Covid19 Coverage...
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August 23, 2020
Other than helping my husband package meat he butchered for freezing, I didn't do much today besides rest and check out the Covid19 stories online.
I spent much of the day writing on freezer bags to package the meat as he butchered it. When we find meat on special that we can buy in one big chunk or in large quantity, we bring it home and if no butchering is required, just package it in serving sized packages (what the both of us would eat in one meal - so say 2 chicken legs - being 1 leg each for instance). If it's a large chunk of meat like say a whole chuck roast weighing say 11 or 12 kgs, he butchers it into roasts, steaks, strips, and cubes and what can't be used for any of those cuts of meat he grinds up into ground beef. We've always done things like that since we've been together.
Which is one of the few things my dying adult daughter thanked us for doing, before she died of cancer in January 2013, - teaching her how to be frugal when it came to feeding herself as a working adult.
We do the same when it comes to large quantities of fresh produce too. Like say around harvest time. We buy in bulk and then freeze it in serving sized portions. Depending on the vegetable, really depends on what you do to it before you freeze it. Some can just be frozen like that, like peppers and corn (stripped off the cob and saved as kernel corn in freezer bags - again I do the serving size thing because corn freezes together as one big clump and it's really hard to break it apart when you only want so much of it for the immediate meal at hand). Peppers I generally cut into the size and types of pieces I use in most of my dishes that use pepper and freeze like that. Otherwise most other veggies including greens like kale, spinach, chard, collard greens etc, require blanching and immediate cooling off in cold water and having as much water wrung out of them by hand or dripped off like when it's other more solid vegetables like carrots, broccoli, etc... before packaging in serving sized portions. That way we pretty much have fresh frozen vegetables all year long - either from your own garden, farmer's market or the grocery store.
In better years, when my garden didn't look like such a weed/hay field as it does this year and I had better yields of things, I used to make most of our condiments, pickles, jams, jellies and perserves too. Not too sure I'll have much out of it this year as half the crops I planted didn't grow at all, not even one stem or leaf, the other half basically got over taken by weeds because of the stupid jungle like weather we have here, where it's boiling hot all the time. With the accentuation on the "boiling" as in super hot humid weather more adapted to boiling you to death than baking you to death (which incidentally I can stand way better than this cauldron pot here in QC). But I prefer making my own preserves because I can make things that we like but can't buy, and I have control over the amount of various added ingredients, to maybe cut down a bit on the sugar or the salt (which are rather crucial when it comes to preserves and pickling, but if I can find a way to cut back on some of it, it's better for our health).
It's more work for sure, but that way you have control over your food. You know how it was processed and what if anything was used on it (like chemicals or salt and other ingredients that might be added during packaging in packaging plants). If you grow it yourself, you will know for sure all of the things that were used on it. One other bonus is it winds up being a lot cheaper in the long run (especially if you grew it yourself), than if you bought it already butchered, pre-frozen, or processed (as in jams, pickles, etc..). The initial cost is in equipping yourself with the necessary equipment, bottles, etc in the beginning, but once you have those things, you're good to go for many years to come. All the bottles and jars can be reused, - you just need new lids and rings for them. So after the initial investment most of the rest of the "investment" is your time and energy. If you're not working because of the pandemic, that might be one way to fill some hours of boredom and cut down on cost while you're doing it to buy in bulk and then take care of the food yourself.
That's another reason why I like making my own ice cream, because that way I know what's in it. So far the only things that've gone into my ice creams are the cream, milk, sugar, fruit or mint and now I think I'll be adding in about 1oz of vodka (so that it's not rock solid when we take it out of the freezer to serve). I know there's no weird additives and emulsifiers etc in it. Just the stated ingredients above and the mint is only when I make mint ice cream and not in every ice cream I make.
Now for a few of the headlines about this perpetual pandemic....
Nearly half of Brazilians say Bolsonaro not to blame for coronavirus death toll, poll says I seriously can not understand how a population can let politicians who alone hold the power to open or close their borders, off the hook for this pandemic if they failed to keep the virus out by closing their borders. So yes, basically all the politicians in the world are to be blamed, especially if they had health officiers who told them to close the borders, but they refused to listen. Or as in Canada's case, where the health officiers and health minister are complicit with our leader Trudeau who held the sole authority to close Canada's borders, but he refused to and the 2 airheads Tam & Hajdu went along with him.
