Ontario reports 744 new Covid cases … and more on those pesky variants

Ontario reports 744 new Covid cases … and more on those pesky variants

Ontario reports 744 new COVID-19 cases, 24 more deaths

Ontario is reporting a dip in the number of new COVID-19 infections today after a slight uptick in daily case counts over the past couple of days.

Provincial health officials logged 744 new COVID-19 cases today, down from 914 on Friday and 870 on Thursday.


Race between vaccines and variants is back on as B.1.617 takes hold in Canada

A new coronavirus variant is taking hold in Canada, leaving experts divided over whether it will expose the weaknesses in our strategy to prioritize first doses of COVID-19 vaccines and jeopardize reopening in much of the country.

Some worry that’s the case, but with Canada’s vaccine supply ramping up and second doses accelerating across the country, others believe fears over B.1.617 may be overblown.

So how at risk are we from B.1.617, the variant first identified in India also known as delta, and how concerned should Canadians be as we inch closer to reopening much of the country?

I can now schedule my second Jab as of Monday. Let’s hope it works.

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High-Ranking Chinese Defector Has ‘Direct Knowledge’ of Several Chinese Special Weapons Programs

A person believed to be among the highest-ranking defectors ever to the United States from the People’s Republic of China has been working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) for months, sources inside the intelligence community have told RedState on condition of anonymity. The defector has direct knowledge of special weapons programs in China, including bioweapons programs, those sources say.

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China-Appeasing Column Insists Lab-Leak Theory Is ‘Garbage’

On the menu today: A Los Angeles Times columnist decrees the lab-leak theory to be “garbage” and says the real lesson of the pandemic is that the United States needs to “cooperate with China” more; a “3.6 Roentgen reading” of a jobs report; a Chinese-government spokesman suffers a bitter defeat; and an appreciation for some kind words.

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What did Dr. Fauci know, and when did he know it?

Nearly 50 years ago, two iconic Tennesseans posed the pivotal question that led to the unveiling of one of the biggest political cover-ups in American history. Fred Thompson, then-counsel to the Watergate Committee, wrote the question for then-Sen. Howard Baker, who asked, “What did the president know, and when did he know it?”

Today, we must ask: What did Dr. Anthony Fauci know, and when did he know it?

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Anti-Trump Sentiment Contaminates Debate on Virus Origin: MI6 Ex-chief

Anti-Trump sentiment has been one of the factors that contaminated the debate on the origin of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, has said.

Efforts seeking a full inquiry into the origins of the CCP virus have been growing recently, including a letter signed by 18 international researchers pushing for a “proper investigation.”

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Chinese virologist says Fauci’s emails ‘verify’ her Wuhan lab leak claims

A Chinese virologist who was among the first to suggest COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab has said that Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails prove she was right all along.

Dr. Li-Meng Yan was one of the first to research the emerging coronavirus and previously revealed she was forced into hiding after accusing Beijing of a cover-up.

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#MakeChinaPay For the #CoronavirusPandemic

For the first time in history, one country has attacked — at the same time and in one audacious move — all the other ones.

China committed that horrific crime by taking steps, in December 2019 and January of last year, to deliberately spread COVID-19 beyond its borders.

The international community must now impose the most severe costs on the Chinese regime to, among other things, establish deterrence. Why? China’s regime committed the crime of this century and may well be planning another horrific act.

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Whereabouts of two scientists fired from Winnipeg virus lab for possible national-security issues shrouded in mystery

Justin Trudeau Xiangguo Qiu Keding Cheng – Everybody say Xi

The whereabouts of two scientists at the centre of a parliamentary showdown over alleged national-security breaches at a high-security laboratory remain unknown, as Ottawa’s explanation for their firing has shifted.

Xiangguo Qiu, a former head of a key program at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, and her husband, Keding Cheng, have not publicly commented on why they were fired. Nor have they responded to questions from The Globe and Mail about whether their dismissal was related to the transfer of highly infectious viruses to China’s Wuhan Virology Institute.

The Globe has found that the scientists are no longer living in Winnipeg, and it is unclear if they are still in Canada. The RCMP would not say if they know where the couple are located.

(Go incognito)

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Ontario reports 914 new Covid cases … and … Are you really in Lockdown if you don’t have a job?

Ontario reports 914 new Covid cases … and … Are you really in Lockdown if you don’t have a job?

Ontario reports 900+ new COVID-19 cases; 19 additional deaths

Ontario reported more than 900 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and 19 deaths, the fourth day of a slow rise in cases that officials said may keep them from accelerating provincial reopening plans.

The province reported 914 new cases on Friday.


Hooray for Lockdown!

Canadian economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as COVID-19 lockdowns continued

Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the COVID-19 continued.

The unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, little changed from the 8.1 per cent in April because the number of unemployed people in Canada overall stayed relatively steady.

What changed is that more people dropped out of the labour force in May, including workers who simply got discouraged and gave up looking for work.

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President Trump Blasts Fauci For Wuhan ‘Gain of Function’ Research, Devastating Emails In New Statement

President Donald Trump issued a scathing response to the release of Anthony Fauci’s emails, noting that he routinely disagreed with the doctor, and questioning whether Fauci’s decision to fund controversial “gain of function” research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China may have led to the emergence of COVID-19.

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U.S. State Department Tried to Block Investigation of Lab Leak at Wuhan

A report in Vanity Fair details actions by some members of the U.S. State Department to block efforts to investigate the origins of the coronavirus because the inquiry could open “a can of worms.” An internal memo sent to department heads by Thomas DiNanno, former acting assistant secretary of the State Department’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, warned “not to pursue an investigation into the origin of COVID-19.”

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