Ontario reports 2,336 new Covid Cases … and science says you’re already dead men walking so start acting it, have some AstraZeneca!

Ontario reports 2,336 new Covid Cases … and science says you’re already dead men walking so start acting it, have some AstraZeneca!

Ontario reported 2,336 additional cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday along with 14 more deaths, as hospitalizations climbed to their highest point in nearly two months.

There were almost 1,100 people in hospital on Monday night due to coronavirus infection, the highest count since Feb. 4.

Ontario reported nearly 7,500 cases of COVID-19 over the past three days, including 2,094 on Monday.


New data shows COVID-19 pandemic now ‘completely out of control’ in Ontario, key scientific adviser says

A new briefing note from a panel of science experts advising the Ontario government on COVID-19 shows a province at a tipping point.

Variants that are more deadly are circulating widely, new daily infections have reached the same number at the height of the second wave, and the number of people hospitalized is now more than 20 per cent higher than at the start of the last province-wide lockdown, states an analysis from Ontario’s COVID-19 science advisory table published on Monday night.

“Right now in Ontario, the pandemic is completely out of control,” Dr. Peter Juni, the table’s scientific director and a professor of medicine and epidemiology with the University of Toronto, said in an interview prior to the briefing note’s publication.

Mass suicide helper – 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine expected to arrive from U.S. today

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Don Martin: After that devastating auditor general’s report, why does Tam still have a job?

OTTAWA — The unwritten conclusion of that scathing auditor general’s report into how the Public Health Agency botched early pandemic detection is obvious: Replace Dr. Theresa Tam.

That might sound harsh for the high-profile face who has been calmly cajoling Canadians to stay home, wash their hands and, after her change of mind last April, wear a face mask in public.

But there’s no sugar-coating blame for the abysmally slow early detection and erroneous risk assessment of COVID-19 in Canada, as extensively documented in a report last week by the auditor general.

She may as well be working for China for all the “good” she’s done.

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Fauci Doubted The Swift Development Of A Vaccine. Now He’s Trying To Take Credit For It

“When I saw what happened in New York City, almost overrunning of our health care system, it was like, ‘Oh my goodness,’” the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN. “And that’s when it became very clear that the decision we made on January the 10th to go all out and develop a vaccine may have been the best decision that I’ve ever made with regard to an intervention as director of the institute.”

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Tam criticized for supporting ‘indefensible’ assessment of COVID-19 risk

An expert who worked on the Auditor-General’s report that criticized Canada’s lack of preparation for COVID-19 says the government’s risk assessments were “an utter failure” and cannot be defended.

Wesley Wark, an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa who analyzed the risk assessments during the onset of the outbreak, said Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam’s remarks last week that sought to justify those assessments are “defending the indefensible.”

Tam is China’s puppet.

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Immunization committee recommends provinces suspend AstraZeneca use among those under 55: State need to kill more old people who don’t vote for Justin

Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is expected to recommend today a pause in the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine on those under the age of 55 because of safety concerns, sources told CBC News.

The updated guidelines will be issued later today, according to sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The expected change in guidance comes following reports of rare blood clots in some immunized patients.

Canada is expected to receive 1.5 million doses of this product from the U.S. on Tuesday.

h/t Mauser98

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Ontario Reports 2,094 New Covid Cases … And WHO Slammed For Sham Wuhan Flu Origin Report

Ontario Reports 2,094 New Covid Cases … And WHO Slammed For Sham Wuhan Flu Origin Report

Ontario is reporting 2,094 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, down from 2,448 on Sunday and 2,453 on Saturday but up from 1,699 last week.

The rolling seven-day average of new infections is now 2,094, up from 1,600 last Monday.


WHO slammed for saying COVID-19 likely didn’t originate from Wuhan lab

The World Health Organization is being slammed as Beijing’s “useful idiots” after it dismissed as “extremely unlikely” the theory that the deadly bug escaped from a Wuhan lab.

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of the pandemic says that transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario, according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press.

The report’s release has been delayed, raising questions about Beijing’s side trying to skew the conclusions to prevent blame for the pandemic falling on China.

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‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won’t be easy

The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as “vaccine passports” — that would allow Americans to prove they have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as businesses try to reopen.

h/t Mauser98

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We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor

We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor

The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population. Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic. But there’s one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced more COVID-19 deaths that has largely been ignored because it’s politically incorrect.

Out-of-control obesity rates and the “body positivity” movement predating the pandemic have left the U.S. population disproportionately vulnerable to COVID-19 compared to other countries. The U.S. ranks No. 12 in obesity worldwide, one of the highest rates among developed countries. One study found that 90% of worldwide COVID-19 deaths occurred in countries with high obesity rates.

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Ontario reports 2,448 new Covid cases … another union chimes in on relaxed lockdown measures

Ontario reports 2,448 new Covid cases … another union chimes in on relaxed lockdown measures

Ontario is reporting more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases today as the province’s seven-day average of daily infections surpasses 2,000 for the first time in several weeks.

Provincial health officials logged 2,448 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, down slightly from the 2,453 reported on Saturday but up from 1,791 last week.

It is the fourth day in a row that the number of new infections jumped above 2,000 in the province.


Ontario easing COVID-19 restrictions is ‘threatening people’s lives’: nurses’ union

A union representing nurses in Ontario says the government’s loosening of restrictions is “threatening people’s lives” and has called for stronger measures to be put in place as the province faces a third wave of COVID-19.

The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) said in a statement Saturday that recent government decisions to loosen some dining restrictions, as well as allow personal care services to open, also threaten the province’s health-care system and in-person learning.

Like teacher’s unions little things such as a roof over your head and enough food to eat never seem to factor in their position on lockdowns.

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Tam’s office admits rocket ship modelling takes ‘simplified approach’ to projections

The Public Health Agency of Canada has admitted the modelling they use to create COVID-19 charts is a simple one that leaves out some potential inputs, including the impact of vaccinations.

“The forecasting model uses a simplified approach to model effects of public health interventions, which it does by altering the transmission rate,” explains a document sent by the PHAC to the federal House of Commons health committee earlier this week.

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Families eager for results as drug companies test vaccines for use on children, teens

As vaccines roll out among older adults, many of the questions from this group of students focused on the fact that children aren’t on the current inoculation schedule. Of the vaccines approved in Canada so far, only the Pfizer vaccine has been cleared for people as young as 16 years old, and the other three are currently meant for ages 18 and up.

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