5/n whose RdRp fragment is 88.4% close to SARS, but they consider 4991 “uninteresting” and never return to it until 2020, as per Peter Daszak? Even though there were 6 cases of potential human zoonotic jumps in that mine – the proverbial Holy Grail of virological surveillance?
— Yuri Deigin (@ydeigin) May 28, 2020
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Update: China says Wuhan wet market was site of ‘superspreader’ event, not ground zero
Every “fact” that comes out of China has an expiry date.
It’s probably nothing: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant
Without fossil fuels, we’d be drowning in lung juice.
China keeps giving the West new reasons to decouple.
One Flu Out Of The Wuhan Nest: So they kept returning to the Tongguan mine, the source of RaTG13, collecting more and more samples. Here’s a 2018 paper in Chinese. “Uninteresting”, riiiight.
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There is now talk of American Election Day turning into Election Week this year. This would be an alternative to the notion of nefarious mail-in ballots.
Of course, the Democrats and their comrades are against this common sense idea … and we all know why.
The virus outbreak and the subsequent reaction to it has revealed the great division between folks on the left and folks on the right. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course, but these poll numbers reveal some stark differences. It would be most interesting to learn what conclusions SDA readers draw from these poll results.
Illinois Judge Michael McHaney injected some sanity into the Covid-19 Lockdown debate in Illinois in an epic condemnation of Governor J.B. Pritzker:
Since the inception of this insanity, the following regulations, rules or consequences have occurred: I won’t get COVID if I get an abortion but I will get COVID if I get a colonoscopy. Selling pot is essential but selling goods and services at a family-owned business is not. Pot wasn’t even legal and pot dispensaries didn’t even exist in this state until five months ago and, in that five months, they have become essential but a family-owned business in existence for five generations is not.
A family of six can pile in their car and drive to Carlyle Lake without contracting COVID but, if they all get in the same boat, they will. We are told that kids rarely contract the virus and sunlight kills it, but summer youth programs, sports programs are cancelled. Four people can drive to the golf course and not get COVID but, if they play in a foursome, they will. If I go to Walmart, I won’t get COVID but, if I go to church, I will. Murderers are released from custody while small business owners are threatened with arrest if they have the audacity to attempt to feed their families.
“A $50 million class action lawsuit was launched against Revera earlier this month on behalf of the families of COVID-19 victims at the company’s long-term care facilities in Ontario. The company is being sued for negligence and breach of contract.
The plaintiffs allege the facilities lacked “proper sanitation protocols and adequate testing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.”
The statement of claim also alleges Revera did not properly inform residents or families of any measures it was taking to keep its facilities safe. The allegations against Revera have not been tested in court and the application still needs to be certified by a judge.
Another $25-million class-action lawsuit has been filed against Revera over its operation of the McKenzie Towne Continuing Care Centre in Calgary, where COVID-19 killed 21 residents and infected 63 others as well as 44 employees. The suit, which has not been certified, alleges the company was negligent and did not follow proper protocols to prevent the outbreak.
PSP Investments reports to Parliament through Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, who ultimately is responsible for the Crown corporation.
The company’s board of directors is appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet through orders in council.”
More: If you’re wondering why troops became whistle blowers… they were deeply concerned nothing was going to be done about the conditions they were reporting. They didn’t understand why the federal govt had not moved given the May 14th letter.
Those British people who lived through WW2 must be rolling in their graves about what their descendants have devolved into.
Staff in Ontario nursing homes were recording videos as they danced from COVID infected residents to those who were well.
Like the debacle in New York and elsewhere, the report reveals COVID-19 patients are being housed in care homes with the uninfected — while you’re scolded about racism and told to consider your next door neighbors as potential plague rats.
And that’s just the tip of the adult diaper.
Military personnel sent to nursing homes in Ontario have observed shocking conditions, including “blatant disregard” for infection control measures, mistreatment of residents and a level of care described as “horrible,” according to documents obtained by Global News.
