yeah that headline should be about chretien
― symsymsym, Friday, 2 July 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
has anyone talked abt the bottlemen podcast itt? it's kind of the canadian politics podcast that ive been craving
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Saturday, 3 July 2021 03:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mary-simon-named-as-canada-s-first-indigenous-governor-general-1.5498146
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aqvkw/qanons-are-harassing-people-at-the-whim-of-a-woman-they-say-is-canadas-queen-romana-didulo
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:07 (two years ago) link
Many of Didulo’s followers seem to believe she’s holding tribunals behind the scenes, which are resulting in the executions they’re thirsting for. These followers use extremely tenuous scraps of evidence to prove Didulo is actually in power—including the fact that Romana Didulo is an anagram for “I Am Our Donald.”
Sounds legit.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
And the kicker: 'Didulo has said that if the people who received the cease and desist orders from her followers break them, they will be executed.'
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:10 (two years ago) link
Happening in Montreal now too:https://old.reddit.com/r/montreal/comments/oj2ooa/maskless_karens_appear_to_be_dropping_off_bizarre/
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
Heh, that's precisely where I got wind of it.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
grammar isn't Qanon's strong point
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
Jmm (anyone else in Ottawa Centre?), have you been keeping up with the federal NDP nomination race in this riding? The virtual meeting is Saturday and votes are being taken in electronically for 24h. We have two candidates to choose from. I just started looking into them today. Right now, I'm strongly leaning towards Lyra Evans (http://www.lyraevans.ca), for whom I previously voted for school board, over Angella MacEwan (https://www.angellaforottawa.ca). I'm not sure I agree with all of her stances (she would definitely be on the left of the party) but some are good and she seems to at least have clear stances and priorities.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
I mean, she might just be better at making a website, so I'll keep reading.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
I haven't been following it at all! Thanks for the links.
― jmm, Friday, 16 July 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
Evans impressed us a lot more at the nomination meeting too, although it looks like my own membership had lapsed. Anyway, MacEwan won; I might actually vote for the federal Liberals for the first time.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 18 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
Acc to two anonymous sources, the Greens are cancelling the confidence vote on Annamie Paul's leadership: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/07/18/green-party-to-cancel-vote-to-oust-leader-annamie-paul-sources.html
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Monday, 19 July 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
yeah that vote didn't make any sense, what would they do if she lost right before an election was called
― symsymsym, Monday, 19 July 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
the two remaining Green MPs have been pretty quiet while about the party collapsing huh? not that Annamie Paul stuck up for Manly or Atwin either
― symsymsym, Monday, 19 July 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link
Annamie Paul asked whether @ElizabethMay is involved in what she called a "one-sided campaign" to depose her as Green Leader.Paul responds that it's a "reasonable question" but that she would never talk about stuff like that in public.— Alex Ballingall (@aballinga) July 19, 2021
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 01:41 (two years ago) link
A friend of mine is trying be the federal green for that Fredricton seat. They could do a lot worse.
― Kim, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
Glad I’m no longer in Alberta but deeply concerned about my family and friends still there, this is demonic and insane, I fucking hate the people who run things there with every inch of my being
Starting Aug. 16, isolation won’t be universally req’d if you test + except in some high-risk settings. Testing will continue to be important but we will no longer recommend testing for mild symptoms. (10/14)— Dr. Deena Hinshaw (@CMOH_Alberta) July 28, 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 29 July 2021 04:32 (two years ago) link
Deranged
― rob, Thursday, 29 July 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
I first thought the "+" meant "and", as in something like "isolation won't be required as a general rule if you have been tested (and are negative) but distancing will still be required in high-risk settings", which seemed somewhat reasonable. But I was filling in a lot there. I think, based on the comments, the "+" actually means "positive", which seems so inexplicable that I can see why I misread it.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
I made that same mistake, but it's definitely positive: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-covid-requirements-1.6121002
― rob, Thursday, 29 July 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
I feel so terrified and helpless, which I guess is the default state of things in 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
Is any other province doing this? Why must Alberta aspire to be so much like the GOP?
― pomenitul, Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Really disturbing to see a public health leader making "with vaccines, Covid = the flu" official policy
― rob, Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
that would make more sense if Alberta didn't have the lowest vaccination rate in the country
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
For sure, though long Covid + no vaccines for children makes it p bad messaging even if the 12+ rate was ~95%. I get that we will probably need to adapt to a reality where covid is comparable to influenza, but surely we should consider waiting until after children can be vaccinated? (tbc: these points aren't directed at you Murgatroid)
And yeah, I'm seeing a lot of worried UCalgary people on my twitter talking about how effed this will be as there's no campus vaccine mandate
― rob, Thursday, 29 July 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
This province is hell of messed up. They scooped out the CMOH’s brains and replaced them with a build-a-bear voice box programmed by Tyler Shandro. Zero emphasis on second doses, all celebrating the return of freedumb, R value 1.5, fun fuckin times.
