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A simple pointed question was asked of me yesterday. Does the C19 response end and when so? I& #39;m not clairvoyant but I& #39;m going with yes and relatively soon. Lets go through the reasoning. 1/
First, I& #39;m not being glib when I say that Canada& #39;s C19 response is the largest social policy disaster in Canadian history. It& #39;s collosal in breath, damaging every aspect of society. Sit for 5 mins and ponder that fact. Let it really sink in. 2/
Now ponder why our response has been so disastrous. Is it the virus itself? The answer is a resounding no. Medical science knows respiratory viruses and while this strain was new and of some concern, it isn& #39;t unprecedented. 3/
Our C19 response is a straight up policy failure, from start to finish, enabled by the ineptitude of our public health community. Its that simple and its ugly to watch, especially as it falls apart. 4/
So who is responsible? Find the purse strings and you find the chief architect. Its the federal gov& #39;t, the prime minister and Dr. Teresa Tam, Canada& #39;s chief public health officer. 5/
Dr. Tam made four glaring mistakes at the beginning which sent Canada into this tailspin. Lets go through them.
1) Over inflation of a viral threat.
2) Over reliance on unproven/arcane public health interventions including NPIs.
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1) Over inflation of a viral threat.
2) Over reliance on unproven/arcane public health interventions including NPIs.
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3) Recklessly coupling Canada& #39;s C19 response to vaccines.
4) No policy flexibility or ground level responsiveness.
All are serious mistakes by themselves but together it was a toxic brew that collapsed all policy options to one.
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4) No policy flexibility or ground level responsiveness.
All are serious mistakes by themselves but together it was a toxic brew that collapsed all policy options to one.
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Its hard to believe how niave the federal gov& #39;t was tying Canada& #39;s exit to vaccines. We weren& #39;t alone but these tools require careful development, they aren& #39;t toys. This isn& #39;t a hollywood movie or a make believe world. 8/
But as each policy action failed, we became evermore dependent on vaccines as our sole mean of salvation.
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Coronavirus vaccines are of course notoriously problematic and the developmental time window is far too short. But western gov& #39;ts have trapped themselves, thus they are being rushed out the door.
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Certainly an unwise strategy but a tell tale sign gov& #39;ts are heading to the exit. They want it over and the window of opportunity is small. They are out of policy options. It& #39;s that simple.
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I believe we have 5 more weeks of this mind numbing drivel before we back out of this dumpster fire. Canada is rushing vaccination and they know a fraction of people will fall sick but society is falling apart. 12/
You will see more noise in the coming weeks. When policies this big fail, its never pretty and much of it won& #39;t make sense. Politicians and MOHs are trying to scamble out, shift blame and attention. The legal ramifications are huge and careers are about to end.
