The Wuhan Virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
We were right all along. pic.twitter.com/naGfSBqTAJ
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) May 20, 2021
“China eats weird animals disease”
US-Canada Border To Remain Closed At Least Another Month
The U.S.-Canada border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 21, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Essential travel to the U.S. from Canada and Mexico includes essential workers, approved temporary employees and trade, according to the DHS.
Canada extends ban on direct passenger flights from India, Pakistan by 30 days
The minister announced the extension during the weekly Public Health Agency of Canada press conference just one day before the original ban was set to expire.
Pediatric organizations urge Ontario to re-open schools citing “mental health crisis”
“We are witnessing a crisis in children’s mental health with a dramatic increase in the utilization of acute mental health services. Schools play an essential role in the recovery process. In-person school provides students with routine and structure, accountability, socialization and recognition of abuse and neglect.”
Maybe We Should Try Treating People Like Adults
The government acting like our parents is completely at odds with how a ‘free’ society is supposed to function.
Ontario reports 1,890 new Covid cases … and… as usual lowered vax delivery expectations
Ontario is reporting 1,890 cases of #COVID19 and over 37,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 469 new cases in Toronto, 468 in Peel, 165 in York Region, 111 in Hamilton and 107 in Durham.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) May 21, 2021
With Moderna shipments uncertain, Ottawa lowers expectations on vaccine deliveries
OTTAWA – With uncertainty about vaccine maker Moderna’s upcoming shipments, the government is revising projections on how many doses will be in Canada before the end of June.
The government now expects as few as 40 million doses of vaccines could be in Canada before the end of June, down from the 48 million it was expecting. The Liberals have widely used the 48 million figure to promote their vaccination effort.
Given Ontario’s re-opening plan is vaccine rate dependent this can’t help.
Will Canadians Ever Have Enough Of Our Country Being Weak & Getting Walked All Over?
Canada’s collaboration with China’s military researchers on deadly diseases is only the latest example of our nation being pathetically weak.
Studies find California child hospitalizations from COVID-19 were ‘grossly inflated’ by at least 40% — findings ‘likely’ to be the same across US
“Hospital Pediatrics,” a journal of medicine for pediatric care, published two research papers Wednesday that found child hospitalizations for COVID-19 were over-counted by at least 40% in the state, and researchers believe it’s likely national numbers were similarly inflated. New York magazine reported commentary from Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, and her colleague Amy Beck, an associate professor of pediatrics, that explained the studies’ findings.
Calls grow for Canada, U.S. to provide ‘vision’ on how border could reopen
Calls are growing to reopen the Canada-U.S. border as COVID-19 vaccination rates rise in both countries.
One of the loudest is coming from a U.S. lawmaker — New York Rep. Brian Higgins — who says it’s time that both governments provide a “vision” for how it could be reopened.
House intel report: ‘Overwhelming’ evidence COVID leaked from Wuhan lab
There is “overwhelming circumstantial evidence” backing the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic began in a lab in China, a report released Wednesday by House Intelligence Committee Republicans has concluded.
Led by ranking member Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the report assesses the Wuhan Institute of Virology was secretly working with the Chinese military, conducting risky gain-of-function research, the Washington Examiner reported.
Nicholas Wade: the case for the Covid lab-leak theory
The so-called lab-leak hypothesis for the origins of Covid-19 has been gaining more and more traction in recent months. Once dismissed as a crankish fringe theory, it has slowly been entering into mainstream scientific discussion. Just this week, America’s CDC Director said that it was ‘possible’ that Covid could have leaked from a lab as ‘significant circumstantial evidence’ emerges.
House Republicans: Evidence shows COVID-19 originated from Chinese lab leak
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee say there is “significant circumstantial evidence” that the coronavirus originated from a leak at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, and that the US government “may have funded or collaborated” in the research that led to it.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking member of the panel, and other Republicans on the committee released the report obtained by Fox News, which concluded that it is essential for health experts and government officials to understand how the deadly virus originated to prevent “or quickly mitigate future pandemics.”
Ontario’s slow reopening plan will allow a haircut eventually at some point this summer … maybe…
The Ford government has announced a three-stage reopening plan tied to vaccination rates that could allow patio dining to resume and non-essential retail stores to reopen for in-person shopping as early as mid-June.
… The second stage will begin approximately 21 days later once 70 per cent of Ontario adults have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 20 per cent have been fully vaccinated.
In that stage, the province will begin permitting small indoor gatherings of up to five people and will also allow personal care services, like barber shops and nail salons, to reopen.
Here’s a breakdown of the 3 Stage Re-Opening Plan – all of which is Vaccine rate dependent
The Media’s COVID Origin Coverup Campaign Has Begun
The Atlantic’s David Frum appears to be first out of the gate in what will likely become a coordinated, aggressive media campaign to defend the people and institutions that got the COVID-19 origin story wrong — and absolve them of all responsibility, however complicit they might be — and instead blame it all on Trump and his supporters.
It sounds stupid, I know, but it’s true. Frum thinks Trump and his tens of millions of supporters “are not interested in weighing the evidence” of the virus’s origins, and only want “payback for the political and cultural injuries inflicted on them by the scientists.” The whole thing, for them, is just “a weapon in a culture war here at home.”
COVID-19: Privacy watchdogs fear ‘significant privacy risk’ of vaccine passports
As Canadians wait to hear whether the federal government will issue vaccine passports to allow international travel, the country’s privacy watchdogs said privacy must be front and centre to protect people’s sensitive health information.
B.C.’s privacy commissioner Michael McEvoy warned vaccine passports carry a significant privacy risk and should only be used when absolutely necessary to prevent the spread of COVID-19.