There are calls for Ontario to be plunged into yet another dark winter.
But before we go down that road, here are a couple of points that Ontarians who have suffered so much already should consider.
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Is the official Omicron paranoia overblown? Frustration, fatigue overtake fear of ‘doomsday’ warnings
Omicron will likely usher in the worst wave of the pandemic yet, some scientists are warning. But have people grown frustrated, tired and even bored with the “doomsday” messaging?
The speed at which Omicron is spreading and the variant’s intimidating attack rate means people will need to cut their personal contacts by at least 50 per cent in order to buy time for more booster vaccines and “blunt” — and only blunt, and not “flatten” — the coming wave, Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, head of Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table, said Thursday.
"We need to stop moaning, face the reality and do the right thing," said Dr. Peter Jüni, who is calling for 'circuit breaker' measures in Ontario. "What do you do if you're on a beach and the tsunami is coming? …You say, oh there's no tsunami? No, you can't." pic.twitter.com/KE9eJTiZyx
— Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) December 16, 2021
Vaccine-free Canadians banned from Government’s farmers market
CALGARY: The Justice Centre has sent the City of Fredericton a demand letter in relation to its vaccinated-only policy at the Fredericton Boyce Farmers Market. The New Brunswick Government owns the landmark farmer’s market, and leases it to the City of Fredericton at a nominal rate. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies, because this is not private property, but property owned and managed by government.
The farmer’s market announced that as of December 11, 2021, “proof of double vaccination (or medical exemption) will be required to shop indoors, for all visitors 12 and over.” The policy, which is the first of its kind in Canada that excludes citizens from purchasing grocery essentials on the basis of vaccination status, claims that it relies on “public health guidelines.” There is growing national and international condemnation of such discriminatory policies.
Given that being “fully vaxxed” means nothing to Omicron why bother with the passport charade at all?
h/t Sweetpea
Ontario reports 3,124 new Covid cases of which 2,120 are “fully vaxxed” … and … majority supports a lockdown … plus your masks are losers!
Ontario reports 3,000+ COVID-19 cases for the first time since early May 2021
Ontario is reporting 3,124 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest total reported since early May 2021, with the number of infections among vaccinated and vaccinated people now more closely reflecting their proportions of the general population.
… 2,120 involve fully vaccinated people and 130 have an unknown vaccination status.
Support for COVID-19 lockdowns dwindle as Omicron spreads across Canada: poll
A majority of Canadians say they’re still in support of another lockdown to stop the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, a new poll has found.
But despite more than 55 per cent of Canadians showing such support for renewed public health measures, the poll’s results — done by Ipsos exclusively for Global News — also show that the same support is dwindling.
If you are still wearing a single layer cloth mask ‘ditch it,’ head of Ontario’s science table says
If you are using a single-layer cloth mask to protect yourself from a new COVID-19 variant that is believed to be more than six times as infectious as Delta “ditch it, full stop.”
At least that is the message from the scientific director of Ontario’s Science Advisory Table, who tells CP24 that there is likely a need for higher grade masks amid the threat posed by Omicron, particularly for frontline workers.
Columbia study: True U.S. COVID vaccine death count is 400,000
The CDC’s latest count of deaths attributed to COVID-19 vaccines is nearly 20,000, but a study by researchers at Columbia University estimates the actual number is 20 times higher.
If you are still wearing a single layer cloth mask ‘ditch it,’ head of Ontario’s science table says
At least that is the message from the scientific director of Ontario’s Science Advisory Table, who tells CP24 that there is likely a need for higher grade masks amid the threat posed by Omicron, particularly for frontline workers.
We should be having Omicron sleepover parties – what could be better than natural immunity with minimal symptoms?
Nova Scotia schools requiring parents to show vaccine passports even though policy exempts them
Nova Scotia parents are now being told they have to show proof of vaccination to enter their own children’s schools, but the policy it’s based on exempts parents explicitly.
Top Cardiologist: Study Argues Myocarditis Radically More Prevalent Among COVID Vaxxed Children Than Non-Vaxxed, Study Not Peer-Reviewed
As many as 45,000 people may have died from the mRNA shots being given to halt COVID, according to prominent physician Dr. Peter McCullough.
And teenagers — especially boys — are more at risk from being hospitalized from the vaccine than they are for COVID, he said. The culprit is myocarditis, inflammation of the heart.
McCullough should know. He wrote the book on cardiology. Literally.
Cases of Covid fatigue reach an all time high
Unsurprisingly with the arrival of Omicron, Covid is in the headlines once again. But amid the media panic and the catastrophising, many Covid pundits are failing to appreciate a shift in the public mood. According to new research, there is mounting of Covid fatigue in the general public.
Taboo Truths about the Covid Vaccine
Heart attacks skyrocket – and ICUs are overwhelmed from coast to coast.
The COVID-19 vaccines appear to be causing a global health disaster. There are so many warnings from all around the world. I’ll list just a few in this column. But the U.S. media remains silent. They’re as quiet as a church mouse. Why?
Japan’s Ministry of Health just announced that “the Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines could cause heart-related side effects in younger males.” Health experts in Japan have witnessed skyrocketing rates of myocarditis and pericarditis in young men and teenagers. And they’ve seen the same nonstop heart issues with middle-aged and older individuals.
Wuhan lab leak ‘is now the most likely origin of Covid because Beijing tried to cover it up’ and it is ‘reasonable to believe virus was engineered in China’, Harvard scientist tells MPs
The Wuhan lab leak is now the most likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic because Beijing tried to cover it up, MPs were told today.
Harvard scientist Dr Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that Covid was genetically engineered in China.
She also said that the Chinese Communist Party’s cover-up of the initial outbreak in Wuhan two years ago and attempts to sabotage the World Health Organisation’s inquiry into the origins of the pandemic made the lab-leak theory likely.
Nearly 4,000 soldiers refuse COVID-19 vaccine as Army deadline passes
Nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, the Pentagon said Thursday, potentially setting the stage for thousands of Army personnel to be pushed out of the service in the coming weeks.
A day after its Dec. 15 vaccination deadline, the Army said 468,459 active-duty soldiers have received at least one dose of the vaccine, or about 98%. About 96% of soldiers are fully vaccinated.
Anti-vax Alberta man loses battle with ex-wife over whether to get their children inoculated
A Lethbridge dad who fed his children “vaccine misinformation” has lost his battle to prevent them from getting shots.
In a written ruling posted Wednesday, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Johnna Kubik sided with the two children’s mother and said she could go ahead and get them inoculated.
Ontario needs ‘immediate circuit breaker’ to blunt spread of Omicron say experts
Ontario could see intensive care capacity reach unsustainable levels in January without an “immediate circuit breaker” to blunt the spread of Omicron, modelling suggests.
… The experts suggest an “immediate circuit breaker,” where people in Ontario cut their contacts by at least 50 per cent and booster campaigns ramp up to 250,000 shots per day.
Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support program: 400 claims since launch, fewer than five approved
Canada’s national vaccine injury compensation program has released new numbers revealing how many Canadians have reported severe adverse reactions from a Health Canada-authorized COVID-19 vaccine and requested compensation.
The Vaccine Injury Support Program was first announced in December 2020 and officially launched in June 2021. While serious reactions to vaccines are extremely rare — less than one in a million, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) — they have happened.
So they’re stickin it to ya twice.