada, or anywhere? Instead of the negligent minimizers and "natural/hybrid immunity" pushers who influenced so much of the public to deny reality?
#longcovid
#CovidIsntOver
#bcpoli
I don't often push in conversations, but yesterday I pushed.
Him: "Why don't we see T so much any more?"
Me: "He has Long Covid."
Him: "No, he doesn't, he has a post-viral condition after that infection he had last year."
Me: "You mean after that Covid infection?"
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@adriandix
@GlobalBC
@cbcnewsbc
I applaud journalist(s)/journalism outlets
@CapitalDailyVic
@BurnabyBeacon
responsible for this piece, but also BC citizens/orgs (incl.
@Protect_BC
& others) documenting all the lies/data manipulation for 2+ yrs, while being attacked by the Baldrey/Shaw DBH cheerleader types.
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@bubbaprog
The fly said.. "if the moderator isn't going to enforce any time limits or rules about actually answering questions, then I am going to make sure this is the only thing anyone remembers about this debate"
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Two days after getting completely scooped by 2 independent media outlets, major BC outlets start to respond--thanks to
@SoniaFurstenau
bringing it up in BC Legislature.
CBC weighs in (correctly crediting
@CapitalDailyVic
and
@bbybeacon
for their story).
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This calls for a maskless gala of Victoria elites!
Pediatric hospital wards across the country are full of sick kids, and B.C. is no exception.
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The definition of "Bloated":
“64 vice presidents across the health authorities, we have just an absolute multitude of managers and project managers.”
Yet everywhere else on the front lines suffering from under-staffing.
@adriandix
@bcndp
#bcpoli
legacy.
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This article sums up the borderline criminal negligence we're dealing with in BC under Dr Henry
@adriandix
&
@VCHhealthcare
As usual, truth-telling from
@DrFiliatrault
: “Outbreaks in long-term care have never gone away; what has changed is the reporting"
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Shaw grits his teeth to write this.
It pisses off establishment media insiders like Shaw/Baldrey/others that they had zero control over this story. Tried to ignore it, spent weekend picking a side thinking
#bcpoli
system would work as it usual does, & it blew up in their faces
Rob Show: Score-settling on the minds of some as Selina Robinson turfed from cabinet
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More integrity in little finger than entire BC PH management. Called out bloated/Comms-driven bureaucracy, and that was *verboten* “The health authority’s positive narrative was the only thing that mattered to them, and my focus was always on my patients.”
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A "settlement"
Not: "we shut down Telus Health, an obvious corporate scam to create two-tier for-profit healthcare, allowing us to underfund Public Healthcare".
A "settlement". Dix gets to act proud,
#bcpoli
media buys it & lobbyists celebrate...again.
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@jillreports
so many people are sick, thanks to Public Health officials relying solely on vaccination, dropping mask requirements and not adhering to the Precautionary Principle of medicine. This was avoidable.
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Curious when
@GlobalBC
gets around to mentioning
@KenSimCity
Integrity Commissioner story. Never touched it Tuesday despite the explosive special council meeting. And so far nothing on their website about the VSB chair quitting
@Vote4ABC
due to the party's moves. Odd.
#vanpoli
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Nice--CP has picked up story, so it will *thankfully* get some coverage--even on websites of BC media outlets that would normally have given it a pass (no criticism allowed!) Like Global BC. Will Baldrey touch it? How do you defend 70-80% kids infection?
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Mr Palmer comes oh-so-close to pointing finger at DBH for failure to learn lessons from her 1st failure--SARS-while with Toronto Public Health in 2003.
But at least Palmer has read the 2003 review inquiry report, and sees the same patterns showing up now
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Nice to see
@brish_ti
--who broke numerous Public Health stories for Capital Daily Victoria before the "tech bros" gutted that outlet--now breaking stories for
@ricochet_en
. Still sourcing front-line HCW, not lying management mannequins, Dix, or Comms.
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@ianhanomansing
If prov govts funded Public Health with *entire* amount of Federal transfers instead of skimming million$ off to general revenue to decrease deficits (Ont & others) Public system would be capable of handling all services. Intentionally under-funded/broken to allow corporations in
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This sums it up quite well. “Hybrid immunity has largely been debunked. Promoting illness to promote wellness is a flawed way of thinking and demonstrates an ignorance regarding the ramifications of COVID infections.”
