(so, about that…)

Last July I wrote a post about Doug Ford’s assumption of dictatorial powers in the province of Ontario, “because Covid”. I noted that the powers granted under the “Reopening Ontario Act”, which Dougie clearly and obviously demonstrated he wasn’t willing to abuse, were set to expire at the end of 2021. I recall that my reaction at the time was something along the lines of, “yeah … sure.”

A few short months later it was revealed that – SHOCK! AMAZEMENT! – the non-emergency-emergency powers that the government magically granted itself will be extended until March 28 of this year, “because Covid.”

Should we be worried about a literal dictatorship that has repeatedly put people out of work, shut down the economy, driven families and large chunks of society apart, filled people with dread while making their lives miserable, maybe even had a hand in killing a few of them?

Of course not! The real and proven threat to “democracy” is … truckers!

Are you scared yet? You should be!

You can’t make this shit up.

Just for fun, if you’re ever in the city see how many traffic cops you can spot who are parked illegally, often so poorly that they actually endanger public safety, all while handing out tickets for exactly the same “offense”. No doubt these brave souls will be out in full force keeping everyone “safe” and “free” from those awful violent truckers, not like those “mostly peaceful” BLM protests that the cops literally knelt before.

Warning: if you make the above activity into a drinking game, you might be dead by nightfall.

Not only is it illogical for truckers to hold fringe, unacceptable views and protest yet another encroachment on their rights and freedoms when so many have already been taken away – duh! – but there’s probably going to be violence and gridlock – because precedent – so just stay away from Ottawa!

Totally and, like, purely coincidentally … Prime Minister Trudeau is isolating and therefore unable to meet the obviously violent mob charging at him after he tested negative for Covid, twice, because health and safety first! Thankfully the state has a monopoly on violence, which it totally never abuses, in order to deal with such abhorrent and senseless situations.

And the numbers I’ve been watching for a month clearly prove that our brave, bold, progressive leader is correct in claiming that only vaccines protect us and our healthcare system, fuck natural immunity, and nothing short of a 100% vaccination rate (likely ongoing) in the general population will do – because precedent.

“Freedom” … to be ignorant murderous assholes!

/s

As of yesterday (I believe, but today certainly), the majority of beds occupied by Covid patients in Ontario ICUs were those of fully vaccinated individuals. The numbers are plain as day:

It was not so long ago it was being trumpeted that those selfish, disgusting, unvaccinated heathen were plugging up hospitals and possibly costing people their lives.

Looking at the graphs above, it’s clear that the sheer number of people in hospitals with Covid has ballooned so if they were already having problems in the fall of 2021, imagine the kinds of problems they must be having now. And all because of those damned fully vaccinated people clogging up the healthcare system! Lock ’em all up! Make ’em pay!

I kid, of course. Mostly.

I’m sure someone can still conjure up a “what if…” scenario using ratios and proportional comparisons to calculate how likely an unvaccinated person is to be admitted to the ICU compared to a fully vaccinated individual, and imagine if all the unvaccinated people suddenly needed to go to the hospital! …but these models and projections clearly aren’t in line with the reality: it’s the fully vaccinated who are putting an undue “burden” on the healthcare system, both in the ICU and in hospitalizations in general.

I use quotes around the word “burden” because I’m not certain how large a share of beds Covid patients take up overall, but if we assume a conservative estimate of roughly 21,000 then all Covid patients presently occupy roughly 1.3% of the total bed capacity.

Maybe it’s not a capacity problem but a staffing problem. I don’t know what the broader solution is but maybe the city and province can start by not demanding the firing of perfectly healthy, capable people? Just a suggestion.

With fully vaccinated individuals occupying nearly three times as many hospital beds as unvaccinated patients, and now that most patients in ICU are fully vaccinated, I wonder if the nightly news will do an expose on the “pandemic of the fully vaccinated” while bemoaning how these scoundrels are taking up needed beds and preventing potentially life-saving surgeries.

Yeah, not gonna hold my breath. More likely we’ll be hearing more about those foul, filthy, diseased, degenerate children next.

Gee, who could’ve predicted that it would be the fully vaccinated who would become the most infected with (and no doubt prodigious spreaders of) Covid? And who ever would’ve thought that the vaccines would be so useless that people would need boosters every three months?

Oh, wait, you haven’t heard? You mean that the nightly news didn’t produce a special report contradicting the crap that they’ve been spewing all this time? All those “medical experts” haven’t been interviewed to explain how they got things so drastically wrong? Most of this information isn’t even being mentioned?! Well colour me shocked.

