The country’s largest school board will further delay unpaid leave for some unvaccinated staffers, citing shortages — especially in special education.
In an email blast to parents Monday morning, the Toronto District School Board said “any staff who had disclosed that they were not vaccinated were to be placed on non-disciplinary administrative leave without pay, effective today. As a result, approximately 330 staff members are being put on administrative leave as of today.”
Ont. logs 627 new COVID-19 cases, 1 more virus-related death
Ontario is reporting more than 600 new COVID-19 cases as the number of breakthrough infections surpasses new cases among unvaccinated individuals today.
Provincial health officials logged 627 new COVID-19 infections today, down from 741 on Sunday but up from 552 one week ago.
Ontario families can book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for kids starting tomorrow
TORONTO — Children between the ages of five and 11 will be eligible to get their COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario this week, with families able to book appointments as of Tuesday.
Appointments will open up on the provincial vaccine portal around 8 a.m., officials said. Parents can also phone the call centre, book through their local public health units, go to a pharmacy or see their primary care providers.
Bill Gates has warned governments to prepare for smallpox terror attacks and future pandemics by investing billions into research and development. Bill Gates has raised alarms with critics by suggesting that billions of dollars be invested into a global pandemic task force running “germ games” to prepare for future outbreaks or biological attacks. Meanwhile, one of the most deadly Smallpox virus samples in the world has been accidentally found at a Merck vaccine facility while cleaning. The virus is considered so deadly that only two labs in the world are authorized to store samples of it, one in Russia and the other at the CDC in Atlanta.
Message from a former Psyop Operations Officer pic.twitter.com/ppF4e2I7Cn
— Walton De sousa🇨🇦 (@WaltonDesousa) November 20, 2021
The Centre for Disease Control’s “Guidance” document describes 21 things that every health economics study in connection with vaccines must do. But the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) woeful risk-benefit analysis in connection with Pfizer’s Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) application to inject children aged 5 to 11 with an experimental gene therapy violates many of these principles.
A former student of Western University says he’s been expelled from the school after video emerged of him being dragged out of a classroom when he repeatedly violated the school’s COVID-19 vaccine policy.
A must-watch. Just some of the flagrant lies by Biden, Fauci, etc about the “vaccine.” https://t.co/JjoELgvK6A
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) November 21, 2021
Whether using a video of Batman shadowing a public health professional or a picture of a purple cartoon character playing hockey, Canadian health units and science communication groups are trying to find ways to inspire young audiences to get the COVID-19 vaccine days before the country is expected to begin the next phase of its immunization drive.
Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and face of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci came out Thursday with news that babies and toddlers from six months to five-years-old could potentially be able to receive the vaccine next spring.
insane https://t.co/tjZhnHqlEM
— unspinthespinagain (@unspinthespina1) November 20, 2021
Europe descended into a third day of violent carnage on Sunday as tens of thousands of people in Belgium took to the streets to protest against the return of strict lockdown rules aimed at curbing a rise in Covid infections.
Nearly 40,000 people descended on the capital Brussels to protest against new anti-Covid measures banning the unvaccinated from entering restaurants and bars.
Some protesters were seen throwing projectiles at riot police and in response, officers fired water cannon and tear gas at the group. Police have made some arrests, but it is not immediately clear how many.
Manifestation massive dans les rues de #Bruxelles contre les restrictions et le pass sanitaire. (HLN) #Brussel pic.twitter.com/VsZ4oy4KeX
— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) November 21, 2021
The risk of developing acute coronary syndrome (ACS) significantly increased in patients after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to a report presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2021, held from November 13 to 15, 2021.
h/t Mauser98
Read this. Seriously. Seriously!!!!!!! I am screaming !!!no. God help us. We are done. No. pic.twitter.com/HmAchxmTVq
— Jamie Ott Blom (@jamie_blom) November 21, 2021
Hard to believe the RCC would abuse children.
The total number of reported deaths linked to the disease topped 770,800 on Saturday, Johns Hopkins data show. This puts the pandemic-long total at more than twice the 385,343 Covid-19 deaths recorded last year, according to the most recent death-certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Many years ago, as a new law student, I had a moment of disbelief. “Surely it doesn’t really work this way,” I thought to myself as I sat in an early class. The law, I discovered, is not a set of immutable rules, predictable and secure. Instead, it is rife with ambiguity, riddled with uncertainty, and subject to the whims, temperaments and follies of human beings who make and apply it. And yet, as I also came to realize, it has often worked well. The Western legal tradition, upon which the Canadian system is based, has protected individual autonomy better than any other legal system in history. The problem is that for decades that tradition, and the culture from whence it came, have slowly been eroding. And now, during COVID, when the law has let us down, there is a tide in the affairs of Canadians.
TORONTO—Several thousand people marched in downtown Toronto on Saturday as part of a “Worldwide Freedom” rally to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.
Rallies were also held in several cities across Canada, including in Ottawa, London, and Calgary, as well as in countries such as Australia, Germany, and Japan.
There are 741 new cases of COVID-19. 410 cases are in individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 331 are in fully vaccinated individuals.
Today’s numbers will be available at 10:30 a.m. at https://t.co/ypmgZbVRvn.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 21, 2021
Nearly two years into pandemic, experts say messaging needs to evolve: Fear is out, hope is in
With Canadians nearing two full years in the pandemic, persuasive public health messaging has become increasingly difficult. How do you convince people to remain vigilant this long into a crisis?
Yet compelling messaging is critical as the country faces three new challenges: motivating parents to vaccinate their children and adults to get their booster shots, while helping people understand what it means that the pandemic will be with us for some time.
“Science communicators” – researchers who’ve taken it upon themselves to translate science into language the public can understand – believe that pandemic messaging must be ever more honest and closely tailored to specific audiences. But it should also be human and empathetic, with a focus on installing hope.
And… Union loses bid to stop TTC from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine policy
