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  1. Conspiratard gets what he deserves.

    Alex Jones will be paying millions for the lies he told and the damage his lies caused.  

    https://abc11.com/sandy-hook-elementary-school-alex-jones-verdict-infowars-host/12099081/

     

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    2. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      Yeah well your excessive compassion and empathy doesn't make you a better, whatever the heck it is you're trying to be.

      So excuse me if I don't like it when I see you people giving each other high-fives and piling on your latest cause de jour. Another demon for you to point your fingers at, and say, "There goes a bad man."

      So as to purge yourselves.

    3. dialamah

      dialamah

      How strongly do you identify with Alex Jones, anyway?

    4. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      Now that’s a good one.

  2. The Republican extremists: Rino Hunting.

     

    1. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      And? What do we conclude from this

  3. Using the Charter to oppose bike lanes.  New attitude-if I personally don't like it, it violates my rights! 

    1. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      It’s a bit controversial. Safety can never be perfect. What benefits people in one way can cause issues for others in another way.

      Like facemasks, for example.   ;) 

  4.  

    Even mild cases of Covid an result in death up to six months after infection. from a Study by the Washington University in St. Louis.

    “Our study demonstrates that up to six months after diagnosis, the risk of death following even a mild case of COVID-19 is not trivial and increases with disease severity,” said senior author Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, assistant professor of medicine. “It is not an exaggeration to say that long COVID-19 — the long-term health consequences of COVID-19 — is America’s next big health crisis. Given that more than 30 million Americans have been infected with this virus, and given that the burden of long COVID-19 is substantial, the lingering effects of this disease will reverberate for many years and even decades. Physicians must be vigilant in evaluating people who have had COVID-19. These patients will need integrated, multidisciplinary care.”

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    2. dialamah

      dialamah

      So you're saying that all 87,000 people the study followed had non-Covid health problems and that's why they had long Covid, or died.  All 87,000.  Enough with the idiocy.  

    3. Shady

      Shady

      Yes.  They didn’t have COVID anymore.  They died as a result of their pre-existing comorbidities.  It’s even in the link you provided.  Covid perhaps made them worse.  It’s why high risk people need to be careful.

    4. dialamah

      dialamah

      You use co-morbidities like a talisman you hope will keep you safe from Covid.  

  5. Christopher Key really did say "Drink Urine" - here's a link, courtesy of Reddit.  BTW, he's the founder of "Vaccine Police".

     

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    2. Shady

      Shady

      At first Pfizer wanted 75 years to release the data associated with their vaccine.  A judge has now ordered it to be 8 months, thankfully.

    3. Goddess

      Goddess

      Where do you find Vitamin D in 10,000 iu capsules? Are you sure it's safe at that high a dosage?

      They are generally sold in 1000iu capsules or tabs.  I take whatever falls out of the bottle each day, sometimes it's 5 or 6, sometimes I take more if it's been a sunless week or so. 4000iu is recommended for normal people, for optimum health.  But in Canada, we generally need a bit more.

      I'm not sure what is safe anymore, haha.  I just know I've taken vit d and a bunch of other stuff for 25 years, haven't had a cold or flu in almost a decade and rarely get sick.  2 years into the deadliest pandemic in human history (?) and I'm somehow still alive, watching all the double and triple jabbed get sick around me.  So Imma just continue doing what I'm doing. Knock on wood.....

      not gettin it.JPG

    4. Goddess
  6. Where's @bcsapper?

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    2. Argus

      Argus

      Rue left in a huff because people were saying bad things about China.

    3. dialamah

      dialamah

      Rue was suspended, shortly after a discussion about moderation with the moderators.  Maybe he also left in a huff, I dunno.

    4. Argus

      Argus

      He became infuriated over the China topic, accused me of spreading hate about Chinese even though I was very careful to talk about the Chinese government and present all kinds of articles which were clearly about them and their actions both abroad and here in Canada. I suspect the argument over moderation was caused by that for he disappeared about then.

