Opinion
MUST-READ: Open letter from a doctor to Jason Kenney
Dr. Dennis Modry writes an open letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney calling for an end to lockdowns and mandatory mask laws.
Dennis L. Modry BSc, MD, MSc, FRCS, FACCP, FACS is the Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Alberta. He is also the Founder and Director of the Heart, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program and was the Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (1984 – 2015).
Dear Premier Kenney:
Many Albertans – myself included – commended you on your previous commitment to a balanced approach to protecting Albertans from COVID-19, while at the same time not completely abrogating our freedoms and rights such as free speech, peaceful assembly, association, and our ability to earn a living and care for our families.
(Tuesday) you imposed new lockdown measures which severely limit and, in some cases, shut down entirely many social, family, friendship, spiritual, recreational and entertainment pursuits that Albertans rely on for their well-being, just as you did in the spring. While you have commendably spared small businesses from suffering the complete shut-down they experienced this past spring (and your apology for this mistake is laudable and honourable), it seems that you have not learned much from the lockdown harms which Albertans experienced earlier this year.
The evidence that you provided for this lockdown is both suspect and incomplete and does a disservice to Albertans who deserve more from you. A major tenet of the Hippocratic Oath that physicians like myself ascribe to is “First Do No Harm”, which is ignored by this imposed lockdown.
Is it too late to correct this lockdown error? No, not if you are willing to be better informed. We have learned a great deal since the onset of this pandemic, much of which is the result of how different regions and countries have attempted to control the spread of COVID-19 and treat those infected. Now we know who is at greatest risk and have proven effective therapies for those who are seriously ill, as reported by the National Institute of Health on Dec 3, 2020; and we are on the cusp of mass immunization consequent to multiple vaccines soon to be available worldwide. The public should be reassured, rather than locked down.
Within the last few weeks, new evidence informs a more nuanced approach to better protect Albertans without unintended and unacceptable consequences, such as defined in the excellent recommendations of the Great Barrington Declaration, further addressed below.
I acknowledge with reverence those Albertans who have passed on from COVID-19, just as I acknowledge many others like Jerry Dunham who have died because lockdowns prevented their access to healthcare for very serious non-COVID-19 illnesses and conditions. I acknowledge the many with despair who have died from suicide and drug overdose. We now know that lockdowns are more lethal than COVID-19, and must learn from what has transpired to ensure we do not continue to make the same mistakes. Were you not informed of these facts, or did you simply ignore them?
Please consider the following evidence and unintended consequences that should give you the courage to retract the restrictions:
- We are nowhere close to overwhelming our healthcare system. As of December 9, 2020 there were 654 COVID-19 patients in 8,500 beds, or 7.7 per cent of capacity. There were only 112 patients in 272 ICU beds, or 41.2 per cent of operational capacity, however, you have stated publicly that the ICU capacity can be increased to 1,081 beds. This implies that, at present, only 10.4 per cent of potential ICU beds are filled.
- Have you evaluated what percentage of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are actually in hospital because of COVID-19, as opposed to with COVID-19, wherein it is the underlying disease that is the actual reason for the admission? The public deserves to know.
- Have you evaluated the percentage of patients who died with, but not from COVID-19? This information is extremely important to share with the public who deserve a fair and balanced presentation of the facts to both prevent fear and panic, as well as garner buy-in of government policy.
- Are you aware that the PCR test for COVID-19 has a false positive rate of up to 50 per cent according to the CDC (USA Center for Disease Control), and up to 90 per cent by other sources?
- Are you aware of how many people have died or become seriously compromised because they could not access healthcare for non-COVID-19 disease, including treatments for heart disease, cancer, and other life-threatening problems? Lockdowns are more lethal than Covid-19, which cannot be over-emphasized. Do you not think that the public should know this?
- Are you aware of how many people have committed suicide due to government-imposed lockdowns and the shuttering of businesses, schools, colleges, and universities? Have you tried to find out?
- Do you believe that it is ethically and morally appropriate for government to pick winners and losers by defining what is an essential versus a non-essential business, or activity such as, but not limited to, social, recreational, fitness-related, or spiritual pursuits?
- Are you fully aware of the magnitude of the economic devastation Alberta has sustained, and that we are spiralling down rapidly to a have-not province, according to the Fraser Institute?
- Are you aware of how many divorces have occurred consequent to lockdowns and loss of income? What about the increase in domestic abuse, family violence and increase of substance abuse?
- Are you aware of the short- and long-term effects on the mental health of our most vulnerable, including our children?
- Have you been apprised of how much crime has increased due to people becoming desperate just to stay alive?
- Finally, in the interests of transparency, please provide the information highlighted above to all Albertans on a daily or weekly basis on the AHS website, various social and other media sources available, so that we the people of Alberta can work with you, rather than question the validity of imposed interventions that are no longer required.
Your consideration to rescind the lockdown should also be based on fact. I implore you to read the Great Barrington Declaration authored by professors in medicine from Oxford, Harvard, and Stanford, who are experts in epidemiology, immunology, biostatistics, vaccine development, mathematical modelling, and public health policy. The Declaration has been co-signed by 38,154 medical practitioners, as well as 12,717 medical and public health scientists world-wide. Please also review the section in the Declaration on Frequently Asked Questions. You will be better informed and better able to give proper consideration to a more humane, compassionate and effective approach, rather than inflicting a multitude of harms on 4.4 million people. Please consider the following targeted recommendations:
- All testing should stop immediately, particularly for those who are asymptomatic, except for;
-People presenting to hospital with respiratory problems
-Healthcare workers
-Nursing home employees with ‘point-of-care’ testing - Nursing homes should have a comprehensive campaign for;
-Staff education in infection control
–Vitamin D daily for all inhabitants
-Electronic audiovisual communications for loved ones wishing to stay in touch - There is also gathering evidence on the use of Ivermectin to prevent COVID-19, as evidenced in this Senate Testimony on December 8, 2020. The evidence for effective prophylaxis with Ivermectin is compelling
- Everywhere – hospitals included – should open immediately with conventional pre-Covid-19 precautions.
