Monday, October 26, 2020

Wow, People Totally Have a Handle On the Coronavirus

Oh, wait!

They don't!

 

What understanding of science must one have in order to realise that anyone travelling from an epidemiological ground zero should either never be let into the country or, at the very least, quarantined until such time that he or she is not contagious?:

Individuals traveling to Canada from abroad will no longer be required to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival and instead will be provided rapid COVID-19 tests, the Toronto Sun reports.

 

(Sidebar: these rapid tests.)

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More than 4.6 million people have arrived in Canada since the border closed last March but less than one-quarter of them were ordered to quarantine — the rest were deemed “essential” and exempted from the requirement.

 

But whatever one does, blame it on the Americans because it is an easier and more convenient thing to do. 


In other news:

Trudeau's cabinet has tabled a round of spending intended to help Canadians impacted by COVID-19... But the plan includes almost $34 million in extra funding for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

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North Korea has warned its citizens to stay indoors, saying seasonal yellow dust blowing in from China might carry the new coronavirus into the country.

 

Et tu, North Korea

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South Korean officials refused to suspend the country’s seasonal flu inoculation program on Thursday, despite growing calls to do so following the deaths of at least 13 people who were vaccinated in recent days.


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