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It's become clear that there are too many Canadians getting their news in an echo chamber, completely unaware that many experts here oppose lockdowns. This thread compiles news stories on these Canadian experts. I hope it's a useful resource that gets this news shared widely.
“The COVID suppression view is becoming a marginalized view,” says Dr. Neil Rau. “Once you have an endemic level of COVID, the economic fallout and carnage [of much larger lockdowns] would be so great that it’s not worth it.” https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/time-for-a-more-balanced-approach-say-ontario-doctors-concerned-with-restrictions
"We can't just live in a bubble and have a life of no risk. Everything we do has consequences," said Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng. "That shop owner or restaurant owner that now can't fund their kid's education because they've shut down, that has consequences." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/covid-19-reopening-reaction-front-line-health-care-workers-1.5792703
Health experts press Ottawa for a more ‘balanced approach’ to tackling COVID-19 pandemic https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-health-experts-press-ottawa-for-a-more-balanced-approach-to-tackling/
'We have to learn to live with' COVID rather than react to numbers, says Dr. Vivek Goel, the founding CEO of Public Health Ontario: https://torontosun.com/news/national/we-have-to-learn-to-live-with-covid-rather-than-react-to-numbers-top-public-health-expert
"Lockdowns have been shown not to eliminate the virus. While they slow the spread of the virus, this only lasts as long as the lockdown lasts. This creates a situation where there is no way to end the lockdown", 20 experts write in an open letter: https://www.healthing.ca/opinion/columnists/doctors-urge-localized-approach-not-sweeping-lockdown-in-open-letter-to-doug-ford/wcm/2a19968b-6421-4707-9e80-2112cddeba3f
“The main message I want to get across is I want people to adhere to public health measures and try to do their part, but locking people up is not the answer,” says Dr. Gil Nimni, who works as an emergency physician in York Region https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-er-doctor-breaks-down-why-more-lockdowns-arent-the-answer
"What if everything we are doing to protect the elderly from coronavirus is causing irreparable harm, including more deaths, to our children?" write four female medical experts concerned about the lockdowns: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-as-physicians-mothers-and-daughters-we-have-concerns-with-covid-19-rules
Dr. Susan Richardson, the former head of microbiology at SickKids, explains her concerns with lockdowns in this audio interview: https://soundcloud.com/canadatalks/national-post-radio-susan-richardson
"It is important to point out that more than 95% of COVID-19 deaths occurred in those over 60, compared with none under age 20. Protection of the former group deserves the most attention" Four experts calling for an end to the lockdowns back in the spring: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-we-are-infectious-disease-experts-its-time-to-lift-the-covid-19-lockdowns
“I am not for additional broad lockdowns,” says Dr. Robert Sargeant, who constructed and ran a hospital ward for COVID patients. “We need to be looking at high-risk individuals in high-risk settings and focusing our energy on that.” https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/doctor-on-covid-front-lines-speaks-out-on-why-more-lockdowns-arent-the-answer
