tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.comments2021-11-26T17:47:46.407-05:00Canadian SoapboxGordie Canukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-9736120404578872172021-11-26T17:47:46.407-05:002021-11-26T17:47:46.407-05:00Oh how I wish the anonymous moron who made the fir...Oh how I wish the anonymous moron who made the first comment on this post had been right....Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-42499006497672506722021-11-04T14:29:44.373-04:002021-11-04T14:29:44.373-04:00The Lord goes before you Kelly and crew, and if Go...The Lord goes before you Kelly and crew, and if God be for you, who can be against you?<br />Keep standing up for God’s truth and righteousness. You are on the right side of this! The Lord will continue to hold you up and He will keep you my friend and brother in Jesus Christ!Jewelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647753070666151190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-37390147507221026212021-11-04T14:28:24.178-04:002021-11-04T14:28:24.178-04:00Powerful and oh so true! The Lord goes before Kell...Powerful and oh so true! The Lord goes before Kelly! If God is for him, who can be against him?? Praying in Jesus name for Kelly and his crew to keep standing for Gods truth and righteousness! Jewelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647753070666151190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-65376452889824648912021-07-30T11:43:58.416-04:002021-07-30T11:43:58.416-04:00I have the same sentiments as you and am glad you ...I have the same sentiments as you and am glad you have put then into words. Thank you.Therese B Vergarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10212279691094562921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-86748650509188329902020-11-15T09:12:30.849-05:002020-11-15T09:12:30.849-05:00Study history, that's what people said in Germ...Study history, that's what people said in Germany in the 1930s when their constitutionally enshrined rights and freedoms started to be taken away. "Don't vorry, zis eeez jest temporary mezures....it vill be over zoon". <br /><br />Freedom of movement, how's that trip to the US going? Freedom to assemble? <br /><br />Oh yeah....it's just temporary, lock everyone down and that will control the virus, it's worked everywhere else in the world...not. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-2412485766884496712020-11-15T08:24:48.335-05:002020-11-15T08:24:48.335-05:00Wearing masks and limiting contact are temporary m...Wearing masks and limiting contact are temporary measures to protect others. How are these restrictions on your Charter Rights and Freedoms?<br /><br />Do you wear a seat belt? Do you drive on the right hand side of the road? Do you stop at stop signs and red traffic lights? If wearing a mask (a temporary measure to protect others) is an afront to your freedoms, then so are these laws.<br /><br />UUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-20737080783020155802020-11-13T01:15:18.996-05:002020-11-13T01:15:18.996-05:00Lungta.....10,000 more each and every month, and t...Lungta.....10,000 more each and every month, and that is just children. <br /><br />https://globalnews.ca/news/7223940/coronavirus-world-hunger-rising/<br /><br />My opinions are my opinions, but I do my best to back them up with verifiable facts. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-53032060685580172272020-11-13T01:10:37.803-05:002020-11-13T01:10:37.803-05:00Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,00...Each day, 25,000 people, including more than 10,000 children, die from hunger and related causes.<br /> https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/losing-25000-hunger-every-day<br />so....<br />it's 300,000 children plus 10,000 now?<br />guess what i am trying to say <br />is you have already lost so many rights <br />covid lock downs hardly counts<br />we have been played in a rigged game about from the beginning<br />or at least as long as hitler has been dead<br />we are just generally very comfortable with it<br />til of course it affects us <br />then it is the worst kind of travesty that can happen to a personlungtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526204597913219959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-52927455675833964962020-11-13T00:38:32.118-05:002020-11-13T00:38:32.118-05:00Thanks for this article, and for not only quoting ...Thanks for this article, and for not only quoting stats Canada, but providing a link - these numbers absolutely cannot be refuted and speak for themselves.ursulamargrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859784844977845957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-82906841893474033012020-10-14T23:21:02.910-04:002020-10-14T23:21:02.910-04:00lungta, your post has some merit without a doubt.....lungta, your post has some merit without a doubt....we shall see if these measures are brought in. If that happens and it's close or exactly like this pattern.....that would be telling. <br /><br />We all know that the mortality rate for Covid is incredibly low compared to what it was originally forcast to be in March....back then is was expected to be 4-5% of infections, now nobody is even saying 1%, for those under 40 in Ontario the recovery rate is pegged at better than 99.9% as per Ontario Public Health.....I can link their ehanced epidemiological summary if you like.....<br /><br />The measures you enumerate would work during flu season, and flu kills little children at a rare exponentially higher than covid.<br /><br />Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-92127462454400357302020-10-14T22:45:37.220-04:002020-10-14T22:45:37.220-04:00what if you have no debt?