  7. Restrictions on indoor gatherings lifted in the parts of BC where higher vaccination rates have resulted in lower spread of the virus.  Funny how the government always lifts restrictions when spread goes down - despite the hysterical claims of "it's all about control, they'll never lift restrictions, we're gonna turn communist!"

    1. TreeBeard
    2. Army Guy

      Army Guy

      It is always a good thing when restrictions are slowly lifted, and i don't want to sound hysterical here, but there are going to be lots of people out of work very soon, and people still being refused medical care , those are still in place. 

  8. Sick of the incessant whining of racist, entitled white men.  Go get an education.

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    2. dialamah

      dialamah

      And they can be called out on their racism too, DF.

    3. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      So racist, entitled black men are ok then.

       

    4. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      Especially if they have deep voices...

  9. After a year and half of Covid, nurses are walking off the job.  Anti-maskers, anti-vaxers "Covid is a hoax" fake news spreaders are doing their part to ensure our health care system is broken.  Do your part, you f'n morons, so we can keep our hospitals operating, get rid of mask mandates, get rid of limits on gatherings and travel, and get back to normal.

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    2. Boges

      Boges

      It's COVID patients that caused all this. And with Anti-Vaxxers poised to fill ICUs up again this fall, we'll see more strain. 

      The big problem with COVID patients and nurses is that untrained nurses are moved to help in ICUs because that's all they can do. It's not what they trained for. 

      There's a massive Nursing shortage all over right now. 

      https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-health-care-workers-warn-of-brutal-nurse-shortage-as-hospitals-brace-for-4th-wave-1.6150255

       

    3. dialamah

      dialamah

      Now the trend is upward again, but the numbers are not.

      As more people get infected, more will end up in hospital.  Over 90% of the people who end up in hospital due to Covid are unvaccinated.

      How about a huge backlog of non-covid patients, cancer and heart disease who are waiting on hold for their diagnostics and treatment.

      As more people sick with Covid take up hospital beds and staff resources, the fewer beds/resources are available to people with heart disease, cancer etc.   Unless you are suggesting that critically ill Covid patients be refused hospital care, so that less critically ill patients can receive care?

       There is no serious discussion about providing better resources to hospitals so that we can accommodate both the covid patients and the other serious health issues people face at large. Many of which typically kill more each year than covid.

      Over 90% of the people who end up in hospital due to Covid are unvaccinated.  Rather than expecting government (and taxpayers) to subsidize the irresponsibility of anti-vaxers, anti-maskers and misinformation spreaders, do your part and get vaccinated, practice and support mask-wearing and stop spreading misinformation.  

      And, there are only so many nurses and other medical professionals available.  Many have already quit due to the stress of dealing with extremely ill and dying patients, with no end in sight (thank you anti-vaxers, anti-maskers, misinformation spreaders for ensuring there will continue to be lots of sick people).   It takes years to train up new medical personnel; they won't be ready in time for this crisis.  The best we could hope for is more help for the next one.

      Many of which typically kill more each year than covid.

      Over 90% of the people who end up in hospital due to Covid are unvaccinated.  Are you suggesting that these critically ill patients be refused beds in favor of less critically ill patients?   I'm sure if someone with heart disease/cancer/etc. is as sick or sicker than a Covid patient, they'll be triaged in.  But those who are not so critically sick, won't be.  If you are worried about these people not having their diseases even diagnosed, then get vaccinated, wear a mask, support those who do, and stop spreading misinformation.

      If anti-vaxers/etc. were really concerned about cancer patients/heart patients/drug addicts/old folks/etc., the way they claim to be, they'd get vaccinated, wear a mask and stop spreading misinformation while bleating about their "right" to put others at risk.

    4. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      All of the problems you highlighted are real. The difference is I’m saying this does not need to be a zero sum game. We must be more pragmatic in our thinking. Like this;

      Problem, solution.

  10. Conservatives make another bonehead move: they won't say if their candidates have had the vaccine.  Clearly a significant number haven't, even though most Canadians support vaccines.  Conservatives continue to move themselves farther and farther from the mainstream of what Canadians want and believe.

     

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    2. Boges

      Boges

      Getting the vaccine or not is only "private" information to an anti-vax lunatic who knows they're view is outside the norm. Therfore, someone I don't want to vote for. 