- Mandatory mask-wearing should cease (except for health professionals) as there is no credible scientific basis, as evidenced in the November 18, 2020 Danish randomized controlled trial reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Further, no country has reported a change in the trajectory of COVID-19 diagnosis consequent to widespread public testing of asymptomatic citizens before and after the institution of a countrywide mask mandate.
- Interventions such as total lockdowns, social distancing, and compulsory mask use are causing more harm than good. The genie (virus) is out of the bottle and the spread cannot realistically be controlled at all by the current interventions.
- Contact tracing and snitching should cease immediately.
- AHS must come clean with Albertans and provide robust information on the unintended consequences of lockdown measures which were initially well-intentioned but have now proven to be harmful to Albertans’ mental, physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and economic well-being; as well as lethal from suicide, drug overdose and inability to access healthcare for serious non-COVID illness and conditions.
- Finally, as healthcare is in your purview, please ensure that decisions come from your government/AHS, and not from municipalities who do not have access to the necessary resources and expertise to justify restrictions of any kind.
In conclusion, we have learned much over the past several months. Perhaps most important is the knowledge that lockdowns are more lethal than COVID-19, which should compel you and your government to end them. Your advice and policies for the benefit of Albertans should be predicated on one important tenet of the Hippocratic Oath, “First Do No Harm”, and a focussed approach will achieve just that, as explained in the Great Barrington Declaration.
As for each of us Albertans, we must simply adapt and learn to accommodate to COVID-19, as we all did every previous year with seasonal influenza. We must all take personal responsibility for our health and take actions that are in each of our best interest, including vaccination if one is so inclined, which may well be of benefit if one is COVID-19 negative. Healthcare, like all freedoms, must and should always remain an informed choice, not a government directive.
Dennis L. Modry, BSc, MD, MSc, FRCS, FACCP, FACS
Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alberta
Founder and Director of the Heart, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program
Director of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (1984 – 2015)
Opinion
FILDEBRANDT: It’s ‘Open For Summer’™ to ‘put your mask back on’ in two months
“It’s Groundhog Day in Alberta. The UCP cabinet pulled Premier Jason Kenney out of his federal election hiding to see if he sees his Shandro. If he does, it will be 4 more months of forced-masking, social distancing orders, and limitations on most enjoyable human activities.”
It’s Groundhog Day in Alberta.
The UCP cabinet pulled Premier Jason Kenney out of his federal election hiding to see if he sees his Shandro. If he does, it will be 4 more months of forced-masking, social distancing orders, and limitations on most enjoyable human activities.
If the premier didn’t see his Shadro, his pledge that “we’re not just open for summer, but open for good” would stand firm.
But at 11:30 am MST, alas, the premier appeared standing beside Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Deena Hinshaw.
It was a curious presser. Kenney broke his long silence from public appearances by emphasizing the continuing need for Albertans to get the vaccine. Then he announced a new bribe to encourage vaccine uptake.
“You are putting yourself at risk. You are putting our healthcare system at risk…Your personal choice has very real world consequences…For the love of God, get vaccinated now. And if you do, we will pay you $100.”
Mic drop.
It was pleasant to see so many socialists in fierce opposition to this wealth redistribution scheme to people who haven’t earned it. But I digress.
After making it rain, Kenney stepped away from the podium to let Shandro give the real news we were all watching for. Those of us who knew what was coming, had an inkling that if there was any bad news to give, Kenney would send a junior to do it for him.
The Good Cop, Bad Cop routine didn’t disappoint.
“We need to bring back measures that we know have worked in the past,” said Shandro.
In the premier’s stead, Shandro announced that “Open for Summer”™ was over, and the province was headed toward “Closed for Fall”.
He said this will include forced-masking in all indoor public and workplaces, and a prohibition on alcohol sales after 10:00 pm.
Some diseases do indeed flourish after 10:00 pm in bars, but COVID-19 isn’t one of them.
The health minister and premier declined to reveal any evidence to the contrary.
The bulk of the unvaccinated live in rural Alberta. Can you guess which bars are most unlikely to comply with a nanny-state finger waging order?
The designated Bad Cop also encouraged already beleaguered businesses to delay the return of employees, and pleaded that unvaccinated Albertans refrain from social gatherings.
At least those two are voluntary requests. But we’ve seen this show before. The Kenney government eases restrictions, returns them in part, and gradually ratchets them up until it’s illegal to see your grandmother at Christmas. Unless grandma happens to be in Hawaii or on the rooftop of the Sky Palace.
Can we expect things to stop at forced-masking and early COVID-closing times?
It’s impossible to say, but every time the Alberta government has repealed restrictions, it has reintroduced them. Many times over now. Every time that it has reintroduced them, they have gradually made them stricter and stricter. And when Kenney said “We’re not just open for summer, but open for good,” he was making a key promise to Albertans who had overwhelmingly had enough with government restrictions.
When Kenney announced that Alberta would be “Open For Summer”™ effective July 1, he was facing a serious caucus revolt, and large numbers of party rank-and-file demanding a review of his leadership. Ending restrictions wasn’t just good policy for Kenney, it was necessary politics.
Beating up and threatening to taser kids for playing hockey, jailing pastors, raiding churches, and seizing businesses don’t go down well with most conservative types.
