Mr. Timothy Caulfield: You Won't Debate, Will You Join Me For A Q&A Session With Members Of The Public?

I Would Like To Have You Partner With Me To Counter Misinformation

I recently invited Canada’s taxpayer-funded misinformation guru, Mr. Timothy Caulfield, to have a public discussion with me about COVID-19 jabs.

Disappointingly, he never contacted me, despite him being encouraged to do so by many members of the public.

I am very appreciative that an objective third party kindly offered to mediate a discussion between me and Mr. Caulfield. She formally invited both of us and proposed strict rules to ensure the chat would be mutually respectful and professional. I accepted. Mr. Caulfield did not. In fact, he blocked her. You can read about it here.

So, I would like to try an alternative, more comfortable approach…

A Question and Answer Session: An Opportunity to Clarify COVID-19 Science for the Public

I have been invited to serve on a Q&A panel in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada this coming Saturday January 28, 2023. I have accepted. Members of the public can pose questions and the panel members are to provide answers supported by the overall weight of the scientific evidence. The scientific literature about COVID-19 is challenging to navigate for the public and many people would appreciate help differentiating truth from misinformation.

Mr. Caulfield, you and I share the same passion for crushing misinformation. Respectfully, I would like to extend an invitation for you to join me on this panel. I have already talked to the organizer and they would be thrilled and honoured to have you join us at this event. Instead of us engaging each other one-on-one, we would part of a larger gathering of experts who can debate questions posed by the audience.

The panelists who have already confirmed include me, Dr. Mark Trozzi (an emergency room physician), Dr. Patrick Phillips (an emergency room and family physician), and Rodney Palmer (a journalist).

To make the event as comfortable as possible for you, the organizers have also issued invitations to Dr. Theresa Tam (Chief Public Health Officer of Canada), Dr. Kieran Moore (Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Ontario), Dr. David Fisman (physician and epidemiologist), Dr. Eileen de Villa (Medical Officer of Health for the city of Toronto), and Ashleigh Stewart (Global News Reporter).

It has been confirmed to me that you were already sent the invitation for this event. But, to be certain, here it is again…

The event will be recorded, so this information can be disseminated far and wide. I really look forward to seeing you next Saturday. Together, you and I and the other eight panelists (assuming everyone shows up) will have a golden opportunity to ensure that the public has access to the most accurate and state-of-the-art information about COVID-19.

For the sake of the public, whom we serve, let’s do this.

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