A columnist for the Washington Post is taking the media to task for ignoring Dr. Anthony Fauci’s ties to research that may have sparked the COVID-19 pandemic.
Josh Rogin appeared on Megyn Kelly’s podcast Wednesday, where he countered the public love for Fauci since the start of the pandemic last year.
‘I often talk to scientists who say the same thing, who say, “Listen, we really want to speak out about this, but we can’t do it,” Rogin said on the podcast.
Ont. sets single-day record for new COVID-19 cases for second day in a row as number of ICU patients surpasses 700
For the second consecutive day, Ontario is reporting another single-day record for new cases of the novel coronavirus as the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care surpasses 700.
Ontario health officials logged 4,812 new infections today, topping the previous record of 4,736 set on Thursday.
The rolling seven-day average of new cases is now 4,292, up by more than 1,000 cases week-over-week.
Further COVID-19 restrictions likely for Ontario as 3rd wave worsens
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and his cabinet are set to meet again Friday morning to consider further COVID-19 restrictions to combat a worsening third wave that is pushing the province’s health-care system to the breaking point.
The meeting comes ahead of a scheduled briefing from the province’s COVID-19 science advisory table that is expected include stark new forecasts for the weeks ahead.
A government source told CBC News revised modelling suggests Ontario could see up to 18,000 daily cases of COVID-19 by the end of May if current trends continue unabated, even with help from the province’s ongoing vaccination campaign.
They make furniture and sports uniforms, sell cars and build condos. All remain open as Ontario’s third wave worsens
A retail marketing firm. An Amazon warehouse. A maker of sports uniforms. A metal polishing firm. All of these workplaces remain open in Canada’s largest city – and all had more than 20 COVID-19 cases among their workers in recent weeks, according to data analysis by The Globe and Mail.
As Ontario sets new records for increases in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and people in ICUs – all driven by the spread of more infectious variants – some medical experts say further restrictions, in areas such as manufacturing and construction, are now warranted.
Basically they’re saying we screwed up, the 1st lockdown was too lenient resulting in a significant uptick in Covid infections so now we’re gonna double down and see if that helps.
Everyone’s version of essential workers is different when it comes to vaccinating the population. Some think health workers should be at the front of the line, others think teachers.
In Vancouver, sex workers are now getting priority treatment.
According to reports the mask mandate could be introduced using a Section 22 order under the Health Protection and Promotion Act which allows health officers to “require a person to take or to refrain from taking any action in respect of a communicable disease.”
Ian Byrne, assistant manager of Highfield Garden World in Whitminster, said there had been a “massive upswing” in the sales of garden gnomes.
“We haven’t seen a gnome in six months now unfortunately,” he said.
It was in the power of the federal government to contain the current wave of the pandemic, fuelled as it is by more contagious variants, through border controls or more timely vaccine procurement. But you won’t hear any contrition from the prime minister. When asked during question period Tuesday about his government’s slow vaccine rollout, Justin Trudeau deflected and said the “facts” are that health restrictions are what are needed to blunt the spread of COVID-19. In other words, take it up with the provinces.
Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet is debating a province-wide curfew and other restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Even though Ontario has been under a “stay at home” order since last week and schools are closed indefinitely, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones conceded Thursday more will likely have to be done.
“All options are on the table,” Jones told reporters at Queen’s Park.
Ford’s cabinet was to meet Thursday afternoon and again Friday as new modelling from the province’s science table was expected to show the worrying trends continuing.
Justin Trudeau was slapped down by Downing Street today after claiming Britain is facing a ‘very serious third wave’ – with critics accusing him of a desperate attempt to deflect criticism over his own country’s sluggish vaccine rollout and surging infections.
The Canadian premier referred to the UK’s hugely successful drive, which has 60 per cent of the population given jabs compared to just 20 per cent in Canada, as he sought to justify keeping tough restrictions.
‘Vaccinations on their own are not enough to keep us safe,’ he told MPs in the country’s parliament.
Ontario logs 4,736 new COVID-19 cases, another single-day record in the province
Ontario is reporting another single-day record for COVID-19 infections today as hospitalizations and intensive care admissions continue to climb in the province.
Provincial health officials logged 4,736 new cases today, topping the previous record of 4,456 infections confirmed on Sunday.