Canadian Armed Forces teams deployed to five of the province’s worst-hit long-term care homes to help control COVID-19 have raised concerns about each of the facilities, describing the care as ranging from below best practices to “borderline abusive, if not abusive” and worse, the documents show.
Infection prevention and control measures were found to be a particular problem, with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) protocols going unheeded by staff, many of whom were not properly trained, according to the documents obtained from a source familiar with the mission. […]
The documents obtained by Global News said soldiers had witnessed cockroaches, flies and rotten food, residents left in soiled diapers and crying out for help for lengthy periods without any response.
At one facility, residents had not been bathed in weeks, the documents alleged.
Staff at a Brampton nursing home allegedly recorded a Taylor Swift Dance Video showing them dancing through the facility, passing between areas deemed COVID-19 positive and negative without wearing any protective equipment, the documents claimed.
At a facility in Etobicoke that has experienced dozens of coronavirus deaths, residents who tested positive for COVID-19 shared rooms with uninfected residents, separated only by a curtain, the documents said.
Military sources tell Global News that the letter warning Minister @BillBlair's office was sent May 14th. I have a copy of the letter dated May 14th. Public Safety has just called me to say they did not receive a copy until May 22nd. Have asked for date on their letter…
— Mercedes Stephenson (@MercedesGlobal) May 26, 2020
Updated with more, via this note in the comments. It will be very interesting to see if any of these issues have been found at Revera facilities…
Continued here…
Do as I say, not as I flu.
Evergreen: What a garbage publication the NYT is.
Related? GOP Sweeps Election in Virginia Democratic Stronghold
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Lorne Gunter has some important questions for Canadian officials:
Alberta (which had two well-known outbreaks in meat-packing plants that skewed its statistics in mid-April), has had only a few dozen new cases a day this week despite opening up beauty salons, restaurants and most retail a week ago. Golf courses and provincial parks have been open for three weeks.
I would argue even Ontario is no longer so serious that its phased lockdown cannot proceed. More than three-quarters of Ontarians who have test positive are now COVID-free.
The problem remains Quebec.
Quebec still has more than half of the cases in the entire country. And fewer than a third of infected Quebecers have recovered.
With the Democrats on an active “Trump Death Toll” campaign (part of Project Fear), it’s most insightful to take a deeper look at the numbers. Question: Why isn’t NY Governor Andrew Cuomo being blamed for anything by the MSM?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German dissident who fought against the Nazis until they locked him in a concentration camp and then murdered him in 1945, 21 days before Adolf Hitler committed suicide. On their most recent podcast, Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla discussed a famous Bonhoeffer quote, relating to how deeply it applies today:
No matter what the issue, be it a virus, guns, building codes, or driving cars, much like beavers “do what they do”, so do politicians and political bureaucrats: no amount of regulation and control over the population is ever enough. With the recent worldwide lockdown, the government has instilled fear in the minds of many. And most of these many will now be compliant subjects for the rest of their lives. 🙁
They’ve been planning all their lives for the dystopian future and by golly, they’re going to get it: CDC warns of ‘unusual or aggressive rodent behavior’ in search for new food sources
Here is a thought: Of the people who most staunchly support the lockdown, what is the percentage of those who have jobs with guaranteed income? It’s easy to pontificate “science” when your kids are not going to bed hungry.
— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) May 22, 2020
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CBC: Local leaders are refuting claims made by Saskatchewan Health Authority that they were consulted on hospital closures;
The red stars mark the locations of the rural ER’s involved in the closures. That’s free money laying on the table for the NDP’s Ryan Meili, should he simply choose to pick it up. |
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Covid death, or passive euthanization? A nurse told her he’d had a morphine shot in the hours before he passed away, but he was not given oxygen, nor did staff call an ambulance.
Florida Governor DeSantis delivers a media smackdown.
Trust the experts: ‘How Could the CDC Make That Mistake?’
The problems in meat packing plants continue. (link fixed)
With so much attention on #COVID19 in children, time for an updated #tweetorial on what we do and don't know!
We'll talk impact, risk, hyperinflammation syndrome, transmission, schools and more
Lets go!
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— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) May 21, 2020
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