"Alberta, B.C., Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec are now seeing case counts larger than those reported at the onset of the pandemic."
Only because testing is higher now than it was then - by a long shot.
"It's going to be a tough winter. Unless we're really, really careful, there may not be the kinds of family gatherings we want to have at Christmas."
A threat, based on somebody's opinion, nothing more - and probably less. Is that what leadership has devolved to?
It has been announced that Santa and his masked elves will be visiting children from behind a glass wall this year. We're going to have a generation of severely unhealthy youth if we keep this up.
"Data indicates that younger, healthier people — who are more likely to recover without medical intervention — are driving the COVID-19 spike during this round of the pandemic."
So fewer people are infected, almost nobody is dying, and those who ARE infected are healthy and get over it by themselves?! Incredible how they can twist it to support lockdowns and mandatory masks.
"The federal government has secured 358 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines."
10 doses for every Canadian, and rising.
My province (BC) just announced deepening restrictions, effective immediately, including a maximum of 6 visitors to each dwelling. Not 6 different people each time you have guests, just 6 visitors in total. We're told most houses should have far less than 6 total "safe" guests.
This is incredibly distressing. It's hard to explain how cornered I'm beginning to feel. I've done nothing wrong, but I'm increasingly being seen as a source of disease and death, like a modern-day leper. I feel like I'm going to have to strap a dangerous diaper onto my face if I want to buy food for my family. I feel like somebody is manipulating what I wear, how I look, how much oxygen I get, if I can smile at others, and in many ways, where I go and what I do. It's too much.
I'm not anti mask, I'm anti MANDATORY mask. Wear one all you like, but you can't force me into one.
I also feel increasingly lonely and isolated. And like there's now one more barrier in between me, and my fellow man. Specifically, my children, who I've been separated from for years, and hoping to reunite with. This feels like one more wall put up between them and I. It feels like it's getting less and less likely I'm going to be able to break through all the barriers, at the same time, in order to see them again.
As these unconstitutional restrictions get more and more extreme, without any sound evidence backing up their use, I feel that most people are too afraid to do anything but go along with them. Most people I know are pretending nothing's happening, nothing at all. It's absolutely incredible to see how far they'll go to act like everything is fine, and that nothing has changed - or at least, that they are adjusting well to the changes. I see them as part of the problem. By going along with it, they're endangering the rest of us, by enabling our abusers.
"The increase in new cases comes as a direct result of social gatherings happening in private homes", Bonnie Henry said.
They are blaming us - for what they are doing. It's classic victim-shaming, bullying, and gaslighting.
"Enforcement will be stepped up to ensure public health policies are followed."
Go fuck yourselves. Using OUR resources, to force us to buy and wear masks, which have been proven ineffective AND dangerous? You traitors to humanity. You vile scum. You filth.
Stop flinching or scowling when you see people without "their mask" on. If your masks works, you're safe. If it doesn't, why are you wearing it?
I've suffered with PTSD for 4.5 years, and there are certain things that cause me a fair bit of anxiety. I do my best, and with cannabis I have overcome most of my symptoms, but having strangers stare/glare at me lately is really not helping. My wife only has 50% of her lung function (due to her battle with cancer and radiation therapy), but people can't tell that by looking at her in public, and she too gets glares, or treated rudely by cashiers, or refused entry. We have a baby that needs food and supplies on a regular basis! Making us second class citizens is harming us for no good reason, and potentially my innocent son. I'm about sick of it.
To the heroes showing their faces, not scaring little kids, keeping their immune system functioning, and not bowing to authoritarianism: THANK YOU!
To Justin Hairdeau: You have 3 fingers pointing right back at yourself, bud.
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