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Canada’s COVID case count set to hit 1 million gazillion trillion next week as variants spread

Canada’s COVID case count set to hit 1 million next week as variants spread

After two months of relative stability, Canada’s COVID-19 case count is expected to rise rapidly in the coming weeks as virus variants take hold.

Canada is projected to hit roughly 1 million total cases next week, according to data released today by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

While the vaccination campaign has ramped up after a period of scarcity, the rollout can’t keep pace with the spread of the virus, said Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer. Tam today urged Canadians to reduce their contacts in the medium-term while provinces and territories deploy more shots in the months to come.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes the virus that causes COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China, according to a new interview.

Robert Redfield told CNN on Friday that it was his “opinion” that SARS-CoV-2 — the new coronavirus responsible for killing 2.7 million people globally — did not evolve naturally.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario reports 2,169 new Covid cases

Ontario is reporting 2,169 cases of #COVID19 and over 53,400 tests completed. Locally, there are 682 new cases in Toronto, 397 in Peel, 254 in York Region, 129 in Ottawa, 123 in Durham and 122 in Hamilton.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) March 26, 2021

Support for Ford government steady despite criticism of COVID-19 pandemic handling, poll shows

TORONTO — A new poll shows Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives would win the most votes if the election were held today, despite some criticism of their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The online survey, conducted by polling firm Leger, found that 38 per cent of decided voters would vote for Premier Doug Ford’s Tories – slightly less than the 40.5 per cent they got in the 2018 election when they won a majority government.

by Blazingcatfur•March 26, 2021March 26, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Diane Francis: Health Canada must stop endangering lives by delaying second doses of COVID vaccines

It is unconscionable for Health Canada to have ignored the advice of pharmaceutical makers and allowed inordinate delays in administering second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Two more studies have come my way, added to a British one I wrote about last week, that underscore the danger to lives of Canada’s reckless procurement failure compounded by the world’s only federally approved dosage rationing of four months.

by Blazingcatfur•March 25, 2021March 25, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Public Health Agency was unprepared for the pandemic and ‘underestimated’ the danger, auditor general says

Despite nearly two decades of warnings, planning and government spending, the Public Health Agency of Canada was not ready for the global pandemic and did not appreciate the threat it posed in its early stages, Canada’s auditor general says.

In a hard-hitting review released today, Auditor General Karen Hogan took the country’s primary pandemic response agency to task for failures in early warning, surveillance, risk assessments, data-sharing with the provinces and follow-up on Canadian travellers who were ordered into quarantine.

by Blazingcatfur•March 25, 2021March 25, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Canada reports 2,380 new Covid cases … and a new jab shortage looms, you can thank Trudeau as always

Ontario reports 2,380 new COVID-19 infections and 17 more deaths; cases are over reported due to data catch-up

Ontario reported more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases but the Ministry of Health says today’s case count is over reported due to data catch-up.

Provincial health officials logged 2,380 new infections on Thursday, compared to 1,571 on Wednesday.

However, officials say the latest numbers are higher by approximately 280 cases due to a data catch-up process related to the provincial system.

Canadian vaccine shipments threatened by EU and India

Just as Canada’s vaccine program was starting to gain steam, comes word that it could all fall apart.

Both the European Union and India, our major sources of vaccine doses — our only sources thus far — are both looking at blocking the export of vaccines to deal with a slow rollout at home and rising COVID-19 case counts.

by Blazingcatfur•March 25, 2021March 25, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ford ‘concerned’ about third wave of COVID-19, says another Ontario lockdown would be ‘absolutely terrible’

Premier Doug Ford said it would be “absolutely terrible” if Ontario was forced to go back into lockdown because of the third wave of COVID-19 and that it’s critical people remain cautious and vigilant to protect themselves.

by Sarcasticat•March 25, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Doug Ford, Ontario

Trudeau says he doesn’t regret not closing border sooner

During an interview on SiriusXM’s Canada Talks Wednesday, Trudeau told host Peter Mansbridge he wished he had handled some things in the early days of the pandemic differently, but when he closed the border wasn’t one of them.

by Sarcasticat•March 25, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Ontario budget 2021: New cash handouts for businesses, parents and deficits until 2029

TORONTO — The Ford government is continuing with increased healthcare spending and cash grants to businesses and parents as its pathway out of the pandemic will be paved with more than $100 billion in new debt and deficits that are not likely to end before 2029.

The deficit for 2021-2022 is projected at $33.1 billion, down from $38.5 billion last year, with deficits of $27.7 billion and $20.2 billion projected for 2022-23 and 2023-24.

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Ontario

Pandemic UK: Food banks outnumber McDonald’s restaurants

More people than ever in the United Kingdom are suffering from food poverty, with even working families turning to charities for help, aid agencies say.

In a damning statistic issued in December 2019, fact-checker FullFact said there were more food banks in the UK than outlets of the fast-food chain McDonald’s.

“It is true that there are now more food banks in the UK than there are McDonald’s,” Liam Evans of food aid provider turn2us told DW. He says there are at least 2,000 food banks and around 1,300 McDonald’s branches across the UK.

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Thanks Due Justin Trudeau’s Vaccine Rollout Fiasco: Third wave of COVID-19 infections will be worse than the first two, expert says

…There are many factors propelling surges, but Sharkawy points to the slow vaccine rollout and variants being the main drivers of the third wave.

“What we’re witnessing now is a bit of a perfect storm,” he said, adding that complacency with some of the public health restrictions isn’t helping.

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Fact-Checkers Are Not Going to Like This MIT Story About Origins of That Virus From You-Know-Where

…In an article titled “Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn’t rule it out,” MIT Technology Review reports that “A group of 26 scientists, social scientists, and science communicators… have now signed their own letter arguing that WHO investigators lacked ‘the mandate, the independence, or the necessary accesses’ to determine whether or not SARS-CoV-2 could have been the result of a laboratory incident.” The letter was in response to a letter from 27 other scientists published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, insisting that SARS-CoV-2 had a natural origin, and dismissing any alternate theories as conspiracy theories that create “fear, rumors, and prejudice.”

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario reports 1,571 new Covid cases … Is there a vaccine for a Pandemic budget?

Ontario is reporting 1,571 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 52,000 tests completed. Locally, there are 459 new cases in Toronto, 309 in Peel and 143 in York Region.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 1,676,150 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) March 24, 2021

Doug Ford’s Tories set to unveil a ‘pandemic budget’ for Ontario

Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are set to table a big-spending provincial budget aimed at tackling the health and economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy — Ford’s third treasurer in three years — will release the fiscal blueprint Wednesday at Queen’s Park.

“I will not hesitate to spend whatever it takes to protect people’s lives,” Ford said Tuesday.

by Blazingcatfur•March 24, 2021March 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Health Canada says AstraZeneca vaccine safe, effective but will add warning on clots

Health Canada is in the process of adding a warning about a rare possible side-effect of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but is still certain the vaccine is safe and effective against COVID-19.

The department’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma says the warning comes on the heels of a similar warning in Europe last week but doesn’t change Health Canada’s analysis that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh its risks.

by Sarcasticat•March 24, 2021March 23, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, vaccine controversy

British university scientists say common cold could provide protection against COVID-19

Could the common cold actually play a role in helping mankind ward off COVID-19? Researchers from a British university said this week that it appears that could be the case.

by Sarcasticat•March 24, 2021March 23, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", "Science"