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Glad
@richardzussman
included DBH clip about only needing a 2nd booster "if you're going on a cruise ship". Reveals so much about the mindset and Public Health priorities. Not the masses of people *wanting* the 2nd booster. Just people who can afford to book a Cruise ship vacay
WATCH: B.C. has more than 225,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine set to expire next month. This as the province still has no plan to provide most people under the age of 70 with a fourth dose.
@RichardZussman
has more.
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How has
@adriandix
not resigned as Health Minister?
And if not resigning, how has he not been fired?
#bcpoli
'I'm so broken': Grieving family speaks out after B.C. cancer patient awaiting treatment chooses MAID
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How has BC Health Minister
@adriandix
not resigned yet? Or been fired? Or rest of BC Public Health mgmt (75 vice presidents across all regional health associations)
#bcpoli
“Every day you wake up, it’s fingers crossed hoping you have a hospital that day, that’s where we’re at"
"Its not way to run a health-care system"
'Do something, anything,' Merritt mayor pleads as critical senior at closed ER taken to Kamloops via
@VancouverSun
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Dr Bonnie Henry will never admit to watching this UK inquiry. Neither will
@adriandix
, or
@CDCofBC
. Because for them, it would be akin to admitting they've been blowing it all this time.
All their bullsh*t about "following the science" was a way to avoid doing their jobs.
#bcpoli
Covid is airborne.
It was so difficult for people in power to admit this because of the ramifications for keeping people safe from Covid.
So now we just don’t bother. 😢
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@richardzussman
"we're in a good place"
"masks are a blunt tool"
"kids are not vectors of transmission"
The list goes on and on. They lied right to our faces. And to your faces. And people on your TV station covered for them, and protected their reputations, and chided anyone who dared criticize
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This totally showing the "kind" but medically infantile influence
#BonnieHenry
is having on
@adriandix
.
To say something this dumb in public as HEALTH MINISTER? Spits in face of vulnerable ppl.
Love to see Minister Dix repeat this line in future debate with
@SKGandhiMD
#bcpoli
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix: "We felt it was important during this period when COVID cases were relatively lower that we have a period where doctors and nurses and healthcare workers could see...each other's faces. Which has its value, right?"
I'm sorry what?!
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@cpso_ca
@smith_chris12
@KingstonHSC
stunning lack of awareness by a) doctors and others in that room--none wearing an N95 or better mask, and b) the Comms person tweeting this out.
Failure on all parts. But sure, pat yourselves on the back.
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Just had doctor appointment and so happy to see that my doctor & all staff were still masked--many with N95s. That's a caring and conscious decision in light of DBH and
@adriandix
callously and stupidly lifting mask requirements in "healthcare settings". I made sure to thank them
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@fumano
In last 3 years of my mom's dementia-impacted life (RIP) one of her few pleasures was looking out windows of LTC which overlooked a daycare. Watching kids play & parents come and go made her smile.
I cannot imagine thought process of people fighting this & city staff killing it
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@BogochIsaac
@adamsmiller
The article is embarrassing, and so is this tweet. Yet again.
Sad to see someone with this platform applaud misinformation and disingenuous cherry-picked narratives, that ignore pediatric sickness, and Long Covid. And this:
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Thread of the day and contender for thread of the month, and year. If only
@CBCTheNational
would put THIS GUY on television, instead of the same people time and again, who are consistently wrong and yet still dismissive of actual experts who might have helped if they'd been heard
Well, not sure engineers are the ones who should be telling you about PPE, that would be occupational hygienists. That said, I’ve been trained in & used far more forms of PPE than an ID doc who has never worked in a BSL4 lab.
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Narrator: No one
@GlobalBC
seemed to be bothered that
@keithbaldrey
admits he sat on biggest
#bcpoli
story of last 6 months, because he was more interested in defending a *Cabinet Minister*, and texting his MLA friends than reporting actual news. Crony journalism. Blames public!
Minister Selina Robinson's resignation "did not come as a result of the elected political opposition...but by unelected people."
Indeed.
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@seattletimes
I'm "scratching my head" that they're confused about: a) a people who died can't work, b) people too sick to work can't work, and c) people seeing a) and b), and choosing not to work, to avoid forced exposure to deadly virus, just so a billionaire can buy another private plane.
