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Sunday, April 26, 2020

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

And the Downright Bizarre About COVID19


April 26, 2020

In the last couple of days or so the news about COVID19 has gotten somewhat good, somewhat bad and just plain bizarre. I mean did you get that about what Trump the US president said about bleach? Is he all there, I wonder? I mean what kind of nutcase is he to suggest that publically? And then the frantic efforts by the medical establishment and media to try to stop anyone from doing that....  Well I'll say one thing.... If it doesn't cure them, it'll kill them and then they'll be cured for sure as they won't have to worry about it any more... I mean talk about strange times we're living in, that has to be the epitome of it. Anyhow, there's a lot of different articles relating to this strange time, that I want to post here, so had better get started, I guess.

Trump Suggests Injecting Disinfectant, Shining UV Light Inside Patients to Kill Coronavirus in Bizarre, Rambling Tangent   If you missed what I was talking about above you can catch up on it here in this article. Be prepared to be totally flabbergasted though.

What's fueling anti-lockdown protests in the United States? A news video about that subject here.

An ill wind: The pandemic is giving states political cover for controversial acts And before you start to get smarmy about this, Canada's Trudeau is one of the culprits here. Copying and pasting the last couple of paragraphs of that story here for your edification:
Meanwhile, in Canada
Canadian politicians are not immune to the temptation to make the most of COVID-19.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's attempt to run Canada without having to consult with Parliament until the end of 2021 was condemned as a "power grab" by opposition parties, constitutional scholars, historians and non-partisan watchdogs.
The notion of allowing a minority government, which placed second in the popular vote, to govern without normal democratic checks for 21 months was soon abandoned in the face of resistance by outraged opposition parties.
In Alberta, Jason Kenney's UCP government was accused of staging a power grab of its own when it passed the controversial Bill 10, which gives it sweeping emergency powers that some have called an affront to constitutional liberties.
And some Conservative premiers responded to the pandemic by calling for the urgent repeal of the carbon tax — something that was a favourite political target long before COVID-19 struck.

'Emotional hangover' predicted when busy snitch line's days are over The authors of this article are being generous about all of this to say the least. To me the "social distancing" and the "snitch lines" are all part and parcel of turning us against each other period. That way we're more easily controlled by the government as we have no one else's opinion or thoughts to help form our own about any particular law or policy the government might want to pass in the future and it'll be easier to physically drag anyone of us away and throw us in a dungeon forever, if we have no one that cares about us. That's what I'm afraid this whole socially distancing (because they weren't calling it physically distancing but socially distancing - in other words we're not just staying physically apart but socially/emotionally apart as well), is all about. I think this whole thing was engineered and planned for decades from SARS1 & MERS right on up until now. This time the spread and contagion worked like a dream and so they decided to use it to collapse the economies for their easy pickings and when this charade ends, and they decide it's time to start to let everyone out of quarantine, we'll be so psychologically distanced from everyone even our own family who lives in separate places, that we won't care what happens to anyone but ourselves.  That's what I'm afraid is going to happen. If that happens, the powers that be will have a hay day doing whatever they want because everyone will have been turned into psychopaths with no empathy for anyone, so they'll be able to burn people at the stake for the least little thing and until it directly affects us ourselves, we won't give a hoot. That's maybe what their aim is in this socially distancing experiment. I think this crisis has made the elite crazy mad with power and power-trips.

WHO set pandemic response back by 2-3 weeks, says doctor on federal task force  Again they're being generous here. I'd say the pandemic response was set back by 2 full months considering the announcement by the Chinese gov't was on January 21 and the WHO only declared it a pandemic in mid March. They should've seen what was going on in China and known it was a pandemic that was going to hit the world and prepared the world for it by declaring it a pandemic then, instead the fraud Tedros insisted that it wasn't serious (but in the first announcement he made on TV about it, the man sitting to his right visibly disagreed with what Tedros was saying about it being nothing to worry about and if you wash your hands you'll be fine - when I saw the look on that man's face and the nearly imperceptible nod in the negative that he gave I knew Tedros was lying and that that man knew it was much more serious than what Tedros was saying). 


Mystery of India's lower death rates seems to defy coronavirus trend  It's not what you probably think is the cause of the lower death rates

Scientists can't rule out theory that coronavirus is sexually transmitted Oh boy! Then there must be some real randy dandies in those old age homes with a lot of hanky panky going on there then, since it's mostly those places where the most people are dying. Better start putting salt peter in the food there then if that's the case.

How the Emotional Landscape Has Changed Amidst Coronavirus, According to an Expert  I'm sure most if not all of us can relate to what's being said in this article.