5 castles in the UK you can tour virtually for a positively aristocratic 'vacation' from your couch I know it's not the same as actually going there and being there, but during the pandemic this may be the closest you'll be able to get until it's over. So enjoy your virtual castle tours.
Firm Running Coronavirus Database Refuses to Answer Senators' Questions If this was in Canada I'd have a lot to say about this...
Africa Eye: Ghana hospital workers cash in on PPE amid coronavirus That's just wrong and very sad.
Some people listen to health experts, others ignore them: What it means for America's future with COVID-19 Alia E. Dastagir USA TO Well I'm not a health "expert" per se, but I was a nurse and so therefore have enough medical knowledge to know when I'm being fed a load of bull and when I ought to pay attention or even show some reverence and admire their genius, knowledge, integrity & honesty (whichever). However, to-date, I have found absolutely nothing almost to pay attention to, let alone show reverence or admiration for, save the one "confession" of a nurse talking about the use of respirators on individuals with this virus who's open letter I copied and pasted into one of the blog entries here.
Because honestly up until then there was utterly no truth surrounding this "plandemic" at all. Everything was mismanaged from the get go and then when you see that almost all countries (except the 3rd world countries who couldn't afford all these lockdowns and shutdowns and so managed to keep the virus out of their countries by shutting their borders in January when the Chinese announced the epidemic in Wuhan) were basically in collusion and did everything in lockstep. From deciding that maybe they should close their borders after the virus had a good 4-5 months of time to spread, to telling everyone that they don't need masks (even though it's a respiratory illness) and to just wash their hands, and then whoops going into lockdowns basically on the same frigging day, everywhere (March 15th) and then at the end of May letting everyone out, supposed to be slowly but some people's pants were on fire for a good time and so couldn't control themselves and stop themselves from going ape-poop wild, the first chance they had. Then in or around mid to late July everyone around the world (except in China) were ordered to start wearing masks and in some places even at home (how that would be policed I'm not sure). So does that mean they had to wear their masks while sleeping? How about showering? Or making love? What about eating? I mean some places just went a little overboard with stringency, I think. And for what? They've already proven that most masks are useless given all the "blow holes" around the sides, top and bottom of them. So what's the point? Click on the "do masks work?" label in the right side column to be taken to the article about that, for the "blow holes" clarification.
Despite the fact that they're trying to kill the economy and so won't need automatons like the little automatons schools are geared to churning out, they decided to reopen the schools anyhow, because the few that still do have jobs needs somewhere to send their kids while they go to work.
That is maybe why a lot of people are ignoring the so-called "health experts" because they realize that the only thing those "experts" are "expert" at are towing the government BS line and lying their faces off. That this whole thing was planned in collaboration and collusion with each other at the UN level with Gates and the WEF's help and it was more to kill the economies and the seniors off than anything else.
All you have to do to see how much of a lie they're telling you is when they try to compare this to the Spanish 1918 flu. Back then there were 50 million deaths world wide. Currently world wide there's 807,000 deaths, with 23.3 million cases. Okay? So there's not even half the amount of cases globally as there were deaths from the Spanish Flu. There were 500 million cases of it globally. We're not even anywhere near that number. Neither are the deaths to cases ratios even remotely close. So this BS comparison of the Spanish Flu and COVID19 by the so-called "experts" has to stop.
Like I said the only things they excel in and thus can be called experts in is towing the governments lines and lying. Period. End of freaking story.
I am not saying people aren't getting sick and dying from this disease. What I'm saying is that it's nowhere near as bad as they're making it out to be, to keep you fearful and thus obedient. Because if you start to realize it's not even half as bad as they're making it out to be and start flouting their laws and directives then they've lost control of the situation regarding the lockdowns and collapsing of the economies (which from all I've seen and can gather are the main objectives along with cutting down on the weakest and most feeble elements of the population along the way). Then everyone will be demanding for the lockdown measures to be lifted and for everyone to be allowed to go back to work and school as per usual, so their lives can resume on a normal even keel. But as long as they can keep you scared and compliant you won't be making such demands, and they'll be able to take the time needed to let the economies slowly collapse without causing too much of an upheaval (kind of like putting the frog in cold water and slowly turning the heat up, rather than dumping it in an already hot pot of water and watching it trying to jump out).
