What exactly is wrong with writing and singing a protest song calling for more freedom?
Plenty, apparently, if your names are Van Morrison and Eric Clapton.
“China eats weird animals disease”
How Many Coronavirus Patients Actually Died Because of Unnecessary Sedation and Intubation?
There will at some point be a reckoning, if only historical, for the horrifying mishandling of the pandemic, not by President Trump, as the media insists, but by the experts. The push to secure hospitals managed to wreck the finances of many medical facilities, force infected patients into nursing homes resulting in massive deaths in long term care facilities, alongside this medieval mistreatment of hospitalized coronavirus patients.
How the mutated form of Covid has rapidly spread across swathes of England over the last fortnight – and now accounts for more than 60% of cases in London
The mutated coronavirus strain has rapidly spread through swathes of England in a fortnight, according to official data that shows it now accounts for the majority of infections in some regions.
The Office for National Statistics estimates 62 per cent of cases in London were because of the new variant in the week up to December 9, the most recent snapshot provided by the Government agency. That was almost double the amount of infections in the capital attributed to the mutation in the seven-day period to November 25 (35 per cent).
It’s believed the new variant — thought to be up to 70 per cent more infectious than regular Covid — emerged in a patient in Kent and made its way into London and the commuter belt.
Oh great… New British Covid-19 strain ‘appears more transmissible in young people and children,’ says WHO
But wait there’s more! Two cases of ‘highly concerning’ COVID variant from South Africa identified in UK
Two cases of another new strain of COVID-19 linked to South Africa have been identified in the UK, Matt Hancock said.
Speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday, the health secretary revealed the new variant “is yet more transmissible and it appears to have mutated further” than the one previously identified in the UK.
He said: “Both are cases, both are contacts of cases, who have travelled from South Africa over the past few weeks.
KNIGHT: Residents of Ontario should tell the government to go pound sand
Do the various governments still maintain the consent of the governed?
It’s an interesting question given the Ontario government recently plunged the province back into another lockdown.
Bruce Pardy: Our year of bowing down to ‘The Science’
‘Obey the science’ has come to mean ‘Believe what we tell you and do as you are told’
In 2020, lockdown diktats from our chief medical officers reminded me of an old joke. A woman has died and is waiting in a long lineup at the Pearly Gates. When an old, bearded gentleman wearing a lab coat and stethoscope skips the line and gets ushered right in, the woman marches up to Saint Peter and demands an explanation. “Oh, that was God,” Peter tells her, “Sometimes he likes to play doctor.”
Professor Shi Welcomes Visit To Wuhan Virology Lab, Lab Quickly Says That’s Not Approved
Yesterday the BBC published an interesting piece about the origin of the coronavirus. The piece notes that a team of scientists working for WHO are belatedly examining the evidence for the virus’ origins in China. The group of 10 is scheduled to visit Wuhan next month to examine the wet market once thought to be the site where the virus may have jumped from some intermediate mammal to humans.
Ontario reports 2,408 new Covid cases
Provincial health officials are reporting more than 2,400 new COVID-19 cases today, pushing the seven-day average of daily infections above 2,300 for the first time since the start of the pandemic.
Ontario logged 2,408 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, up from the 2,202 confirmed on Tuesday but lower than the record 2,432 cases on Dec. 16.
Forty-one more virus-related deaths were confirmed today, including 16 residents of long-term care homes.
Canada’s Pandemic Response Deeply Flawed, Says Former Provincial Emergency Agency Chief
The premise and focus of Canada’s pandemic response has been misguided—but it’s not too late to change course, says a former emergency management expert and retired Canadian army officer, who has been trying to get all of Canada’s premiers on board with his detailed action plan since the spring.
David Redman is a former executive director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency who later spent nearly 10 years as an organizational consultant working on best practices for emergency management. He also served as an officer with the Canadian Armed Forces for 27 years, leading complex missions as lieutenant-colonel.
Kelly McParland: Ontario locks down, and no one is happy
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is in trouble. Ford surprised a lot of people by announcing a sweeping shutdown on Monday. He’s in trouble because a lot of people don’t think a sweeping shutdown is necessary.
He’s also in trouble because other people think the shutdown is entirely necessary, but isn’t happening fast enough. Reports originally said it would start just after midnight on Thursday, but the government shifted the date until Saturday, with Ford arguing businesses needed more time to prepare.
LILLEY: COVID is coming through the borders that Trudeau left open
The borders are fine, there is nothing to worry about but we have still banned flights from the United Kingdom.
That was essentially the message from a gaggle of cabinet ministers and public health officials who were trotted out to discuss Canada’s response to a new strain of COVID-19 found in Britain and the decision to ban flights from the UK.
Dr. Birx to Retire After Getting Caught Violating Her Own Guidance
After countless politicians have been caught violating their very own coronavirus restrictions, it’s a non-elected government official who will be the first to step down over it.
Dozens of airline passengers in Canada hit with fines, warning letters for refusing to wear a mask
Dozens of passengers on Canadian airlines have been slapped with fines or warning letters by Transport Canada in recent months for refusing to wear a mask on board a flight, with more incidents involving Alberta airports than any other province.
Anyone can see Albertans are practicing to be ‘Muricans. We’re going to trade Cali, Washington, and Oregon for the province.
COVID lockdowns are the communists getting rid of the productive peasants
Why does the left stick with shutdowns when it’s clear that they destroy small business? Simple. That’s the signature of communists consolidating their power.
They’re Not Fighting a Virus: They’re Fighting Americans
“We know people may have made mistakes over the Thanksgiving time period,” Dr. Birx scolded the nation on CBS’ Face the Nation. “If you’re young and you gathered, you need to be tested about five to 10 days later. But you need to assume that you’re infected.”
Then Birx made her own “mistake”.
Lockdowns Could Be 10 Times More Costly to Public Health Than No Lockdowns: Study
A recent report that reviewed the cost-benefit balance of lockdowns, widely imposed by governments around the world to prevent the spread of the CCP virus, said the restrictions do more harm to public health quality than no restrictions.
Covid: Wuhan scientist would ‘welcome’ visit probing lab leak theory
A Chinese scientist at the centre of unsubstantiated claims that the coronavirus leaked from her laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has told the BBC she is open to “any kind of visit” to rule it out. The surprise statement from Prof Shi Zhengli comes as a World Health Organization team prepares to travel to Wuhan next month to begin its investigation into the origins of Covid-19.
The remote district of Tongguan, in China’s south-western province of Yunnan, is hard to reach at the best of times. But when a BBC team tried to visit recently, it was impossible.