Exactly 2 months after this thread, @JM_Whiteside is having a press conference about #bced & Covid Safety.

Did the new minister pay attn to #RedFlagCovidBC, or will she continue the “economy-over-citizens” @bcndp approach? Let’s see how many 🚩 from 🧵below are solved... https://twitter.com/jheighton3/status/1335030996438118400
And since then, a whole lot of evidence has confirmed school staff’s & parents’ concerns about inadequate protection in #bced.

1) UK epidemiologist summarizes UK SAGE report, proving that kids in schools were more likely to be the index case, taking 🦠 home to families: https://twitter.com/dr2nisreenalwan/status/1345661874302578689
2) 🇨🇦 epidemiologist @DGBassani summarizes the Montreal study that shows school-aged children, w/ similar protocols to #bced, can drive the pandemic, especially in low-income neighbourhoods: https://twitter.com/dgbassani/status/1349112489636749312
3) And more transmissible #NewVariants have emerged, showing more spread amongst all age groups, proving that additional school safety measures will be needed to prevent exponential growth of 🦠:
#bced https://twitter.com/dgbassani/status/1349835584529965059
4) Also, data on #LongCovid reveals that this is a major health concern and that it’s better to aim for #COVIDzero so less of your population will suffer from these long term effects (which also prevent them from working; how does that help the economy?) https://twitter.com/dr2nisreenalwan/status/1352328791662751745?s=21 https://twitter.com/dr2nisreenalwan/status/1352328791662751745
5) Even a @CBC investigation into #LongCovid is alarming and should be recommended watching by all 🇨🇦 politicians. Again, this is why we need a #COVIDzero approach followed by better protections in #bced schools: https://twitter.com/jheighton3/status/1353025788199673856
6) Increased testing of children proves that more carry the virus than initially thought, missed because children are often asymptomatic:

🇳🇿 epidemiologist: https://twitter.com/drzoehyde/status/1354348536368746501
These are just some of the studies & data that prove #bced should get every 🚩solved, that I raised in that Dec 🧵. Especially because #bced classes are indoors, several hrs, no distancing, no 😷mandate.

The evidence is all there. What side of history will @bcndp end up on? 😳
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