It’s a secret: California keeps key virus data from public

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has from the start said his coronavirus policy decisions would be driven by data shared with the public to provide maximum transparency.

But with the state starting to emerge from its worst surge, his administration won’t disclose key information that will help determine when his latest stay-at-home order is lifted.

State health officials said they rely on a very complex set of measurements that would confuse and potentially mislead the public if they were made public.

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Fourth Canada-bound flight with COVID impacting ‘all rows:’ Health Canada

Health Canada recorded its fourth Canada bound flight on Thursday where ‘all rows’ were impacted by positive COVID-19 cases.

On Thursday, Air Canada Rouge flight 1803 between the Jamaican capital of Kingston and Toronto on Friday, Jan. 15 was posted to Health Canada’s online list of COVID-impacted flights as having ‘all rows affected’ by passengers who eventually tested positive for the respiratory virus.

h/t Marvin

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New form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms, likely caused by illegal vaccines

This picture of Lena Dunham has no relation to the article

A new form of African swine fever has been identified in Chinese pig farms. According to Reuters, industry insiders say that the disease was most likely caused by illegal vaccines, and serves as a fresh blow to the nation where the COVID-19 coronavirus was first identified. China is the world’s largest producer of pork.

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Ontario reports 2,662 new Covid cases… All citizens who have tested positive are to report to the nearest disintegration chamber


Durham doctor and her husband, a Toronto paramedic, are charged with failing to disclose info about contact they had with U.K. visitor

A Durham doctor and her husband, a Toronto paramedic, have been charged with failing to disclose information to local public health officials about contact they had with a U.K. visitor in light of the spread of a new variant of the COVID-19 virus present in Britain.

The couple, Dr. Martina Weir and Brian Weir, are alleged each to have failed to provide accurate information about “all persons that the defendant may have had contact with during their period of communicability,” as well as “providing false information in relation to contact with anyone who travelled from the United Kingdom,” according to court documents.

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Diane Francis: Was the botched vaccine roll-out a result of Trudeau placing too much faith in China?

The Canadian government’s failures on the vaccine file may end up being the biggest Liberal scandal yet, according to information that’s come my way.

As I wrote earlier this week, any delay in getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible will cost lives. So far, just over one per cent of the country has received at least one dose of the vaccine, which puts us behind many other developed countries.

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Suddenly Optimistic Fauci Sees Pandemic “Plateauing,” Feels “Liberated” Under Biden Admin

As if the press hasn’t already fawned over Biden enough…but we digress. In other news, Biden insisted that wearing masks until April may help save 50K lives, another number apparently pulled out of a hat.

Finally, Dr. Fauci said Thursday that it looks like new cases in the USA might actually be plateauing, despite the holiday surge we were promised by him a few months ago. But where is this more optimistic frame of mind based on? Well, the diminutive doctor admitted that he feels “liberated” by Biden.

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Almost 80% of COVID-19 cases in Toronto were among racialized groups in November

Nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Toronto identified with a racialized group in November, according to the city.

On Thursday, Toronto’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa discussed new data on ethno-racialized groups affected by the virus during a city media briefing.

The data shows that racialized groups continue to make up a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases, as they have throughout the pandemic.

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Pandemic Numbers Faked To Blame Trump: The WHO Changes Guidelines On Covid Tests An Hour After Biden Inauguration

On the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a positive test result alone is no longer sufficient to determine a Chinese coronavirus infection. Now the communist-tied organization states that a second test is required along with a clinical diagnosis. Under Biden’s new administration, the sudden changes in the WHO’s guidelines will most likely lead to a significant decrease in the number of positive cases.

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Watch: Get ready to have your blood boil. “Our public health orders don’t apply to any levels of government.”

This latest edition of hypocrisy and lockdown hobgoblinery comes courtesy of Canada.

Here’s Manitoba Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin just causally explaining that they’ve exempted all levels of government from their own draconian health orders with the most what’s-the-big-deal energy you’ve ever seen.

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Buried Toronto schools report sheds new light on in-class COVID data

Buried Toronto schools report sheds new light on in-class COVID data

The detailed results of an asymptomatic testing pilot project conducted in Toronto public schools revealed that there is little undetected spread of COVID-19 occurring within classrooms and that parent-family positivity rates are much higher than that of students.

Rather, the previously unreported chart obtained by the Toronto Sun appears to confirm what public health officials have maintained — that infections in schools reflect a trickle down of cases from what’s occurring in the broader community.

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COVID-19 could shutter more than 200,000 Canadian businesses forever, CFIB says

More than 200,000 Canadian businesses could close permanently during the COVID-19 crisis, throwing millions of people out of work as the resurgence of the virus worsens across much of the country, according to new research.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday one in six, or about 181,000, Canadian small business owners are now seriously contemplating shutting down.

The latest figures, based on a survey of its members done between Jan. 12 and 16, come on top of 58,000 businesses that became inactive in 2020.

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