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To Shaw, criticism of DBH is
#bcpoli
transgression, so this is typical. Shaw is first/foremost a *political* reporter who sees everything thru political lens. Anyone still fighting for protections is extreme/fringe. Fact: Covid doesn't care about politics
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Behold the most ridiculous thing you'll hear a medical "professional" say with straight face--adding emphatic hand waves to indicate her confidence (with slice of derisiveness thrown in).
Any parent must watch this and go "what the hell?"
And once again, ZERO data to back it up
Kids are actively dying from preventable illnesses they picked up in our schools, and health officials refuse—still—to do anything to protect them.
Instead, they're going out of their way to maintain the fiction that schools, as configured, are safe.
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👀
Might sound harsh but needs to be said--from
@tamarataggart
's unique, caring mom perspective. Glad she gets
@vancolour
's unfiltered/non-Comms approved platform to speak truth to Public Health mgmt (esp DBH/Dix), who won't like this.
Compare to late-night now-deleted KB tweets
“This is eugenics…”
My friend
@tamarataggart
doesn’t mince words in her response to British Columbia’s decision to lift mask mandates in hospitals and long-term care facilities.
🔥🔥🔥
Watch it TONIGHT at 9pm!
This is VANCOLOUR
@CHEK_News
📺
(right after Steele & Vance!)
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Ironically, one of the best reviews of the failures of Public Health management, from the National Post! Including--an absolute take-down of Dr.
#BonnieHenry
. Will
@adriandix
,
@PHSAofBC
,
@VCHhealthcare
ever read this?
#bcpoli
via
@nationalpost
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All well and good, but when people see golf courses using so much water, LNG fracking sites sucking water out of ground, and Nestle selling tap water, can they be excused for being skeptical?
NDP isn't doing anything serious to combat climate change.
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wow...a first. In response to Baldrey's excellent question, DBH leaks out today's case numbers (1300) during the briefing!
"Keith, follow up?"
"No, thanks".
That is just amazing. NO FOLLOW UP QUESTION from Global's SENIOR Legislative reporter.
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@amandalhu
@CBC
at some point, you get the feeling that producers
@CBCTheNational
are fully on board with the Urgency of Normal ideology, based on the voices getting platformed. The credible voices like Dr. Vipond (just one of many) apparently don't have publicists pitching appearances
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Just back from Ontario, & took advantage of trip to get my second booster, since (thanks to DBH and
@adriandix
), I have to be 70 to get it in BC. It's ridiculous that I am forced to this measure, to protect my own health, and the health of others around me. And she gets awards?
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When do
@globalbc
@CTVVancouver
report the Robinson story properly? (and not just a Canadian Press website story on Global's website). Why no mention of it Friday?
@cbcnewsbc
@CBCVancouver
ran it (24 minutes in). Is NDP or Govt Comms trying to squash it?
#bcpoli
Are Indigenous people not regular people?! She needs to resign. Full stop.
#ResignSelinaRobinson
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Thanks
@DFisman
for calling out this continued nonsense. They always spin this into worst-case scenario framing-ignoring legitimate desires to *limit* spread & spinning it into "you Covid Zero people are unrealistic". They stick together like glue, with same script to dismiss us
Not sure why you’re running interference for Bonnie Henry on masking,
@BogochIsaac
You’re a smart guy. You understand reproduction numbers. This is an absolutely terrible framing of an intervention that reduces risk by 80% + when used properly.
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How about it
@UBC
and
@SFU
?
Brave enough to defy DBH? And do the right thing at the right time? (actually, September would have been right time, but today good too)
It takes institutional bravery to do the right thing. Thank you,
@UWaterloo
, for leading.
Institutional bravery is in short supply. That makes it even more socially important and valuable.
This will literally help keep children off ICU ventilators by limiting COVID, Flu, RSV.
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Never in my (long) life have I been more disappointed with a government I voted for. And it's
@bcndp
. Never again in this province.
Kudos to
@VaughnPalmer
for describing this
#bcpoli
farce. via
@VancouverSun
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@PennyDaflos
@CTVVancouver
In a sane world, this kind of story would lead to multiple forced resignations and/or firings. In current BC PH mgmt/Comms world, nothing. And if Dix/DBH/Daly ever bother to comment, they'll spin some weasel words and request more FOIs (at a price).