France limits sales of nicotine products after fewer smokers catch coronavirus This makes no sense unless they want everyone to catch it, personally if I were running France I'd encourage smoking - because you can always quit smoking later on if you want to. I know I smoked for over 4 decades and I quit - so did my husband. It's been 11 years now since we smoked anything. So wondering if ex-smokers are affected the same way? That would be interesting to find out.



Coronavirus: China rejects call for probe into origins of disease If they're so squeaky clean and telling the truth like they claim they are, what are they so afraid of?

China 'sought to block EU report that claimed it was spreading coronavirus disinformation' Another obstruction from China into letting the world find out the real truth behind the virus here.

Blood pressure drugs are in the crosshairs of coronavirus research Those taking pills to control their blood pressure ought to read this story.


World leaders launch plan to speed COVID-19 drugs, vaccine; U.S. stays away Wondering why the world leaders thinks a vaccine (which will probably be impossible to produce given the amount of different strains of this virus already) will work any better than antibodies will? 



Coronavirus: Should I worry about my lockdown eating?  If we're cooking or baking more just for something to do, maybe, but otherwise I wouldn't think so.


Pandemic Deepens Catholic Church’s Financial Crunch, From Vatican to Parishes   Oh well, guess they'll have to sell off some of those gold statues and stuff.

1 in 10 Canadians believes a coronavirus conspiracy theory, survey suggests  Well gawd, you'd have to pretty well brain dead to not think that there's conspiracy here. I mean with all the things converging for the benefit of the elites, what else should we think?

One Wuhan resident's story of testing inaccuracies

Has Coronavirus Been in California Since the Fall? Researchers Investigate   I'd say probably yes. I'm sure it's been around here a lot longer than they think.

Coronavirus detected on particles of air pollution   So if this is the case, you could be totally clean, taking all the precautions with masks and gloves and everything, then you open your door to go in the house and a particle of smog with that virus on it, comes in the house with you. And there you go. So it doesn't matter really what we do or how far apart we stand from each other if it's on smog particles in the air and we breath those in even in the confines of our house, that's it, we're getting it too.

Millions of Credit-Card Customers Can’t Pay Their Bills. Lenders Are Bracing for Impact.  I imagine that soon this will be the same story here, especially in regards to the seniors who are being forced to stay home and buy everything either online or over the phone - which requires credit card payments, which entails interest charges if it's not paid off at the end of the month.

'I want my life back': Germans protest against lockdown I guess I'm not the only one on the face of the planet that's getting sick and tired of these charades going on and am concerned about our constitutional rights. Except that these people are in Germany and I'm in Canada. Too bad more Canadians aren't concerned about their constitutional rights too. And I'll tell you something, according to the story that starts with "An Ill Wind" above you ought to be, after you see what the wanna be dictatorial tyrant in Ottawa tried to pull.

How did the coronavirus start and where did it come from? 
I'm sorry but is this story actually trying to blame wildlife? Seriously? You mean the wild mad scientists in lab coats wildlife? Or the furry 4 legged kind? Because, I think it's more like the wild mad scientists in lab coats wildlife than the furry 4 legged kind!

COVID-19: Ottawa announces $62.5 million for country's fish and seafood sector  Throwing more of our money around out there, I see. Creating more inflation in the future, while not helping the seniors that have been forced to stay home and order everything - which is making life more expensive for them due to the interest rates being tacked on to all their purchases that they have to pay for with credit cards now. By the time that clown in Ottawa finishes throwing our money around we'll be so far in debt we'll never see the light of day again, and with all the extra money floating around in the economy everything will just be that much more expensive, because of inflation caused by all that extra money. The so-called beloved seniors who are supposed to be the ones being protected by all of these measures are not being protected at all, in fact they're being hurt more because of them because they aren't getting any financial help  at all - unless you call the $5 & $7 waiver of the delivery fees financial help, but are being forced to buy everything on interest laden credit cards and once this is over and they can go back out in society, everything will cost a lot more because of the inflation, so unless they get financial help, they'll be hurt the worst.   I seriously take issue with a government that stresses that the seniors are their utmost concern in this pandemic, but yet they aren't doing anything to help the seniors themselves. In fact they're doing whatever they can to ensure their deaths or that they get bled dry financially speaking.

Mass Coronavirus Antibody Tests Have Serious Limits  Like I said elsewhere, there's nothing stopping governments from giving those who have antibodies a "passport" to go back out into society while keeping track of them and their related data, such as date they acquired antibodies (if known - if not assume the date being the date of the test and the issuance of the passport). Set requirements that they must follow, like for them to report immediately if they feel like they're getting the disease again and to self quarantine until tested again and told they cleared the test, or regularly scheduled meetings with say a coronavirus officer to be debriefed on their health since the last meeting. So say in the beginning every 3 months and then if they're clear for 2 consecutive 3 month intervals, then go to 6 months and if they're still clear do another 6 month meeting with them and then after that 1x a year for however many years you wish to see how long the immunity lasts. But we're not going to know if we never take the chance to find out and insist on everyone staying home, no matter if they have the antibodies or not. And I don't see how they can pin hopes on a vaccine working if antibodies don't. It's really not that hard to find out but you have to be willing to find out.

