“China eats weird animals disease” – Page 345

Air travellers entering Canada must have a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, Ottawa says

Air passengers entering Canada will need to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test before arriving in the country, the federal government announced today.

Travellers must receive a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within a 72-hour period prior to boarding a plane — a requirement Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc said will be in place “quickly,” though he did not provide an exact date.

The measure does not replace the federal government’s mandatory 14-day quarantine period, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair warned.

“This is not an alternative to quarantine. It’s an additional layer,” Blair said during a public health briefing.

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‘STAND BY MY FRIENDS’: Toronto’s mayor dismisses Rod Phillips’ Caribbean vacation as ‘mistake’

After months of scolding Torontonians for not following COVID-19 public health measures, Toronto’s mayor says he stands by his friends.

One day after Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips admitted to shirking his government’s COVID-19 advice by jetting off to the Caribbean island of St. Barts, John Tory described the Ajax MPP’s decision to take a Christmas vacation in paradise as a ‘mistake’ — doing so no less than 12 times while responding to a reporter’s question during a press conference Wednesday.

by Blazingcatfur•December 30, 2020December 30, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease", WTF?

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

… More than a year since the first known person was infected with the coronavirus, an AP investigation shows the Chinese government is strictly controlling all research into its origins, clamping down on some while actively promoting fringe theories that it could have come from outside China.

The government is handing out hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to scientists researching the virus’ origins in southern China and affiliated with the military, the AP has found. But it is monitoring their findings and mandating that the publication of any data or research must be approved by a new task force managed by China’s cabinet, under direct orders from President Xi Jinping, according to internal documents obtained by The AP. A rare leak from within the government, the dozens of pages of unpublished documents confirm what many have long suspected: The clampdown comes from the top.

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China Using Covid to Overtake America’s Economy

The U.K.-based Centre for Economics and Business Research believes that, due to China’s superior response to COVID-19, the Chinese economy will become the world’s largest by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast.

“For some time, an overarching theme of global economics has been the economic and soft power struggle between the United States and China,” the Centre wrote in a December 26 report. “The COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding economic fallout have certainly tipped this rivalry in China’s favor.”

by Blazingcatfur•December 30, 2020December 30, 2020•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease", USA

Ontario reports new record of 2,923 Covid cases

Ontario is reporting a new record number of COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day and it comes despite a drop off in testing that has coincided with the holiday season.

The Ministry of Health says that there were 2,923 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus confirmed on Tuesday, pushing the rolling seven-day average up to 2,309.

It is a marked increase on the then record 2,553 cases that were reported one day prior.

WARMINGTON: Lockdown makes no sense without rapid COVID testing at Pearson

It’s obvious who the first two people tested for coronavirus at Pearson International should be: Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips and former federal finance minister Bill Morneau.

After all, both figured it was OK to travel during the pandemic while government and health officials urged the rest of us to stay at home to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

The current lockdown might slow the spread of the UK variant, but it won’t stop it. I suspect they’ll just lock us down again if it becomes dominant later. Just a little something to look forward to in 2021.

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‘We are not prepared’: The flaws inside Public Health that hurt Canada’s readiness for COVID-19

As a global pandemic began to take root in February, China held a series of backchannel conversations with Canada, lobbying the federal government to keep its borders open.

With the virus already taking a deadly toll in Asia, Heng Xiaojun, the Minister Counsellor for the Chinese embassy, requested a call with senior Transport Canada officials. Over the course of the conversation, the Chinese representatives communicated Beijing’s desire that flights between the two countries not be stopped because it was unnecessary.

“The Chinese position on the continuation of flights was reiterated,” say official notes taken from the call. “Mr. Heng conveyed that China is taking comprehensive measures to combat the coronavirus.”

Canadian officials seemed to agree, since no steps were taken to restrict or prohibit travel. To the federal government, China appeared to have the situation under control and the risk to Canada was low. Before ending the call, Mr. Heng thanked Ottawa for its “science and fact-based approach.”

Looks like the Globe released this from the paywall. Interesting but distressing read of our ruling class at work.

h/t CT

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How Canadians will know when it’s their turn to get vaccinated

With the recent announcement that Health Canada has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second being made available to the public, Canadians are likely wondering when it will be their turn to get inoculated.

