There is a yellow City of Toronto fire hydrant inside the patio of the legendary Cafe Diplomatico in the heart of Little Italy.
What there isn’t are people. They have been banished.
“China eats weird animals disease”
Ontario issues another stay-at-home order, will only permit in-person shopping at grocers and pharmacies
The Ford government has issued another stay-at-home order amid surging COVID-19 cases and will also order the closure of all non-essential retail outlets for in-person shopping.
The order will take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday and will be accompanied by Ontario’s third state of emergency declaration since the beginning of the pandemic. It is expected to remain in effect for at least four weeks.
The Ford government says that so long as the order is in effect residents will be required to stay at home except for “except for essential purposes, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services (including getting vaccinated), exercising close to home and with the people you live with, or for work that cannot be done remotely.”
Biden Says He Has Not Spoken to Chinese Leader About Virus Origins
U.S. President Joe Biden said on April 6 that he has not talked to Chinese leader Xi Jinping about the origins of the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden was asked: “Have you had the chance to ask him [Xi] if these reports are true, that China maybe misled the world at the beginning?”
“I have not had that conversation with President Xi,” Biden said.
RCMP seal entrances: AHS statement on GraceLife Church closure
Fence goes up around Alta. church refusing to follow COVID-19 orders
EDMONTON — A fence has been erected around the Alberta church whose congregation has met for months in violation of provincial COVID-19 orders.
Chain link fencing surrounded GraceLife Church in Parkland County west of Edmonton Wednesday morning.
Alberta Health Services said it “physically closed” the building and will be preventing access to it until GraceLife “can demonstrate the ability to comply with Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health’s restrictions.”
Not a good look for the Government or the RCMP. The double standards are infuriating. Wanna riot or publicly bask in the light of your politically correct cause? No problem. Go to church?? Criminal.
Ontario reports 3,215 new Covid cases … Stay home, the government won’t let you buy a toilet at Costco anyway … but you have dementia to look forward to
Ont. reports more than 3,200 new COVID-19 infections, highest daily case count since mid-January
Ontario is reporting more than 3,200 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily case count logged in the province since mid-January.
Provincial health officials recorded 3,215 new infections today, up from 3,065 on Tuesday and 2,938 on Monday.
It is the highest daily tally reported in the province since Jan. 17, when 3,422 new cases were confirmed.
Ontario to enact month-long stay-at-home order beginning Thursday: sources
TORONTO — The Ford government is set to announce a provincewide, month-long stay-at-home order today similar to what was enacted in January in a bid to stem the third wave of COVID-19, multiple sources say.
Sources tell CP24 and CTV News Toronto that subject to final approval today, the order will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and will close all retail outlets for in-person shopping other than grocery stores and pharmacies.
Big box stores will be allowed to open for sale of essential goods only.
One in three COVID-19 patients in U.S. developed a neurological or psychiatric condition, study finds
A study of more than 236,000 people in the United States who contracted COVID-19 last year has found that one in three developed a neurological or psychiatric condition and one in 50 of those who became seriously ill received their first diagnosis of dementia within six months.
The most common conditions were anxiety and mood disorders, which occurred in 17 per cent and 14 per cent respectively of those studied. Among patients admitted to intensive care, the researchers found that 7 per cent suffered a stroke and almost 2 per cent developed dementia – which could have been present before COVID-19 but went undiagnosed. They added that more study is needed to fully establish the link between COVID-19 and dementia.
Tell me this crap didn’t leak from a lab.
Chelsea Clinton Launching Podcast Covering COVID-19 Pandemic
Clinton will speak with experts, activists and celebrity guests including actress Jane Fonda, actor Dax Shepard, Queer Eye star Jonathan Van Ness, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
White House insists there will NOT be federal vaccine passports after Republicans lined up in opposition
‘The government is not now, nor will we be supporting a system that requires Americans to carry a credential. There will be no federal vaccinations database and no federal mandate requiring everyone to obtain a single vaccination credential,’ Psaki said at the press briefing.