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@DeanaL
"not from strangers at the mall, on transit, or in a gondola" is kind of delusional BS would expect from comms (butterflies & rainbow unicorns) ppl we have in mgmt of BC Public Health
@VCHhealthcare
. Airborne pathogen doesn't fly around differentiating between strangers &friends
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@JoshGreggain
@CSPLeaders
and...Doctors of BC leader, I wouldn't let her treat my hangnail. So tired of all this "saintly DBH" nonsense. She refused to acknowledge
#Covidisairborne
and flat out lied to the people of BC on numerous occasions. She put me, my friends, my family at risk with her lax decisions
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I am still stupefied by a sitting Vancouver City Councillor (who stopped following me for obvious reasons) "asking questions" about
#Cloudseeding
as a short term solution to the BC wildfires, when the only clouds anyone sees right now are clouds of smoke.
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@tired_elle
cue the crying. Not a group that deals well with regulation, since most of the industry relies on lack of regulation
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Can you imagine a world where people like
@edyong209
were in charge of Public Health? Someone who would put actual public health first & foremost--not catering to biz lobbyists/political influence. And without Comms and media fluffing to enhance their public profiles...unlike BC
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If
@adriandix
had a shred of decency and integrity, he'd resign immediately. And if he refused,
@Dave_Eby
should fire him. How many of these stories and experiences do we have to read? cont...
#bcpoli
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She doesn't get it, because what she said originally is what she believes.
@bcndp
Comms (and
@Dave_Eby
+ his Comms staff) had a whole weekend to write this, and this is the best they could do? More
#bcpoli
word salads, to avoid what needs to be done--resignation, or firing.
Statement from Selina Robinson following comments she made last week where she characterized the land Israel was created on as “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it”. Calls for her resignation continue
#bcpoli
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@CanadasLifeline
poor decision, very poor decision. For an organization needing blood donations, to make the experience *less safe* for donors and your own staff, defies imagination. Especially with new wave here and more coming. Which person in a suit made this decision? Dismiss them.
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Adios
@selinarobinson
what a ridiculous waste of time and energy to finally get you to step down (actually, be fired).
It took
@Dave_Eby
FOUR DAYS to read the
#bcpoli
tea-leaves and waste Comms time writing lame apologies, to finally do what should have been done Friday.
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What a freaking disaster we have in Public Health under
@adriandix
& various Health Authorities. Not the first such death at Abbotsford Hospital. Is it a staffing issue? Management? I'm sure
@Fraserhealth
has teams of Comms ready to gloss over it.
#bcpoli
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@richardzussman
No lie detected. At least 1 politician (not strictly controlled by Govt Comms & other flunkies like Meggs) is willing to seriously do what most media have failed to do--call out DBH & Health Min for not doing their jobs to *protect* Public Health. So, applause to
@SoniaFurstenau
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The “well-known Canadian” accused of sexually, physically & emotionally abusing students in late 60s/early 70s--is JOHN FURLONG, who was granted anonymity by the inquiry.
But not by me.
Deep into a Human Rights Inquiry, BC Asks to Weigh In via
@TheTyee
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Nice to see
@PennyDaflos
back to exposing BC Public Health's slippery slide to corporatization. One
@adriandix
#bcndp
step at a time. Merry Christmas corporations!
#bcpoli
Health-care boost or profit-driven bureaucracy? B.C. offers virtual care contract
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@AliVelshi
@HowardSchultz
I love watching the ratios with any tweet from, or about this guy. Universally un-loved. Another grandstanding egomaniac billionaire, who thinks wealth translates to relevance. Good for
@AliVelshi
for not rolling over like others have.
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@DFisman
@Cynthia59227079
Can confirm.
With biggest Comms-generated (& taxpayer-paid for) civil-servant-myth-building PR campaign imaginable--completely bought & sold by
@GlobalBC
media enablers, who attack any questioners of DBH myth. While deaths soar/hospital ERs overflow. Dix cries crocidile tears
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Unfortunately BC PH management--especially Dr Henry, have never been overly keen to admit even the slightest mistakes/missteps. So while this piece completely points a finger at DBH's "COVID doesn't go around corners" drivel (one of her "greatest hits"), they'll just ignore it.
If those with decision making power could just embrace this science & mandate indoor air quality standards, the public health & societal impact would be profound.
Indoor air systems crucial to curbing spread of viruses, aerosol researchers say - CBS News
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I keep asking
@kensimcity
: What does it take to get a police chief fired in this city? Palmer should be fired--immediately. How many more scandals will it take?
#vanpoli
Also, will any of the officers involved face serious consequences--for a homicide?
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Brilliant doesn't do this justice.
