“China eats weird animals disease”

Ontario is reporting 2,964 new kases of Kung Flu

Ontario is reporting 2,964 new kases of Kung Flu

Government could change rules after outcry over aid for quarantining vacationers

MONTREAL — A federal cabinet minister hinted that changes could be coming to the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit after an outcry over aid money being given to vacationers who left Canada despite public health recommendations.

On Saturday, Employment and Social Development Minister Carla Qualtrough suggested changes are coming in a statement posted to Twitter.

“The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit was never intended to incentivize or encourage Canadians to not follow public health or international travel guidelines,” the statement read. “We continue to strongly urge Canadians to avoid non-essential travel.”

???

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

COVID: Special privileges for the vaccinated?

The German government has come out against giving those who have received the coronavirus vaccine special rights and privileges. But the business incentive could take the decision out of their hands.

Just 24 hours into the European Union’s continentwide rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine, leading physicians and politicians are arguing over its moral and societal implications.

Frank Ulrich Montgomery, current president of the World Medical Association, and Thomas Mertens, virologist and head of Germany’s Standing Commission on Vaccination (STIKO), have suggested that people who have been immunized against COVID-19 could one day use a vaccine “passport” to get access to flights, restaurants, concerts, and cinemas.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

It’s a sad day for Canada when the Covid Gestapo is questioned just for doing their job

It’s a sad day for Canada when the Covid Gestapo is questioned just for doing their job

Gatineau police issue fines, arrest two during confrontation over private gathering on New Year’s Eve

… In a pair of tweets Saturday, Gatineau police (SPVG) said the video, which had more than 133,000 views on Twitter as of Saturday afternoon, is only part of the story and alleged that one of the people involved assaulted an officer.

“The video shows only an excerpt from the intervention,” the SPVG said in French. “The individuals were recalcitrant and refused to cooperate. The individual arrested in the video had assaulted a police officer, hitting him in the face a few times.”

I dunno, maybe you shouldn’t have broken into their home?

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Every time a Canadian politician broke coronavirus rules

Every time a Canadian politician broke coronavirus rules

While Canadians have been forced to obediently follow coronavirus public health regulations, politicians have willfully ignored those same rules without consequence.

The difference is we get fined and or arrested, politicians don’t. I wonder how many politicos have warehoused their elderly in one of Ontario’s death trap old age homes?

Scores of people protest conditions at Tendercare after 60 deaths due to COVID-19

Scores of people protested outside a Scarborough long-term care home on Saturday to draw attention to conditions inside the facility where 60 residents have died of COVID-19.

Tendercare Living Centre, 1020 McNicoll Ave., has lost 60 residents to the novel coronavirus as of Saturday, according to North York General Hospital (NYGH). The provincial government asked NYGH on Dec. 25 to help the home manage its COVID-19 outbreak for 90 days.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Growing list of Canadian politicians caught travelling abroad despite pandemic

TORONTO — An expanding list of Canadian politicians are in hot water after being caught vacationing or travelling abroad amid a worsening COVID-19 pandemic at home.

Current federal public health guidance says to avoid all non-essential travel outside of Canada, something Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and health authorities have repeatedly reiterated in public briefings.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

UK hits daily virus record, is urged to keep schools closed

UK hits daily virus record, is urged to keep schools closed

LONDON (AP) — With daily coronavirus infections surging as a result of a new virus variant, the British government faced mounting pressure Saturday from teachers’ unions to keep schools in England closed for at least another two weeks.

The government, which oversees schools in England, has already decided to keep all schools in London closed next week to try to stem new infections. Unions want the policy extended across the whole of England, expressing fears about the health of both teachers and children.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Hundreds Detained After ‘Super-Spreader Task Force’ Shuts Down New Year’s Eve Parties Across Los Angeles County

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department fully mobilized the agency’s “Super-Spreader Task Force” on New Year’s Eve to target underground parties that violated public health orders.

According to FOX 11, the operations resulted “in at least 900 people being detained, 90 arrests and/or citations, and the recovery of at least six guns.”

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Howard Levitt: Get vaccinated or get fired — and seven other workplace struggles waiting for us in 2021

Howard Levitt: Get vaccinated or get fired — and seven other workplace struggles waiting for us in 2021

2. Some employers will provide employees with a choice. Return to work or continue to work remotely but with a 30 per cent cut in salary (or any amount the employer selects). If the employee has the option of coming to the office at the same remuneration, there is nothing illegal, nor is it a constructive dismissal for employers to offer this alternative.

Interesting how the pandemic has made things “easier” for the corporate class.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

People started breaking Covid rules when they saw those with privilege ignore them

We’ve heard repeatedly during the past year that until mass vaccination is achieved, the key to managing the Covid-19 epidemic is controlling human behaviour. Yet as cases in the UK continue to spiral, with stricter social restrictions being implemented every few days, a key question remains: is anyone complying any more?

Compliance has been one of the most misunderstood and misrepresented concepts of this pandemic. During the first wave of the virus back in the spring, there was concern that a lengthy lockdown would lead to “behavioural fatigue” and diminishing compliance with social restrictions. In fact, “behavioural fatigue” was not a scientific concept but a political one, neither supported by research from previous epidemics nor by data that subsequently emerged from our lockdown (over 97% showed good compliance with the rules, with no meaningful decrease from March to May). During emergencies, humans are actually primed to act in the collective interest, as we saw from the sacrifices made by people in the spring of 2020 across the UK.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario reports 3,363 new Covid Cases

Ontario reports 3,363 new Covid Cases

 

France: More than 2,500 break virus restrictions at illegal rave

An illegal warehouse rave that began on New Year’s Eve in France in defiance of coronavirus precautions has been shut down by police after arrests and clashes.

Some of the 2,500 ravers in Lieuron near Rennes in Brittany had planned to party until Tuesday.

Police issued fines to revellers found leaving and the organisers were being identified as the party ended.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Linamar doubles dividend while receiving more than $108 million in government emergency wage subsidies

As the global economy crumbled, and automotive sales around the world plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic, Guelph-based auto parts maker Linamar was feeling flush with cash.

So much so that at the end the third quarter, it announced it was doubling its dividend, from six cents per share, to 12 cents. That move meant Linamar would now be paying its shareholders almost $8 million every three months.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"

Chicago Teachers Union leader is blasted for pushing to keep schools closed because classrooms are ‘unsafe’ while she vacations in Puerto Rico

A Chicago Teacher’s Union leader is under fire for pushing for remote schooling as she vacations in the Caribbean.

Sarah Chambers, who is on the CTU’s executive board and serves as an area vice president, has been claiming it is not safe for Chicago public schools to reopen next Monday amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

But that hasn’t stopped her from jetting off on holiday to Puerto Rico – an island that has clocked more than 110,000 cases of the coronavirus.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease"