Thread by @picardonhealth, ‘Human rights don’t have a best-before date’: #COVID19 lays bare rampant ageism, [...]

André Picard

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‘Human rights don’t have a best-before date’: #COVID19 lays bare rampant ageism, by ⁦ @picardonhealth⁩ via ⁦ @GlobeDebate⁩ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-human-rights-dont-have-a-best-before-date-covid-19-lays-bare/

‘Human rights don’t have a best-before date’: COVID-19 lays bare rampant ageism

We need not look any further than the horror story unfolding in nursing homes and long-term care facilities to see how prejudices about older people permeate public policy

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-human-rights-dont-have-a-best-before-date-covid-19-lays-bare/

B.C. Tory MP @MarcDalton says businesses could re-open because most #COVID19 deaths are long-term care residents and most of them will die soon anyway https://globalnews.ca/news/6813593/marc-dalton-tweet-coronavirus-care-home-economy/ via @globalnews #ageism

B.C. MP deletes tweet about economy reopening if most COVID-19 deaths linked to care homes

Marc Dalton had said the average life expectancy in care homes is two years, and 65 per cent usually die in the first year after moving in.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6813593/marc-dalton-tweet-coronavirus-care-home-economy/

For those asking what the deleted tweet said exactly, here is a screen grab.

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