@thejuicemedia
usually skewers Australian (Australien!) govts/politicians for kissing up to Big Oil, Fossil Fuel extractors, & monopolist billionaires. But they noticed it was happening here too.
Great cameos from Galen, Jimmy P, and
@jjhorgan
The Canadian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! 🇨🇦
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@DFisman
@RevivalCare
the
#DavosSafe
hashtag is likely the best thing to come out of Davos in years.
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John Horgan vibes coming from this compromised
#bcpoli
dinosaur. Trying to shame people for applauding party genuinely trying to do what they can to keep us healthy. And defending BC Public Health management continually ignoring Precautionary Principle/"do no harm".
#voteGreens
Sincere
#apologies
to all in BC for giving the
@BCGreens
a platform to put out destructive rhetoric undermining the initiatives of our public health officers
#bcpoli
. I was profoundly concerned about lack of political discourse on climate policy.
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naw, you'll hear message loud & clear in next election, when so many people who have voted nothing but
@bcndp
in their lives (like me) abandon you, like BCNDP have abandoned us. And that was *before* this leadership sham. Your seat might be safe, but party has earned this scorn
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@wef
@GretaThunberg
@TIME
Misquoting Greta is very on-brand. I'm glad she called you on it. Exactly the reason why she keeps repeating these stats over and over again, because so many refuse to even try to understand what they mean.
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Kudos to
@ianmulgrew
for perfect lede: "Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer is obviously a shining example to his officers given how they emulate him--unfortunately, it’s his brazen disdain for public oversight that they mostly follow."
@KenSimCity
-fire him
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Tonight's
@PennyDaflos
story on CTV was on fire. With a who's-who of critics of the BC govt and PHO/DBH covid response and resistance to accept
#COVIDisAirborne
. Including call from expert for a public inquiry. Segment starts at 7:30 mark. Worth the watch.
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Didn't BC PHO Dr Bonnie Henry try to diminish this (like she diminishes just about everything) just a week or so ago?
I believe
@frozen
has receipts.
B.C.
#AvianInfluenza
cases rise rapidly in unprecedented, deadly outbreak. Farm biosecurity measures that worked in past outbreaks don't seem to be working as well this time. It's unclear why, by
@glendaluymes
via
@VancouverSun
#H5N1
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Well done
@Lucyincanada
/
@pwaldkirch
. Shame on
@Vote4ABC
for once again putting cars first, no matter how crafty they think they are to disguise it. We vote out the NPA anti-bike candidates, just to get this version of NPA with a new
#vanpoli
name?
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Don't let the door hit you too hard on the way out
@jjhorgan
, you disgraceful, petulant little man-child.
.
@A_MacLeod_Tyee
asks Premier Horgan why members of BC NDP executive, which voted to disqualify Anjali Appadurai, not publicly named. Horgan says he is frustrated with Green Party “thuggery.”
“I think I’m done here.”
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Another Tyee/Andrew Nikiforuk gem worth reading. I'll never forgive ppl in charge of BC PHealth-starting with
@adriandix
& his lobbyist-compliant "sainted" PHO Dr Henry. Their pathetic "take the easy way out/Let'r rip" approach spreads to
@CDCofBC
. No efforts to limit infection
Despite the rising number of COVID cases, overwhelmed hospitals and the tremendous long-term toll on individuals, prevention efforts have been abandoned.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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@GarnettGenuis
you are DISGUSTING for picking out this 14 sec clip without context. If you were honest you'd show entire answer--& you are clearly NOT HONEST.
It was clear she was referring to eliminating people who are suicidal *from consideration for MAID intervention*
Shame on you/
@CPC_HQ
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Kudos
@PennyDaflos
as usual for her dogged pursuit of this story, despite months (years?) of stonewalling by completely non-transparent
@bcndp
and HM
@adriandix
. Mismanagement started long ago. Dix should have been fired by
@Dave_Eby
ages ago
#bcpoli
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When
@jjhorgan
--quoting Dr. Henry--said "fatalities are part of life", we didn't realize he was *looking into the future*, not back
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Hope
@GlobalBC
shines local spotlight on BC Health Minister
@adriandix
who has overseen monumental bloat in BC PH administrative and executive spending, with little or no obvious benefit. For instance--64 regional Health Authority Vice Presidents. 64? What are they doing?
#bcpoli
The Canadian Medical Association says there should be better tracking of health-care spending, following agreements the federal government has signed with the provinces and territories.
READ MORE:
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