Lies.
London, ON councillors dismiss motion to research consequences of lockdowns
A motion to begin a study into the unintended consequences of lockdowns, mask wearing and other public health measures in London, Ontario was dead on arrival on Tuesday afternoon after councillors refused to support the initiative.
24 world leaders announce international pandemic treaty to implement Great Reset agenda
“The main goal of this treaty would be to foster an all of government and all of society approach, strengthening national, regional and global capacities and resilience to future pandemics,” the leaders declared.
“This includes greatly enhancing international co-operation to improve, for example, alert systems, data-sharing, research and local, regional and global production and distribution of medical and public health counter-measures such as vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and personal protective equipment.”
Nor would it be centered purely on globalist vaccination agendas. Due to the leaders’ “One Health” approach, it would build on the principle of a connection between “the health of humans, animals and our planet.”
Even virtual concerts are now banned under Ontario lockdown rules
Live concerts haven’t been a thing in Toronto for more than a year now, making it hard to imagine a time when they will be again, especially due to the unimaginable blow the entire industry has taken over the course of the pandemic.
And now, new lockdown restrictions have brought about another hit that seems somewhat nonsensical: the prohibition of virtual concerts livestreamed from floundering local venues.
Ontario imposing stay-at-home order, closing non-essential retail: sources
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet has approved a provincewide stay-at-home order and will close non-essential retail stores for all but curbside pickup, multiple sources told CBC News Tuesday night.
The move comes in the wake of criticism that restrictions announced last week — what the government called “emergency brake” measures — are insufficient to slow the spread of Ontario’s third wave of COVID-19.
Sources familiar with cabinet’s decision said the stay-at-home order would take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET Thursday and last up to four weeks.
Diane Francis: Canada is ignoring the science on second doses
A recent editorial published in the British Medical Journal makes a good case for why the Canadian government’s risky dose-delay strategy to compensate for its failure to procure COVID-19 vaccines is a bad idea. It adds to a wealth of emerging scientific data, which clearly demonstrates that elderly people who have gotten their first dose of vaccine should get their second within the recommended 21 or 28 days, not 16 weeks.
Tougher COVID-19 restrictions on the way, Doug Ford says
Premier Doug Ford is signalling tougher measures — possibly including a stay-a-home order for parts of the GTA — will be revealed Wednesday as the rapid spread of COVID-19 pushes Ontario to its most dangerous point of the pandemic.
Less than a week after imposing tougher restrictions across the province, and amid criticism from health experts that they weren’t strong enough, Ford acknowledged more must be done to suppress highly contagious variants of the virus, particularly in Toronto, and in Peel and York regions.
“We’re going to have further restrictions moving forward very, very quickly,” the premier told a news conference Tuesday, noting he had discussions with chief medical officer Dr. David Williams over the Easter weekend.
“We’re going to be very clear tomorrow.”
Toronto Public Health closing all schools starting Wednesday as city’s COVID-19 cases surge
Toronto Public Health (TPH) will force all public schools to close on Wednesday and have students learn remotely instead, it announced with Tuesday’s classes nearly done for the day.
The public health agency said in a news release the shutdown is needed to reverse a surge of new COVID-19 infections — Toronto reported 955 new cases earlier in the day.
“The spread of COVID-19 has never been greater in Toronto, with variants of concern increasing both the risk of transmission and the risk of serious illness or death,” the statement said.
Clear link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots in brain, EMA official tells paper
ROME (Reuters) – There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday.
However, the EMA later said in a statement that its review of the vaccine was ongoing and it expected to announce its findings on Wednesday or Thursday. An AstraZeneca spokesman declined to comment on the matter.
“In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association (of the brain blood clots) with the vaccine. However, we still do not know what causes this reaction,” Marco Cavaleri, chair of the vaccine evaulation team at the EMA, told Italian daily Il Messagero.
h/t Uncommunist