Season 2 - Episode 1
Pomp and Circumstance
In various places, hearings and committees are happening to further understand how the pandemic was (mis)handled. Cheryl, Chris, and Kay review New Brunswick’s ‘top doctor’ Jennifer Russell’s appearance at the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. What happened? And where do we go from here?
Resources mentioned:
PoPNB's piece on NB Chief Medical Officer of Health's History of Inadequacy and Abandonment
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Bonus
Delayed But Not Despaired
Chris provides a brief update on what we're working on and offers a perspective on the reasons to keep having difficult conversations.
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Episode 8
Social Framing of Airborne Illness
How is western society organizing and perceiving an ongoing pandemic? Why have a plan when there supposedly is no problem? We talk about the societal construct of framing and how messages can be portrayed, warped, and slowly believed. There are some big ideas in this episode that help make sense of how so many people are turning away from the truth, while Cheryl, Chris, and Kay refuse to look away. They deconstruct what is happening and analyze what language is being used, and insightfully, what language is being excluded.
Resources mentioned:
PoPNB's piece on Manufacturing Apathy
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Episode 7
Let Them Eat Covid
In April 2022 the New Brunswick's Child, Youth, and Seniors Advocate released a vindicating report on the requirements for safe conditions for children in public schools: Masks, accommodations, universal protections. None of these were implemented, as the report was advisory and not legally binding. Fast forward to January 2023 we see which group of people the world's billionaires believe should have universal protections- themselves, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Protections for me, but not for thee? Unacceptable. Everyone deserves to be Davos Safe.
Resources mentioned:
The full report from the Child and Youth Advocate
PoPNB's analysis of the Lamrock Report
RTI response detailing Russell's lies and biases
Lucky Tran/Amanda Hu Davos Safe thread on Twitter
Forbes on Davos Covid protections
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Episode 6
Insight and Care
In this episode, recorded over the Family Day long weekend, we talk to members of three families about how they approach reducing risks to themselves and others, how they navigate those discussions within their families, what is working well for them, and what they’re concerned about. People who are curious about what steps other households are taking right now will enjoy listening to these reflections from residents of three provinces.
Guests are Chantal (10:47), Linda (34:41), and Matt (54:11), and they are parents of children from daycare age up to adults. Listen as they reflect with humour, joy, and frustration about the challenges facing families trying to reduce Covid-19 transmission in 2023.Listen:
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Episode 5
Foundations of Failure Part 2
This is a two part series of a year in review where we look back to pandemic policies and the lifting of universal protections during the year of 2022. In Part 2, Cheryl, Chris, and Kay review the months of April through December: What happened and how was the groundwork set for the worst year of disease spread and death of COVID-19, and where are we left as we enter 2023? Our sympathies to the people living with post-COVID symptoms and our sincere condolences to the families who have lost loved ones during this time. Our hearts go out to you.
Resources mentioned:
Child and Youth Advocate report on masking in schools
PoPNB's commentary on the RTI response regarding justification for lifting protections
Full RTI response regarding justification for lifting protections
PoPNB's commentary on the RTI response regarding "harms of masking"
Full RTI response regarding "harms of masking"
PoPNB's commentary on the RTI response regarding what the provinces knew about long covid
Full RTI response regarding what the provinces knew about long covid
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Episode 4
Foundations of Failure Part 1
This is a two part series of a year in review where we look back to pandemic policies and the lifting of universal protections during the year of 2022. In Part 1, Cheryl, Chris, and Kay review the months of January, February, and March: What happened and how was the groundwork set for the worst year of disease spread and death of COVID-19? Our sympathies to the people living with post-COVID symptoms and our sincere condolences to the families who have lost loved ones during this time. Our hearts go out to you.
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Episode 3
Healthy Holidays
The weather is getting colder, which has a big impact when there is an airborne pandemic happening. Windows with clean air ventilation close and people begin to gather indoors. And on top of that, December can be the time of traditional holiday gatherings for families and friends- sharing space and meals. But! You don’t have to share illness. Episode 3 is our holiday gift to you- resources, finding safe spaces to gather, understanding CO2 in the air and sharing air with others, and why we need to continue protecting our health- this pandemic has now become a ‘triple-demic’ with COVID, RSV, and Influenza A and B in the air. Now is a great time to stay safe. And we have doctors and resources to back that up!
Resources mentioned:
OSPE Indoor Air Quality reports
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Episode 2
Right to Know
Cheryl, Chris, and Kay discuss the current PoPNB (Protect our Province New Brunswick) Right to Information request about Long Covid. 733 pages of government documents are now available and it is shocking, heartbreaking, and infuriating to read and understand the wealth of high quality information that has been internally known since as early as July 2020. Provincial governments across Canada have been receiving ongoing communication about the harms of Long Covid and many have chosen to not share ANY of this information with healthcare workers or the general population.
Resources mentioned:
PoPNB's commentary on the RTI response regarding what the provinces knew about long covid
Full RTI response regarding what the provinces knew about long covid
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Episode 1
Not a 'Post-Pandemic' World
Meet three people who acknowledge we are still living in a pandemic and are taking steps and actions to ensure their safety. Chris, Kay, and Cheryl talk about their backgrounds, what brought them here, current work in regards to information dissemination and health advocacy, and next steps and future episodes.
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