Love your link to masking studies. Though I suppose our leaders are not familiar with "The Science."
Your piece today and that of another substacker, ianmsc@substack.com are worthy of the Christmas Eve hall of fame. The scariest thing of all to me is not this passport/ mandate/ mask/ media insanity, as you have so thoughtfully written, but the fact that so many of us blindly comply. We don’t have to be told to lockdown. We’re doing our politicians’ bidding for them. De facto lockdowns.
Excellent commentary Dr. Prasad! I wish we heard MORE MDs, scientists in each state of your same breadth of knowledge posting and sharing the same thoughts/concerns. Sure there are some...but many just behind closed doors. Last year when I took my 2 daughters to see their Ped. for a well child check they complained to her about "having" to wear their mask on recess and how hot it was...the Ped. promptly rolled her eyes and said "I know...it doesn't make sense.." NO it sure doesn't...but do you think she would have said that outside the exam room or to her boss?! Nope..doubt it...and why again?? I really think you should do a write up about the "why"...why do you think this is happening? Collect a bunch of your colleagues in the SanFran area and beyond from different disciplines of medicine...Peds. for sure...and ask why? Do they believe 2-4yr olds at daycare should be masked...if so why? Do they believe this theater going on in college is helpful..if so why? If not why not....and why is this continuing from the top down. I think if you say the word "conspiracy" you are automatically tarred and feathered as you say....but what is the motivation? Who does it benefit to mask 2-4yr olds? Who makes $ off of that? Its insane. I live in the MOST restricted county in all of WI with ONGOING mask mandates...Dane co (Madison/UW, etc)...72 counties in all of WI and we have the only mask mandate...yet cases HERE are higher than in other counties...it makes little sense. Many of us are at the point where we travel for the day outside of our county to do errands, eat at restaurants, etc where we can choose to mask or not and we don't get odd looks or stares! And no...if we feel a little sick we stay home! Common sense rules! We moved our youngest to a preschool outside of our area so he could be unmasked all day...vs. a 4yr old with a speech delay being masked all day and not having the option of seeing the lips of the teacher he's learning from and she see his. They would never make any accommodation for him....so now we have to drive a distance to have freedom of choice and basic common sense for a young child with a speech delay and how is he best served in school for success. Its insane. Many things are not adding up and thank you for continuing to speak about these things. No matter what you or I or anyone personally thinks about Trump or what we agreed or disagreed with regarding his presidency...hopefully we can all agree that while counties in a variety of states may mandate masks, etc....there would be 0% nation wide vaccine mandates and attempts to block schools/counties from taking away citizen's personal choices.
Very few are standing up, but this guy in Ontario is, and more should know his story. Please don’t get turned off by the initially sensational-seeming reporting. It actually is pretty good journalism. And speaking of that—thank you for all your advocating for sensibility, Dr. Prasad!
In Category One -- Thank you for "you can modify your weight and general health". The failure of health and govt authorities to emphasize that obesity is by far the biggest risk factor and a gateway to most others -- and that it can be reversed -- qualifies as malpractice, in my opinion.
Re-read this as a Christmas present to myself. And you don't need to apologize - doing much more than others in your position. I am looking at college actions right now as a precursor of more to come, with my high school senior applying/waiting to hear from colleges. Been through it with 2 other kids, nothing will surprise me at this point.
Love your link to masking studies. Though I suppose our leaders are not familiar with "The Science."
Your piece today and that of another substacker, ianmsc@substack.com are worthy of the Christmas Eve hall of fame. The scariest thing of all to me is not this passport/ mandate/ mask/ media insanity, as you have so thoughtfully written, but the fact that so many of us blindly comply. We don’t have to be told to lockdown. We’re doing our politicians’ bidding for them. De facto lockdowns.
Excellent commentary Dr. Prasad! I wish we heard MORE MDs, scientists in each state of your same breadth of knowledge posting and sharing the same thoughts/concerns. Sure there are some...but many just behind closed doors. Last year when I took my 2 daughters to see their Ped. for a well child check they complained to her about "having" to wear their mask on recess and how hot it was...the Ped. promptly rolled her eyes and said "I know...it doesn't make sense.." NO it sure doesn't...but do you think she would have said that outside the exam room or to her boss?! Nope..doubt it...and why again?? I really think you should do a write up about the "why"...why do you think this is happening? Collect a bunch of your colleagues in the SanFran area and beyond from different disciplines of medicine...Peds. for sure...and ask why? Do they believe 2-4yr olds at daycare should be masked...if so why? Do they believe this theater going on in college is helpful..if so why? If not why not....and why is this continuing from the top down. I think if you say the word "conspiracy" you are automatically tarred and feathered as you say....but what is the motivation? Who does it benefit to mask 2-4yr olds? Who makes $ off of that? Its insane. I live in the MOST restricted county in all of WI with ONGOING mask mandates...Dane co (Madison/UW, etc)...72 counties in all of WI and we have the only mask mandate...yet cases HERE are higher than in other counties...it makes little sense. Many of us are at the point where we travel for the day outside of our county to do errands, eat at restaurants, etc where we can choose to mask or not and we don't get odd looks or stares! And no...if we feel a little sick we stay home! Common sense rules! We moved our youngest to a preschool outside of our area so he could be unmasked all day...vs. a 4yr old with a speech delay being masked all day and not having the option of seeing the lips of the teacher he's learning from and she see his. They would never make any accommodation for him....so now we have to drive a distance to have freedom of choice and basic common sense for a young child with a speech delay and how is he best served in school for success. Its insane. Many things are not adding up and thank you for continuing to speak about these things. No matter what you or I or anyone personally thinks about Trump or what we agreed or disagreed with regarding his presidency...hopefully we can all agree that while counties in a variety of states may mandate masks, etc....there would be 0% nation wide vaccine mandates and attempts to block schools/counties from taking away citizen's personal choices.
Thank you for speaking up!
Very few are standing up, but this guy in Ontario is, and more should know his story. Please don’t get turned off by the initially sensational-seeming reporting. It actually is pretty good journalism. And speaking of that—thank you for all your advocating for sensibility, Dr. Prasad!
https://www.rebelnews.com/interview_uwo_engineering_student_arrested_again_for_being_on_campus_without_proof_of_vax
In Category One -- Thank you for "you can modify your weight and general health". The failure of health and govt authorities to emphasize that obesity is by far the biggest risk factor and a gateway to most others -- and that it can be reversed -- qualifies as malpractice, in my opinion.
Re-read this as a Christmas present to myself. And you don't need to apologize - doing much more than others in your position. I am looking at college actions right now as a precursor of more to come, with my high school senior applying/waiting to hear from colleges. Been through it with 2 other kids, nothing will surprise me at this point.
The reaction to the college booster mandates begins:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/open-letter-cornell-president-end-booster-mandate/
and
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/boston-college-covid-booster-mandate-policy-natural-immunity/
And, the funding group:
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/how-a-kennedy-built-an-anti-vaccine-juggernaut-amid-covid-19/2590911/
Exactly what Dr. Prasad has spoken of being fearful of; the confluence of overreach/mandates and the anti-vax movement. Afraid this will not end well.