Mulroney said that if he was the leader today, he would require all of his MPs to roll up their sleeves and receive the COVID-19 vaccine, calling it a “no-brainer.”
“China eats weird animals disease”
MALCOLM: Let’s look at the actual numbers about kids and COVID
Now that the next vaccine push will be targeting children aged 5-11, let’s look at the actual numbers for that age group.
The following figures come from Health Canada’s comprehensive database on COVID-19. Dating back to early 2020, there have now been a total of 1.68 million cases and 28,838 deaths.
Job Loss, Kids Denied Sports, Education Disrupted: Lawyers Share Impact of Vaccine Mandates on Clients
Health-care professionals losing their jobs, students denied access to education, and kids seeing their hockey dreams dashed—these are some of the complaints lawyers have dealt with in their cases challenging vaccine mandates.
Lisa Bildy, a lawyer based in London, Ont., who specializes in constitutional and human rights law, says the mandates are devastating for her clients because they are left with no real choice in getting the vaccine, contrary to what some officials have proclaimed.
COVID ‘more likely lab leak than weapon,’ U.S. spies find
Coronavirus was not designed as a biological weapon but could have leaked from a Chinese lab, according to a declassified report from US intelligence.
The Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said the lab leak or animal-to-human transmission were both plausible explanations for how coronavirus first infected humans.
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The report, which China branded a “farce”, said agencies may never be able to identify the source of the pandemic but dismissed accusations that coronavirus was developed as a bioweapon.
Ontario reports 340 new Covid cases … and mandatory vaxx for kids?
Ontario reports 340 new COVID-19 cases; 2 additional deaths
Ontario reported 340 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Sunday, as the province approaches confirming its 600,000th case of novel coronavirus infection.
Ontario reported 356 cases on Saturday and 419 on Friday.
Debate grows over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for children
With the first COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 expected to be authorized in Canada soon, there is growing debate among health officials and experts over whether kids should be subject to mandatory vaccination policies, and whether they should be able to claim non-medical exemptions.
There is clear consensus in the medical community that any COVID-19 vaccine approved for children under 12 in Canada would be safe and effective, but some officials have advocated for delaying making inoculation a condition of going to school.
And … U.S. officials confirm negative COVID-19 test won’t be required to cross land border
Australian Government begins seizing homes, raiding bank accounts and canceling licenses of residents with unpaid covid fines
Queenslanders who received fines for breaking Covid-19 rules risk having their homes seized and bank accounts frozen in a government crackdown to collect $5.2 million in repayments.
The State Penalties Enforcement Register is expected to collect 3,046 unpaid fines from the pandemic on behalf of Queensland Health.
More than 2,755 fines were from individuals and businesses accused of breaking Covid-19 restrictions and the rest either still under investigation or pending payment.
Senior Edmonton Care Home Staffer Says they Won’t Properly Treat Unvaccinated Residents
David Dickson, a retired Liverpool police officer and owner of a cybersecurity firm who has been instrumental in gathering government data to show deep flaws in Alberta government and AHS practices, has been hearing reports from within Villa Caritas care home in Edmonton which he shared with TNT.
Dickson said that:
“Last week I was informed through the health care workers group I support, that a senior staff member at Villa Caritas Care Home in Edmonton stated that they would “Slow Code” any person who was unvaccinated. This statement was made to another health care worker in an area that was monitored by a camera.”
Dickson then went on to explain what a “Slow Code” is and why it is fully irresponsible to subject unvaccinated care home patients to that standard of care.
h/t Marvin
Ontario won’t issue retroactive long-term care fines over pandemic violations
Hefty new fines for Ontario long-term care providers won’t be applied retroactively for violations earlier in the pandemic when new legislation from the Progressive Conservatives takes effect, despite concerns that the worst offenders haven’t been held to account.
The Ministry of Long-Term Care said it has not issued a single fine to operators who broke the rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far killed more than 4,000 people in long-term care and infected more than 15,000 nursing home residents.
The bulk of those deaths — which make up 40 per cent of all virus deaths in the province — occurred during the first two waves of the pandemic, before most residents in long-term care could be vaccinated. Inspection reports and eyewitness accounts from homes with virus outbreaks described horrific conditions and a failure to follow measures meant to control the spread of COVID-19.
LTC studies suggest antibodies from vaccines wane much faster in seniors: Task Force report
The findings, they say, reinforce policy decisions and recommendations around providing booster shots to vulnerable populations.
Is this finally proof China created Covid? Group of online sleuths fought to discover if the virus was engineered by scientists in Wuhan lab at the heart of probe into the pandemic’s origins
We must ask, is it a coincidence that a bat-derived, SARS-like coronavirus showed up in the very city with the largest laboratory collection of bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses in the world and the most active research programme studying such viruses? And a city that is well over a thousand miles from the region in China where viruses like this are naturally found.
Unvaccinated City of Toronto staff face looming deadline, suspension and possible dismissal
Warning: Star & Sickle article!
The city had given its almost 32,000 active employees until Sept. 17 to disclose their vaccination status. That was extended until end of day Sunday, with the deadline for proof of double vaccination now Nov. 15.
Canada promises 73 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses for the developing world
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Saturday that Canada will donate millions more COVID-19 vaccine doses to a global vaccine-sharing initiative as rich countries scramble to send more shots to the developing world to help curb stubbornly high case counts.
Ontario won’t add COVID-19 to list of nine diseases that elementary and secondary students must be immunized against: official
Ontario’s top public health official says that the province won’t add COVID-19 to the list of nine diseases that public school students must be immunized against after concluding that doing so would place “an additional burden” on public health agencies.
Bakeries, diners and bars serve up defiance to Alberta’s vaccine passport program
The tables at Karen’s Homestyle Cooking in downtown Peace River, Alta., sit empty.
Owner Karen Greaves would rather turn diners away than participate in Alberta’s vaccine passport program.
“I’m just totally done with it. From Day 1, I was done with it,” Greaves said Thursday.
“This is not about health and safety, it’s about control.”