The rolling seven-day average of new infections now stands at 4,200, up from 3,093 just one week ago.
Ottawa drops specific COVID-19 screening for travellers from Brazil as variant spread throughout British Columbia
Canada has dropped specific screening requirements for travellers arriving from Brazil, measures aimed at reducing the spread of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 that is now spreading rapidly throughout Western Canada.
The change is taking place as the B.C. government raises the alarm about travellers circumventing the rules imposed by Ottawa for all international arrivals travelling by air. Premier John Horgan said his government may impose travel restrictions unilaterally, after learning that more than 100 passengers arriving at Vancouver International Airport have refused to quarantine as required by Ottawa since Feb. 22. “We haven’t taken travel restrictions off the board, quite frankly.”
The variants of concern spread more rapidly and can cause a more severe case of COVID-19. In particular, the P.1 variant, first associated with Brazil, may be able to re-infect people who have already had the virus, and “current treatments and vaccines may not work as well on cases of this variant,” according to the BC Centre for Disease Control.
See… Whistler silenced by one of the largest Brazil P.1 variant outbreaks outside South America
AstraZeneca very safe, effective, with extremely rare risk of clots: Health Canada
OTTAWA — There is enough evidence to say the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may cause very rare blood clots but the shot is still extremely safe, very effective and will remain on the Canadian market, Health Canada said Wednesday.
Experts thought Thalidomide was swell too.
The coronavirus pandemic was a black-swan event the likes of which this planet hadn’t seen in almost a hundred years. It caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and crashed the global economy, resulting in the largest socioeconomic change since 2008. It was, in short, not good. Yet there are pockets of public health experts and corporate media pundits who seem content to play out an endless cycle of pandemic porn. This runs contrary to what the majority of the population wants to watch and how most Americans are choosing to live their lives.
The federal government’s treatment of Canadians flying home from foreign countries is vindictive, egregious and possibly unconstitutional. Its obvious purpose is to look tough and divert attention from the delay in acquiring vaccines that has put us in a humiliating 52nd place globally in full vaccinations per capita, at one-tenth the vaccination pace of the Americans. The prime minister and his colleagues must hope people unaffected by the border measures consider them to be appropriate or at least unobjectionable.
OK, we can’t call COVID-19 the Wuhan virus. (Although the hypocritical guardians of wokeness don’t seem to have any trouble in labelling the mutations the U.K. variant, the Brazil variant and the South Africa variant.)
But, can we at least agree to call the current third surge of the pandemic that is ravaging Canada the Trudeau Wave?
I just love love love love love this headline.
Did I say I love this headline ?#TrudeauVaccineFailure #TrudeauMustGo pic.twitter.com/Jd9XHBVDjY
— Sanwin (@sanwins) April 14, 2021
Ontario’s seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases tops 4,000 for first time
Ontario is reporting more than 4,100 new COVID-19 cases and 28 more deaths today as the province’s seven-day rolling average topped 4,000 for the first time in the pandemic.
The province logged 4,156 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, up from 3,670 a day ago.
Provincial health officials logged 4,401 cases on Monday, 4,456 on Sunday and 3,813 on Saturday.
Toronto hospitals close clinics, halt appointments due to COVID-19 vaccine shortages
Shortages of COVID-19 vaccines have forced two major Toronto health networks that serve some of the hardest-hit communities in the province to either ramp down or outright cancel appointments for shots.
The Scarborough Health Network (SHN) says it will be closing its Centennial College and Centenary hospital clinics Wednesday.
Dr. Lisa Salaman-Switzman, an emergency physician with SHN, said in a series of tweets the moves will result in the cancellation of about 10,000 appointments over the next several days.
AstraZeneca vaccine: Denmark ceases rollout completely
Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, the first European country to do so fully.
The move is expected to delay the country’s vaccination programme by several weeks.
Canadian public health officials and physicians are particularly concerned about the rapid spread of both the B.1.1.7 and P.1 variants across the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.
“Because of the current situation in Canada, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Canada,” the website now reads. “If you must travel to Canada, get fully vaccinated before travel. All travelers should wear a mask, stay 6 feet from others, avoid crowds, and wash their hands.”
Wait, what? What do vaccines do? And what about airlines? And what about Roxham Rd?