― "The Pus/Worm" by The Smiths (hardcore dilettante), Thursday, 29 July 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
vaccinate rates must be rock bottom in many areas of alberta also i guess
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Wow, this is a weird story.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/woman-body-sherbrooke-police-firefighters-container-1.6122481
― jmm, Thursday, 29 July 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
Is it weirder than this?: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/former-barwin-patients-children-will-share-in-proposed-13-3-million-settlement
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 30 July 2021 03:04 (two years ago) link
Oh Jesus, I didn't read the Sherbrooke story before posting. That's gruesome.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Friday, 30 July 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
this is insane:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/deena-hinshaw-covid-19-alberta-1.6123181
― scanner darkly, Friday, 30 July 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
Alberta fighting hard to take the mantle of worst covid response back from Ford
― symsymsym, Saturday, 31 July 2021 04:39 (two years ago) link
Looks like we've pulled ahead of the US and UK in both the % of the population that had the first dose and that is fully vaccinated, and are tied with Israel for 11th in the world wrt being fully vaccinated (we're ahead of them for first doses): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Sunday, 1 August 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hinshaw-covid-apology-confusion-1.6129785
In a column sent to various media outlets Wednesday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says her words have caused some people to think she believes COVID-19 is over.
Hinshaw says that wasn't her intended message.
She said in the column that lifting precautions, including isolation requirements, asymptomatic testing and contact tracing will support the whole health of Albertans by allowing the province to focus on other health threats, opioid deaths and syphilis.
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
I want 2 scream
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 5 August 2021 01:56 (two years ago) link
I give up
Ontario NDP Leader @AndreaHorwath doesn't think vaccines should be mandatory. Instead, she says education workers who aren't vaccinated should be required to take rapid tests. "Unlike @StevenDelDuca, I don't take lightly people's charter rights," says Horwath. pic.twitter.com/Q4rPbd0uNp— Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) August 4, 2021
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 5 August 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
why are political leaders so hellbent against learning anything even after [insert timeframe here depending on whether you want to see this as just a single issue or part of a larger thing] of this shit
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Thursday, 5 August 2021 03:16 (two years ago) link
fuck ford's gonna be re-elected isn't he
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 04:24 (two years ago) link
he's gonna outlast kenney!
Kenney has been much worse than Ford from what I've seen. Ford is not nearly so overtly racist and has at least consistently been somewhat willing to listen to constituents and moderate his policies; in comparison to Kenney, he also seems like a model of caution wrt COVID. Liberalizing rent control, scrapping planned labour protections, and privatizing home care are still terrible tbc and I'm not voting PC, but I'd take him over Kenney if forced to choose.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
But yeah, polls have been showing PCs pretty likely to win: https://338canada.com/ontario/
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 August 2021 13:35 (two years ago) link
my sense was that ford is unpopular in ontario but the opposition is completely ineffective. In contrast with Notley's Alberta NDP, who nail Kenney on everything.
― symsymsym, Thursday, 5 August 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
His popularity went up during the pandemic. There was a perception aiui (not 100% unfounded) that he was handling it competently. The NDP have overall been a fairly good Opposition imo though this is not Horwath's best moment. Liberals usually reap the benefits though, despite their near-absence of a Parliamentary presence.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 August 2021 17:23 (two years ago) link
what is horwath's best moment
― symsymsym, Friday, 6 August 2021 01:33 (two years ago) link
the last 12 months of Ontario govt's incoherent covid policies seem really exploitable by a competent opposition
― symsymsym, Friday, 6 August 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
They did get pools and necessary physio exercise facilities reopened for people with disabilities, although that was really more Harden than Horwath. They've pressed things like paid sick days pretty consistently but they might have been able to draw more of a big picture, perhaps. I had actually been thinking more of the Opposition pre-COVID. I think Horwath has been trying to paint a picture of Ford's "incoherence": https://www.ontariondp.ca/news/horwath-calls-ford-avoid-same-re-opening-mistakes . I think, though, that people are more likely to see this as flexibility and compromise on Ford's part. Kenney's more "coherent" approach seems easier to poke holes in.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Saturday, 7 August 2021 14:15 (two years ago) link
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/08/10/a-fourth-wave-of-covid-19-is-bearing-down-on-ontario-heres-a-sobering-warning-about-what-to-expect-as-new-cases-spike.html