       

    3. Shady

      Shady

      I vote for people based on policy.  Not the eroding of rights and freedoms based on virtue signalling.  

    4. Boges

      Boges

      Seems the CPC would be a party of Anti-Vaxxers. 

      I'm unsure what good policies they have, right now actually. At least JT has some proposals like Universal Childcare. 

  11. Right wing radio host who encouraged people not to get vaccinated dies of Covid.

    Seems he regretted not getting vaccinated at the end.

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    2. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      If I were an old guy who’s lived a great life, hunting, fishing, chasing skirts would I want to deny that to some young lads just getting started in their life? No. And I are one.

      He gained lots of attention and was probably targeted.

    3. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      In other news, ten million guys who weren't vaccinated,, lived...

    4. Boges

      Boges

      Again with OW and his Pro-Death stance. 

  12. I have been wearing a mask in public (and limiting my trips) since March 2020 when this whole thing went down.

    I’m not sure how being considerate to others for the common good is now being mocked by some who are calling it “living in fear” or that I am brainwashed, but it needs to stop....

    When I wear a mask over my nose and mouth in public and in the stores/Supermarkets/Pharmacies/Offices - I want you to know the following:

    * I'm educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus.

    *No, I don't "live in fear" of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem.

    * I don't feel like the "government controls me". I feel like I'm an adult contributing to the security in our society and I want to teach others the same.

    *I am not brainwashed, I am educated, reading the scientific information and listening to reliable scientists (not persons with no qualifications to make any scientific conclusions)

    * If we could all live with the consideration of others in mind, the whole world would be a much better place.

    * Wearing a mask doesn't make me weak, scared, stupid or even "controlled". It makes me caring and responsible.

    *When you think about your appearance, discomfort, or other people's opinion of you, imagine a loved one - a child, father, mother, grandparent, aunt, uncle or even a stranger - placed on a ventilator, alone without you or any family member allowed at their bedside.....

    Ask yourself if you could have helped them a little by wearing a mask.

     

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    2. dialamah

      dialamah

      I think many right-wing people are pretty ok, they just don't happen to be on this forum, for the most part.   

    3. DogOnPorch

      DogOnPorch

      Man falls out of a high window and lands with a splat on the pavement below....but not before bouncing off a pedestrian...killing both instantly. Autopsy revels that the man who fell tested positive for COVID-19.

      Headline reads:

      COVID-19 now airborne! Kills instantly!

       

    4. Right To Left

      Right To Left

      My problem isn't so much with rightwingers as people, it's the defensiveness they've built around their pet beliefs and refusal to examine the things they believe in and why they believe them.

      For the record, I see the same thing in a lot of liberals, who according to the sociologist who wrote the big book on authoritarianism about 20 years ago- Robert Altemeyer, conservatism is supposed to become the favored ideology of closed-minded people who feel a need to protect their favorite beliefs. While liberals are supposed to be open-minded and more prone to examine and test their beliefs with real world evidence. And I sure as hell am not seeing much of that anymore! Hence the ideological shelling from one side on the other, looks like it's a permanent thing that will go on without end!

  13. If I'm an atheist who thinks education could eventually eliminate religion (all religions), am a I communist and a traitor to Canada?  Cause that's what a proud Christian and Conservative told me - someone I know offline, btw.  And, can I still vote Conservative sometimes, or do they know and would just reject my vote?  

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    2. Shady

      Shady

      You’re not a traitor.  Just ill-informed.

    3. dialamah

      dialamah

      Feel the same about you, Shady.:)

  14. Remember the furious hysteria recently, and the wild claims that Canada wouldn't start administering the Covid vaccine till "months" after the States and other Western countries.  Hope you people are feeling a little bit foolish now.

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    2. OftenWrong

      OftenWrong

      I wonder who will get those shots. Trudeau's uber-elite class of friends, I'll bet. The lucky sons o' bitches... 

