Variants that are more deadly are circulating widely, new daily infections have reached the same number at the height of the second wave, and the number of people hospitalized is now more than 20 per cent higher than at the start of the last provincewide lockdown, states an analysis from Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table published on Monday night.
The premier made the comments during a news conference on Tuesday, saying that he’s “extremely” concerned with the direction the province is heading.
I’m starting to think Ford isn’t a whole lot different from the guy that preceded him.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky went off script at a briefing Monday and made an emotional plea to Americans not to let up on public health measures amid fears of a fourth wave.
The infectious diseases expert, 80, made the claim during an interview with Chris Hayes on MSNBC Friday night.
Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, made the rounds on Sunday morning shows and cautioned that the US isn’t out of the woods yet as it continues to see roughly 55,000 new cases each day – down from a peak of nearly 249,000 per day in mid-January.
Capitalizing on people’s fear and impulse to control others, NBC offers suggestions that take absurd CDC guidelines and crank them up to a zany extreme.
With such flawed studies and claims regularly echoed by politicians and media outlets—and with, of course, covid-19 posing a genuine threat to a small percentage of populations—it is understandable that the public can be scared into submission. Propaganda is propaganda, whether based on truth, lies, or a mixture of both. Since early 2020, in many European countries and some US states, we’ve seen that this social subservience has happened on a massive scale, and without much resistance.
The coronavirus pandemic was the best thing to happen to CNN since Donald Trump.
What drama! What fear! What potential for ratings! Rarely has the old journalism aphorism “if it bleeds, it leads” gotten such mileage.
When the virus first came to the United States, CNN was dismissive. There were bigger, sexier stories to worry about, including Trump’s impeachment trial.
Then, as COVID-19 infections and fatalities ticked up, CNN suddenly became interested in the viral outbreak, focusing its attention almost entirely on the Trump administration’s sluggish and unfocused response. CNN went all-in on hysteria, death counts, and social distance scolding. Now, CNN’s programming is dedicated largely to squeezing the last few drops of panic from the pandemic, its guests and hosts warning viewers repeatedly that, even with the creation and distribution of new vaccines, things are far from “normal” and that you should stay frightened.
It’s still dangerous out there! Tune in tonight to learn what you can do to protect yourself!
Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic.
Canada’s top doctor says to be ‘very cautious’ about easing restrictions as provinces move to re-open.
Canada sits at a pandemic crossroads. Second waves are receding thanks to successful lockdowns and restrictions. Reopening of schools and economies without meaningful improvements in surveillance or containment is set to intersect with emerging variants of concern and vaccine shortages, creating a perfect storm for a massive third wave.
“The third wave is inevitable,” Colin Furness, an expert in infectious disease epidemiology from the University of Toronto, told CTV News Toronto. “And I think the third wave is the big one for us.”
In January, public health experts fear-mongered that we would see 20,000 cases per day by mid-February in Ontario. It turns out there has been a massive decline in cases – now Ontario is at about 5% of that prediction.
Why aren’t health experts celebrating the fact that their predictions didn’t come true? Instead, they’re now warning Ontarians about a new variant of COVID-19.
As the climate continues to warm at an alarming rate, experts warn if dramatic steps to mitigate global warming are not taken, the effects in Canada’s Prairie region will be devastating to the country’s agriculture sector.
Cats and dogs may also need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to help stunt the spread of the infectious disease — amid a threat of the “continued evolution of the virus in animals,” scientists have warned.
