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Randall Denley: Ford is inflicting pandemic pain, but offering little gain.

It’s too early to say when Doug Ford’s pandemic performance will reach its low point, but Monday’s new school closure and semi-lockdown is a leading contender. One can argue that the Ontario premier’s latest move is too little, too late or that’s a gross over-reaction. The case for timely and appropriate is a lot tougher to make.


BBC: Omicron stats are huge, but look beyond them

Covid infections have risen to unprecedented levels in recent weeks because of the Omicron variant.

But, as early evidence suggested it would, this variant is causing milder illness, for now at least.

A fall in the proportion of detected cases ending in hospital, shows this. It is now five times lower than it was a year ago.

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Ontario ballparks 11,352 new Covid cases … and Two GTA hospitals declare Code Orange

Ontario ballparks 11,352 new Covid cases …  and Two GTA hospitals declare Code Orange

Ontario reports 11,352 new COVID-19 cases; nearly 1,300 in hospitals

Ontario is reporting more than 11,000 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations continue to rise due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted on Tuesday that there are at least 1,290 people with the virus in Ontario hospitals, compared to 1,232 a day ago and 491 a week ago.


William Osler Health System declares ‘code orange’ to address hospital capacity, staffing challenges

The William Osler Health System has declared a “code orange” following what it calls an increase in COVID-19 patients and staffing shortages across its network.

In a news release issued Monday evening, Osler, which oversees the operations of Brampton Civic Hospital and Etobicoke General Hospital, said the measure is typically used when “capacity outpaces demand to ensure internal and external resources are deployed efficiently.”

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Canadian Armed Forces deployed to Quebec to help with COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair made the announcement via Twitter Monday morning.

“Following our approval of Quebec’s request for federal assistance, Canadian Armed Forces personnel will begin their deployment today to provide support to the province’s vaccination campaign,” he wrote. “Our officials continue to assess what other federal resources can be utilized to help the province combat COVID-19.”

They really do think we’re stupid.

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Majority of Canadians – including the vaccinated – oppose vaccine mandates

A majority of Canadians oppose government efforts to stigmatize and punish individuals who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to in-house government research.

As first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, Privy Council research revealed that any domestic vaccination passport system was very unpopular among Canadians – including individuals who chose to be vaccinated.

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Is this a global ‘psychic epidemic’?

Since Professor Mattias Desmet’s theory of #MassFormation is trending on Twitter, I’ve decided to share a short extract from A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic. I hope it can assist in contributing to Desmet’s very interesting theory.

The idea that you might be caught up in mass hysteria, mass formation or a psychic epidemic is a threatening one. Bear in mind, it’s just a theory. Read the extract and watch Desmet’s interview with an open mind.

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Woman strips down to her underwear to use her dress as a facemask at ice cream store in Argentina

This is the moment a fearless woman entered an Argentinian ice-cream parlour in her undies because she wanted to use her dress as a face mask to be served.

The bizarre scene was filmed in the city of Godoy Cruz in the western Argentine province of Mendoza at around 10.40pm on January 1.

In the CCTV footage, a father and his three daughters are seen approaching the counter to place their order as the woman enters the parlour, apparently in her undies.

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Lockdown has destroyed the Australian spirit

This once easy-going country has become illiberal, mistrustful and divided.

Australia is currently ranked 104th in the world for coronavirus deaths – a victory of sorts in the eyes of the laptop class which now runs much of our lives. Yet the cost of this achievement is incalculably high and the damage to civil society may never be fully repaired. The ever-changing list of petty edicts has tugged at the threads of the social fabric in countless ways, and Australia is a less companionable country as a result.

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$29,000 for an average used car? Would-be buyers are aghast

DETROIT (AP) — A couple of months ago, a woman paid a visit to Jeff Schrier’s used car lot in Omaha, Nebraska. She was on a tight budget, she said, and was desperate for a vehicle to commute to work.

She was shown three cars priced at her limit, roughly $7,500. Schrier said the woman was stunned.

″‘That’s what I get for $7,500? ’” he recalled her saying. The vehicles had far more age or mileage on them than she had expected for something to replace a car that had been totaled in a crash.

The woman eventually settled on a 2013 Toyota Scion with a whopping 160,000 miles on it. Schrier isn’t sure he made any profit on the deal. “We just helped her out,” he said.

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Ontario moves school online, closes indoor dining & gyms as part of sweeping new COVID-19 measures … usual fat cats like pro sports and film biz get a pass

Ontario is moving schools online for at least two weeks, temporarily closing indoor dining and gyms and pausing non-urgent medical procedures as it faces record-high case counts that, according to public health officials, threaten to overwhelm the province’s health-care system.

Premier Doug Ford announced the changes at a morning news conference Monday. He was joined at the announcement by his ministers of health, education and finance, as well Ontario’s chief medical officer of health and the CEO of Ontario Health.

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