Excellent points and my favourite is when you said .. when you mix science and politics you get politics. We need to make sure this never happens again. Never again should the Chief Medical Officer hold so much power without major oversight, the mainstream and legacy social media cartel needs to be deconstructed and made illegal , similar to laws against industrial monopoly and there needs to be a truth and reconciliation process to bring everyone together again, the judges who did not follow the rules of law need to be hauled up and judged themselves, and key perpetrators need to be behind bars.
I agree. It's not enough these mandates end. This last 2 years has proved that the major failing of our constitution in protecting individual rights is that a government can declare a perpetual "state of emergency". There is nothing in law that says they have to justify it, or have a secret vote, or referendum, or whatever. One of the favourite dirty tricks of tyrannies around the world is to declare a "state of emergency" whenever they want to violate individual rights. Then it becomes legal. The problem is that it doesn't become moral.
“the mainstream and legacy social media cartel needs to be deconstructed and made illegal”
This would just bring us full circle, there is nothing illegal about legacy media it is however immoral to publicly fund them. We are fighting for freedom of choice, saying they are now illegal is doing exactly what we are fighting against. Freedom is making decisions that will have them stand or crumble on their own merits.
Thank you for another wonderfully written article! As someone who has studied science, the "follow the science" line repeated over and over again to justify the restrictions, by people who have no idea what science means, has driven me so crazy these past 2 years!!
I’ve been yelling some of these points at my TV for two years now 😂 I come from a large, educated and smart family. Our views have varied opinions and often lead to heated debate. Since EM have been in place I have been of the opinion that something is not right, and for the first time ever I have been against my entire family. We have opted not to debate the pandemic rules and mandates. Like religion and politics the topic is too hot, even for zoom calls!
You have very eloquently explained how I feel. You have broke the “Follow the Science” mantra. Thank you!
Thanks - see my comment above to Dr. Lynch. The basic problem is that the government has declared a permanent "emergency" which has put the ring of power on the hand of one man, who can then "rule us all". (Lord of the Rings reference there! :-) ) The legislation on declaring a state of emergency has to be clarified. Otherwise, now that the government knows they can get away with this abuse of citizens, it will do the same ting again and again.
This is so true. My 19-year-old and I were just discussing how when our so-called leaders refer to “the science” in defence of their non-sensical mandates, they don’t even attempt to show or reference any scientific data. It’s like “the science” is some imaginary justification that the public automatically swallows and never questions.
I have personally run into that. When I asked for data, or the meeting notes on how our province decided on certain rules for healthcare workers, I either got no answer, or more or less "because it's what we decided". Just like grade 8 math, they should need to "show their work". The current rules feel like a game of Simon Says.
The question is why are many doctors and nurse, scientists not speaking out? They should remind everyone that science is to be questioned not once but as long as a theory exist
Never before ever happened that scientific theory and a medical opinion been set in stone, there always was another that dug deeper to find a hole in any theory or medical experiment even when it was approved
Never ever before was someone punished,cancelled or persecuted for finding the bad side of a theory, the negative aspects of an invention or a discovery
When did it start that discovery becomes the gospel? When did it start that one scientists or another should not be proven wrong? When did it happen that one opinion should community opinion without questioning it?
Excellent points and my favourite is when you said .. when you mix science and politics you get politics. We need to make sure this never happens again. Never again should the Chief Medical Officer hold so much power without major oversight, the mainstream and legacy social media cartel needs to be deconstructed and made illegal , similar to laws against industrial monopoly and there needs to be a truth and reconciliation process to bring everyone together again, the judges who did not follow the rules of law need to be hauled up and judged themselves, and key perpetrators need to be behind bars.
I agree. It's not enough these mandates end. This last 2 years has proved that the major failing of our constitution in protecting individual rights is that a government can declare a perpetual "state of emergency". There is nothing in law that says they have to justify it, or have a secret vote, or referendum, or whatever. One of the favourite dirty tricks of tyrannies around the world is to declare a "state of emergency" whenever they want to violate individual rights. Then it becomes legal. The problem is that it doesn't become moral.
And now the PM will have the EM Act with the provincial States of Emergency! Will there be no end or is this the beginning of the end!
“the mainstream and legacy social media cartel needs to be deconstructed and made illegal”
This would just bring us full circle, there is nothing illegal about legacy media it is however immoral to publicly fund them. We are fighting for freedom of choice, saying they are now illegal is doing exactly what we are fighting against. Freedom is making decisions that will have them stand or crumble on their own merits.
Good point Nick. That seems very wise and logical.
Thank you for another wonderfully written article! As someone who has studied science, the "follow the science" line repeated over and over again to justify the restrictions, by people who have no idea what science means, has driven me so crazy these past 2 years!!
I’ve been yelling some of these points at my TV for two years now 😂 I come from a large, educated and smart family. Our views have varied opinions and often lead to heated debate. Since EM have been in place I have been of the opinion that something is not right, and for the first time ever I have been against my entire family. We have opted not to debate the pandemic rules and mandates. Like religion and politics the topic is too hot, even for zoom calls!
You have very eloquently explained how I feel. You have broke the “Follow the Science” mantra. Thank you!
Thanks - see my comment above to Dr. Lynch. The basic problem is that the government has declared a permanent "emergency" which has put the ring of power on the hand of one man, who can then "rule us all". (Lord of the Rings reference there! :-) ) The legislation on declaring a state of emergency has to be clarified. Otherwise, now that the government knows they can get away with this abuse of citizens, it will do the same ting again and again.
This is so true. My 19-year-old and I were just discussing how when our so-called leaders refer to “the science” in defence of their non-sensical mandates, they don’t even attempt to show or reference any scientific data. It’s like “the science” is some imaginary justification that the public automatically swallows and never questions.
I have personally run into that. When I asked for data, or the meeting notes on how our province decided on certain rules for healthcare workers, I either got no answer, or more or less "because it's what we decided". Just like grade 8 math, they should need to "show their work". The current rules feel like a game of Simon Says.
Because the only "science" they know is Pfizer/Moderna date but they are fully aware they would have lot of problems quoting it :) Look at the other site... Takan from Dr. Paul Aleksander site https://www.informedchoiceaustralia.com/post/1000-peer-reviewed-studies-questioning-covid-19-vaccine-safety
This is a discussion that’s been happening at home lately as well. Very well put!
The question is why are many doctors and nurse, scientists not speaking out? They should remind everyone that science is to be questioned not once but as long as a theory exist
Never before ever happened that scientific theory and a medical opinion been set in stone, there always was another that dug deeper to find a hole in any theory or medical experiment even when it was approved
Never ever before was someone punished,cancelled or persecuted for finding the bad side of a theory, the negative aspects of an invention or a discovery
When did it start that discovery becomes the gospel? When did it start that one scientists or another should not be proven wrong? When did it happen that one opinion should community opinion without questioning it?