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[IronNoggin]

COVID-19: Double mutant virus first identified in India is now in B.C.

A COVID-19 variant linked to record-breaking case numbers in India has been identified in B.C.

In a prepared statement, a B.C. Ministry of Health official said that 39 cases of the double mutation known as B.1.617 had been found in the province.
Health Minister Adrian Dix said the news of the variant’s arrival was “concerning” and that the B.C. government had some issues with the implementation of the federal government’s quarantine program.

There have been at least 10 flights arrive in Vancouver from Delhi, India, since April 6 with COVID-infected people on board.
According to Bloomberg, the new variant was initially detected in India with two separate mutations and one of those mutations (L452R) is characterized in U.S studies to increase viral transmission by around 20 per cent and reduce antibody efficacy by more than 50 per cent.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/covid-19-double-mutant-virus-first-identified-in-india-is-now-in-b-c

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Ottawa consulting on stricter border measures, won't stop flights from India

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is indicating the federal government is looking at additional COVID-19 measures to protect international borders but won’t stop flights into Canada from India.

India continues to be a COVID-19 crisis point with the world’s second most populous nation reporting 295,041 new infections on Wednesday. It was the world’s highest daily rise and is stretching that country’s hospitals to breaking point.

https://cfox.com/news/7778952/ottawa-consulting-on-stricter-border-measures-wont-stop-flights-from-india/

[IronNoggin]

Collectively the MP's told Trudeau to STUFF his announced decision to NOT ban flights from India and other hot-spots. Bet the air is a little blue around that woke one today...

Canada bans flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries.

There are additional steps coming to prevent people from travelling to Canada from India and Pakistan via other countries.

At least 32 flights from Delhi and two from Pakistan have landed in Canada in the last two weeks carrying dozens of passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19.

Just a few hours ago, MPs unanimously agreed Canada should suspend international flights from countries where COVID-19 outbreaks are raging just a few hours before the federal government is expected to announce new restrictions on incoming travel.

The House of Commons adopted a motion from the Bloc Quebecois this afternoon calling for flights carrying non-essential travellers from certain countries, such as India and Brazil, to be barred.

Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo said at a briefing this afternoon that ministers were looking at data about incoming flights, testing and variants of concern, including metrics that show an increase in cases coming in on flights from India.

https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/04/22/mps-canada-flights-covid-19-hot-spots-stop/

[IronNoggin]

Once again, Canadian border restrictions come only after the damage has been done

In the face of an overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases in South Asia, on Thursday Canada finally imposed a month-long ban on direct passenger flights from India and Pakistan.

Nevertheless, the 11th hour measure is tragically in keeping with a longstanding Canadian policy of keeping borders open until long after any opportunity to decisively stave off disaster has passed.

Canada is maintaining a laissez-faire attitude to its border in spite of the fact that the last 14 months have yielded dozens of examples of countries and regions who successfully used border controls to spare themselves the worst horrors of COVID-19.

Regardless, speaking to Global News on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau justified his government’s then-refusal to restrict flights from India by saying Canada already had the “strongest measures in the world in terms of protecting our borders.”

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/once-again-canadian-border-restrictions-come-only-after-the-damage-has-been-done

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'More people are catching on': Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels

Walking across the border isn't new or illegal, but it does contravene non-essential travel advisories and allows travellers to avoid staying in one of the federally sanctioned quarantine hotels that can cost up to $2,000 for a three-day stay — a requirement for those arriving by air.

Peacock is not alone. Since the hotel rules came into effect on Feb. 21, nearly 20,000 people crossed the border by land (not including essential workers), according to a CBC News analysis of numbers provided by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/border-land-crossings-1.5994627

[IronNoggin]

BC Travel Restrictions:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/travel/current

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COVID outbreak declared at Kelowna's Sandalwood seniors home

The latest COVID-19 outbreak at Kelowna's Sandalwood Retirement Resort was reportedly started by two residents who declined to take the COVID-19 vaccine, although 95 per cent of residents chose to be immunized.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/331886/COVID-outbreak-declared-at-Kelowna-s-Sandalwood-seniors-home#331886

[IronNoggin]

Hunting & Fishing deemed "Non-Essential" in BC

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing-and-hunting-covid-19-updates

[Hike_and_fish]

Hunting & Fishing deemed "Non-Essential" in BC

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing-and-hunting-covid-19-updates

In Chinese culture, my grandmother would say Paper Tigger. They are simply suggestions. Sure I may be fined for leaving the imaginary boarders of my health authority but all u have to do is lie. Simple. "Asir, why ate you exercising your Chartter rights and traveling ? Work. Have a good day sir.