Quarantine FOMO: Why you may still fear missing out, even when everything is canceled I honestly don't know how you can have a fear of missing out on things that are cancelled.... How does that work? I know you can pine for and miss things you used to do but can't anymore or wish something wasn't cancelled so you could still go to it. But I wouldn't call any of that "fear", sadness and anxiousness maybe but not fear.
Vaccines are safe. But huge numbers of people around the world say they wouldn't take a Covid jab Other vaccines may be safe, but that doesn't necessarily follow that the COVID one is. But on top of that we have the Gate Foundation meddling in almost all the vaccines outside of Russia, so that might be, the safest one despite how fast it was made and produced might be the safest of them all (and it's probably not safe either but probably currently is safer than anything made using money or influence from the Gates Foundation, even if those are tested rigorously).
Working Parents Are Hitting Their Coronavirus Breaking Point—and Paying for It Ergo, school reopenings....
Dr. Theresa Tam presents pair of infection-rate scenarios, warns of COVID-19 cases continuing into 2022 Before you listen to anything coming out of this vile genocidal witch's mouth, remember she's one of the 3 co-conspirators that allowed this virus into the country in the first place instead of instituting good medical practices at shutting the border and quarantining the entire country from any potential carrier wishing to cross the border into Canada, before it was too late. Like I've been saying, anyone that spent a half hour in med school would've known that and to do that, but she didn't. So I question her credentials to begin with and demand to know which Cracker Jack Box she got her license out of and if she does have a bonafide license to practice medicine then she needs to be arrested and tried for negligence causing mass murder if not genocide. Her, Haggydodo and bozo brains Trudeau. All 3 of them should be tried for that, as they're all complicit. There's many other things we can charge Trudeau with if that one doesn't stick, I'm sure.
Quebec cases surpass 61K after announcing more than 80 in past 24 hours I'm sure it's more than that by now though.
Rights group worries Quebec employers might demand workers use COVID-19 tracer app This "plandemic" has just become too convenient for everyone who'd wish to track us, lock us down, throw us out of a job, keep our kids from developing normal social skills, having fun and learning and otherwise oppress us in some way or another.
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney advising PM on COVID-19 economic response Finally, someone who's capable of not only chewing gum while tying his shoes, but also thinking finances and economics on a professional level all at the same time. Maybe we'll have a chance now!
Seth Rogen tells B.C.'s young people to 'smoke weed and watch movies' instead of partying Thing is though part of the fun of smoking weed was because it was taboo.... Now that it's not, they have to find something else fun to do that's taboo.... Ergo partying during a pandemic.
India to invest $1.46 trillion to lift virus-hit economy I'm just glad I'm not one of their taxpayers who'll be on the hook to repay this...
Suspected COVID-19 exposure on two Toronto to Halifax flights Okay, if they were to try to drive there with Ontario license plates on their car they wouldn't be allowed into the "Atlantic Bubble", but if they board a plane from Toronto going there, they're allowed in. Why? What's the difference? Isn't that being mega hypocritical to not only the residents of those provinces trying to pretend you're not letting anyone in, when in reality you are, while telling others if you want to fly in that's okay but don't drive here because then our residents will know you're from outside the bubble and bust our butts for letting you in???? Because that's what this seems like to me.
Corbella: Alberta man died from the lockdown, not COVID-19 We're hearing more and more of these horror stories lately. I would dearly love to know how many people died not because they had COVID19, but because of the measures put in place because of COVID19? Though, I doubt we'll ever find out.
Higher prices? Non-refundable reservations? How COVID-19 might change restaurants It's true I don't go to the most expensive restaurants in or around Montreal because I can't afford to, but the ones I have made reservations to go to, don't request deposits or money down and none of the ones I've gone to have charged more for anything (not that I noticed anyhow - the prices seem to be in line with what we paid before, as far as I can remember). And the ones that we ordered from during the lockdown gave us a discount if we went and picked it up ourselves otherwise the standard prices applied even we had it delivered. But none of the restaurants used services like "Skip the Dishes" or "Doordash", they all had their own delivery men who were the employees of the restaurant in question.
