09 Feb 22
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-prince-edward-canada-6f60c879c0c2eff82235e3157ad79bb0
Canadian provinces lift COVID restrictions, protests remain
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and Prince Edward Island announced plans this week to roll back some or all precautions, with Alberta, Canada’s most conservative province, dropping its vaccine passport for places such as restaurants immediately and getting rid of masks at the end of the month.
Alberta opposition leader Rachel Notley accused Alberta Premier Jason Kenney of allowing an “illegal blockade to dictate public health measures.”
Protesters have been blocking the border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, for more than a week and a half. About 50 trucks remained there Wednesday.
Also, more than 400 trucks have paralyzed downtown Ottawa, Canada’s capital, in a protest that began late last month.
And a blockade by people mostly in pickup trucks entered its third day at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Traffic was prevented from entering Canada, while some U.S.-bound traffic was still moving.
The bridge carries 25% of all trade between Canada and the U.S., and Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry about the economic effects.
“They are essentially putting their foot on the throat of all Canadians,” Emergency Preparedness Minister Federal Bill Blair said. “They are cutting off essential supply lines.”
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said police had not removed people for fear of inflaming the situation and causing a larger protest, but he added: “We’re not going to let this happen for a prolonged period of time.”
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10 Feb 22
@mott-the-hoople saidYou ought to know..........
there is no fool like an old fool
john heywood
'Cause some people live and learn,
while others just live.........ME
10 Feb 22
@jimm619 saidso you just live?
You ought to know..........
'Cause some people live and learn,
while others just live.........ME
@vivify saidBy this point in its progression the Spanish flu was endemic and, as far as the public was concerned, done.
Let's hope the same mistake these protestors are repeating from the Spanish Flu doesn't have the same consequences.
They couldn’t afford the hand wringing and political BS that goes on today.
And they didn’t have Twitter, which helped.
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@sh76 saidThey'd also just lost a few million people to, yaknow, that World War thingie, so a few million more must've felt like business as usual. Excuse us for not wanting to feel the same callousness.
By this point in its progression the Spanish flu was endemic and, as far as the public was concerned, done.
They couldn’t afford the hand wringing and political BS that goes on today.
And they didn’t have Twitter, which helped.
@shallow-blue saidCallousness.
They'd also just lost a few million people to, yaknow, that World War thingie, so a few million more must've felt like business as usual. Excuse us for not wanting to feel the same callousness.
Heh. That's good.
Doordash and Netflix weren't quite as efficient in 1919 as they are today. Their "callousness" was that they didn't have the Zoomocracy dominate the societal dialogue wagging fingers at them for daring to go back to their livelihoods and means of entertainment.
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@mott-the-hoople saidHardly, MUTT.........
so you just live?
But while you're here,
please do tell us what you think
of the government censorship of teachers,
in the bill Fla. Gov. DeSantis promises to sign.
Less than average wouldn't comment.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/us/florida-education-critical-race-theory-bill/index.html