It’s a testament to Kenney’s political acumen that he was able to hang onto his party’s leadership during it all, but it’s a fair assumption that without his “Best Summer Ever”™, his leadership may well have slipped.
The questions now are: will Kenney tighten restrictions further, and will Albertans believe him when he announces “Open for Christmas”™ or “Open for Summer”™?
It’s Groundhog Day. To break the cycle, Bill Murray’s character tried perfecting every detail of the day with stage-managed perfection. He even tried murdering the Ground Hog. To break out of his never-ending day, he had to live that day to its fullest.
That’s not going to happen so long as thee premier keeps seeing his shadow.
Derek Fildebrandt is the Publisher of the Western Standard
Opinion
ANDRUS: Quebec wins, the West loses
“For those keeping track, that’s three debates held in French, and only one held in English, despite only one out of every four Canadians speaking French.”
Depending on how you define a debate, this year’s federal election campaign trail is set to include four debates over the next week.
On Sunday, the French language version of CBC, Radio-Canada, conducted back-to-back video interviews with each of the federal party leaders.
This will be followed tonight by another series of back-to-back video interviews, again in French, on TVA.
These will be joined by two traditional debates – one in French next Wednesday and one in English next Thursday – organized by the federal debates commission.
For those keeping track, that’s three debates held in French, and only one held in English, despite only one out of every four Canadians speaking French.
This might leave many English-speakers wondering why there is such an imbalance.
No-one is suggesting that there not be a French debate, of course.
But why should three-quarters of the debates be inaccessible to three-quarters of Canadians?
The question isn’t just about language, but also about policy and fairness for other regions of the country.
There is no doubt that the French language debates won’t just be conducted in French but also will focus on issues that are of more interest to francophones.
With only one debate in English, how likely is it that issues that matter to Alberta and Saskatchewan residents will get much coverage?
Well, the not-so-easy on the ears answer is that all the leaders have an interest in avoiding a debate on the issues that affect Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Alberta and Saskatchewan have only has thirty-four and fourteen seats, respectively, in the House of Commons, while Quebec alone has seventy-eight.
Not to mention the fact that it’s never really a race out here in the West.
Every election for as long as most can remember, Albertans have voted solidly conservative.
Winning or losing a few percentages of support in Alberta or Saskatchewan is unlikely to change the outcome of very many seats at all, if any.
Yet, the things that the various party leaders would have to say to win support in the West would likely cost them support in areas of the country that have far more seats.
The truth is, no matter where you held a federal election debate, it will go down in one of two ways.
Either Alberta and Saskatchewan will be used as a punching bag for the leaders to one up each other by highlighting their commitment to climate change, or they will be largely ignored as a wasteland of conservative voters.
Thanks to the Conservatives’ recent back-peddling, all five parties on the debate stage tonight now have strong commitments to the Paris Climate Change targets, and support carbon taxes that would shut down our energy sector and kill all the well-paying jobs that come with fossil fuels.
The energy sector is the heartbeat of the economy of the West. It has allowed our people to flourish, and it has funded the lavish ‘lifestyle’ of the Quebec government for decades.
Yet, we now live in a Canada where defending the oil and gas industry is a net vote-loser for a politician.
So, whether we’re talking about the election debates, or the election itself, once again, Quebec wins, and the West loses.
But what else is new?
Twenty years ago, a team of leading Western intellectuals – including future Prime Minister Stephen Harper – released a letter calling for a firewall around Alberta to protect our interests.
But the fire is already here, it’s already in Alberta, and it’s burning down our industries and livelihoods.
We’ll see if any of the federal leaders are willing to address this in any meaningful way, in any of the debates, in any language.
If not, perhaps more drastic action is required.
Josh Andrus is a columnist for the Western Standard. He is also the Executive Director of Project Confederation.
Opinion
FILDEBRANDT: Where did all the pro-choicers go?
“If the pro-choicers wish to retain their positive moniker – rather than be known simply as pro-abortion – then they might consider applying their creed to other choices that people wish to make with their own body.”
“My body, my choice!” is probably the most well recognized refrain of the pro-choice in abortion movement. It’s been their keystone slogan since at least the 1960s.
It’s a compelling argument, if based on principle. It appeals not just to those who want access to abortions, but to those who support the sovereignty of the individual. It is a slogan based upon the premise that the state has no authority over what people do with their own bodies.
The argument is muddled when some believe the unborn child to also be a person deserving of rights, putting the rights of both in conflict. But Parliament has declined to recognize the unborn as legal persons, making it a matter of just one individual’s rights.
I’m not here to debate abortion however. That ship has sailed, and it’s doubtful that I could change anyone’s mind in one direction or the other.
But large numbers of pro-choicers do appear to have changed their minds rather decisively as it regards the slogan, “My body, my choice!”
The sacred sovereignty of the individual’s body is a principle scant to be seen, as the most passionate pro-choicers in abortion have simultaneously been the most extreme anti-choicers in vaccines, masks, and social gatherings.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has gone out of his way to make mandatory vaccine passports an issue. He’s so pro-choice, that he has made it party policy to kick any MPs out of his caucus that don’t unconditionally support his position.
Alberta NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has never seen a COVID restriction that she didn’t like. In Alberta’s seesaw cycle of restrictions-reopening-restrictions, she has always endorsed restrictions, and opposed reopening. Just today she called for mandatory vaccine passports and forced masking. She is so pro-choice, that when she was premier, she made it illegal for even quiet and orderly protestors to demonstrate anywhere near abortion clinics.
Of course, most conservative governments across Canada have implemented draconian anti-choice COVID-19 measures, but they have at least been more apologetic in their language for doing so. And with the exception of the (privately) pro-life Jason Kenney, all of the conservative premiers are openly pro-(abortion) choice.