But with the country currently in the first phase of vaccine rollout, that’s still unclear, with much depending on what they do and where they live.

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The coronavirus pandemic is “not necessarily the big one,” senior W.H.O. official says.

“These threats will continue,” Dr. Ryan said. “If there’s one thing we need to take from this pandemic with all the tragedy and loss is that we need to get our act together. We need to get ready for something that may even be more severe in the future.”

by Sarcasticat•December 30, 2020December 29, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Fearmongering, WHO

Quebec police ticketed 41 Canadians for Christmas gatherings over the weekend

Over the Christmas break, Quebec police have been busy ticketing families for gathering to celebrate Christmas together.

by Sarcasticat•December 30, 2020December 29, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Christmas, police, police state, Quebec

What keeps Trudeau from Sanctioning China for Human Rights Abuses?

At the start of the pandemic doctors and other Chinese citizens were reprimanded or legally punished for putting out any information on the pandemic that was not in line with the Chinese government’s narrative that it was under control.

This is a pattern of behaviour from the authoritarian Chinese government not likely to stop unless an outside force puts pressure on them to stop.

Of course, the UN Human Rights Office is not going to do anything substantial about China’s gross abuse of human rights seeing as they simply stated that they were “concerned” by the obvious move to silence those trying to get the truth about the virus to the public.

by Sarcasticat•December 30, 2020December 29, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, China, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

How China silenced voices and rewrote Covid history

At the start of the year the Chinese government faced two major challenges; an unknown disease which threatened to tear through its population and a wave of voices online telling the world what was happening.

By the end of 2020, a glance at Chinese state-controlled media shows that both appear to be under control.

The BBC’s Kerry Allen and Zhaoyin Feng take a look back at the country’s online government censors who worked harder than ever to supress negative information, the citizens that managed to break through the Great Firewall, and how the propaganda machine re-wrote the narrative.

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Officer arrests mom with medical mask exemption on Vancouver SkyTrain

On December 5, a British Columbian mother named Valerie Ann Foley was trying to take a TransLink SkyTrain to get home. She ended up being arrested

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Ontario finance minister on holiday trip outside Canada as health officials urge people to stay home

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips travelled outside of the country for a personal vacation recently, his office said Tuesday.

Toronto’s NEWSTALK1010 radio station reported the trip was taken after the legislative session ended earlier this month and said it appears to contravene recent pleas by Premier Doug Ford for people to stay home over the holidays.

In a statement on Tuesday, Phillips said the trip was “previously planned.”

This is classic.

It's #ChristmasEve. To my constituents in #Ajax & people across Ontario, all the best during this special time of year. Even as COVID-19 changes how we celebrate, we should reflect on what makes Christmas so special to us – including family & the act of giving. #MerryChristmas! pic.twitter.com/AX7hKWA88n

— Rod Phillips (@RodPhillips01) December 24, 2020

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The “Loud Words” that Ruled the Lockdowns in 2020

Contrary to rumors, Governor Cuomo did not issue an executive order on 22 March to “lock down” New York State. Instead, as the state’s official Covid-19 site clarifies, Cuomo announced “the ‘New York State on PAUSE’ executive order.”

The acronym implies that activities just halted temporarily, as if in hitting “pause,” Cuomo were only fetching a bowl of popcorn in the midst of an action film. Just press “play” again, and voila!—the hero would open his parachute, land safely, and save the world from the virus. Everything would continue as before.

by Blazingcatfur•December 29, 2020December 29, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

True toll of Wuhan infections may be nearly 10 times official number, Chinese researchers say

Nearly half a million residents in the Chinese city where the novel coronavirus first emerged may have been infected with COVID-19 — almost 10 times its official number of confirmed cases, according to a study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The study used a sample of 34,000 people in the general population in Wuhan — the original epicentre of the pandemic — and other cities in Hubei province, as well as Beijing, Shanghai, and the provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan and Liaoning to estimate COVID-19 infection rates.

by Blazingcatfur•December 29, 2020December 29, 2020•0•"China eats weird animals disease"