The most popular outing of pandemic summer 2020: Getting a COVID-19 test OMG ***groan*** what has the world come to when the most popular outing is getting a COVID19 test? Just shoot me now and put me out my misery, if that's the case. Talk about all the fun being sucked out of life.... What's the point of living if that's the most fun you have or can have during the summer?
University students in Quebec want a refund on service fees It's only fair.
'I can drink beer in public': Coder pokes fun at Edmonton mask exemption cards with DIY website hehehe.... Some of them are pretty good. Too bad the city stopped making exemption cards.
Here's When We Will Get Back to Normal, Bill Gates Says, and What It Will Take to Get There Because that's when his vaccines that he's invested in, will be ready and not before.
COVID-19 cases in Toronto schools are inevitable, says public health. Here’s what parents can expect to happen If grown adults can't realize that on their own, they have no business having kids because they're too stupid to think for themselves let alone raise kids.
ISIS accused of selling fake PPE online to finance terrorism Well of course DAESH would have to find a way to take advantage of this pandemic that's already causing enough problems and deaths globally.
Coronavirus and humidity: Number of cases rise as air gets drier, study shows Oh really???? I think I can dispel this obviously erroneous idea, right here and right now, using Canada and our varying climate as a perfect example in which to do so.... In the summertime in Canada it gets equally hot across Canada, I mean that it will be 30 odd C as much in BC, as in AL, SK, MN, ON, QC, NB, & NS (provinces located north of those not so much). I personally have lived all across this country of ours and I can tell you without a doubt that Ontario and Quebec are like freaking jungles in the summertime. We get boiled alive rather than baked alive. We have wicked humidity in the summertime in those two provinces, by comparison Saskatchewan and Manitoba are like freaking deserts with little to no humidity. Just today for example here in the Montreal region it was 26 C but felt like 34C with the humidity factored in, whereas in Regina it was 25C and felt like 25C because there was no humidity. Now bear with me for a few minutes more and I'll prove the difference in numbers not only between QC & ON with SK but also MN as well....
As of today's date August 23,
Quebec had 61,673 cases, and 5,740 deaths,
Ontario had 41,402 cases and 2,797 deaths.
Saskatchewan (1 of the 2 driest provinces in Canada) had 1,600 cases & 22 deaths and
Manitoba (the 2nd of the 2 driest provinces) had 944 cases & 12 deaths.
So if dryness equates more cases, you'd think that both Sask and Man would have a higher number of cases and deaths than either Ontario or Quebec does, given that they're the 2 driest provinces in Canada.
So, oh well, there goes that theory out the window now.... So that's another "expert" theory you pay little to no attention to, as well. That's what I'm saying I believe half these so-called "experts" don't know diddly-squat about anything and just make garbage up out of thin air and try to present it as fact just to make themselves look good, like as if they actually know something no one else does, but I don't think they actually take any time to find out if it's true or not.
More Americans Go Hungry Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Census Shows Just these 2 headlines (this & the one directly above) should show a huge disconnect in relation to how this "plandemic" affects people differently.
Defund the police? It’s already happening thanks to the Covid-19 budget crunch
NBA, Yale land the COVID testing breakthrough the NFL (and the general U.S. public) has been hoping for
Alberta family says it took 8 days to hear from contact tracers after positive COVID-19 tests Obviously the health authorities aren't in a panic about containing this virus, so that gives you a good idea on how serious it really is. If they can be that lackadaisical about it, then I don't see why the general public can't be too.
Jeremy Clarkson verbally abused for shopping without wearing a face mask Oh no! 😱
How Covid Sends Some Bodies to War With Themselves Not another one. There's already plenty of diseases and conditions that causes bodies to war with themselves.
Struggling Farmers Work With Overwhelmed Food Banks to Stay Afloat
Coronavirus: Hundreds gather in Madrid for anti-mask protest
New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears She's doing this and it seems to be alright with the world, no one's making a big bruhaha out of it, like they did when Trump suggested doing the same with the American election. Guess it's alright for liberal governments to do that but not so much for republican or conservative governments huh?
Few signs of collective mourning as the US tops 170,000 coronavirus deaths So then that should lead you to wonder if those numbers are real or bogus made up numbers to increase the severeity of it in the public's minds eye or what. Because you'd think if they were real numbers there would definitely be collective mass mourning going on there, but as they said here there's few signs of that.
