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Open Letter to Government

“There is no path to a healthy economy without a healthy public and investment in science”/”Il n’y a pas de chemin vers une économie saine sans une population en santé et un investissement en science”

To The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada and the new Liberal Government: A healthy economy needs a healthy public and investment in science. We would like to congratulate you on forming the new Liberal government which was elected on the premise of defending our sovereignty and protecting Canadians from economic threats from the United States. We live in unprecedented times with democracies around the world and the foundations of science facing formidable challenges. We understand that there are many important issues currently on your agenda, but what we are asking of your government is crucial to all Canadians...

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Oct 30, 2024: Long Covid – A Mass Disabling Event

Please join us for the POP BC live briefing on Long COVID: A Mass Disabling Event on Wednesday, October 30th at 1 pm as we discuss the important topic of Long COVID with Kayli Jamieson and Connie Chan, Long COVID survivors, and Dr. Ric Arseneau, Internal Medicine Specialist and Long COVID Physician and Director of one of the clinics treating Long COVID in BC.

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Sept 4, 2024: Clean Air in School: A Breath of Fresh Air

As we start a new school year, clean air in schools is a vital issue not only because of the health effects from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and air pollution, but because of the direct link to the ability of children to learn. Hear about the new recommendations for Indoor Air Quality in Schools and Childcare Facilities from Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health.

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May 30, 2024: Are Hospitals Making Us Sick?

“For some of the most vulnerable patients, the air in the hospital can be deadlier than the diagnosis that brought them in” Join Protect our Province BC and Drs. Susan Lee, Jean Warneboldt, and Victor Leung to hear about their advocacy, their struggles and successes in improving the air quality in different BC Health Authorities. Why are different healthcare administrations within BC treating this critical topic so differently - in one, obstructing and blocking and in another rewarding and awarding?

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Open Letter: Protect Our Province BC Demands Action on COVID-19 from Political Leaders

To Premier David Eby of the NDP, Ms. Sonia Furstenau of the Green Party and Mr. John Rustad of the Conservatives Dear Premier Eby, Ms. Furstenau and Mr. Rustad, Canadians are dying at record rates. ”We're currently seeing nearly as many excess deaths each year in Canada (~40K annually) as Canadian deaths in all of… Continue reading

When Breathing Makes You Sick.

Since the start of the pandemic the BC School Covid Tracker initiative, run by two dedicated moms, has been alerting families and educators of Covid exposures in schools and pre-schools for close to 4 years now. Their work has allowed thousands of families to make decisions and choices keeping their children and family safer from infection. Periodically, some of their 55,0000 followers share their stories.

BC health advocates call on government to reinstate healthcare mask requirements

Protect Our Province BC, DoNoHarm BC, and Masks4EastVan highlight harms and human rights violations from loss of healthcare safety Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (British Columbia) - Independent public health groups Protect Our Province BC, DoNoHarm BC, and Masks4EastVan are calling on the BC government to restore healthcare mask requirements. They are urging British Columbians to… Continue reading

Clip from Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly’s testimony on January 18, 2024

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a clinical epidemiologist at University of Washington in St-Louis, and a leading COVID-19 researcher, testified before the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions. His words were sobering:

“The best way to prevent Long Covid is to prevent COVID in the first place. This requires a multilayered/multipronged approach. We must develop sustainable solutions to prevent repeated infections with SARS-CoV-2 and Long Covid that would be embraced by the public.”

“If we learn one thing from this pandemic, we must recognize that ‘pandemics disable people’ — that is acute infections can lead to chronic disabling disease. We call these Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions (IACC). These include Long Covid, ME/CFS and many other acute infections that lead to chronic disease.”

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Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care

Clip from Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly’s testimony on January 18, 2024

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