Ontario reports 587 new Covid cases … and blame Mexico

Ontario reports 587 new COVID-19 infections, 5 more deaths

Ontario is reporting 587 new COVID-19 cases and five more deaths on Thursday as the seven-day rolling average continues to decline.

Today’s case count is up from the 476 infections logged yesterday but down from the 647 cases reported last Thursday.


Get in line, Canada, the U.S. has bigger problems than its closed border

… Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19 deaths per capita in Mexico have been three times higher than in Canada, and Mexico has at points relied on vaccines from Russia and China that are not approved in the U.S. Aside from that, the politics of the U.S. southern land border are always a lightning rod because of immigration and refugee fights that dominate American partisan politics when they flare up, as they have this year.

For reasons of both public health and political optics, reopening the land border to Mexicans now is a potentially explosive issue.

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This will end a long career

This is what CAF members have received. Vaccination Refusal is not an option for a service member.

Hmmmm

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The AHS’ Mismanagement of ICU Beds appears linked to the NDP’s War against Jason Kenney

I am no fan of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, or the UCP for that matter, and I think his new regime of draconian restrictions and passport system is absolutely abysmal, but at the same time, it would be dishonest to hold Kenney solely responsible for the current situation. There are clearly forces inside and outside of the government pressuring Kenney and the UCP into blowing up the COVID-19 situation into something worse than it really is.

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Federal public servants, RCMP and air and rail travellers must be vaccinated by month’s end, Trudeau says

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled his government’s mandatory vaccine policy today — a mandate that will require public servants to either get their shots by month’s end or be forced into an unpaid leave of absence.

All would-be travellers must also be fully vaccinated by Oct. 30 before boarding planes, trains or marine vessels.

Federal contractors, like cleaning staff, must also be fully vaccinated to gain access to government buildings. The estimated 267,000 employees covered by this policy must report their vaccination status by Oct. 29.

I’m betting a lawsuit or two will be in order.

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New Zealand Mongrel Mob leader given essential worker exemption to help boost Covid tests

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has endorsed granting a Mongrel Mob leader special exemption to cross Auckland’s border so he could help minimise Covid-19 spread in hard to reach communities.

The head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter, Sonny Fatupaito, was given essential worker status, which enabled him to enter Auckland last weekend, while the city was under level three lockdown, with a border in place.

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Wuhan scientists and US researchers planned to create a new coronavirus in 2018

US and Chinese scientists were planning to create a new coronavirus before the pandemic erupted, leaked proposals show.

Last month, a grant application submitted to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) revealed that an international team of scientists had planned to mix genetic data of similar strains to create a new virus.

The grant application was made in 2018 and leaked to Drastic, the pandemic origins analysis group.

I think the China class should be rounded up.

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Ontario reports 476 new Covid cases … and a Jab Or Job Vaxx Mandate For The Public Service?

Ontario reports 476 new Covid cases … and a Jab Or Job Vaxx Mandate For The Public Service?

Ontario reports 476 new COVID-19 cases; 14 additional deaths

Ontario reported 476 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, along with 14 additional deaths, as the province’s known active caseload hit its lowest point in six weeks.

The province reported 429 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and 511 on Monday.


Even telecommuting federal public servants must be vaccinated draft policy states: union executive

OTTAWA — Even federal employees who work from home will have to be vaccinated to keep their jobs if the government’s draft mandatory-vaccine policy stands, according to one union executive.

Stephane Aubry, vice-president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), says the draft, as well as other communication between unions and the government, suggests that the Treasury Board is leaning toward making vaccination a condition of employment.

That won’t happen. Public service union members are too important to LPC election prospects, some sort of expensive, to us, compromise will be worked out.

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The Extraordinary Hypocrisy of Molnupiravir

Trigger alert: This article may upset those who care about other human beings.

Molnupiravir (mull-noo-’peer-aveer) is the talk of the town, belle of the ball in the press. “Game changer” is the word on the street, according to a message to Science Insider:

“Molnupiravir is unquestionably a game changer! The large effect size, and the ease of administration change the paradigm of mild COVID-19 treatment with a potential to reduce COVID-19 death rates.”

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These Canadian industries are currently facing the biggest labour shortages

The economic effects from the COVID-19 pandemic are squeezing businesses struggling to find workers as ongoing labour shortages continue to stall certain sectors.

Businesses both big and small say they are struggling to find staff and employers have been offering more incentives to attract workers such as higher wages, bonuses, and flexible hours.

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