Isn't that the case. What makes us crazy? Being in the 1%. That's it. Right or wrong.
One of the most astounding things happened last week. Francis Collins, made a stunning statement addressing these exact failures.
For full context consider he was the Director of the National Institute of Health from Obama through nearly two years of covid, he was the top doctor in charge of public health policy in the United States, he was the architect of the covid response, who oversees NIH's 48 billion dollar budget and happens to have been Anthony Fauci's boss during covid. He said:
"If you’re a public health person and you’re trying to make a decision, you have this very narrow view of what the right decision is, and that is something that will save a life. Doesn’t matter what else happens. So you attach infinite value to stopping the disease and saving a life. You attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people’s lives, ruins the economy, and has many kids kept out of school in a way that they never recover from.”
I happen to think he is being sincere. He is also doing one of the hardest things we can do as humans: admit when we are wrong and acknowledge how it hurt others.
The fact is we're still stuck up here in Canada. We cannot move on and our institutions cannot regain our trust and until they do same. This includes acknowledging the incredible harm our policies foisted on people. The cost of these policies was not evenly distributed.
Thanks for sharing those comments. I agree, he is being sincere and I believe most public health leaders openly thought this way during the pandemic.
They still do. The policies and agendas they push are completely single-minded. The cancelling of recesses during the forest fire season last year was a great example. Public health said "there is a chance that smoky air could harm children (we don't know at what point and how long they have to be exposed). But we know there is a possibility". SO..... We eliminate all outdoor time. Without any consideration to the fact that there is a cost to removing outdoor time.
They do the same thing with recesses in winter. There is a chance that being exposed to -25 degree weather could hurt a child. SO.... We eliminate all outdoor exposure during -25 weather. Without considering the cost (to their mental and physical health) of keeping them inside for sometimes a whole week. Not to mention, the crazy message we send them that we don't think their bodies can't tolerate 15 minutes outdoors.
I so happy that I discovered your Substack and your recent book, How Far We Went. Your book joins that stack of books (real paper books) that I'm reading and collecting. I'm keeping the receipts. No one who participated in the ruination of our society should be allowed to forget. We need a reckoning.
Isn't that the case. What makes us crazy? Being in the 1%. That's it. Right or wrong.
One of the most astounding things happened last week. Francis Collins, made a stunning statement addressing these exact failures.
For full context consider he was the Director of the National Institute of Health from Obama through nearly two years of covid, he was the top doctor in charge of public health policy in the United States, he was the architect of the covid response, who oversees NIH's 48 billion dollar budget and happens to have been Anthony Fauci's boss during covid. He said:
"If you’re a public health person and you’re trying to make a decision, you have this very narrow view of what the right decision is, and that is something that will save a life. Doesn’t matter what else happens. So you attach infinite value to stopping the disease and saving a life. You attach zero value to whether this actually totally disrupts people’s lives, ruins the economy, and has many kids kept out of school in a way that they never recover from.”
I happen to think he is being sincere. He is also doing one of the hardest things we can do as humans: admit when we are wrong and acknowledge how it hurt others.
The fact is we're still stuck up here in Canada. We cannot move on and our institutions cannot regain our trust and until they do same. This includes acknowledging the incredible harm our policies foisted on people. The cost of these policies was not evenly distributed.
Thank you my crazy friend.
Thanks for sharing those comments. I agree, he is being sincere and I believe most public health leaders openly thought this way during the pandemic.
They still do. The policies and agendas they push are completely single-minded. The cancelling of recesses during the forest fire season last year was a great example. Public health said "there is a chance that smoky air could harm children (we don't know at what point and how long they have to be exposed). But we know there is a possibility". SO..... We eliminate all outdoor time. Without any consideration to the fact that there is a cost to removing outdoor time.
They do the same thing with recesses in winter. There is a chance that being exposed to -25 degree weather could hurt a child. SO.... We eliminate all outdoor exposure during -25 weather. Without considering the cost (to their mental and physical health) of keeping them inside for sometimes a whole week. Not to mention, the crazy message we send them that we don't think their bodies can't tolerate 15 minutes outdoors.
Resilience and discernment are two major contributing factors to both the failures you point out.
They must be reinjected into our culture and institutions.
The hard problems always require hard answers.
I so happy that I discovered your Substack and your recent book, How Far We Went. Your book joins that stack of books (real paper books) that I'm reading and collecting. I'm keeping the receipts. No one who participated in the ruination of our society should be allowed to forget. We need a reckoning.
Thanks Yvonne!
Mistakes Were NOT Made (Video: Dr Mike Yeadon)
https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/mistakes-were-not-made-video-dr-mike