The U.S. Corporation for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a new directive that all celebrity deaths of the past ten years will be declared due to Covid-19, the condition that results from the novel coronavirus. Michael Jackson’s name was included because of the late pop sensation’s “super” celebrity status, despite
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Canadian Soapbox: Long term sustainable pandemic measures need to be decided upon now….
What a mess. Like many I’m overdosing on all things Covid. Given that I’m in Ontario Canada I’m going to focus my remarks on the situation to my home country and province for the most part. One thing is crystal clear, Ontario’s health care system is at the breaking point.
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Messaging from government and health officials during this pandemic has been absolutely horrible, of that there can be little doubt. Right from the start we had Canada’s chief medical officer assuring Canadians that there was no need for people returning from places like Wuhan District China to be quarantied. That
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: What is an acceptable level of death?
I think its finally time for us to move beyond panic and fear, and to come to terms with the fact that government can’t protect us from death. People die in Canada every day by the hundreds. Before this pandemic Canada was forecast to have somewhere around 290,000 fatalities from
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Now is the perfect time for Canadian governments to ban smoking….
Canada’s response to the current pandemic has shown what can be accomplished when governments are motivated. Previously we’ve only seen this during times of war I would argue, when money is no object to achieving a military goal. This time money was no object in attempting to stop the spread
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Time to stop ridiculous comparisons between Covid-19 and the Spanish flu
Panic porn. I wish I could take credit for that characterization of the media coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, but I can’t, I got it from Bill Mahar. But I like it, and I don’t think its been copy written so I’m stealing it because its perfect. That’s what media
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Shuttering schools is not how you keep children safe….
Its hard to think straight when you’re scared, and many Canadians are terrified of the novel and mostly benign coronavirus. Its said that a drowning man will grab at an anchor if its thrown to him, such are the decisions one makes when in a panic. We’ve been grabbing a
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Are U.S. hospitals boosting Covid numbers? It is possible
Like many people I’ve heard stories that U.S. hospitals get extra funding for treating Covid-19 patients, but I didn’t know whether or not that was true. According to a report done by CBS news, it is. As per a CBS San Diego affiliate, hospitals treating patients for Covid-19 receive substantially
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: The Politics of a Pandemic – Everyone is doing the right things…..
Canadians, no matter where they live, can be assured on one thing in our fight against the novel coronavirus. Whatever goverment is in place they are following the best advice of medical professionals and are being guided by the science, protecting the health and safety of citizens. That’s true
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Are we ready to be locked down for another 12+ months?
There’s a lot of fear and anxiety out there as provinces begin to lift the isolation measures put in place to slow the spread of the novel and mostly benign coronavirus. That’s understandable, with so many comparisons to the lethal and devastating Spanish Flu still floating around its only natural
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Are we ready to move past panic mode now?
Liberal progressive consumers of news have long known that it pays to be skeptial of over the top reporting. Whether it was the Gulf of Tonkin incident in Viet Nam or the more recent wars in the Persian Gulf, with Iraq presented as a major threat to world peace and
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Those opposed to opening the economy need to up their game….
This pandemic is no fun for anybody, but let’s not kid ourselves, for some its not that bad. On the financial side of the equation things are actually pretty good for probably about 80% of the population. Yes around 3 million Canadians have lost jobs, and many have seen their
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Lockdown measures are like having a “no peeing” section in a swimming pool.
I have a lot of empathy for those who are upset with current lockdown measures, there is a lot of damage being done. And I’m not just talking small scale personal pain and discomfort either. The UN is now warning of a global famine of Biblical proportions due to global
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: A Not So Modest Proposal – An excercise in creative writing…
Balphus was pleased, things were going well. No operation ever goes off without a hitch, there are almost always surprises that weren’t anticipated, but so far there hadn’t been any unexpected or insurmountable incidents. The agent was working as designed, the collateral damage minimal at best. In another twenty four
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Accepting lockdown measures is like First Nations accepting blankets…
If you don’t understand the reference, after destroying First Nation People’s property, homes and very lives governments gave them blankets to help them through the winter, the blankets were infested with smallpox. Let’s count the casualities. -The person scheduled for a screening for that lump or growth, told that early
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Overcomer – Better than ‘The Blind Side’
I don’t write much here anymore, this is my first posting in over a year. But every once in a rare while I feel compelled to share my thoughts on a particular subject, this is one of those times. My wife and I along with our soon to be six
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