Yet, the sacred sovereignty of the individual’s body does not appear to apply to anything except for a single medical procedure. The principle that the government has no right to tell a free person what to do with their body applies not to the choice of whether to: wear a mask or not, get vaccinated or not, travel or not, or to gather with friends and family over Christmas or not.
These are all simple choices involving one’s own body.
It has never dawned on these pro-choicers that the decision over an abortion procedure should also apply to any other medical procedure. They are scant to be seen protesting on the steps of any legislature also demanding the right to purchase private health insurance.
Of course, there is the rare exception. Some libertarians like Western Standard Columnist Cory Morgan are pro-choice in, well, everything. At least he’s consistent.
But most people aren’t consistent in their beliefs. Pro-choicers may apply their choice creed to only a single medical procedure and little else, but on the other side, many avowed free-market conservatives continue to support Canada’s Soviet-style “supply management” of large areas of Canada’s agriculture industry. Inconsistency and hypocrisy is in ample supply on both sides of the political divide.
If the pro-choicers wish to retain their positive moniker – rather than be known simply as pro-abortion – then they might consider applying their creed to other choices that people wish to make with their own body.
Derek Fildebrandt is the Publisher of the Western Standard
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Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Has the FakeStream Media explained this one to you?
8 Sub Sahara nations: Nigeria, Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Cote de’ Ivoire, Ethiopia,Malawi, Niger
Total combined population: 557 Million (nearly 2X of America)
Total combined COVID cases: 408
Total combined COVID deaths: 14
These 8 nations with 3rd world health care all share one thing in common: their entire population is on perpetual, intermittant regimes of HCQ because of Malaria.
Ernie
December 16, 2020 at 1:23 pm
Ethiopia has over 1800 COVID related deaths – man, get your facts straight or don’t bother us with your lies.
Ernie
December 16, 2020 at 1:23 pm
i would strong suggest you fact check everything you post. You are either a troll trying to incite or guessing. Here is a great link to get you on your way. You show 14 COVID deaths total in those 8 countries – well, as of yesterday, Congo had 100.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Cudos to the Doc . . . he is right on . . .
the Chinese Communist approach is worse than the disease itself.
The “Test” is completely bogus . . . they use it & the Media to create Scare & Fear !
Time for the citizens to wake up . . .
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:31 pm
Thanks to Dr. Mobry for writing this article.
I particularly appreciate the link to the data published by the Canadian Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom (JCCF). Very interesting that deaths in Canada are lower through the first 8 months of 2020 compared to 2019 and 2018.
The Great Barrington Declaration was created by scientists and doctors from Oxford, Stanford, Harvard and Cambridge. It has been signed by 691,603 citizens, 12,785 medical practitioners and 38,464 medical practitioners.
Intelligent people may wonder why the GBD has gained 0 coverage in the mainstream media, and why courageous physicians like Dr. Mobry have to write open letters to media outlets to have their expertise heard.
Instead we censor all doctors who say anything to the contrary. Anyone who agrees is trolled on the internet by anonymous strangers using low level character attacks with no reference to the data.
MackennaW
December 13, 2020 at 9:16 pm
Modry was basically run out of his hospital, and stripped of hospital privileges. He ended up suing AHS for wrongful dismissal, etc. Not sure of the outcome, but he hasn’t practiced medicine for years and he isn’t an epidemiologist. He’s a real estate developer.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
His qualifications are more than enough to share the data in the letter
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
What qualifications? He’s a heart surgeon.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:54 pm
MD etc etc
Gillian Archibald
December 13, 2020 at 8:19 pm
I for one have been constantly sending Premiere Kenney information on Covid, the dangers of lockdowns, the dangers of wearing masks, the closing of business and the Great Barrington Declaration. I have also sent him info on the Great Reset and an interview of Claus Schwab.
Premier Kenney has selected hearing and vision. He does not care. He pretends he does, he says he does, but his actions are what speak the truth. What he is doing, what all politicians are doing, is diabolical and scary. They are creating this situation ( not Covid but the fake pandemic) and then they are are trying to convince us that they will save us from it.
He wants to frustrate us, degrade us and demoralize us. All of this leads to division. I believe Kenney has succumbed to the corruption of Trudeau, If you have been watching and observing, you can see when each Conservative Premier has been converted to the corruption, paid off, bribed, threatened. Whatever it is, it happens on a dime.
Don’t comply people. Once you lose a freedom, you will never get it back.
MackennaW
December 13, 2020 at 9:16 pm
OMG, I sure hope he listened to the troll you are.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:31 pm
Mackenna you are the biggest troll here, sharing zero information, only attacking people on character
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:53 pm
no, you would be the biggest troll out there – sorry, polls are closed and results are in!!
Gillian Archibald
December 13, 2020 at 9:21 pm
Oh aren’t you cute. Mr. know it all commenting on everyone else comments. I sure as heck hope Kenney isn’t listening to an immature idiot like you.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
Another conspiracy theorist!
Gillian Archibald
December 14, 2020 at 12:56 pm
The phrase conspiracy theorist was started by governments who want to keep the truth from the people. The people who use it so freely today are those avoiding discussing the facts to deny the obvious and who think they are superior and like to appease the politically correct. New flash! I don’t care what you think or call me.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:56 pm
You sound like someone who has way too much time on their hands. Go for a walk in the park – enjoy what the world offers. Our time on earth is too short to complain, condemn and criticize.
Gillian Archibald
December 14, 2020 at 12:57 pm
And you sound like an idiot. You call me a conspiracy theorist and I’m not allowed to reply to that. You sound like someone who isn’t at all informed and uses insults as arguments when called out. How about you for for a walk .. off a cliff.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:58 pm
and now you sound delusional and have anger management issues. I think it’s time for you to see a counselor…….please…for the safety of others.
