“China eats weird animals disease”

U.S. public health experts increasingly urge the reopening of schools, and yet much of the country still seems unable to do so. This is the most visible and, perhaps, most tragic consequence of the toxic environment surrounding discussions of how to respond to the pandemic that has been driven by a technocratic elite harboring a dim view of the public’s role in important discussions. Yet it is not the failure of the public, but rather of these self-appointed guardians of public discourse to glimpse their own shortcomings, that has crippled our national debate.

How did snowbirds suddenly become Pandemic Threat No. 1?

You work hard all your life. Save up some cash to buy a little place somewhere warm so you can avoid the worst of Alberta’s winters. Yet the past two springs, one government or another has singled you out for harsh pandemic treatment.

Left-wing magazine Slate took the stunning and brave step Saturday of publishing an article outlining the case for no longer wearing masks outside.

‘As we’ve come to know more about the virus, as vaccinations are ramping up, and as we’re trying to figure out how to live with some level of COVID in a sustainable way, masking up outside when you’re at most briefly crossing paths with people is starting to feel barely understandable,’ the author reasoned.

OTTAWA – The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries.

Get out of town by sundown?

“The new enforcement approach begins April 22, 2021 at 5 p.m.,” say Toronto Police.

It’s like an ominous warning from the sheriff in an old Western movie. Could it be setting rank-and-file officers up for unnecessary conflicts while trampling people’s basic Charter rights? Does it give people being policed the heads up of when they are coming?

Ontario reports nearly 3,700 new cases of COVID-19 as number of patients in ICUs surpasses 800

Ontario is reporting nearly 3,700 new instances of COVID-19 but there may be some signs that case counts are finally starting to stabilize after weeks of exponential growth.

The Ministry of Health says that there were 3,682 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed on Wednesday, along with another 40 deaths.

B1617 variant has been detected in Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec region

A first case of B1617, a COVID-19 variant first detected in India, has been identified in Quebec’s Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec region, according to public health authorities.

This is thought to be the first case of this type of variant detected in Quebec. The Mauricie region is between Montreal and Quebec City.

The infected person was already in isolation during screening because another person in their home had tested positive, says the region’s health authority, the CIUSSS de Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec.

Ottawa consulting on stricter border measures, won’t stop flights from India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is indicating the federal government is looking at additional COVID-19 measures to protect international borders but won’t stop flights into Canada from India.

In an interview with Global News Wednesday, Trudeau said community spread continues to be the main concern and not international travel.

I’m not sure which country Justin and his cronies are working for only that it isn’t Canada.