With Ontario seeing more than three straight weeks of growth in daily COVID-19 cases — primarily in people who have not been vaccinated — the province is “most definitely” in a fourth wave, says a top doctor with the government’s science advisory table.And with the number of new cases currently doubling every 10 days, Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director of the science table, warns the province could see as many as 1,200 new cases per day by the time school resumes in less than a month. That’s up from a current average of just over 300.For those who choose to remain unvaccinated, Juni has a sobering message: “If we continue on our current reopening path, the probability of unvaccinated people across all age groups to experience infection in the next six to 12 months is 80 to 90 per cent. And the risk of complications from Delta in this unvaccinated group is two to three times higher than with previous variants.”... “We’ve never been as open as we are right now during the entire pandemic. Never. We’re only able to afford that because of the absolutely successful vaccine rollout,” Juni said. He noted, however, that “we can’t have our cake and eat it too.”“If we want to continue to be as open as we are, we need to protect the health-care system from the unvaccinated. We can only do that if the unvaccinated are being kept out of high risk settings, such as indoor dining, gyms and nightclubs.”And that means the possible need for future restrictions if the number of COVID hospitalizations among the unvaccinated, driven by the now dominant Delta variant, begin to overwhelm the health-care system, he said.Because of this possibility, Juni said a better key indicator moving forward is hospital occupancy, echoing comments made Monday by Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer.....As of Tuesday, 130 COVID patients were in hospital, including 109 in the ICU, according to the science table.“If we achieve something like 400 to 500 COVID-19 hospital occupancies in the province, we will need to impose additional restrictions so that we are basically able to slow case growth down,” Juni said.Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, pegs the first day of the fourth wave in Ontario as July 16, when the province entered Step 3 of its reopening plan and also, coincidentally, the day the province’s seven-day case average hit its lowest level before starting to rise again.“You can circle that date on a calendar, because that’s the day we said, ‘hey, if you’re not vaccinated and you don’t care, go to the gym and exhale on everyone around you.’ That’s when we said ‘Delta, come on down!’” Furness said. “The wave starts when you set up the conditions for this to happen.”To get a sense of how low vaccination rates can strain health-care systems, we need look no further than south of the border to the U.S., where the Delta variant has pushed cases and hospitalizations to the highest they’ve been in six months. New cases are averaging more than 126,000 cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. Unvaccinated residents in states in the deep south, in particular, have been hardest hit.
And with the number of new cases currently doubling every 10 days, Dr. Peter Juni, scientific director of the science table, warns the province could see as many as 1,200 new cases per day by the time school resumes in less than a month. That’s up from a current average of just over 300.
For those who choose to remain unvaccinated, Juni has a sobering message: “If we continue on our current reopening path, the probability of unvaccinated people across all age groups to experience infection in the next six to 12 months is 80 to 90 per cent. And the risk of complications from Delta in this unvaccinated group is two to three times higher than with previous variants.”
... “We’ve never been as open as we are right now during the entire pandemic. Never. We’re only able to afford that because of the absolutely successful vaccine rollout,” Juni said. He noted, however, that “we can’t have our cake and eat it too.”
“If we want to continue to be as open as we are, we need to protect the health-care system from the unvaccinated. We can only do that if the unvaccinated are being kept out of high risk settings, such as indoor dining, gyms and nightclubs.”
And that means the possible need for future restrictions if the number of COVID hospitalizations among the unvaccinated, driven by the now dominant Delta variant, begin to overwhelm the health-care system, he said.
Because of this possibility, Juni said a better key indicator moving forward is hospital occupancy, echoing comments made Monday by Dr. Kieran Moore, the province’s chief medical officer.
....As of Tuesday, 130 COVID patients were in hospital, including 109 in the ICU, according to the science table.
“If we achieve something like 400 to 500 COVID-19 hospital occupancies in the province, we will need to impose additional restrictions so that we are basically able to slow case growth down,” Juni said.
Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, pegs the first day of the fourth wave in Ontario as July 16, when the province entered Step 3 of its reopening plan and also, coincidentally, the day the province’s seven-day case average hit its lowest level before starting to rise again.
“You can circle that date on a calendar, because that’s the day we said, ‘hey, if you’re not vaccinated and you don’t care, go to the gym and exhale on everyone around you.’ That’s when we said ‘Delta, come on down!’” Furness said. “The wave starts when you set up the conditions for this to happen.”
To get a sense of how low vaccination rates can strain health-care systems, we need look no further than south of the border to the U.S., where the Delta variant has pushed cases and hospitalizations to the highest they’ve been in six months. New cases are averaging more than 126,000 cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. Unvaccinated residents in states in the deep south, in particular, have been hardest hit.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
i think the last part of this is wrong, or at least still unconfirmed. most things i've read suggest delta is not more deadly, just has a higher viral load/higher R0. i'm not sure what to think of the first part either. look at the recent case curve for the netherland: big delta spike among unvaccinated after reopening, then it went down. small increase in hospitalisations proportional to cases, deaths basically stuck near 0. same thing could happen in ontario
https://www.statista.com/graphic/1/1101300/coronavirus-cases-in-netherlands.jpg
― flopson, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 02:00 (two years ago) link