Jim Giles
December 13, 2020 at 6:23 pm
Boy do I know this name. Modry (I refuse to use Dr.) had a very long history of incompetence, rudeness, lack of follow-up care, and a higher than normal mortality rate. He actually cancelled 2 heart surgeries because he was going on vacation and likely would have been delayed if he had to do his job. He was suspended and lost his hospital privileges back in 2015.
This guy is the worst sort of medical person – a surgeon jock who just lives to cut, and the accompanying God complex.
So we have 300 actual medical professionals who begged Kenney to do more, and this 1 washed up loser gets the attention? Why am I not surprised?
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
More character attack propaganda
Jim Giles
December 14, 2020 at 12:31 am
Tell you what troll – please find and quote the web address where the CDC posted that PCR testing has a 50% false positive rate as quoted by your new hero. I could mention other false information he quoted, but let’s start there.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:53 pm
he won’t – because it does not exist! He bought into the false news as he’s another puppet of social media.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:54 pm
Gladly,
Here’s a few articles to get you started. The false positive rate for PCR testing is 0.8-4.0%.
When the actual positive rate is 1-2% you can end up with more false positives than actual positives.
Additionally the cycle threshold of 35cts is inappropriate. 25cts is recommended. Most governments including Alberta are running 35-40+ ct’s.
Fauci himself says 35 CT’s is mostly dead nucleic acid fragments and not proof of infection.
Portugal just ruled PCR tests are unreliable and not legal, claiming 97% false positives!
1. PCR False positive 0.8-4.0% https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.26.20080911v1.full.pdf
2. Kary Mullis PCR inventor (1:30) “doesn’t tell you that you’re sick”, “you can find anything in there” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=scYudSweDAs&fbclid=IwAR15i15A3cUY_utJwk42-hQYL7vY5ZvDCAm5vh7aB6IhG33jUeKn4AZ38KI
3. Yeadon 90% false positives https://lockdownsceptics.org/lies-damned-lies-and-health-statistics-the-deadly-danger-of-false-positives/
4. PCR excellent explanation (11:00) https://m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3Lbq7x8h5JUkZUO7gv0jed8hStyJqPlHpvwobVFodqrKPo5cEX6Ca4VTg&feature=youtu.be&v=S_1Z8cSXI-Q
5. Portugal 97% false positives http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/november/27/landmark-legal-ruling-finds-that-covid-tests-are-not-fit-for-purpose-so-what-do-the-msm-do-they-ignore-it/
You are welcome in advance
Jim Giles
December 14, 2020 at 12:55 pm
No, no my friend. I don’t want your regurgitated YouTube videos and links to conspiracy theory websites. Modry stated that the CDC itself stated that PCR testing had a 50% false positive. All I asked was that you find and post the web address from the CDC website backing his statement up.
Also, I love when people quote “facts” when they have no idea what they are talking about. You say “Additionally the cycle threshold of 35cts is inappropriate. 25cts is recommend,” which is actually backwards. The cycle threshold needs to be higher, not lower, to increase the amount of DNA or RNA copies produced. Don’t try to science when you haven’t a clue.
Charles Martell III
December 16, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Are you stupid Jim?
The Inventor of the process tells you what is it . . . and you want to believe the CBC?
Man you are in the dumb lane . . . .
“PCR is really a manufacturing technique,” Crowe explained. “You start with one molecule. You start with a small amount of DNA and on each cycle the amount doubles, which doesn’t sound like that much, but if you, if you double 30 times, you get approximately a billion times more material than you started with. So as a manufacturing technique, it’s great… This is where it gets wild.
“In one paper,” Crowe says, “I found 37 cycles. If you didn’t get enough fluorescence by 37 cycles, you are considered negative. In another, paper, the cutoff was 36. Thirty-seven to 40 were considered “indeterminate.” And if you got in that range, then you did more testing. I’ve only seen two papers that described what the limit was. So, it’s quite possible that different hospitals, different States, Canada versus the US, Italy versus France are all using different cutoff sensitivity standards of the Covid test. So, if you cut off at 20, everybody would be negative. If you cut off a 50, you might have everybody positive.””
Jim Giles
December 16, 2020 at 1:13 pm
I guess I must be dumb. I feel bad about that as I have a degree in microbiology and have actually used PCR in the lab. But your YouTube viewing obviously gives you greater knowledge. My apologies.
Charles Martell III
December 18, 2020 at 10:53 am
I have a degree . . . lol
You just pull that degree out of your A$$ man . . .
PCR was invented for Forensic purposes . . . it multiplies material more and more as you keep spinning.
It created Positive CCP Virus tests the same way . . . over 50% fail rate!
Jim Giles
December 18, 2020 at 1:22 pm
As you keep spinning? Wow, you got the tech down for sure. And to be clear, it’s not PCR itself that checks for viral particles; it just creates the copies. Another method entirely, such as ELISA, is used to do this. So saying PCR gives false positives is completely inaccurate. As far as my degree goes, I could prove it, but frankly I don’t give a sh*t what you believe or don’t believe.
Charles Martell III
December 19, 2020 at 10:14 am
The inventor of the Test disagrees with you . . . but you Soldier on . . . a 50% or higher fail rate is “Science” in your mind . . . lol
The PCR test was invented by Kary Mullis in 1985 but it was never intended for detecting disease; it’s primary applications included biomedical research and criminal forensics.
Before his death in 2019 Mullis told reporters:
“Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don’t mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.”–Kary Mullis, Inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Charles Martell III
December 16, 2020 at 1:03 pm
The PCR Test is a Forensics tool . . . designed to Manufacture . . .