Nevertheless, the data as of January 1, 2022, speaks for itself:

According to the data, unvaccinated people still have a slight lead when it comes to ICU admissions but the overall numbers in this category are pretty small. And if you look at the sheer volume of fully vaccinated people testing positive for the virus (I’ve previously discussed why proportional percentages such as rates can be grossly misleading, even though even the leading rate shown above is pulling away from other groups), there’s simply no denying the numbers.

It’s little wonder that the same bullshit media that have outwardly promoted hate, racism, and violence in the name of political ideology would remain silent on this. And the state, well it’s decided that in the midst of a “surge” it will scale down the collection of data (among other reductions), since clearly the numbers aren’t playing into the “correct” narrative.

Or maybe it’s to keep us all “safe”.

LOL

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Here’s yesterday’s two to three minutes of hate, from the Toronto Star’s very own Bob Hepburn:

We are long past the time of being nice and being empathetic toward anti-vaxxers and trying to win them over with carrots — as opposed to the sticks that are much-needed vaccine passports and stiff restrictions.

It’s time that they — not the vast majority of us who are vaccinated — paid the price.

Ooh, not without a jimmy hat, Bobbie.

Note that stiff restrictions and vaccine passports aren’t needed for “public health”, they’re needed to punish the disobedient and anyone who dares to question the benevolent wisdom of the state or the motives of their beholden media.

Basically, Bobbie’s demanding that otherwise perfectly healthy people be discriminated against because they don’t trust the motives behind things like stiff restrictions and vaccine passports. Good thing Bobbie clarified what those motives are.

So what exactly is up Hepburn’s ass here anyway?

I’m fed up with the anti-vaxxers, who seem unbothered by the threat they pose to my health, feeling targeted because they may lose their job, won’t be able to fly on a plane, eat at an indoor restaurant or attend a hockey game or music concert.

You see, poor Bobbie’s health is being threatened (me me me!) because, of course, his vaccination will in no way protect him from the diseased anti-vaxxers, so anyone who questions his obviously brilliant logic and the motives behind all of this insanity should be made to suffer.

Maybe Bob Hepburn is worried that there won’t be enough capacity at the local hospital for when he might need it. Obviously this would be the fault of those selfish fucking anti-vaxxers and not the government, as some delusional idiot named Bob Hepburn suggests.

I’m fed up with the Trumpist-like mobs in Canada hurling pebbles and insults at Justin Trudeau, picketing hospitals, screaming at diners on restaurant patios and demonstrating outside politicians’ homes.

I don’t remember the Star denouncing violence at Black Lives Matters protests, or screaming at diners, or harassing politicians at home. I don’t recall the Star questioning coordinated, violent threats, intimidation, and attacks by BLM against US federal property and personnel carried out over a period of months, in some cases literally wresting control from local governments and law enforcement – no way you can call any of that an attempted insurrection. Damn Trump!

Oh, but I forgot that this sort of comparison must never be made because I have the wrong colour of skin and besides we’ve all already been told what to believe and now just need shut up, kneel, and obey.

I think my favourite boneheaded statement in this piece of drivel has got to be:

Finally, I’m fed up with politicians who are basically protecting these irresponsible people who are making life miserable for all of us.

Bob says it’s actually anti-vaxxers and protesters that are making life miserable. After all, it’s not government and politicians who force lockdowns and restrictions on people, who cut hospital funding, etc. We should put the blame on the people pushing back against the restrictions and not the people enacting them because clearly up is now down, north is south, and we have always been at war with Eastasia.

These “irresponsible people” have no reason to doubt the shady, rushed deals between an admittedly murderous, callous, and oppressive government and their cadre of hugely profitable, deceptive, and dangerous pharma bros. Resistance and questions are illogical, unlike Hepburn’s unquestioning obedience, and these deplorable irresponsibles need to be crushed under the boot of the state. Maybe that’ll learn ’em to doubt politicians and bureaucrats!

And why shouldn’t we trust the perfect creatures of the state with all their omnipotence and omniscience? They “flattened the curve” in May 2020, then again in April, then again in October, then again in November, and again in January of this year. Yep, they know what they’re doing and they have everything under control. Science FTW!

Maybe I’m being too harsh; we’re always learning something new about Covid so what may have been correct back then won’t be correct now. Things that might’ve been effective yesterday may no longer be effective today. Those inconvenient Covid symptoms of last month may no longer be symptoms this month.

There’s just so much we don’t know.

Unless it’s about Covid vaccines, of course, in which case we know all there is to know, with absolute and unfaltering certainty, case closed, discussion ended, “science” has spoken, and now let’s put that shit into everyone as quick as we can and demonize anyone who questions it in any way.

And on that note you can get back to your regularly scheduled book burning.