    3. Cannucklehead

      Cannucklehead

      https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5844314

      All Canadians who want a shot will be vaccinated by September 2021, public health agency says

      https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/12/16/dr-fauci-says-us-could-return-to-normal-by-mid-fall-if-most-people-get-covid-vaccine.html

       

      Dr. Fauci says U.S. could return to normal by mid-fall if most people get Covid vaccine

       

      Fall, September, tomato, tomatto.  

    4. dialamah

      dialamah

      States are a lot worse off than Canadians, so it's good to know that even with almost 10 times the population, they're on track to complete immunization the same time as Canada.

      And, having more people, I certainly expect that they'd have more people vaccinated than Canada at every point throughout the year.  

  15. Lives lost and destroyed due to Covid don't matter to Covidiots.

    1. betsy

      betsy

      ....just shows you:  laws are just lip-service if they aren't enforced!

      That there will be idiots, is to be expected.  But the leaders should have anticipated that and should have had a clear plan on how to deal with them.

  16. Dr Bonnie requiring masks in public and retail spaces.  Anti-maskers won't be able to harass workers without consequence anymore.  :)

    1. Shady

      Shady

      Who’s Dr. Bonnie?

    2. Shady

      Shady

      Your family doctor?

    3. Hal 9000

      Hal 9000

      Are anti-maskers still allowed to be harassed?

  17. Listening to a news report, a nurse talking about "Covid isn't real" patients dying from Covid.  They miss time with family and friends as they deny their diagnoses. They insist it must be pneumonia, the flu, lung cancer, and that "this can't be happening" until their last breath.  Brought me to tears, even more than hearing about the thousands of people dying on a daily basis.

    I really don't get how people can conclude there's a worldwide conspiracy to "scare" us into wearing masks and staying home by inflating the seriousness of Covid.  If anything, many countries downplay the extent of infection and deaths to avoid looking bad or to keep their citizens from "panicking".   Only in Western democracies can we be reasonably sure there's accurate information provided.

    This is so, so sad and in places like Canada, the States, the UK etc., so unnecessary.  If "survival of the fittest" is true, then people who are so stupid as to deny a deadly pandemic should be the first to suffer from it.  Sadly, this isn't the case.  We're all at risk, and the deniers put as at more risk as they spread misinformation, cry about masks and refuse to follow public health guidelines.

    So many unnecessary deaths.

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    2. dialamah

      dialamah

      Ever heard of "Scamdemic"?  Ever noticed anyone claiming that "its just the flu",  that "its the same as the flu", that "its no worse than the flu", thst "all deaths from flu/pneumonia/heart attacks/stroke/etc are being reported as Covid deaths", that "MSM is lying", that "Masks are a path to totalitarianism, communism, death of democracy".  Ever noticed anti-mask or anti-shutdown protests?

      All of that is misinformation and more people die than need to because that misinformation convinces them the risk is marginal and they don't need to take it seriously.  Then they get sick and die, still denying that its Covid killing them.

      So sad, so unneccessary.  We'd have plenty enough deaths without the deniers spreading their lies and fake news.

       

    3. DogOnPorch

      DogOnPorch

      What YOU are hearing here is that some folks suspect that Red China made and released this virus onto an unsuspecting world...either by design or accident.

      They built it to do just what it does...just enough of a threat that everybody has to do the dance. 

      Either way...let's be clear...bat virus bad.

      Now...WHY VIRUS???

      That's a more interesting question........

      Why is Communist China (there are two if you recall...Taiwan the other) making deadly bioweapons in the first place? Don't say: 'everybody does it' because they do not. 

    4. dialamah

      dialamah

      Are you paranoid?

  18. DogonPorch makes a claim, refuses to back it up and says he'll ignore any evidence that disputes his claim.  Looks like he's Trump's trained sealion. 

    1. Boges

      Boges

      Way to be a puppet of China. 

    2. sharkman

      sharkman

      Yeah, we're all part of a cult, I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but...

    3. DogOnPorch
  19. Coats don't work

     

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  20. K, guys - I know you guys all appreciate my comments, given the enthusiastic responses and many "notifications" I get, but sadly - I have to get back to my real life.  Some of us do have to work, after all, so that Trumptards can be supported by the actual workers to spread their misinformation, conspiracy theories and just plain dumbness on social media platforms like this.  Have a great day, everyone.   :P

    1. betsy

      betsy

      Does that mean good bye?

