A tax on the unvaxxed would be legally and ethically questionable — even if it worked

The pandemic is now in its 23rd month and a highly contagious new variant is running rampant. Safe and effective vaccines are readily available and unvaccinated citizens are contributing disproportionately to a medical crisis that makes life harder and more dangerous for everyone.

So there are surely some — perhaps many — among the vaccinated who would like to see the unvaccinated suffer significant consequences for their intransigence, up to and including financial penalties. Ideally, such consequences also would minimize the number of people who remain unwilling to get the shot.

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Ontario reports 9,909. new Covid cases .. and Canadian truckers crossing U.S. border now exempt from new COVID-19 rules

Ontario reports 9,909. new Covid cases .. and Canadian truckers crossing U.S. border now exempt from new COVID-19 rules

Ontario reports 35 new COVID-19 deaths; hospitals caring for record number of patients

Ontario reported 35 new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, with hospitals reporting a new all-time high for combined acute and ICU admissions in the province.

The Ministry of Health said that there 3,630 people admitted to hospital with COVID-19 on Thursday, up from 2,472 one week ago.

Of those, there were 500 adults in intensive care, up 162 from one week ago.


Canadian truckers crossing U.S. border now exempt from new COVID-19 rules, feds say

The federal government is backing down from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for cross-border Canadian truckers just days before the new rule was set to take effect.

A spokesperson for the Canadian Border Services Agency told Global News Wednesday that unvaccinated Canadian truckers crossing from the United States will remain exempt from testing and quarantine requirements after arriving in the country.

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Government Control Led to Lack of COVID-19 Remedy: CEO

We look at a COVID-19 remedy called monoclonal antibodies—or MAB for short. They are basically antibodies made in a lab and they can potentially be life-saving. But this treatment is in short supply in many areas in the U.S. including but not limited to Connecticut, Nevada, and Ohio. NTD spoke with CEO Michael Einhorn who runs Dealmed. He says there are a lot of reasons for the shortage of MABs, but he says government intervention is a main driver.

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Health Minister says feds won’t forcibly vaccinate you, just force you out of work and restrict movement

Following Quebec’s decision to impose a tax on the unvaccinated simply for remaining unvaccinated, Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says they have no intention of “forcibly, physically vaccinating” Canadians.

They also had no intention of vaccine mandates.

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Deaths From Omicron 91% Less Compared To Delta, Study Finds

The study, which was conducted by Kaiser Permanente Southern California but has not yet been peer-reviewed, also showed that people with Omicron infections are 74% less likely to need to be placed in the intensive care unit (ICU). And the study found a 53% reduction in risk of being hospitalized, said Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Rex Murphy: Trudeau’s vilification of ‘anti-vaxxers’ paved the way for Legault’s punishment tax

It is not, nor ever will be, rightly called a health tax. It’s a punishment tax. A punishment tax for exercising adult judgment on your own health. Who owns universal health care? Is it the citizens who fund it, or the politicians and bureaucrats who think they are in charge of it? Who, in Quebec and elsewhere, are now using as a bludgeon what was supposed to be a universal solace.

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Quebec judge suspends unvaccinated man’s visitation rights with child

A Quebec Superior Court judge has temporarily suspended a father’s right to see his child based on evidence that the man is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and appears to oppose government anti-pandemic health measures.

In a decision published Dec. 23, Justice J. Sebastien Vaillancourt wrote that continued visitation was not in the interest of the 12-year-old child or the child’s two younger half-siblings, given the state of the pandemic.

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Ontario top doc says he wouldn’t recommend tax on unvaccinated, calls Quebec’s plan ‘punitive’

Ontario’s top doctor said Wednesday that he would not recommend a tax on those who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 and said that Quebec’s plan seems “punitive.”

Dr. Kieran Moore was asked during an unrelated press conference Wednesday for him comments on Quebec’s planned tax on the unvaccinated and whether Ontario should consider a similar measure.

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China accused of sending people to ‘quarantine camps’ ahead of Winter Olympics

China has reportedly set up brutal, eerie-looking “quarantine camps” as at least 20 million people are in restrictive lockdowns weeks ahead of the Winter Olympics.

Video posted to Twitter shows staff fully covered in white protective clothing standing near row upon row of small white cubicles lined up on the grounds of what appears to be a sports stadium.

Other footage claims to be from within one of the cell-like temporary buildings, with the occupant showing just a bare-framed bed and small, dirty-looking bathroom.

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Ronald McDonald House to Evict Unvaccinated Children

B.C. family being evicted from Ronald McDonald House due to vaccine status

A young Kelowna family says it is being evicted from Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in Vancouver where their 4-year-old son is fighting leukemia because they don’t have COVID shots.

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Provinces ‘right’ to explore vaccination incentives, Trudeau says, as Quebec plans anti-vax tax

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces are “right” to consider ways to encourage and incentivize COVID-19 vaccination.

His comments come just one day after Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced plans to impose a tax on any unvaccinated Quebecers who don’t have a valid medical exemption.

“Different jurisdictions are making different decisions about how to encourage people to get vaccinated, and as a federal government, we will be continuing to be there to support them in those decisions and to make sure that everyone gets vaccinated,” Trudeau said.

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People are angry with Anthony Fauci, and he has no one to blame but himself

Fauci was the darling of the media in the early days of the pandemic. Yet, as time passed, the truth about his past caught up with him. Moreover, his present didn’t do him any favors either. His habitual contradictions on COVID-19 precautions were never helpful. He was also quick to criticize certain people but not others for failing to follow safety recommendations.

Waterboard him – we need the complete truth to punish those responsible for 5.3 million deaths. After that, do with him what you will. This began as a plot to prevent Trump from being reelected, then they shifted to controlling people and increasing government power worldwide.

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