Two-Thirds Of California Residents Get Texts From State To Remain Home

Around 27 million residents, roughly two-thirds of the state’s population, received the message urging people to stay inside except for essential activities, according to CNN. Newsom on Thursday issued a mandate which shutters businesses and creates a mandatory stay-at-home order for localities where intensive care unit capacity drops below 15%, the New York Times reported.

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Two Alberta churches launch constitutional challenge of public health orders

The lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), names Heights Baptist Church and Northside Baptist Church as the two applicants. The churches are located in Medicine Hat and Calgary, respectively.

According to the JCCF, the government violated the following rights of churchgoers by implementing coronavirus-related lockdown orders: the right to peaceful assembly, the right to travel, the right to conduct a business to earn a living, the right to visit family and friends and the right to peaceful assembly.

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Alert From UK: Regulators Now Preventing People With “Significant History Of Allergic Reactions” From Taking Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

The first rollout of the first clinically approved COVID-19 vaccine just hit its first speedbump. British health regulators issued a warning today after two health-care workers developed a serious allergic reaction to the Pfizer vaccine. They are now checking histories on patients before administering the vaccine, and for the moment will not vaccinate those with a “significant history” of allergic reactions.

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Braid: Non-compliance forced the lockdown, only compliance can end it

The extreme limit on outdoor gatherings (you can just move about with your household) is perhaps the harshest social control measure ever introduced in Alberta, even in wartime.

It will be illegal over the holidays to socialize with anyone outside the immediate household. Returning kids are only legal if the home is their permanent residence.

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Nearly one-third of Canadians plan holiday gatherings despite pandemic restrictions: poll

People wear face masks as they shop at a Christmas market in Montreal, Saturday, November 28, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Despite a second wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to climb to 20,000 daily cases across Canada, a new poll found that about one-third of Canadians plan to visit friends and family for the holidays anyway.

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