By StandUpCanada.solutions

Stand Up Canada’s mandate of empowering Canadians to stand up for themselves, goes far beyond the legal realm. We fundamentally understand that if people are not well emotionally or physically, they will not be able to stand up for themselves, in any context.

Mental health issues are at an all time high in Canada. Suicide rates have skyrocketed. Eating disorders in children and teens have increased by 30%!

Think lockdowns still work?

The painful reality is that we are divided in our hearts, homes and communities thanks to lockdown measures. This divisiveness is caused by social isolation, loneliness, disconnection, “us vs them” mentality (binary thinking), anger and fear.

Make no mistake about this. Being cut off from your family and friends is extremely detrimental to your health in every sense. As Canadians, we are all at great risk of losing our love for one another if we don’t do something about this, and fast.

We couldn’t stand by and do nothing about this. So, we collaborated with retired MD J. Barry Engelhardt, who also has a Masters in bioethics to address this problem.

We created a conversational video series called “House Calls: From Confusion to Clarity”. This series contains 18 short, insightful and eyeopening conversations about important subjects that many of us are facing today.

FEAR – ETHICS – VACCINE MANDATES – CONCERNS & CONFUSIONS – CRITICAL THINKING – FOLLOW-THE-SCIENCE

This video series addresses the mental health issue in two ways. First, this series speaks to any true concerns you may have about many of the covid issues, allying any fear you or your loved one may be experiencing. Second, these videos are meant to be shared with anyone in your life where you have strained or broken relationships due to polarized views over covid.

These are not sensationalized conversations. Rather, they are calm and inviting conversations between two people discussing concerns that all of us share, no matter what side of the fence we may be on.

We truly hope these insightful and eye-opening conversations will bring people from confusion to clarity and nudge friends and families a little closer together. We could all use this right now.

Video Topics with Description

Introduction

Introduction to video series – conversations between Paula Tucci and J. Barry Engelhardt MD (retired), CCFP, MHSc (bioethics).

We recommend you watch the segment on Ethics to help deepen your understanding on other topics discussed, particularly Vaccine Mandates.

Exploring Fear Part 1

Fight or flight and binary thinking/reacting (right vs wrong). Dangers of polarized thinking and behaviour. We need to shift from binary to spectrum (shades of grey) to stop the divisiveness – to talk about our differences.

Exploring Fear Part 2

Analogy of fear in relation to pandemic. Gov’t using precautionary principle. Binary thinking/reacting (right or wrong). Fear is always a driving factor in binary reactions. We need to move from binary thinking/reacting to a spectrum of possibilities. Fight or flight. Turning into a debate culture.

Exploring Fear Part 3

Leaders using language to divide people/society. Many types of fears. Fear of losing traditions, jobs, previous lifestyles, finances, sense of self, relationships. Loss and mourning. We need to fix this before it’s too late. Fear sells = big busine$$. Science and democracy need differences in order to thrive. Need respectful dialogue. Impact on mental health – children impacted most.

Where’s the Ethics? Part 1

Ethics not really addressed in pandemic. Ethics is based on values = how we treat other people. Golden rule – treat others as you would like to be treated. All “codes” were developed over the years of how to treat one another – ethical in nature. Hammurabi Code of Babylon, Hebrew Ten Commandments, Roman and Greek laws that formed much of our present legal system, Magna Carta, American Constitution, Nuremberg Code and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Where’s the Ethics? Part 2

Rights and obligations need to be reciprocal. Rights of the collective should not trample that of the individual. How much can society demand of any given individual to accept risk, harm or loss of freedom, purely to protect society?

Where’s the Ethics? Part 3

If society has the right to protect itself and obligate an individual to accept certain risks or harms or limitations on freedoms, then it must make a valid moral argument for doing so. And any rule must have exceptions. Anytime in history when we have not had compassion, or robotically applied a rule, things go south in a very bad way. Nuremberg is a major example. Nuremberg Trials were created because of horrific abuses during World War II in Nazi Germany. North America is not immune to such behaviour – the 40-year Tuskegee Syphilis Study (1930’s to 1970’s) in the USA, involved depriving black men of treatment (penicillin) for syphilis.

Where’s the Ethics? Part 4

Most stringent measure implemented in a pandemic has been vaccination. Issues discussed with concerns about these medical interventions – new gene technologies. Questions on safety and efficacy due to “warp-speed” creation. Efficacy waning on these medical interventions, which explains booster shots.

Vaccine Mandates Part 1

No medical intervention against any coronavirus; mRNA brand-new technology never used before; short time-span of releasing medical intervention; normal procedure is to do a risk-stratification process. Issues with mandates for essential workers and in particular to nurses. Vaccinate or terminate is unethical and immoral. Front line hero’s being asked to forgo their own safety concerns. Have we lost our moral compass as Canadians?

Vaccine Mandates Part 2

Discussing the Nuremberg Code which deals with medical experimentation and how this relates to the current clinical trials happening now. Voluntary consent is absolutely essential. Nuremberg Code arose out of experimentation on people during World War II without their consent, which was deemed as Crimes Against Humanity. Discussing Charter sections 1, 2 and 7.

Vaccine Mandates & Children Part 3

Ethics and risks – particularly to children. Studies in 2000 were not done on children, pregnant women or people with auto-immune disease. Children were not getting sick or dying from this virus. They pose no risk for getting or transmitting this virus. Concerns with the new and untested technology for these medical interventions. If children are not getting any benefit from this medical intervention, they are doing it for the benefit of adults. They are essentially functioning like human shields. A grandfather’s perspective.

Concerns & Confusions Part 1

We highlight the many areas of concerns and confusion in the pandemic that happened outside of Canada at first.

Concerns & Confusions Part 2

We address the major concerns and confusion that happened in Canada. Items of inconsistencies addressed.

Critical Thinking

Understanding the following concepts can help with critical thinking: You may not know or realize what you don’t know. Harm can happen if you simply do not know about something. Your experiences can dictate your thinking and make you biased. There is no such thing as being 100% safe. Risk must not be binary – needs to be looked at as a spectrum. Context really is everything.

Follow the Science Part 1 – The Basics

In order to “follow the science” we need to first explore what this phrase means. What exactly is science? And what are we following? Science is not just knowledge; it is a process of discovery.

Follow the Science Part 2 – Bias

Understanding the Basics from Part 1, we look at how Bias is unavoidable and how it is affecting our ability to do science in the pandemic. Bias = to some degree, we all see what we want to see, we see what we already believe to be true.

Follow the Science Part 3 – Harms vs Benefits

Building on the understanding from the Basics in Part 1, to understanding how Bias affects our ability to do science in Part 2, we now look at Harms vs Benefits. No room for dogmatic thinking or character attacks in science. Science is not about beliefs or consensus.

Follow the Science Part 4 – Medical Science

Final segment, building on the new understanding from Part 1 to 3. This is a conclusive wrap up of how all these contribute to a better understanding of Medical Science.

The full video series can be found on our website at www.standupcanada.solutions/from-confusion-to-clarity You can also find this series on our YOUTUBE Channel: Stand Up Canada.solutions