You may already know the name of Dr. Richard Schabas from hearing him on the news or reading him in the newspaper from his many years as a prominent public health official, including 10 years as Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario. But you won’t have heard him for the last 3 years, as he was blacklisted for his heretical views on COVID. “All doctors agree that X is true” now means that “we don’t interview doctors who don’t agree that X is true”.
Looking back on the last 3 years, it’s obvious we got a lot wrong. A two week lockdown would flatten the curve. Masks mandates would stop the spread. Handwashing was the answer. Shutting down society wouldn’t cause any harm. After all, we were doing it for noble reasons.
Public Health consistently overpromised and underdelivered. They consistently exaggerated the risks of COVID, while dismissing risks of their interventions. They acted as though we needed to be treated like misbehaving children, and thus took total control of our lives, acting like tyrannical parents.
During our long discussion on COVID policy, Dr. Schabas and I make reference toThe Sydney Tar Ponds and The Trolley Problem.
I was so honoured that Dr. Schabas took the time to speak with me. His views are reasonable, logical, non-partisan, and therefore very refreshing in this polarized time. In my opinion, the last 3 years would have been a much better time with him at the helm.
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