Speaking at a news conference late Friday afternoon to announce new COVID-19 restrictions to help curb the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, Ford spoke directly to parents and said he understands that they are concerned and waiting for news.
“China eats weird animals disease”
Media Says No Shame In Breakthrough COVID After Guilting The Unvaxxed For Months
Media outlets are scrambling to reassure people who received the COVID-19 shot that there is no shame in testing positive for the virus after corporate media overlords guilted red states, Republicans, and the COVID-positive unvaccinated for months.
The Washington Post published an article on Thursday urging “self-compassion” for the vaccinated who are caught off guard by contracting COVID-19. Using anecdotes from people who “diligently” and “desperately” went the extra mile to keep away from the virus, the article laments how individuals who got the jab numerous times, masked up, and even stayed home feel like a failure because they fell ill.
If Canada has more than 107 million COVID rapid tests, why can’t I get one?
As COVID-19 case counts kept soaring this week, booster shots and rapid tests were all many Canadians wanted for Christmas. Given their general scarcity, most were left out of luck. So how, nearly two years into the pandemic, did we get here? When it comes to booster shots, the new Omicron variant emerged and exploded quickly, as Canada’s focus was on vaccinating kids, experts say. Canadians scrambling to get their hands on rapid tests are likely wondering where the 88.8 million tests the federal government says it has distributed to the provinces are. The answer to that question is slightly more complicated.
Provinces warn record COVID-19 cases reported are underestimations
Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia reported record high COVID-19 case counts on Christmas Eve as Nunavut ordered a full lockdown to prevent further spread of the virus.
Health officials across the country warned the latest numbers are an underestimation and a sign of what is yet to come, and again urged people to rethink large gatherings over the holidays.
COVID-19: ‘Omicron tidal wave’ is coming, hospitals will be overwhelmed, predict scientists
New modelling shows B.C. could reach 10,000 new COVID-19 cases a day within two weeks, causing hospitals to become overwhelmed with patients, say a group of B.C.-based scientists.
And they believe the only way to prevent that is by shutting down all restaurants and indoor public events for the next three weeks.
Keep This Story About 100% “Fully Vaccinated” USS Milwaukee in Your Back Pocket When Talking to Vaxx-Nannies
The Covid-19 vaccines do not stop the spread of the disease. They do not slow the spread of the disease. The prevailing narrative is that they help keep recipients from getting as sick as they would have been if they’d contracted Covid-19 without it. This is unprovable, but some studies indicate there may be some truth to the notion that the jabs are somewhat effective as treatments by mitigating symptoms. Other studies say otherwise, and a recent study even points to the highly likely reality that the jabs make people more susceptible to Omicron.
This Will Really Ruin Anthony Fauci’s Xmas
These are a few of the things that will likely infuriate the world’s foremost authoritarian on COVID catastrophe porn – Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Canada’s public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown
The Public Health Agency of Canada accessed location data from 33 million mobile devices to monitor people’s movement during lockdown, the agency revealed this week.
COVID may be one or two variants away from defeating vaccines, study warns
The Omicron variant is providing scientists with more evidence that COVID-19 is now capable of evading the current antibody treatments and vaccines available, a new study warns. Researchers from Columbia University suggest that new versions of the coronavirus vaccine may be necessary sooner rather than later to end the pandemic.
The war on the unvaccinated
In 2022, we must defend bodily autonomy.
‘You’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.’ That was the stark, dystopian warning US president Joe Biden issued to the ‘unvaccinated’ earlier this week.
While the first few rounds of lockdowns, social distancing and other restrictions applied to more or less all people in the societies in which they were introduced (with only the elites able to exempt themselves), in the last few months of 2021 ever-tighter restrictions have been targeted at the unvaccinated.
Report: Booster Shots Offer Protection Against Infection for Only 10 Weeks
A new report from Britain’s Health Security Agency found that the Covid booster shots being pushed by Joe Biden and other governments are effective against contracting the omicron variant of Covid-19 for only 10 weeks.
The effectiveness of the booster shot in preventing serious disease and death from omicron is unknown, but previous experience suggests it will provide significant protection.
Merck’s New COVID-19 Pill Could Accidentally Trigger A New Variant, Experts Warn
Discussion surrounding Merck’s newly-authorized COVID-19 pill, molnupiravir, has mostly concerned the risk it might pose to pregnant women. But some experts worry it could also lead to the outbreak of a new variant of the virus it’s designed to treat.
COVID killing off Canada’s small businesses: report
Small businesses have taken a hit to the chin because of COVID lockdowns, with a loss of more than 740,000 jobs, according to the Department of Industry.
The extent of the damages and losses will take time to be fully known, reported Blacklock’s Reporter.
Covid: Christmas flights cancelled and new curbs amid Omicron spread
Millions of people are facing travel disruption and increased Covid restrictions over Christmas, as the surging Omicron variant sees flights cancelled and safety curbs tightened.
Italy, Spain and Greece have made face masks compulsory outdoors again.
Catalonia, in northern Spain, has imposed an overnight curfew, and the Netherlands is in a strict lockdown.
In the US, daily Omicron cases have risen beyond the peak of the recent Delta wave, and hospitals are filling up across the country.
Thousands of Americans will be forced to spend the holidays alone after airlines cancel nearly 500 flights and delay another 750 on Christmas Eve because of crew shortages due to Omicron surge
This sucks.
More Marines Discharged Over Vaccine Refusal, Total at 169
The Marine Corps discharged 66 Marines in the past week for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine as mandated by the military, outpacing the other services at discipline related to the shots.