“The PCR test was invented by Kary Mullis in 1985 but it was never intended for detecting disease; it’s primary applications included biomedical research and criminal forensics.
Before his death in 2019 Mullis told reporters:
““Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don’t mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.”
–Kary Mullis, Inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction
Mullis often spoke out against using his test for diagnosing illnesses. So-called experts ignored the warning. But now, many independent scientists and medical professionals are coming forward to denounce the idiocy of governments, the media and NGO’s for pushing the number of novel coronavirus “cases” (not deaths) premised on spurious results from this problematic PCR test.”
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
If people would do your research, they would find you are 100% correct. Also, this guy is a heart surgeon and knows diddly about viruses and epidemiology. Yet some readers here are prepared to go down on one knee to him.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
He’s a medical doctor genius
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
no, no – you are a genius. A special kind of genius.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:54 pm
Thank you
Ernie
December 15, 2020 at 10:34 am
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/109c1f7bce5a32578a3e49b00eea424e60e5db27a6f5fa6a988236d6ab486a5b.jpg
Kim Davies
December 13, 2020 at 12:59 pm
What is also missing in data provided by AHS is what the hospitalizations and ICU usage are now compared to other years at this time of year.
People die every day and every winter brings an uptick in hospitalizations and deaths. Covid 19 appears worse than the average flu but how anomalous is this year exactly?
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
The Alberta Health website is lacking with important and easy to access data like you’ve mentioned
Onosha Ugory
December 14, 2020 at 12:59 pm
Go to Statistic Canada and fish in there. This year is not worse than previous years, could be better. I’m judging by US stats
Kim Davies
December 14, 2020 at 12:59 pm
I’ve done that but my knowledge doesn’t help many. This doctor and the government who have the voice need to get that information out to the public.
Ernie
December 13, 2020 at 7:46 am
So……another expert in the field trying to discredit recent health care decisions. And he goes above his employer’s head (Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Alberta, Provincial Health
Minister as well as the Premier of Alberta) and has this letter published throughout the media which tells me he does not play well with others. My initial thoughts of this guy were confirmed after I read some reviews from some of his former patients:
– Dr. Dennis Modry is an egotistical doctor with a god complex! He believes that he is better than
everyone else and will not treat you post surgery if something is wrong.
– Dr Modry does not lack ego.
– Very shortly after my operation, he was run off the hospital grounds.
– Dr. Modry is only an average surgeon. Consumed with his own ego which causes him to be quite
arrogant at times.
In 2015, Alberta Health Services restricted and then eventually suspended his operating privileges due poor clinical practice, which included concerns that his patients died more often than those of other surgeons.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
Typical Propaganda through Character Attack.
His personae doesn’t change DATA presented in the multiple links in the article, which you obviously ignored.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:52 pm
He’s a heart surgeon – you probably know more about the COVID then he does.
Onosha Ugory
December 14, 2020 at 12:59 pm
he definitely knows more about Covid than Bill gates and World Bank
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:53 pm
He’s a medical doctor and provides data for his statements.
Your poor grammar suggests you are in no position to criticize anyone.
RussG553
December 14, 2020 at 12:56 pm
Agreed – people who mix up “then” and “than” show their ignorance to all.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:53 pm
oh, my – an educated troll!
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 14, 2020 at 12:54 pm
The best kind, sharing real information instead of misinformation and propaganda
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 12:56 pm
no, more like someone who has way too much time on his hands.
Vlad Lashing
December 14, 2020 at 9:13 pm
Yeah, he should have written Hinshaw privately, got deleted and kept his trap shut. That’s right. Hinshaw can go on making 323k a year to destroy the province with her google search approach to everything.
Ernie
December 14, 2020 at 9:34 pm
So what’s your solution to this COVID issue? No lockdowns and end up like Sweden?
Charles Martell III
December 16, 2020 at 1:03 pm
Sweden is doing fin Ernie . . . so is Florida, did you know Disneyland is open?
and the Swedes will not have a massive number of DEATHS caused by the Lockdowns & Quarantines. Which in Canada and Alberta have already exceeded the number of DEATHS by CCP Flu by thousands.
Ernie
December 16, 2020 at 1:08 pm
Charles, I know we all are entitled to our opinions and their is nothing wrong with a friendly debate but do so armed with facts. Sweden is now over 7800 deaths and with their population of 10 million, with lax restrictions.
New data suggests that Sweden will have one of the highest Covid-19 deaths-per-capita rate in Europe if the high death rate continues. Latest news is that they are contemplating implementing a lockdown of sorts.. And regular flu numbers in Alberta are down considerably due to a higher percentage getting the flu shot as well as the masking and social distancing. And as for Florida – Charles, Charles, Charles – it’s easy to find this info on line so please do some fact checking because you are either a troll looking to incite or you are guessing. And why does Disneyland matter?
David Elson
December 13, 2020 at 2:53 am
Kenney will not listen because he knows the lockdowns are not meant to save lives. They are meant to condition you for future government action.
Folks, we are in a lot of trouble here. Our socialist governments have turned hostile toward the average man, just like they did in Communist Russia, Nazi Germany, and Communist China.
I’m not being hyperbolic. Just wait until you see what happens next.
