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BRITISH COLUMBIA, October 23, 2020 (LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0 A Canadian physician practicing family medicine for over 40 years has written to his province\u2019s top doctor to blast the latter\u2019s COVID-19 lockdown policy.<\/p>\n \u201cHow is it possible that a doctor with your previous training and experience did not anticipate the collateral damage of your public health policies \u2014 the economic disruption, the psychological and physical health consequences, and the deaths from despair?\u201d wrote Dr. Stephen Malthouse in a letter addressed to Dr. Bonnie Henry<\/a>, British Columbia (B.C.)\u2019s provincial health officer.<\/p>\n \u201cThe mainstream media has created a religion out of public health, one based on superstition, not science, with the power to rule over an obedient public. The news channels have raised you to almost saint-like status[.] \u2026 Yet, your public directives do not make sense, contradict the research, and are causing people a great deal of harm. As a fellow doctor, I appeal to you to re-examine your policies and change direction before Public Health causes irreparable damage to our province\u2019s health and economic well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n In his letter, Malthouse states that there \u201cappears to be no scientific or medical evidence for\u201d the continuance of lockdowns, face masks, social distancing, the \u201carbitrary\u201d closing of schools and businesses, and the \u201cthe closing down of or restrictions on religious places of worship.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to the CDC Pandemic Severity Index, none of these measures have been warranted. The Great Barrington Declaration, signed by more than 30,000 health scientists and medical doctors from around the world, adds support for this statement,\u201d wrote Malthouse. The Great Barrington Declaration<\/a> blasts the harm caused by lockdowns.<\/p>\n Malthouse wrote that like most doctors in Canada, he was prepared for a \u201cCOVID-19 tsunami,\u201d which he noted never materialized.<\/p>\n \u201cThe early intent of mitigation measures to \u2018flatten the curve, when we knew very little about SARS-CoV-2, its mode of transmission, and the severity of COVID-19, was reasonable. I believe that most physicians in Canada, myself included, whether active or retired, prepared themselves to take part on the front lines for the expected COVID-19 tsunami,\u201d wrote Malthouse.<\/p>\n \u201cVery soon it was apparent that the expected overwhelming of the hospital system was not going to occur, and now BC physicians have questions about the appropriateness of your public health policies.\u201d<\/p>\n Malthouse has been in the \u201cfamily medical practice\u201d for over 40 years and has been a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. since 1978. Currently, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia lists<\/a> Malthouse as an actively practicing family physician in Denman Island.<\/p>\n In his letter to Henry, Malthouse wrote that the \u201cepidemiological evidence clearly shows\u201d that the COVID-19 \u201cpandemic\u201d is indeed over.<\/p>\n \u201cNo second wave will follow. The evidence has been available for at least 4\u20135 months and is irrefutable. Yet, in spite of this substantial body of research, your office is perpetuating the narrative that a pandemic still exists and a second wave is expected,\u201d wrote Malthouse, referencing a report noting a<\/a> former Chief Science Officer for Pfizer who said, \u2018there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis false story is being used to justify public health policies that appear to have no health benefits, have already caused considerable harm, and threaten to create more harm in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n As of today, B.C. lists 254 deaths attributed to COVID-19. On Monday, despite 69 people listed as in hospital and 18 in the ICU due to COVID-19, Henry sounded the alarm that<\/a> her province is in its \u201csecond wave.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOne can say that we are in our second wave here of our COVID-19 storm in B.C. But we have control over what that wave looks like,” said Henry to reporters Monday.<\/p>\n Currently, B.C. is in Phase 3 of its re-opening regime, with restrictions still in place for many businesses such as restaurants and bars, which must close by 11:00 P.M.<\/p>\n Churches and other places of worship are still limited to only 50 attendees, far below the limit in the neighboring province of Alberta, which does not put a limit on how many can attend church.<\/p>\n In his letter to Henry, Malthouse mentioned the nation of Sweden, which did not have extreme lockdown measures, as a place that has \u201clargely escaped\u201d the mess caused by lockdowns.<\/p>\n \u201cAs you are aware, Sweden took an entirely different approach \u2026 and has also largely escaped the financial ruin and catastrophic mental health problems experienced in other countries, including Canada and the U.S.A,\u201d wrote Malthouse.<\/p>\n Malthouse blasted the fact that promoting the use of vitamins and minerals as a way to boost one\u2019s immune system in the fight against sickness has been \u201cabsent\u201d from published government information on COVID-19.<\/p>\n \u201cSurprisingly, the recommendation for reducing COVID-19 morbidity and mortality by supplementing with vitamin D, a measure that is supported by high-quality research, has been absent from your frequent public broadcasts and professional bulletins,\u201d wrote Malthouse.<\/p>\n He then said that as far as he was aware, Henry has never noted something \u201cas simple as vitamin D supplements\u201d as a \u201cconvenient\u201d way of improving one’s immune system, especially for those most vulnerable to COVID-19.<\/p>\n \u201cOptimizing nutrition is a convenient, inexpensive, and safe method of improving immune resistance and has been confirmed through numerous studies for both prevention and treatment of COVID-19,\u201d wrote Malthouse.<\/p>\n