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   Meanwhile in Albertastan

   Alberta premier’s support for #TownHall questioning #COVIDvaccines worries experts | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/10511738/danielle-smith-covid-vaccine-town-hall/

   “Blake Murdoch at the University of Alberta said #DanielleSmith framing the town hall as a chance to look at the international evidence of harm to children by COVID vaccines is a “reckless misrepresentation of what this event” is based on the guest list. (1/4)

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     in reply to

     “The problem is that the information ecosystem has moved away from reliance on evidence to reliance on ideology and identity politics and extremism.”

     Murdoch said the idea that contrarian voices were not considered during the #pandemic is “a false narrative.” (3/4)

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     “There’s nothing wrong with contrarianism per se. It’s just that we live in a world where facts exist,” said Murdoch, a senior research associate with the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law.

     Murdoch said there is a vast amount of science that shows the vaccines are overwhelmingly safe.

     “Smith also made the claim that the organizers have invited a variety of doctors. I think that is also a reckless misrepresentation,” Murdoch said. (2/4)

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