Friday, June 19, 2020

Wow, People Totally Have A Handle On This Coronavirus Thing

What is over eight thousand dead between friends?:

Canada’s struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic passed a bleak milestone on Thursday, with data from one of the hardest-hit provinces pushing the national caseload over the 100,000 threshold.

The national tally, reached after Ontario reported 173 news cases, secured Canada’s place among the 20 countries hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus since its global spread began just six months ago.

As of this writing, there are 8,311 deaths in Canada due to the coronavirus.

Had the kleptocrats in charge of who flies into Canada stopped everything as of late January, we would not be under house arrest right now.

And in what country is producing one's own ventilators (and so late in the game, one might add) considered an advance?




It's just more money to waste:

The Liberal government is increasingly at odds with some provinces over its sprawling infrastructure program, with provincial officials saying that a focus on “green” or other specific project types could limit Ottawa’s ability to build projects following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concerns among some provinces comes as federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna readies roughly $3 billion in COVID-19 infrastructure spending, aimed at public health efforts like encouraging outdoor activities or providing sanitation in facilities. Provinces are broadly supportive of the funding, but say the program remains overly rigid, amounting to what one provincial official called a “public relations campaign” by the Trudeau government to prioritize the sort of projects that fit with its wider political message.



The biggest issue is not what premier is to blame but to indict an entire society that prioritised liquor stores over the well-being of its most senior citizens:

Quebec’s coroner’s office has ordered a vast public inquiry into COVID-19 deaths at some of the province’s long-term care homes, private seniors’ residences and other accommodations for vulnerable people.

Pascale Descary, the province’s chief coroner, said in a statement the public inquiry will allow Quebecers to learn the facts about what happened during the pandemic.



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