An Alberta Medical and Emergency Management team has challenged Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw to a public debate over the province’s current COVID-19 restrictions..The group consists of Lt.-CoL. (retired) David Redman, CD1, BEng, MSEE, Dr. Dennis Modry, BSc, MD, MSc, FRSC, FACCP, FACS, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, MA, MB, FRCPC, FCAP, and retired police officer David Dickson said the purpose of the debate is to provide Albertans with a transparent discussion of complete data to date and various strategies used over the last year, today, and in the future..“This event is being organized as a direct response to ongoing restrictions, the handling of the virus in LTC homes, hospitals, and with other vulnerable demographics, and the negative socio-economic impacts the measures have had on the province,” the group said in a statement..Modry is one of Alberta’s top heart surgeons – who performed the province’s first heart transplant in 1985 – and gained world-wide attention in December after the Western Standard published his open letter to Kenney – a man whom he considers a long-time friend..The letter went viral and has now been read hundreds of thousands of times around the world..Modry said he has thoroughly researched the most recent medical studies from around the world that show lockdowns don’t work, and that any lockdown must come at the very beginning when the virus has only been detected in one or two areas..The retired surgeon said he agrees with the Great Barrington Declaration – now signed by more than 50,000 medical experts around the world – that calls on governments to get society back to normal and then take steps to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly..Hodkinson says the virus is no worse than a “bad flu.”.“What I am going to say is lay language and blunt,” Hodkinson said during an Edmonton City Council Community and Public Services Committee meeting in Novemeber, audio of which is currently making the rounds on YouTube..“There is utterly unfounded public hysteria driven by the media and politicians. It’s outrageous. This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.”.The topics the group want to cover are, but are not limited to:.1. Actual dangers of SARS CoV-2 by age group and steps taken to protect those in LTC homes and the most vulnerable; age 60 years and older with multiple comorbidities..2. Absence of Emergency Management process, resulting in absence of due diligence required in an emergency..3. Identification and review of supporting science and corresponding data that led the province to their conclusions that this approach was appropriate, and not worth revision as the crisis evolved over the past 12+ months..4. How effective are population-wide stringent restrictions (lockdowns) at controlling the pandemic and are they the best response?.5. What are the priorities in the management of the pandemic and how can we shift the response from fear to confidence?.“For over a year, the Government of Alberta has used a blanket population-wide approach with arbitrary and constantly changing measures that have resulted in unnecessary death of our seniors and collateral damage to our society’s mental health, societal health, children’s education and development, Albertans with other severe illnesses, and our economy,” said the group..“In the interest of over 4.3 million Albertans, we want to provide all of them with a transparent discussion of data, facts, and alternatives so we can all make an informed, collective decision on how best to move forward with the interests of every demographic in mind.”.The group has asked for the debate to take place before April 5..The Western Standard has asked Kenney’s office for comment but hasn’t received a reply..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
An Alberta Medical and Emergency Management team has challenged Premier Jason Kenney, Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw to a public debate over the province’s current COVID-19 restrictions..The group consists of Lt.-CoL. (retired) David Redman, CD1, BEng, MSEE, Dr. Dennis Modry, BSc, MD, MSc, FRSC, FACCP, FACS, Dr. Roger Hodkinson, MA, MB, FRCPC, FCAP, and retired police officer David Dickson said the purpose of the debate is to provide Albertans with a transparent discussion of complete data to date and various strategies used over the last year, today, and in the future..“This event is being organized as a direct response to ongoing restrictions, the handling of the virus in LTC homes, hospitals, and with other vulnerable demographics, and the negative socio-economic impacts the measures have had on the province,” the group said in a statement..Modry is one of Alberta’s top heart surgeons – who performed the province’s first heart transplant in 1985 – and gained world-wide attention in December after the Western Standard published his open letter to Kenney – a man whom he considers a long-time friend..The letter went viral and has now been read hundreds of thousands of times around the world..Modry said he has thoroughly researched the most recent medical studies from around the world that show lockdowns don’t work, and that any lockdown must come at the very beginning when the virus has only been detected in one or two areas..The retired surgeon said he agrees with the Great Barrington Declaration – now signed by more than 50,000 medical experts around the world – that calls on governments to get society back to normal and then take steps to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly..Hodkinson says the virus is no worse than a “bad flu.”.“What I am going to say is lay language and blunt,” Hodkinson said during an Edmonton City Council Community and Public Services Committee meeting in Novemeber, audio of which is currently making the rounds on YouTube..“There is utterly unfounded public hysteria driven by the media and politicians. It’s outrageous. This is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.”.The topics the group want to cover are, but are not limited to:.1. Actual dangers of SARS CoV-2 by age group and steps taken to protect those in LTC homes and the most vulnerable; age 60 years and older with multiple comorbidities..2. Absence of Emergency Management process, resulting in absence of due diligence required in an emergency..3. Identification and review of supporting science and corresponding data that led the province to their conclusions that this approach was appropriate, and not worth revision as the crisis evolved over the past 12+ months..4. How effective are population-wide stringent restrictions (lockdowns) at controlling the pandemic and are they the best response?.5. What are the priorities in the management of the pandemic and how can we shift the response from fear to confidence?.“For over a year, the Government of Alberta has used a blanket population-wide approach with arbitrary and constantly changing measures that have resulted in unnecessary death of our seniors and collateral damage to our society’s mental health, societal health, children’s education and development, Albertans with other severe illnesses, and our economy,” said the group..“In the interest of over 4.3 million Albertans, we want to provide all of them with a transparent discussion of data, facts, and alternatives so we can all make an informed, collective decision on how best to move forward with the interests of every demographic in mind.”.The group has asked for the debate to take place before April 5..The Western Standard has asked Kenney’s office for comment but hasn’t received a reply..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
