It is time for governments, with a degree of humility, to conduct a comprehensive, independent review intended to ensure that we are better prepared for the…
In the United States, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged that it “did not reliably meet expectations” — a profound understatement. Although CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stated that the goal was “accountability, collaboration, communications and timeliness,” her review acknowledged failure on each aspect.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit.
Canadian public health officials made similar mistakes — unsound messaging not grounded in science, and with responsibility often blurred between federal and provincial authorities. The most indefensible example of overreach in Canada came, not from public health officials, but from the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to quash protests from the trucker convoy against a vaccine mandate that was crippling their incomes. The evidence underpinning this move was flawed. Banks meekly succumbed to pressure to block funds for protesters.
Florida and Sweden were severely criticized for keeping schools and businesses open without mask mandates, yet their policies have largely been vindicated. Florida’s excess mortality rate is lower than that of California, which endured one of the nation’s strictest lockdowns. A Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of global studies concluded that lockdowns “had little to no effect on COVID mortality.
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