stuff like this ...to en...what if you have no debt?<br />stuff like this ...to enslave the population has been going on since the "behold a pale horse" screed (circa 1980?)<br />it will be odd tho<br />if the end of the world could have been avoided by <br />washing your hands <br />wearing a mask <br />and social distancing ....stay safelungtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06526204597913219959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-72469877550763046812020-10-11T08:18:16.934-04:002020-10-11T08:18:16.934-04:00I read the opinions on "viral lode" as w...I read the opinions on "viral lode" as well, although from a different source....it was noted of course that this is just a theory. Whether someone needs a large or small viral lode to become seriously ill is not empirically known. The only way to test the theory would be to infect confirmed healthy people with varying amounts of the virus. My non expert opinion is that an 85 year old with a heart and lung condition, I doubt it matters whether they get a small viral lode or a large one....<br /><br />Good on ya BM for exercising your freedom of choice when it comes to indoor dining. Just because the government allows something doesn't mean that it's healthy and advisable for everyone, after all smoking is legal everywhere in this country. <br /><br />As for the border closures in early Feb 2020, here's a link to a NY Times article about it. Obviously a country can't stop its own citizens from returning home. The decision was criticized by Democrats and the WHO. <br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/china-travel-coronavirus.html<br /><br />Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-87510963649313208932020-10-11T05:53:36.516-04:002020-10-11T05:53:36.516-04:00Thanks for letting us know that Health Canada has ...Thanks for letting us know that Health Canada has been tardy on warnings about the virus and aerosols. However, common sense among anyone halfways aware has told us right from the beginning that underventilated areas are a poor place to be, and I read articles about virus in the air concentrations way back in May. Which is why I haven't darkened the doors of any restaurant since the start of the pandemic. Supermarkets with huge air volumes are far safer. One study measured how long it took one carrier to infect a certain volume of air, and recommended not spending more than a certain time in such a situation depending on the size of the room. My response has been to avoid such places as restaurants entirely, because I cannot calculate volume in a second or two upon entry, nor judge the adequacy of ventilation.<br /><br />You also need a certain viral load to get a case of the disease because your body's immune system can fight off small amounts. An article in the Guardian last month had a couple of immunologists speculating that getting very small numbers of the virus would likely be good for you, acting like a vaccine, giving your bod time to develop an immune response before facing a big splat from an unmasked contaminated human dope wandering about claiming masks are useless. <br /><br />The virus itself attaches to mucous cells in your body, and free virus spores available to be exhaled in the mist of your breath aren't there in huge quantities. So spit is far more dangerous than aerosols due to the large number of spores which can overwhelm the immune response, and then you got it bad.<br /><br />In other words, you have to exhibit common sense. The average citizen is highly uninformed, and even well-educated friends of mine seem to have "avoided" reading about the disease. Everybody wants a safe/unsafe switch, and none is available, which your average clod gets all excited about.<br /><br />If nobody was worried about aerosols in Canada, then what was all the fuss about in August about retrofitting ventilation in old school buildings, and the $500 million the feds gave away for same? Why did they call for outdoor classes to hoots of derision, when photos surfaced that showed we did exactly that in Canada a 100 years ago with the Spanish flu?<br /><br />When I look back at what was said in March (your saying USA, OZ and NZ clamped down on entry in early February is apochryphally incorrect by a month) all public health wanted was slowing of transmission so as to avoid clogging up ICUs, and spreading out the disease infections over time. Nobody said it wasn't going to happen anyway; the second wave was mentioned back in March. Now that the second wave is upon is, it seems that the seriousness of most cases is far lower than it was back in March/April, precisely because of precautions, latterly including masks. Most people are getting a lower viral load now than they did then, so infections are not as bad. Christ, even fatso Trump got away with it.<br /><br />For Christ's sake, can people use a little common sense, rather than going around bleating piteously about this and that as if they'd discovered some new "truth"? Jesus.<br /><br />BMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-9898361893710172252020-10-04T20:36:12.709-04:002020-10-04T20:36:12.709-04:00Rereading what I wrote and It occurred to me that ...Rereading what I wrote and It occurred to me that the most accurate thing to say is that there is no "proven" benefit that masks provide any benefit in limiting viral infection, not at the highest levels of scientific investigation.....science is a process after all, it doesn't stop when it reaches the view to which one ascribes. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-18057162263757943632020-10-04T12:45:43.689-04:002020-10-04T12:45:43.689-04:00Well, Gordie, we did the full regime for a few mon...Well, Gordie, we did the full regime for a few months on Vancouver Island. Wearing masks indoors, handwashing, social distancing and some degree of self-isolation. The payoff? For a couple of months (before tourist season) we were Covid-free. We also were free of measles and mumps, hep, strep throats, staff infections and the flu. Almost no one I know had a cold. I guess that was a fluke, eh Gord?<br /><br />Gordie there's a great legal maxim - res ipsa loquitorThe Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-79995504165147960042020-10-01T15:20:31.309-04:002020-10-01T15:20:31.309-04:00Here's a link to the CDC info on Randomized Co...Here's a link to the CDC info on Randomized Control Trials and the effectiveness of masks in reducing viral infection rates....it was done for influenza viruses, which spread in the same manner as the SARS-Cov-2 virus. <br /><br />https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article<br /><br />And here's what they say: <br /><br /><i>In our systematic review, we identified 10 RCTs that reported estimates of the effectiveness of face masks in reducing laboratory-confirmed influenza virus infections in the community from literature published during 1946–July 27, 2018. In pooled analysis, <b>we found no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks</b> (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.51–1.20; I2 = 30%, p = 0.25) (Figure 2).</i><br /><br />Now, if you have some peer reviewed published science on a Radomized Control Trial (RCT) that shows masks do reduce viral infections (any virus) then I would be very interested in seeing it, I do my best to not live in an echo chamber....if all you have is the comparative and visual studies, I've already read a number of them.<br /><br />Observation and comparative analysis are useful, but not the Gold Standard that RCTs are. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-53206862959567341182020-09-30T21:52:36.943-04:002020-09-30T21:52:36.943-04:00I don't know what a neck gaiter is, but when y...I don't know what a neck gaiter is, but when you can get 50 three ply single-use masks at the local drug store for $17.99, and the Duke University study showed neck rolls pulled up were essentially 100% useless while the cheap 3 ply masks were 95% effective, what exactly are you up to? You quote all these studies you must spend hours looking for that agree with your viewpoint, and then shoot yourself in the foot metaphorically-speaking with a useless "mask"? I don't get it.<br /><br />The box instructions on my reusables say discard after four hours use. On a shopping day, I might put an hour and a half on mine total before chucking it out. Considering what it costs to run the car, 50 cents for a mask isn't much. I also wear single-use gloves.<br /><br />I have not purchased the reusable cloth masks. People forget to wash them from what I've seen and fashion prints are so important, dontcha know. At the beginning back in March and April, I used a very large double thickness bandana which went halfway to my waist that I boiled in a saucepan of water after each use. The cheap three ply blue masks were a godsend, and they have bendable wire inside to allow the nose to be gripped. Cloth masks fall off my small nose and fog up my glasses due to the lousy fit, allowing breath to escape upwards. So forget the reusable cloth masks, I feel. I keep a half-dozen new single-use masks in my car, along with wipes.<br /><br />That's resp-ir-atory, not respitory, btw.<br /><br />BMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-22329716701718277222020-08-07T13:20:26.196-04:002020-08-07T13:20:26.196-04:00A note to anyone wishing to comment, don't mis...A note to anyone wishing to comment, don't misrepresent what I have written. I just deleted a post by an anonymous poster that claimed I said SARS-Cov-2 is "no worse" than the common flu, which is completely false. I have always said that Covid is worse than the flu, but I have questioned the messaging that Covid is at least 10x more deadly. <br /><br />According to Statistics Canada influenza/pneumonia ranked as the 6th leading cause of death in 2018 (google it) with 8,511 Canadians falling victim. Canada has currently reported almost 9,000 deaths, so obviously Covid is worse.<br /><br />With that being said Ontario Public Health has published Infection Fatality Rates (IFR) based on age and for children aged 0-9 years they peg IFR at 0.0022% which makes the flu more deadly for this specific demographic.<br /><br />Opinion is fine, but back it up with facts and not emotion and don't misrepresent what I've written to prove a weak point. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-25329953586247969852020-07-16T17:32:22.099-04:002020-07-16T17:32:22.099-04:00How does my take differ from someone like Fauci? ...How does my take differ from someone like Fauci? I'm talking about what is, while the article you linked quotes Fauci talking about what "could" be.....which automatically infers that it also could not. