Jaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023

RT @[email protected]

We are now witnessing Twitter fights about an op-ed about a Twitter fight about a news interview. Professors and doctors (mostly men).

And roughly 5% of people use Twitter regularly?

At this point it is like overhearing middle-aged men yell about last weekend's polo game.🥱

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MichaelSchwandt/status/1618292928975351810

Michael Schwandt (he/him) on Twitter

“We are now witnessing Twitter fights about an op-ed about a Twitter fight about a news interview. Professors and doctors (mostly men). And roughly 5% of people use Twitter regularly? At this point it is like overhearing middle-aged men yell about last weekend's polo game.🥱”

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Show threadJaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023
Make no mistake, this wasn't all started by an op-ed, it was started when Dr. Bonnie Henry spread misnfo across Canada calling into question the effectiveness of masking, and an Ontario-based academic called out one of their colleagues after he failed to correct that misinfo.+
Show threadJaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023

And not only did the person being called out fail to correct the misinfo, he agreed with it, and has since doubled down on Twitter in his support of the misinfo, and further spreading it.+

#BCEd #BCPoli

Show threadJaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023
The op-ed, follow up op-ed, and subsequent SM discourse, all made it seem like it was a fight, to distract from impt, civil discussion on a scientific topic. (remember, op-ed = opinion based editorial, it is not news reporting, & came from a political, not science, commentator)+
Show threadJaclyn Ferreira

But of course BCPH minions want you to believe that it was just about a Twitter fight, because doing so distracts from the fact that their boss is at the centre, and origin, of the controversy.+

#BCEd #BCPoli #BCPH #BCMed

Jan 26, 2023 at 7:25pmMastodon Twitter Crossposter
Show threadJaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023

And why might that be important?

Well, the BC PHO:

"Establishes standards of practice for, and conducts performance reviews of Medical Health Officers"
https://tinyurl.com/3x3pdban

Don't fall for the BC Public Health Distraction Noodles.

#BCEd #BCPoli #Enough

Office of the Provincial Health Officer - Province of British Columbia

Office of the Provincial Health Officer

Show threadJaclyn FerreiraJan 26, 2023

@[email protected] says it very succinctly here:

https://twitter.com/yeepoa/status/1617961795834245120

Karen Tsang on Twitter

“@kellyma_michael @MichaelSchwandt @Kashyyk @DrBrendaHardie @jaclynmacrae @DaynaB18 @moss_sphagnum @ianwrob @chrischirp Yes, the need to assimilate to the power structures to survive and thrive is built into the colonial structures. It hardwires those seeking personal success to ignore the harms they cause too. And cognitive dissonance is like an annoying fly to be swatted at. Few buck it.”

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