That’s enough for less than 1% of the population, and Health Canada still has not approved the first vaccine expected to arrive. Meanwhile, “all parts of the UK now have a supply of the vaccine” according to the UK government.
“China eats weird animals disease”
Majority of Canadians want the federal government to make the call on mandatory COVID-19 vaccine: survey
Over half of Canadians Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies polled (57 per cent) said they felt the Justin Trudeau Liberal government should make the call to determine whether a potential vaccine is mandatory or not.
Scamdemic: Gavin Newsom’s ICU ‘trigger’ for lockdowns is below average December ICU numbers
If you needed any more evidence that the COVID-19 lockdowns are part of an authoritarian plan, here it is.
Canada ‘not immune’ to health impacts of climate change, experts say
That’s according to a new report published on Wednesday titled the Lancet Countdown, which found climate change will increasingly impact the health of humans around the world and threaten to overwhelm healthcare systems unless action is taken to mitigate global warming.
Another Airline Announces ‘Covid Passports’ Will Be “Essential” For Travel
Yet another airline has announced that it sees so called ‘COVID passports’, proof that travellers have been vaccinated and/or tested negative for coronavirus, as “essential” for them to be able to travel.
Trudeau government won’t say who got billions of dollars in aid
While the government has made available high-level aggregate spending statistics, or estimates of the net fiscal impact, for the more than 100 programs it has launched since the pandemic began, only a few departments have released details about which individuals, groups or companies have received government money.
FUREY: A Christmas in lockdown
A few weeks ago, Anthony Furey predicted the lockdowns would be over by Christmas. Unfortunately, he was wrong.
Despite Canadians pushing back against the lockdowns and new data and evidence which suggests lockdowns simply don’t work – the government has doubled down.
From tents to converted 4-star hotel, pandemic prompts changes for Montreal homeless
While tent cities like this are new to Montreal, shelter workers and experts say it’s not necessarily a sign that significantly more people in Montreal are homeless.
U.S. schools confront ‘off the rails’ numbers of failing grades
The first report cards of the school year are arriving with many more Fs than usual in a dismal sign of the struggles students are experiencing with distance learning.
School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times — with English language learners and disabled and disadvantaged students suffering the most.
Many Epidemiologists Want Social Distancing and Masks Forever—Even After the Vaccine
The New York Times asked 700 epidemiologists to describe their COVID-19 habits, how their thinking has changed since the pandemic began, and when they think it will be safe for normal life to resume. Dismayingly, several answered that last question with a resounding never.
China Peddles Falsehoods to Obscure Origin of Covid Pandemic
To push the idea that the virus didn’t come from China, the government has misrepresented experts’ remarks and given dubious theories the veneer of science.
The mild-mannered German scientist never anticipated becoming a Chinese propaganda star.
But Alexander Kekulé, the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle, Germany, has been all over the state-run media in China in recent days. News outlets have taken Dr. Kekulé’s research out of context to suggest that Italy, not China, is where the coronavirus pandemic began. Photos of him have appeared on Chinese news sites under headlines reading, “China is innocent!”
Dr. Kekulé, who has repeatedly said that he believes the virus first emerged in China, was startled. “This is pure propaganda,” he said in an interview.
Amazing Scoop by the NYTIMES!
For The First Time, A US State Will Require Disclosure Of PCR ‘Cycle Threshold’ Data In COVID Tests
…As a reminder, “cycle thresholds” (Ct) are the level at which widely used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test can detect a sample of the COVID-19 virus. The higher the number of cycles, the lower the amount of viral load in the sample; the lower the cycles, the more prevalent the virus was in the original sample.
Ontario uses this testing method.