Notices by Lauralee Dukeshire (lauraleedukeshire@mstdn.ca)

Remember back at the beginning of the pandemic, when public health folks were like "COVID is not airborne....like measles", "COVID isn't as transmissilble....as measles". Measles was used as the big scary thing against which every new disease was measured.
Now it's making a comeback. What are they going to say to make everybody complacent about MEASLES? #COVIDisAirborne #Measles

When I was a kid, I remember being teased for being gullible. I thought I'd learned to be skeptical - until the failed pandemic response shattered my faith in the ethics of my profession and the scientific literacy of many of my colleagues. I was so naive 4 years ago. I'm not sure whether to be embarrassed or grateful that I passed my 42nd birthday before those particular illusions were smashed. #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne

@freemo You presented a judgement about the terms used in my poll (implying the whole exercise was invalid) but didn't explain why you thought that way. You made an assertion without any explanation. It was like throwing a pie in someone's face as you walk by or "here have a grenade". It was a pronouncement in the form of a rhetorical question. It did not seem like an invitation to a discussion.

@freemo I didn't say your response was impolite. I said it came across as confrontational.

@freemo it came across to me as passive aggressive confrontation. Which did not inspire thoughtful reflection but rather fight/flight response. If you are looking for thoughtful discussion, politely presenting your opinion would have been a better starting place.

@freemo What were you hoping to achieve in asking that question?