Saturday Letters: Alberta Spoiled PR War Against Oil Sands

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The results of Allan’s research are available. And now that? All it does is reinforce how ineffective the Alberta government has been over the past 20 years in fighting extremist voices in the green / environmental movement targeting the Alberta oil sands.

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If it’s one thing Alberta politicians seem to know well, it’s image control, but how could they have so miserably failed to precisely promote and control the narrative of our oil sands? The industry neither recognized nor understood the importance of this well-organized, directed and funded campaign to smear our oil sands. Alberta government and industry were given ample opportunity, financial resources, and time to develop and implement a targeted, fact-based, national and global campaign outlining how we are world leaders in balanced and responsible energy development.

Why couldn’t they have found an industry spokesperson similar to Greta Thunberg to wow the Twitterverse? The only thing Albertans should be upset about is how much they outmaneuvered us and outmaneuvered us.

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Craig O’Connor, Edmonton

Vaccine mandates fuel obesity

Re. “Public health ignores a critical issue,” David Staples, October 20.

For the first time in a long time, I agree with Mr. Staples. Our entire health care system seems to be almost entirely focused on vaccines and has completely neglected other aspects of health, such as obesity, which is a clear comorbidity of COVID-19 infection.

In contrast, exercise reduces obesity, improves immune system function, and has a host of other benefits that are too extensive to discuss here. So I don’t understand why our government insists on restricting these benefits only to those who have been twice vaccinated. They want us to gain weight and be more likely to get sick?

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Ron Bereznicki, Edmonton

Why Did Anti-Vaccines Choose Healthcare Jobs?

Re. “AHS Loses 61 Employees to Vaccine Mandate,” October 21

I am surprised to find that 61 AHS employees lost their jobs because they did not understand the critical, positive and negative impacts of their conduct on public health regarding vaccines or, better yet, they do not know what ethics is all about.

I am happy that there are not many people involved. But it puzzles me why these people chose public health jobs when, based on their behavior, they clearly deny the proven benefits of COVID-19 vaccines approved to millions of people.

Not only does a vaccine protect people from the spread of a pandemic disease, lethal to many, but it also saves valuable resources, including the most precious of all: our health. I’m happy they are gone because obtuse or ignorant people have no room to manage our health and potentially expose innocent people to the vectors and horrors of COVID-19.

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A positive side of this story is that we got rid of people who have not shown respect for others and should not be allowed to be where they were: compromising our precious individual and collective health and, less understandably, their own well-being. being too much.

Tony Fernandes, Edmonton

Unvaccinated physicians needed better training

In the Oct. 21 Journal, AHS reports that approximately 92 percent of physicians are fully vaccinated. As a (retired) physician, I am surprised and disappointed by this number, which should be 100 percent.

One conclusion I draw is that medical schools, residency training programs, and medical regulators need to focus more on teaching and evaluating critical thinking skills, including the evaluation and application of evidence. We depend on physicians to assess and apply new knowledge to all aspects of healthcare.

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If the 92 percent vaccination rate for physicians is correct, then one possible conclusion is that eight percent (one in 12) of physicians have not properly assessed the evidence for COVID vaccines, and that is very disturbing.

Trevor Theman, Edmonton

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