Saskforward<\/a> for this campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat to say if you’re not sure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you are angry and concerned about the premature removal of public health measures to control COVID-19, you likely can talk about your personal concerns at length.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an age of texts and emails, however, it is often hard to feel articulate enough of the phone. And with so much information about COVID-19, we often find it hard to make a ‘case’ if we’re expressing our concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While your phone call to the Premier’s office will not require you to be a lawyer arguing a case, here are some points you can riff on below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The consensus of medical experts<\/strong> at the largest bodies dealing with public health, including the WHO and CDC, are recommending we go slow in removing public health measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. We should be extending public health measures<\/strong> like the Saskatchewan vaccination passport and mandatory indoor masking.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe are being told to protect ourselves and manage our own risk<\/strong>, but COVID-19 infection and hospitalization data is no longer being reported to the public in a timely way.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWe would be better able to manage our risk if PCR tests continued to be freely available<\/strong> as part of our healthcare system for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConstantly changing public health orders to appease a very vocal minority is frustrating<\/strong> for all residents, including those who are trying to reduce their exposure to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Government of Saskatchewan is overreaching in its authority<\/strong> by providing directives to education and health care entities that disagree with the government\u2019s politicization of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPremier Scott Moe is also encouraging a dangerous and unscientifically founded sense of futility<\/strong> over handling or controlling COVID-19 spread:<\/p>\n\n\n\n- The premier has spread disinformation that claims that the vaccine does not work to prevent transmission or infection, yet has never provided a source for this claim, even after outspoken Saskatchewan doctors have corrected him.<\/li>
- Premier Scott Moe has stated that public health orders have not reduced COVID-19 cases in other jurisdictions in defence of his government\u2019s decision to end the public health order. This is not a valid reason because there is no way to know what COVID cases would be in these jurisdictions without public health orders in place. It\u2019s likely their numbers would be much worse.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
We need mandatory sick days in Saskatchewan to control the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan,<\/strong> so workers (perhaps yourself) are not faced with the choice of going to work with COVID-19 or foregoing a paycheque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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