Schools are safe to operate without strict COVID-19 protocols, according to the Ontario Science Table and researchers from SickKids Hospital.
In its report, the Science Table calls for a return of most activities in schools this fall and dropping mask mandates, social distancing and cohorting.
There are teething troubles on day one of France’s controversial health pass for accessing public places. Outside Montpellier’s main art gallery, the Musée Fabre, a security guard squints at a visitor’s smartphone. “I can’t see your pass,” he says. The visitor tries shielding it from the severe Mediterranean sun: “I don’t see anything either. I can’t even see whether my phone’s unlocked or not.”
From Wednesday, showing either a health pass, or proof of a negative PCR test dated to within 48 hours, is obligatory in France for anyone wishing to access any cultural or leisure facilities with a capacity of more than 50 people. This includes cinemas, art galleries, libraries, museums, sports centres and work-related events. Cafes, restaurants and trains will fall under the measures at the beginning of August.
As most people know by now Senator Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange yesterday in which Fauci called Rand Paul a “liar” for claiming the NIH funded gain of function experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Paul then said he sent a letter to the DOJ asking for a criminal referral against Fauci for contempt of Congress.
The reaction to Fauci’s outburst and Paul’s subsequent referral to the DOJ is pretty much as you would expect. Mainstream media outlets praise Fauci for standing up to Paul, while conservative news outlets express outrage that Fauci would call a sitting US Senator who was also a medical doctor a “liar.”
Health Canada reported that as of July 20, 161 flights have landed so far this month carrying passengers who tested positive for COVID-19. That’s compared to 111 recorded during the first 20 days of June, and 78 from May 1 to 20.
h/t Marvin
Thomas Renz, an Ohio-based attorney, said at a conference in California last weekend that he is filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of a whistleblower from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) who is claiming there are at least 45,000 deaths from one of multiple reporting systems that report to the Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System (VAERS), which is maintained by the CDC.
The Chinese foreign ministry has backed calls for an investigation into the Fort Detrick biolab as an origin of the Covid-19 pandemic after 4.7 million Chinese petitioned the WHO to send experts to the Maryland facility.
Speaking on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the Chinese people had delivered a clear message in signing a petition, created by state-run news agency The Global Times, calling for a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the Fort Detrick biolab.
Most unvaccinated Americans say there is nothing that could convince them to get the COVID-19 shots, according to a new Axios/Ipsos survey.
A database of local businesses in Ontario that had clear vaccine policies and chose to make public the vaccination status about their staff has been shut down after the businesses were flooded with hateful responses and negative reviews online.
There was just something so “Shitty-assed Toronto” about this idea.
Thank goodness the COVID lockdowns are over. Now we can get back to normal life which, unfortunately, increasingly means ending one lockdown and launching another. Enthusiasm is already building among the usual suspects. So to prevent mass death and promote human flourishing, can we take this moment of relative calm to outline a systematic approach?
I have no doubt they’ll try.
Ontario is reporting 135 new COVID-19 infections today as case counts level off in the province.
Today’s tally is up slightly from 127 on Tuesday but down from 153 reported last week.
Canada expects other countries’ wariness of mix-and-match COVID vaccinations to ‘evolve’: minister
The differing views raise questions about how easily Canadians who mixed and matched will be able to cross into the U.S. once it reopens its land borders
Looks like Canadians will evolve into Pariahs.
Meanwhile … Over 161 flights landed at Canadian airports so far this month carrying infected passengers
U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least Aug. 21, the U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Wednesday.
The 30-day extension came after Canada announced Monday it will start allowing fully-vaccinated U.S. visitors into the country on Aug. 9 for non-essential travel as the threat from the COVID-19 pandemic fades.
I bet they think as much of Justin as we do.
This week, more than 8,500 Canada Border Services Agency officers — who have been without a contract since June 2018 — are voting on whether they’re willing to walk out.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that a White House official tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and admitted there have been other previously undisclosed breakthrough cases among staffers.
In the early months of 2020, many mainstream news media laughingly called concerns that there were more deaths reported from COVID than could be attributed to the disease a “death toll conspiracy”1 they said was led by conservative Republicans and “anti-vaxxers.”2 Yet, a few short months later, data confirm what many already knew: The number of people who died “from” COVID-19 were not the same as those who died “with” COVID-19.
As Canada begins to reopen, calls for domestic vaccine passports have been growing louder. Yet they are not a necessary, or justifiable, part of Canada’s reopening plan, as they create significant concerns around privacy and civil liberties. Vaccine passports should be resisted.