Mars Hill
December 12, 2020 at 8:48 pm
https://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2020/12/12/178902?hpnl=true
Roger Swan
December 12, 2020 at 7:42 pm
Thank you Dr. Modry for making compassionate mention of Jerry Dunham. Jerry died in early June, in Medicine Hat, for want of an implanted defibrillator, a common day surgery. His need for this procedure had been downgraded from “essential” to “inessential”, as hospitals postponed or cancelled surgeries as they awaited a surge of COVID admissions that never came. Premier Kenney has apologized for the harm the misguided earlier lockdown caused. Rachel Notley, Deena Hinshaw and AHS have never acknowledged culpability for Jerry’s death. In fact they are now preparing us for further such needless tragedy as they once again empty hospital beds and cancel surgeries in anticipation of “the second wave”. Their favourite scapegoat? 75-year-old anti-maskers like me who are said to have caused the second wave by not bowing the knee sufficiently to their cruel, arbitrary, idiotic, contradictory, pseudo-scientific ravings. R.I.P. Jerry. You were a consummate musician, father and partner. Alberta and Canada are diminished by your death.
BabyItsColdOutside
December 17, 2020 at 1:09 pm
Seems Kenney is in on it too. Saving millions of dollars denying health care to us.
EvaM
December 12, 2020 at 2:56 pm
Thank you for this Article! It’s like a breath of fresh air.
Politicians have to come to terms that they are working for the people that elected them. If they are working for hidden agendas of the globalists, they are not doing their job and need to be held accountable. It’s time for people to wake up and stop being brainwashed by main stream media!
MajorTom
December 12, 2020 at 5:13 pm
Thank you, Doctor Modry for your courage! We need more medical professionals to come out and stand up for truth! Our nation is at risk!
MackennaW
December 13, 2020 at 9:16 pm
He isn’t a medical professional. He got tossed and lost his privileges. He’s been retired for years.
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
His qualifications beg to differ
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:01 pm
So YOU would rather listen to some Govt Hack . . . another low intellect voter!
Vlad Lashing
December 14, 2020 at 9:10 pm
Please post Hinshaws qualifications. Where and what has she practised?
Onosha Ugory
December 12, 2020 at 11:25 am
I think that people don’t understand that all West Canadian premiers are under the pressure to do lockdowns. I don’t know whether its financial pressure or some other blackmail but that’s what’s going on all over the world. All heads of governments are under the pressure. If they do not follow what UN, IMF, WEF want from them, then they’re in trouble. The end result is New World Order via The Great Reset
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
WHO, follow the money… it’s a lobbyist group funded by “guess who” Bill Gates and the Pharma companies including Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca etc etc etc
Patrick Allan Kaupp
December 12, 2020 at 7:23 am
If Jason Kenney wants any redemption from this catastrophy, he needs to fire Deena Hinshaw for gross incompetence and then resign for the same reason.
BabyItsColdOutside
December 11, 2020 at 4:59 pm
Not just “a doctor”. Dennis Modry is a world renowned cardiac surgeon. If you are over 45, this man is a legend, a rock star in Alberta.
The AB College of Physicians and Surgeon may have met their match trying to silence him like they did with Dr Hodkinson.
B Haze
December 12, 2020 at 11:25 am
Well, that’s in the courts it seems. He has had a controversial run and was noted for poor practice, poor outcomes in surgery. I find few numerical facts in this article to support the claims. Also, writing directly to Kenney is NOT appropriate. As a doctor(scientist) he should speak directly to Dr Hinshaw, who can respond with proper scientific references. I have no problem that he questions the decisions, but do have issue with approach. Also 300 doctors signed a letter last week to “do more” , and he is just 1, saying “do less” .
Rick Johnson
December 12, 2020 at 2:52 pm
The signing 300 Doctors are members of the Alberta Medical Association which is in bed with the nurses unions, CUPE and AUPE who are in bed with Notley’s NDP. The push for lockdowns is intended to further strangle Alberta’s private sector economy to induce an increase in dependence on government socialized programs. https://media1.giphy.com/media/ylyUQm2pCWo5yLfFEQ/giphy.gif
Vlad Lashing
December 14, 2020 at 9:10 pm
thats right 100%. These same union heads that want less work and shutdown of business also wants a discount when they pick up their lunch for “first responders”. Time to show them all the door.
roger murphy
December 13, 2020 at 7:55 pm
You would know this how?
B Haze
December 14, 2020 at 1:02 pm
I read the local articles published about him before commenting and see all these other comments about what a quack he has become. Yes, at a point in time he was a star, but it went to his head or something, and he ended up being removed. 5 years later he is not reinstated…… But my original premise is he is 1 vs 300/ and is attacking a politician, vs debating with another science peer. He presents no facts(numbers) to support any of his points. That’s just weak.
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:03 pm
So what did he say that was WRONG?
You seem to not know anything . . . do you live under a log?
Only ONE set of FACTS man . . . 300 to 1 . . . those are much better odds than Galileo had . . . but he was correct !
The CDC’s current best estimates for the C-19 fatality rate are:
0.003% for people aged 0–19 years.
0.02% for people aged 20–49 years.
0.5% for people aged 50–69 years.
5.4% for people aged 70+ years.
So Hazey . . . what group would you be concentrating on?
The under 50 crowd is NOT threatened . . .
What is threatening is the PCR fraud test . . .
“The PCR test was invented by Kary Mullis in 1985 but it was never intended for detecting disease; it’s primary applications included biomedical research and criminal forensics.
Before his death in 2019 Mullis told reporters: “Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don’t mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.”
–Kary Mullis, Inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction
Mullis often spoke out against using his test for diagnosing illnesses. So-called experts ignored the warning. But now, many independent scientists and medical professionals are coming forward to denounce the idiocy of governments, the media and NGO’s for pushing the number of novel coronavirus “cases” (not deaths) premised on spurious results from this problematic PCR test.”
Has the FakeStream Media explained this one to you?