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-7404232004082561142020-07-15T10:38:40.508-04:002020-07-15T10:38:40.508-04:00Let's see, Gord. I've got your take but th...Let's see, Gord. I've got your take but then there are these other voices, people like Bonnie Henry and Anthony Fauci, who say something entirely different. What is it that you know that they don't know? <br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/fauci-covid-19-risks-coronavirus-trump-white-houseThe Disaffected Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135599782685108764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-13630681825349007112020-07-06T05:40:34.068-04:002020-07-06T05:40:34.068-04:00Thanks for reading Lorne, I read your blog posting...Thanks for reading Lorne, I read your blog posting about heading into Toronto...like you I live well outside of the GTA, I'm 1.5 to 2 hours from the downtown (I'm east). <br /><br />My biggest concern with those wearing masks, especially for those who are either vulnerable or around others who are....is that complacency can set in. Masks are not a replacement for keeping distance and hand washing. Hand washing, from what I'm reading, is vital after removing the mask, and given that there isn't always a sink and soap handy outside of places like pharmacies and grocery stores, those wearing masks might do well to carry hand sanitizer with them. <br /><br />I was just in the grocery store on Sunday evening, I was waiting for a lady in the bread aisle who was wearing what looked like a medical mask, the kind with folded material. She was trying to read the expiry date but was having trouble (she wore glasses), so she pulled the mask down then examined the tag and then returned it to the shelf and picked up another, checked and put it in her cart....and then proceded shopping with the mask below her nose. I spoke with here casually and pleasantly but didn't say anything as I myself (like 90% of the patrons and all the staff) wasn't wearing a mask and it didn't seem appropriate to me to offer advice when I'm not wearing one myself.<br /><br />Later on my way into work I stopped at Tim Horton's. At the drive thru the young man handling my order and taking my payment was wearing a mask (his employer requires it) but it wasn't covering his nose, there were 2 other employees I could see, one wearing it properly the other with the nose also exposed. I remarked that he had my sympathy, having to wear the mask...he complained how hot and uncomfortable it is to wear all shift long. I remarked about it not covering his nose, adding "not that I care"....and that I wouldn't want to have to wear one for hours on end. I then told him to be careful when removing it, to do it by the loops and then to wash his hands immediately because that warm moist cloth could have goodness knows what on it besides just SARS-Cov-2....this world is full of pathogens....he thanked me warmly.....<br /><br />Anyway....I hope you and your wife are keeping safe. Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-91655833968578076982020-07-05T09:19:05.543-04:002020-07-05T09:19:05.543-04:00Some very useful reminders here, Thanks. It amazes...Some very useful reminders here, Thanks. It amazes me when I see television coverage of events; so often people don't have their masks covering their nose, or they take off the mask to shout into the microphone or, as you mention, they constantly touch their face covering. <br /><br />I guess learning a new thing is hard for many people.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-83809602600286564742020-07-04T10:10:46.128-04:002020-07-04T10:10:46.128-04:00The democrats are the ones who started the pandemi...<b>The democrats are the ones who started the pandemic to overthrow Trump so they can get their money and power back. Leaked documents reveal the main players in this <br />They want to do this to patriots <a href="https://bit.ly/31JoWDt" rel="nofollow">.,.Look at this video ASAP!!!'</a> </b><br />Sara Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754462939724259467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-84520786632691655312020-06-24T10:12:58.791-04:002020-06-24T10:12:58.791-04:00Amen brother! Never have so many given so much for...Amen brother! Never have so many given so much for so few.<br />I am glad there are other people who see the utter ridiculousness of jeopardizing millions of people over something that has affected less than .01% of the words population.<br /><br />Thank you for thinking and not panicking.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954551802789577967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283396870042562820.post-52018282823620474522020-06-24T03:09:00.997-04:002020-06-24T03:09:00.997-04:00Thanks for the links BM, I share your opinion of t...Thanks for the links BM, I share your opinion of the Daily Mail, but a quick google search didn't bring up much so I went with what was there....this nurse's videos and screen shots were mind blowing....which is why I'm now even more leery of trusting American data, I will happily stick with Ontario's reporting....also not perfect, but in my view much much closer to reality than what US health officials are reporting. <br /><br />In Ontario we have ~500 hospitals province wide, and as of Monday there weren't even 300 Covid patients being treated, less than 1 per hospital. The only reason we were told it was necessary to utterly turn our world upside down and destroy people's lives was because our hospital system was going to be over run....and it has not happened. It is long past time we started basing policy on EVIDENCE, not on failed computer modeling. <br /><br />Gordie Canukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889201338151732092noreply@blogger.com