I don’t want to wear a mask indoors anymore. That’s what I’m feeling this second week of July, living in Toronto.
Now depending on where you are in Canada, you’re going to have wildly different responses to what I’ve just articulated.
“China eats weird animals disease”
75 House members to Biden: Open the U.S.-Canada border
Bipartisan group wants clarity on talks ahead of July 21 target
Dozens of House members from both parties urged the Biden administration Wednesday to reopen the border with Canada and take other steps to ease international travel, citing the power of COVID-19 vaccines and widespread testing.
The letter signed by 75 lawmakers said a majority of U.S. adults are fully vaccinated and six in 10 Canadians have received at least one dose, though full vaccinations in Canada should accelerate as supply improves in the coming weeks.
Report: Fans Barred but Elites, Politicians, VIPs to Attend Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony
Coronavirus fears could see sports fans banned from the opening ceremonies of the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics later this month while VIPs, politicians, and elite Games officials will still be able to attend, a Japanese newspaper reported.
Ontario reports 194 new Covid cases … and what else would you expect being under virtual house arrest?
Ontario is reporting just under 200 new COVID-19 cases today as the rolling seven-day average continues to decline.
Provincial health officials logged 194 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, up slightly from 184 one week ago.
COVID-19 pandemic forced 75% Canadians to delay major life goals, survey shows
As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted people’s lives and shifted priorities, a majority of Canadians put major life decisions on hold over the past 15 months, a new survey published Wednesday showed.
Physical restrictions and mental challenges got in the way of people achieving their goals this past year, with more than 50 per cent of Canadians saying they were unable to meet objectives.
Privacy experts concerned about Canada’s forthcoming vaccine passport
“It’s not just going to be used for travel. People are talking about vaccine passports to get into concerts, to get into baseball games, football games, I mean all kinds of activities globally,” said Ann Cavoukian, executive director of the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre.
White House Announces They Will Go Door to Door to Enhance National Vaccination Compliance
Comrade citizens, the COVID Ministry announced today they will assist your compliance for vaccinated status by visiting you in your home. Prepare for the Jackboots to arrive on your doorstep to inquire about your vaccinated status.
The spokesperson for the regime made the compliance announcement earlier today during a press conference: “targeted community, by community, door-to-door outreach“.
Dr. Fauci Predicts At Least 3 More COVID Variants May Be Required To Completely Break America’s Spirit
As America looks forward to leaving the pandemic behind and getting back to normal, Dr. Fauci went on a media tour to say “not so fast!” According to America’s wisest sage, there are new, exciting, and dangerous variants of COVID-19 on their way, which may require another round of lockdowns.
h/t Marvin
That COVID-19 tracking app you were urged to download? It didn’t deliver — ‘far from it’
The federal government spent $20 million on a smartphone application designed to alert users to possible COVID-19 exposures, and new data obtained by The Canadian Press shows the results didn’t live up to expectations.
Ottawa’s COVID Alert app, introduced late last year in several provinces, uses Bluetooth to detect proximity to others who have installed the app on their mobile devices, and it notifies users when they’ve been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19.
No one trusted this app, and rightly so.
The privilege of pandemic private jets. How wealthy Canadians travelled during COVID-19
For the past 15 months, Canadians have been advised to avoid non-essential travel outside of Canada, but the definition of “essential” travel is open to interpretation and personal judgment.
While it has not been against the rules to fly abroad, COVID-19 testing and quarantine measures, along with the reduced capacity of commercial airlines, have made travel difficult or even prohibitive.
Friends of Justin no doubt, we really are a Banana republic.
Sabrina Maddeaux: Trudeau’s border closure is a sham designed to only allow the rich to travel. Time to put an end to it
Corbella: Note to politicians — it’s time to let go of COVID and the powers you gave yourselves
I received my second COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and what a slick operation Alberta Health Services has set up!
I got 90 minutes of free parking at the Telus Convention Centre (that in itself is kind of like winning the lottery) and was directed by a small army of cheerful and eager staff (too many by dozens) indicating where I should go…
Ontario reports 164 new Covid cases … and that’s Lambda not Lambada
Ontario reports fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases for second straight day, 9 more deaths
Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases for a second day in a row and nine more deaths.
The province logged 164 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, down from 170 infections on Monday.
The Lambda COVID-19 variant: What do we know about it?
TORONTO — A recently designated COVID-19 variant of interest by the World Health Organization is coming under scrutiny as more cases are being detected in multiple countries, and amid concerns that it carries mutations that could potentially make it more resistant to neutralizing antibodies.
The newly labelled Lambda variant, or C.37, was first detected as early as last August 2020 in Peru and was being monitored as an alert for some time prior to its new designation. As of mid-June, the variant had been detected in 29 countries or territories with a particularly high prevalence in South America.
Nuke China, Fauci and Justin.
Canada didn’t invoke dispute clause when Chinese vaccine deal fell apart, documents reveal
Canada’s contract to work with a Chinese drug company on its COVID-19 vaccine included an arbitration process for resolving disputes, but as the deal fell apart last year, the National Research Council never used the provision.
Ontario reports 170 new Covid cases … and Vaccine passport pimping by the CBC
Ont. reports 170 new COVID-19 cases today, 1 death
Ontario is reporting fewer than 200 new COVID-19 cases today for the second time in the past week.
Provincial health officials logged 170 new infections on Monday, down from 213 on Sunday and 210 last Monday.
Vaccine passports ignite debate over privacy vs. public health
As a steadily rising number of fully vaccinated Canadians emerge from hiding to test the gradual return to pre-pandemic normalcy, a conundrum looms: what to do about those who, for whatever reason, haven’t had a shot?
Striking the proper balance between public health and personal freedom, and figuring out whether one must be relinquished to protect the other, will become increasingly key as the country reopens.
Virtually any article by CBC can be considered gov’t propaganda.
Free speech isn’t free. It comes with a price
It’s tempting to say the danger posed by anti-vaxxers would justify their views being banned. That would be wrong.
The origins of lockdown
Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism sheds light on today’s socially isolated world.
Can we understand the extensive range of draconian measures designed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic as being, in some way, totalitarian?
By any historical standard, these measures were certainly hugely repressive. Although they varied from region to region, and nation to nation, in many cases they amounted to a system of mass house arrest. People were often forbidden to leave their homes, except under the most stringent conditions. And when they were allowed out, there were often strict limits on how far they could travel, what they could do and when they had to return.