Skip college this fall? How some students are rethinking their school choices 
I really can't see how those who would be finishing high school now could consider college because they haven't finished and aren't likely to finish before fall anyhow given that the schools have been closed down.

Coronavirus is scaring people away from the hospital. Some are dying because of it   I can understand that especially since it keeps spreading beyond where they think it's contained, but aside from that we're basically hearing stay home and out of the doctor's hair as they have enough to contend with. I know I got a phone call last week all in French jibber jabbering on about something to do with Telemedicine. I have no clue what they said as I couldn't understand the robocall's female French speaker they chose to use and there was no option for English given and no one called back in English either. So I guess us English seniors are just supposed to grin and bear it or suffer & die, as far as the Quebec gov't is concerned.

WHO warns you may catch coronavirus more than once   Actually, I think the WHO should be warning us about their idiocy and whatever it is they have planned for us (as I have a feeling it's nothing good). Personally from what I can figure is some people due to something to do with their own immune system gets relapses (like some people with the flu), and others who were thought to be over it really weren't, but the test they took was faulty indicating that they were over it.

Canada shouldn’t reopen economy without worker PPE, Trudeau says   And this idiot that can't tie his own shoes and chew  gum at the same time, is an expert in what we should and shouldn't do all of a sudden? Where's he getting his advice from? Canada's Health Minister Hajdu? The art teacher? Because her degrees are in Fine Arts and has absolutely nothing to do with health or medicine! So Canada is being led by a negligent doctor that failed miserably to do her duties when it was time (Tam), a ski instructor (Trudeau)  and an art teacher (Hajdu) in this pandemic.  Yeah we're in good hands for sure. I'm sorry if just don't agree with any of them. I think it's another delay tactic to try to stretch the home arrest out for as long as possible - because for some unknown reason they want us all to have this fancy vaccine they think they're going to magically come up with sometime in our lifetimes. I have my suspicions about that, that's for sure.

Safer to eat in restaurants than at home claims top French chef Alain Ducasse  Some of these headlines and stories are pretty self-serving to say the least. I don't see how anyone can think eating in a restaurant is safer than eating at home.  I prefer eating at home, because I know what goes into my meal, whether the ingredients I'm using are fresh, frozen or canned, and if frozen or canned, was it by me or did I buy it? If its by me, I know what's in it and I know the only preservatives that will be in the canned items is either pectin, vinegar, or sugar or salt. And as for the frozen food I frozen I know I didn't add anything to them before freezing them. If they needed blanching then that's all they got, otherwise they were packaged and put in the freezer as they were. I know I don't use wire brushes to scrub grills and so there aren't apt to be any such bristles from them hiding in my food, I know I don't use a half shaker of salt on my food either. I don't know any of that about restaurant food. Not only that I don't know who coughed or sneezed on my plate while it was being prepared or who did worse things to the food.  If you know how to cook your food properly so you don't get salmonella or ecoli from it, and follow proper sanitation procedures (like washing your hands and your food before cutting it up to cook or put in a salad) and thoroughly cooking your pork and chicken, then there shouldn't be any problems with safety issues.

Scientists fear the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine will fail and we will all have to live with the 'constant threat' of COVID-19  This is what I've been saying all along and why I believe letting people who have the antibodies back out into society again is so important. Not only will it give us a chance to get our economies up and running again, but it'll give the scientists the opportunity to find out just how many have had the virus overall and to see if it does provide any immunity and if so for how long if they do it the way I described above or similar.

Grocery stores are portioning flour from industrial bags to deal with demand Another weird thing happening because of COVID19.

The U.S. has a quarter of the world's confirmed coronavirus deaths despite having less than 5 percent of its population  So it's a wonder we don't have more cases than we do, considering our borders were open for cross border travel forever and only just closed a couple weeks ago.

Judge rules that COVID-19 physical distancing laws are not illegal confinement (head in hands and shaking head sadly).... OMG how do idiots like this even make it through law school to start with? Of course physical distancing isn't unlawful detention. Staying home though could be, but why mention that as it might be too obvious?

COVID-19 in Quebec: A timeline of key dates and events

Four-legged, furry friends can help ward off the isolation blues, Montreal researcher finds I hope this "researcher" wasn't paid any money for that study, considering just about everyone who has or ever had a pet could've told us that for free. But for those who weren't convinced by all their friends who had pets, now it's not just your friends saying that a real researcher said it too, so it must be true. So now you can feel better and more confident about getting a pet for yourself.

