I've had 5 accidents while seat-belted, and none while unbelted. Anecdotally, I know that I accept a much higher degree of risk when belted in. Many argue against this very basic human reflex, but it is a reality.
Helmet fear-mongering was an interesting precursor to germophobe fear-mongering. In Canada, we lost that battle, because fear-mongering hysteria seems like Canada's true identity in the past 30 years, and now helmet mandates are ubiquitous. I see silly helmetted cyclists riding straight-flat-treeless-carless sections of old railways doing 10 km/h. Pure stupidty, just like masking.
There's been a shift among critics lately to: "do as you please just don't force others to do it". But this angle has a fatal flaw. Fear-mongering is highly contagious. And when the population of fear-mongered people reaches a critical mass, then the "personal" becomes mandatory.
Fear-mongering and hysteria are some of Canadians' worst traits. All all these neurotics now rule society.
No mechanism that only diminishes risk by 10, 20, 30% should ever be mandatory, under any excuse.
Now say that SCV2 killed 95% of humans, would it then be worth to be locked down forever, to "save us" ? No.
No matter how bad the virus, no matter how few people are left, civil liberties, body autonomy, self-determination, must come first.
All previous Pandemic Preparedness Plans had written down a resounding no to NPIs or any mandates, unless "extreme" urgency, whatever that means.
As to the point of "saving hospitals from overwhelming", a large percentage of Canadian hospitals are overwhelmed every single winter during flu season. People have forgotten the definition of flu season. Therefore, as stated, the "2 weeks to flatten the curve" did zero to change the area under the curve. Hospitals are always close to full, it's the way they optimise profits.
I too was initially prepared, and willing, for a 3 week lockdown, NOT to "flatten the curve", but to allow governments and hospitals to PREP. Acquire PPEs, make space, redistribute patients, hire extra staff for nursing homes, end shift rotations, and make people work in only one place, separate nursing homes into contagious and non contagious areas, get seniors outside as much as possible, pay gyms and fitness coaches ACROSS the country to give free fitness courses to all Canadians, send vitamin supplements to ALL Canadians, send healthy food to ALL Canadians in need, institute 3-4 week sick leave for ALL Canadians, so that sick people can stay home, switch to outside class time as much as possible, encourage kids to play outside and at playgrounds and on beaches, make Parks Canada entry FREE, make campgrounds free, provide hotel lodging to overly packed residences, etc, etc, etc.
Three weeks to turn around, to improve the metabolic health of citizens. This would have made Canadians healthier, made Canadians LESS sick, and cost way less than the 1.5 billion the Canadian government has spent on authoritarian measures. But this approach would have not generated profits to the Medical Industrial Complex, and have not favoured the elites that could work from home.
This is now Canada, and I just want to leave. I don't expect much better to come out of a Conservative government, Conservative elected officials have demonstrated 2+ years of spinelessness. So we are doomed.
After two years, I find it disturbing that two Canadian physicians are still toting the wonders of the mask. There are plenty of data now available to show that mandatory masking has deleterious effects, particularly for children. So many of the medical journals have already demonstrated that they are bought and paid for that it is incumbent upon physicians to look at ALL of the pertinent literature using common sense... something painfully absent in North America at this point. The more people jab, the longer this Covid hell will persist. Stop advocating for these useless injections that are ruining innate and naturally acquired immunity, which are superior to anything coming out of a needle.
Wonderful job interviewing! It was so nice to listen to this MOH without the feeling of being “dictated” to! Looking forward to the next interview. Thank you Chris.
It's so interesting that you compare with cycle helmets, motorcycle helmets, seat-belts. I used to be a cycle-courier in the 90s, no helmet. Cycling back then was my "identity", I had two, an urban cycle and a mountain cycle, and when helmet fear-mongering became a trend, there was a lot of push-back within cycling communities. Tons of articles from all around the world were discussed:
- How cycling laws reduced cycling by a 1/3 in the first countries to do this;
- How helmetted cyclists actually had more accidents than non-helmeted cyclists, due to them being under a false sense of safety;
- How body reflexes make it so that given a specific fall type, helmetted cyclists conked their head more frequently than unhelmetted cyclists, because the arms, neck, body, "know" where our flesh is, and our reflex-reaction is to prevent this collision, and the extra materials on your head increase the odds of head-conking;
- How car drivers drive closer to helmetted cyclists, compared to non-helmetted
- How cycle helmets are pretty useless against a motor-vehicle collision, just like most of the masking debate, cycle helmets testing was falling three feet off a stationary cycle;
- How helmets don't actually prevent concussion; they are most useful at preventing lacerations;
- How statistically, percentage-wise, there are way more concussions happening in the home and in cars than on cycles, so that "helmetting" is in effect a blame-shifting game, where the motorist can be relieved of guilt for hitting a cyclist if unhelmetted;
- and few other points. 20 years ago, I had all the articles on hand.
Anecdotally, I 'usually' wear a seat-belt on highways, I never wear one in urban centres. ...2/2
pt 2/2
I've had 5 accidents while seat-belted, and none while unbelted. Anecdotally, I know that I accept a much higher degree of risk when belted in. Many argue against this very basic human reflex, but it is a reality.
