1/ There were countless theories put forward in 2020 on how we should deal with the #COVID19 pandemic. The most unscientific of them all was #Covidzero. To appreciate why, we must understand the concept of #endemic viruses; thread

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2/ According to the CDC, a disease is endemic when it is constantly or predictably prevalent within a population or region. Both #influenza & coronaviruses are #endemic; meaning that they constantly circulate within our population

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3/ Let’s look at the H1N1 influenza pandemic to illustrate how a resp. virus becomes endemic. #H1N1 entered the human population in 2008-2009. The following data is taken from the #US CDC’s Fluview Interactive tool

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4/ Prior to H1N1 entering the human population in 2008, if you look at prevalent influenza strains within the population, you cannot see any #H1N1 (orange colour) present. This is the 2006-2007 #flu season

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5/ Here is the 2007-2008 influenza strains in circulation in humans. Still no #H1N1 (orange colour) present

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6/ In the 2008-2009 flu season, when the H1N1 pandemic started, you can now see this resp. virus prevalent in the population (orange colour)

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7/ When H1N1 entered the human population, it was added to the list of already #endemic seasonal resp. viruses in circulation. Here is the 2010-2011 flu season, where you can see H1N1 still prevalent a year later

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8/ Here is the 2013-2014 #flu season. 5 years after H1N1 had entered humans, it was still circulating seasonally like all resp. viruses do

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9/ Even 10 years later looking at the 2019-2020 flu season, you can still see H1N1 prevalent in the flu season, following seasonality like all resp. viruses. H1N1 became endemic. Once a resp. virus becomes endemic, you cannot eliminate it

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10/ Influenza viruses are not the only viruses that become endemic, #endemic coronaviruses also exist. Here are the 4 endemic coronaviruses that circulate in humans every cold season

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11/ The #endemic coronaviruses also follow seasonal patterns likes endemic influenza viruses. We know COVID19 also follows seasonality:

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12/ We also know that reinfection w/ COVID19 can occur, immunity lasts ~6 months, & since most of the population has not been vaccinated, we can safely assume that we are in the #endemic phase of #COVID19

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13/ Knowing this, it is worrying to read #Covidzero proponents talk about elimination being the only option, when we have been co-existing w/ #endemic resp. viruses & we have never eliminated a resp virus once it has entered the population

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14/ It is also worrying that aggressive proponent of #covidzero & lockdowns, & member of the #Ontario Science & Modelling Table David Fisman has been paid private fees by both Astra-Zeneca & Pfizer vaccines, a significant conflict of interest

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15/ D.Fisman while being paid by companies producing #COVID19 vaccines, has also been hired as a consultant by the Teacher’s Federation of #Ontario where he has suggested among other things, that children in KG to grade 3 also wear masks

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16/ D.Fisman has previously also been funded by Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, & Novartis. Here is a thread outlining more conflicts of interest, among many other things:

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17/ If conflicts of interests from vaccine producing companies was not enough, Ontario Science Table member & lockdown proponent Tom Stewart was vacationing in the Caribbean since mid-December. He has since resigned

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18/ But what’s even more troubling is that Tom Stewart was also involved in a huge scandal in 2013 involving $256,000 at Mt. Sinai.

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19/ So as Canadians have been losing their lives & livelihoods due to lockdowns, the people promoting lockdowns & zerocovid have been cashing in from vaccine companies & taking vacations in the Caribbean

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20/ We need to dissolve the #Ontario Science Table, focus on vaccinating the elderly in LTC, & open up schools & the economy. Lockdowns have destroyed the health of Canadians & the economy, while the people promoting them haven’t missed a single one of their 6-figure pay checks