[clarki]

I recall how in 2019 you were indignant, and called ORR, to report anglers catching pinks in the Fraser outside of the Sumas/Fraser boundary.

So I guess some laws are suggestions and some boundaries/borders are imaginary, and others are not.

I’m confused

[IronNoggin]

U.K. is 'out of pandemic status

Britain is no longer in a pandemic, experts said, as data showed the vaccination program was reducing symptomatic COVID-19 infections by up to 90 per cent.

In the first large real-world study of the impact of vaccinations, researchers found the rollout was having a major impact on both symptomatic and asymptomatic cases.

Sarah Walker, professor of medical statistics and epidemiology at Oxford and chief investigator on the Office for National Statistics COVID-19 infection survey, said Britain had “moved from a pandemic to an endemic situation”, where the virus was circulating at a low, largely controllable level.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/uk-is-out-of-pandemic-status-figures-show/ar-BB1fYUJi

[4x4]

Liberal vaccine failures could be the biggest scandal in Canadian history

"Trudeau’s made-in-Canada vaccine roll-out debacle may become the biggest scandal in Canadian history because lives are involved.

Half-baked measures may work in politics, giving bragging rights about the number of people “vaccinated”, but it doesn’t work in medicine. Studies show that the elderly and infirm don’t get the full benefits of the second dose if it is delayed, but that doesn’t matter to Trudeau who wants to disguise his government’s failure to procure vaccines.

Half-a-dose may not be better than no dose at all which may be why our cases climb to a near record of 8,590 daily this week, or four times’ higher than occurred during the summer and fall. This is even proportionally higher than America’s current daily caseload of 77,000 where unruly and mask-less governors reign in half the states.

A recent report by the Macdonald Laurier Institute also suggests that slow vaccinations have caused Canada’s death rate to surge. It cites a Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), which has found that Canada’s nursing homes had the worst record for COVID-19 deaths among wealthy nations. “All this comes as countries with more effective vaccination rollouts are witnessing precisely the opposite trend,” it points out. “Canada’s rate of excess deaths for those aged 85 and over is now well above that of the U.S.”

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-liberal-vaccine-failures-could-be-the-biggest-scandal-in-canadian-history

This article doesn't tell the full story.

Canada has/had lots of vaccine on order but the suppliers either cancelled some orders, shipped those orders to countries that needed or payed more, had quality control problems which made the vaccine not useable.... Unfortunately that's how business works.

[RalphH]

all these articles & links are likely listed on some Conservative party distribution sheet for the consumption of members and further distribution as they see fit. All the parties do it & have for decades or more.

[IronNoggin]

Once again you assumption is in error Ralphie Ol' Chap! Nice try though...

No, Minister Hajdu, the Vitamin D conversation isn't 'fake news'

Using government data to reveal a hidden fact is not “fake and dangerous news,” being skeptical of the adversarial Chinese communists is not “propaganda,” and wondering if vitamin D may make us healthier is not “fake news,” regardless of what one self-righteous Trudeau minister believes.

Hajdu says that Canadians must trust their government.

I’ve got news for Hajdu: so-called fake news isn’t the problem. It would be easier to trust this government if it wasn’t wrong so often.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/malcolm-no-minister-hajdu-the-vitamin-d-conversation-isnt-fake-news

[RalphH]

Once again you assumption is in error Ralphie Ol' Chap! Nice try though...

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oh course.. and now you DENY IT! 

LOL

[Hike_and_fish]

I recall how in 2019 you were indignant, and called ORR, to report anglers catching pinks in the Fraser outside of the Sumas/Fraser boundary.

So I guess some laws are suggestions and some boundaries/borders are imaginary, and others are not.

I’m confused

Two totally different things here. The recent travel restrictions are flexible. Where as a fishing boundry marker is clear as day black and white.  Not even close to a comparison. Nice try tho.