Helmet fear-mongering was an interesting precursor to germophobe fear-mongering. In Canada, we lost that battle, because fear-mongering hysteria seems like Canada's true identity in the past 30 years, and now helmet mandates are ubiquitous. I see silly helmetted cyclists riding straight-flat-treeless-carless sections of old railways doing 10 km/h. Pure stupidty, just like masking.
There's been a shift among critics lately to: "do as you please just don't force others to do it". But this angle has a fatal flaw. Fear-mongering is highly contagious. And when the population of fear-mongered people reaches a critical mass, then the "personal" becomes mandatory.
Fear-mongering and hysteria are some of Canadians' worst traits. All all these neurotics now rule society.
No mechanism that only diminishes risk by 10, 20, 30% should ever be mandatory, under any excuse.
Now say that SCV2 killed 95% of humans, would it then be worth to be locked down forever, to "save us" ? No.
No matter how bad the virus, no matter how few people are left, civil liberties, body autonomy, self-determination, must come first.
All previous Pandemic Preparedness Plans had written down a resounding no to NPIs or any mandates, unless "extreme" urgency, whatever that means.
As to the point of "saving hospitals from overwhelming", a large percentage of Canadian hospitals are overwhelmed every single winter during flu season. People have forgotten the definition of flu season. Therefore, as stated, the "2 weeks to flatten the curve" did zero to change the area under the curve. Hospitals are always close to full, it's the way they optimise profits.
I too was initially prepared, and willing, for a 3 week lockdown, NOT to "flatten the curve", but to allow governments and hospitals to PREP. Acquire PPEs, make space, redistribute patients, hire extra staff for nursing homes, end shift rotations, and make people work in only one place, separate nursing homes into contagious and non contagious areas, get seniors outside as much as possible, pay gyms and fitness coaches ACROSS the country to give free fitness courses to all Canadians, send vitamin supplements to ALL Canadians, send healthy food to ALL Canadians in need, institute 3-4 week sick leave for ALL Canadians, so that sick people can stay home, switch to outside class time as much as possible, encourage kids to play outside and at playgrounds and on beaches, make Parks Canada entry FREE, make campgrounds free, provide hotel lodging to overly packed residences, etc, etc, etc.
Three weeks to turn around, to improve the metabolic health of citizens. This would have made Canadians healthier, made Canadians LESS sick, and cost way less than the 1.5 billion the Canadian government has spent on authoritarian measures. But this approach would have not generated profits to the Medical Industrial Complex, and have not favoured the elites that could work from home.
This is now Canada, and I just want to leave. I don't expect much better to come out of a Conservative government, Conservative elected officials have demonstrated 2+ years of spinelessness. So we are doomed.
After two years, I find it disturbing that two Canadian physicians are still toting the wonders of the mask. There are plenty of data now available to show that mandatory masking has deleterious effects, particularly for children. So many of the medical journals have already demonstrated that they are bought and paid for that it is incumbent upon physicians to look at ALL of the pertinent literature using common sense... something painfully absent in North America at this point. The more people jab, the longer this Covid hell will persist. Stop advocating for these useless injections that are ruining innate and naturally acquired immunity, which are superior to anything coming out of a needle.
https://www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ltc-home-visitor-policies-are-cruel-unusual-punishment-5434338 I thought of this article showing cruelty in the name of Covid when you and Matt mentioned your next talk might include examples of unscientific cruelty perpetuated because of "The ScienceTM". Horribly sad and so unnecessary.
Wonderful job interviewing! It was so nice to listen to this MOH without the feeling of being “dictated” to! Looking forward to the next interview. Thank you Chris.
I agree with this guy on masks but he’s still saying the vaccine is good. Has he not seen the injuries?
pt 1/2
It's so interesting that you compare with cycle helmets, motorcycle helmets, seat-belts. I used to be a cycle-courier in the 90s, no helmet. Cycling back then was my "identity", I had two, an urban cycle and a mountain cycle, and when helmet fear-mongering became a trend, there was a lot of push-back within cycling communities. Tons of articles from all around the world were discussed:
- How cycling laws reduced cycling by a 1/3 in the first countries to do this;
- How helmetted cyclists actually had more accidents than non-helmeted cyclists, due to them being under a false sense of safety;
- How body reflexes make it so that given a specific fall type, helmetted cyclists conked their head more frequently than unhelmetted cyclists, because the arms, neck, body, "know" where our flesh is, and our reflex-reaction is to prevent this collision, and the extra materials on your head increase the odds of head-conking;
- How car drivers drive closer to helmetted cyclists, compared to non-helmetted
- How cycle helmets are pretty useless against a motor-vehicle collision, just like most of the masking debate, cycle helmets testing was falling three feet off a stationary cycle;
- How helmets don't actually prevent concussion; they are most useful at preventing lacerations;
- How statistically, percentage-wise, there are way more concussions happening in the home and in cars than on cycles, so that "helmetting" is in effect a blame-shifting game, where the motorist can be relieved of guilt for hitting a cyclist if unhelmetted;
- and few other points. 20 years ago, I had all the articles on hand.
Anecdotally, I 'usually' wear a seat-belt on highways, I never wear one in urban centres. ...2/2