WHO warns against 'immunity passports' as a ticket out of lockdown  Well yeah if you don't do anything to ensure that it's working like keeping track of how long they've had antibodies for and whether or not they're reporting sick again or not. But if you don't do anything to find out, you'll never know and so we'll be in lock down forever because of being stymied by fear of "what ifs".

Global death toll tops 200,000 as some virus lockdowns eased

Trudeau says too early to discuss 'immunity passports' for people recovered from COVID  Oh surprise surprise Trudeau is going to follow the grossly negligent idiots that caused this genocide by not acting sooner. So um yeah.... Continue following their advice Justin and let's see how much further our economy can collapse by keeping us home indefinitely,  so your WEF friends like Soros et. al. can come and pick up everything for a song and a dance and literally buy our country out from under us. So we belong to them and not to ourselves.
  
This pause in our lives can lead to reflection and greater fulfillment Well the title of this post does say "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly", so here's one of the good stories related to COVID19.

Montreal speech therapists, social workers threatened with firing if they refuse to work in seniors' homes  Okay I do not know nor understand what is going on here. Considering that they've had thousands of applications from nurses & doctors applying to work in those homes and lots of relatives who have been itching to get in there and look after their relatives themselves (thereby cutting down on the work required of the staff), but yet the government hasn't hired anyone who applied and despite telling the relatives they could go be caregivers to their loved ones, it seems a lot aren't being allowed in to do that.  Now they want to force speech therapists and social workers to go do that?  Something is seriously wrong here and I don't know what it is, but I'd lay odds that it's serious government bungling going on. Meanwhile seniors are languishing in thirst, hunger & filth with no one to help them.

COVID-19 shelter-in-place order causes change in crimes Here's another weird story related to COVID19

Experts worry 'quarantine fatigue' is starting  I seriously can't imagine whatever gave them that idea anyhow.

Pressure Builds on Europe’s Fragile Banking System Yet more financial fallout from this virus.

Classic Rock Gives Comfort to Music Fans During Coronavirus Lockdown  With that in mind.....

The Rolling Stones Hit Number 1 on iTunes (First Time Ever) with Spectacular Quarantine Anthem “Living in a Ghost Town”  In case the article disappears and you still want to see the video and hear the song here's the YouTube link to it too: The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town (Official Video)

Thousands of flamingos flock to lake in Mumbai as COVID-19 causes cleaner air Another beautiful side effect (if you want to call it that) of COVID19.

Coronavirus Forces Farmers to Destroy Their Crops  And here we are worrying about whether there'll be any food available or not and what the price of it will be if there is, while planning to plant gardens as a contingency.

Lawmakers warn coronavirus contact-tracing is ripe for abusive surveillance  Oh you can be sure that some agency like CSIS or NSA or CIA or someone somewhere will be abusing it.  For sure! That's pretty much a given.

Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal  Oh look it hasn't been "normal" for years now. All you need is a moderator on some forum somewhere who doesn't like what you said and blocks it and deletes it altogether or bars you altogether period and you have no recourse even if what you're saying is justified. I've been in forums already where the moderators didn't like what I said about Trudeau and his shenanigans over the years and who's deleted my posts and basically made my life miserable on their forums, even though what I was saying was fact.  The people who own these sites and forums etc all have their own agendas and if they don't like something you say, they have no qualms about deleting it, and abrogating your rights to free speech.

One in 3 death certificates were wrong before coronavirus. It's about to get even worse.

Making sense of a stock market just 16% off its high while a pandemic costs 26 million jobs

Parisians defy lockdown by dancing, briefly, in the street  Can't say as I blame them. I'm itching to throw a pizza party in the street for the everyone in the neighbourhood. Just to say hi to them after all this time of not even seeing anyone from the neighbourhood.

Canada braces for higher mortgage defaults - but it won't be the next "U.S. crash of '08"  Or they hope it won't be. I'm not so sure though. It might be worse for all we know.

Germany warns against race to restart tourism  Very good advice that I hope all of the politicians in Canada heeds!  Because the last thing we need is to say "oh we're free and clear so let's open the borders to everyone" and then a ton of Americans who are into it up to their eyeballs starts flooding across the border and reinfecting all of us again (especially if the WHO is right and says we can all be reinfected with it), along with others coming from other regions with a lot of cases of it too.

Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world

Coronavirus: Government adviser questions science behind two-metre social distancing  Personally all I've ever seen that as was a means for cops to see and judge the distance between people so they could issue tickets more easily.

Detailed COVID19 Data in Quebec - In French  It may be in French but there are a lot of graphs there that tells the story so even if you only understand a little bit of French you should be able to understand the graphs and numbers.

Next time it'll be a combination of more fun stuff and more useful information that you can use in your day to day lives while living through this pandemic & shut-down.