8 Sub Sahara nations: Nigeria, Congo, Uganda, Mozambique, Cote de’ Ivoire, Ethiopia,Malawi, Niger
Total combined population: 557 Million (nearly 2X of America)
Total combined COVID cases: 408
Total combined COVID deaths: 14
These 8 nations with 3rd world health care all share one thing in common: their entire population is on perpetual, intermittant regimes of HCQ because of Malaria.
Vlad Lashing
December 14, 2020 at 9:10 pm
paid shill you are?
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:15 pm
Your comment is lazy and false.
There is plenty of links to data in the article.
For example, the link to Canada’s Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms shows there is fewer deaths in the first 8 months of 2020 than 2019 and 2018.
Deaths (8-month total)
2018: 186,825
2019: 190,300
2020: 186,690
Reference: https://www.jccf.ca/government-data-shows-lockdowns-more-deadly-than-covid-19/
Unfortunately you didn’t put enough effort into reading the content before rushing to comment and share your criticism of an Associate Medical Professor.
Let’s assume someone with his Medical Qualifications BSc, MD, MSc, FRCS, FACCP, FACS made a conscious decision to make his letter OPEN to the public.
Obviously if you want to address the data in it’s completion, and share your medical qualifications we can make a more intelligent comparison.
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:03 pm
What did he write that you think is incorrect ?
Do the PCR tests with the massive error rate really work?
There are numerous studies out there that demonstrate Masks are detrimental to your health . . . ever read one? Even the Box says “It can’t stop a virus” !
Are you saying there are not 1000s of Albertans who have been negatively affected by the insane Lockdown? More have died than were killed by the Virus.
So what’s your point?
What effect do you think Canada’s 30 something in the world HC system had on his outcomes?
Kenny needs to be informed so he stops making stupid decisions . . . after all, Kenny is just a Politician . . . and everyone knows they are usually uninformed & clueless.
Today . . . Sweden & Florida are doing just fine . . . even Disneyland is open in Florida . . . how is that possible? Florida even managed to protect its massive Senior Population. Good Governance I suspect . . .
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:01 pm
The PCR Test is a fraud ! It was designed for forensics not a diagnosis tool.
The average age of those dying is over 80 . . .
More people have died because of the Lockdowns . . . & of course the insane mask nonsense. Did you ever read the box “Does not protect from a Virus” ? ? ?
And I am not even a Dr. or Scientist . . . just a purveyor of FACTS !
BabyItsColdOutside
December 17, 2020 at 1:05 pm
No controversy other than another case of physician bullying by the elitist commies in AHS. I believe that lawsuit against those tyrants made him a very wealthy man.
Christine
December 12, 2020 at 12:38 pm
A rockstar? Hardly. This man disgraced himself near the end of his career. I highly suggest you do a little research on Dennis Modry before stating anyone has “met their match.” This is a senile old man trying to stay relevant, nothing more.
roger murphy
December 13, 2020 at 7:55 pm
Do tell, he seems eminently qualified and he is actually following the data we have, so what was this man’s transgression?
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:00 pm
Your post is irrelivant and void of Facts . . . you must work in the Media!
The Wuhan Flu is only dangerous to the over 65 crowd . . . u know the folks that ALL Provincial Govts have ignored for the last year.
Doctors & Medical Professionals From All Over The World Speak Out – Please Share
https://www.brighteon.com/35721a21-0352-4334-82e7-42cb2933d8a1
Try to be relevant & informed Christine . . . Canada is teaming with dopy citizens . . . way too many thought Justin was smart . . . lol
The CDC’s current best estimates for the C-19 fatality rate are:
0.003% for people aged 0–19 years.
0.02% for people aged 20–49 years.
0.5% for people aged 50–69 years.
5.4% for people aged 70+ years.
MackennaW
December 13, 2020 at 9:16 pm
Modry was thrown out of his hospital and had his privileges taken away years ago. He doesn’t practice medicine, hasn’t for years.
Charles Martell III
December 14, 2020 at 1:01 pm
Don’t have to practice Medicine to know that this Scam-Demic is a fraud.
The average age of the deaths in Canada is over 80 . . . you would think that after 11 months the Provinces would have tough criteria to protect old folks homes . . . but they DON’T !
The chances of dying from the Wuhan Flu if you are under 18 is .002% . . . . if you are under 50 .04% . . . Lockdowns & masks are killing more people than the disease.
warrenzoell
December 11, 2020 at 4:49 pm
Excellent article! But will Kenney listen?
bassplayer12
December 11, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Probably not. No politician wants to be held responsible (or perceived of being responsible) for people’s death. Politicians want to be elected… and, be REELECTED!
Sanford Thompson
December 12, 2020 at 7:35 am
79% of deaths have been in extended care. All homes are either directly or indirectly controlled by the gov. The unintended consequences or perhaps an overarching plan to build back better are all the responsibility of the politicians and the “experts”.
John
December 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm
I don’t think so.
Kenney is more and more revealing his true face.
Bob Smithers
December 13, 2020 at 2:08 pm
The real hero, whoever that might be, is the courageous doctor, or politician, that gets Ivermectin into the medical treatment, to stop the Wuhan Flu.
India’s medical system is distributing it, along with HCQ, VitaminD, and other supplements. They are successfully fighting Wuhan Flu, while our weak, fearful medical authorities only solution is to HIDE from the boogeyman.
If we fought WWII like this, we would be eating saeurkraut, listening to Wagner, and all have blonde hair, saluting Deutschland!
Bendrévîlle Tîgrès
December 13, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Right, India has learned their lesson the hard way about Bill Gates and the Vaccine Train.
Lots of treatments seem successful including Invermectin and HCQ for treating SARS
It’s probably just a coincidence that easy to access medicine is blocked for some reason ($) as the media hypes vaccination under the WHO and mega pharmaceutic companies