      Or.....is that the white flag? :P

    2. scribblet

      scribblet

      Trumptards - keep it classy

  21. Turns out Sweden's Covid response puts them on par with worst hit countries in death rate (UK, France, US) and their economy suffered more than almost anywhere in Europe.  Government officials have also misled their citizens, and the world, about their goals and the outcome of their plan.  True agenda and poor outcome is revealed through inter-governmental correspondence and contradicts public statements.

     

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    2. Shady

      Shady

      You should really look at up to date economic data.  You’ll realize you’re completely wrong.  Sweden is back to life before covid.

    3. Shady

      Shady

      Watch the video from NBC news.

    4. dialamah

      dialamah

      I watched it; how else would I know that it's a bunch of reassuring images?

      How is an economic downturn the same or greater than neighbors, combined with more deaths than their neighbors, a "success", Shady.  Can you answer that?  

      Here's another reality-based examination of Sweden's response, from scientists and researchers within Sweden, which the  - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/it-s-been-so-so-surreal-critics-sweden-s-lax-pandemic-policies-face-fierce-backlash.

      Quote

      In the population as a whole, the impact of Sweden’s approach is unmistakable. More than 94,000 people have so far been diagnosed with COVID-19, and at least 5895 have died. The country has seen roughly 590 deaths per million—on par with 591 per million in the United States and 600 in Italy, but many times the 50 per million in Norway, 108 in Denmark, and 113 in Germany.

      From the International Monetary Fund, a paper examining the economic performance of Sweden's non-lockdown policy: 

      Quote

      By contrast, the economic ramifications of a less stringent containment strategy remain uncertain. As of September 2020, IMF staff, the Swedish authorities, the National Institute of Economic Research (NIER), and commercial banks all project a severe recession in Sweden, ranging from around -5 to -3 percent. Although the range of the projected contraction is less steep than the average forecast for advanced economies, it is not much different from some other Nordic countries.  In Sweden’s case, the evidence on erosion remains mixed, not least because GDP growth in 2020:Q2 was worse than in peers, while the cumulative performance in 2020:H1 remains relatively favorable.

      And, as many resources I looked at have mentioned:

      Quote

      We also argue that the economic impact of the containment strategy depends on social behavior, demographics and the structure of the economy, and it is still premature to judge the outcome of Sweden’s containment strategy as it will depend on developments in the next quarters.

      The full story is not yet written, but so far there seems no particularly upside to Sweden's approach.

  22. Found out this morning, reading Politico, that Trump never did say "The virus is a Democratic hoax."  Instead, he said that the Democrat's criricism of how he handled the virus was foisting a hoax on Americans.

    Think I'll refer to Politico more often when trying to filter information from misinformation.

    Snopes also says Trump never called the virus a hoax, so despite claims here that Snopes can't be trusted, I'll keep Snopes as reference as well.  The more sources, the better.

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    2. Boges

      Boges

      Trump has admitted to downplaying the virus though. 

    3. betsy

      betsy

      Quote

       

      Now, it seems, Biden has undergone a dramatic transformation on the issue, lauding the Supreme Court for its decision in June Medical Services v. Russo.

      “Women’s health care rights have been under attack as states across the country have passed extreme laws restricting women’s constitutional right to choice under any circumstance,” Biden said in a statement. “Today the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that states cannot put in place laws that unduly burden a women’s right to make her own health care decision with her doctor.”

       

      https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-biden-endorses-abortion-under-any-circumstance-in-statement-after-scotus-ruling

       

      Therefore, he doesn't disagree with late-term or partial abortions.

    4. betsy

      betsy

       

      Biden/Harris have only said they want to codify Roe vs. Wade, which leaves the States free to set their own laws regarding abortion once the fetus is viable.

      :rolleyes:

       

      Which mean...... Biden/Harris will support late-term and partial abortion should the state make it their law!

       

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