Commentary A survey by Jabil, a Florida-based manufacturing service company, found that 78 percent of supply chains were disrupted by the pandemic. Eighteen months in, supply chains remain disrupted due to continued lockdowns, container shortages, winter weather, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, factory fires, the blocking of the Suez Canal, and a host of other reasons. These…
Lockdowns in Canada Went Against ‘Hard Lessons’ Learned From Previous Pandemics: Emergency Management Expert
Canada’s use of lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic goes against all previous knowledge, published studies, and Canadian pandemic response plans, says a former head of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, adding that the collateral damage will last for at least a generation. “We just ignored [existing pandemic plans] and placed the medical officers in charge who were…
Not Enough Sydneysiders Social Distancing to Control Outbreak: Health Experts
July 16, 2021
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Not enough Sydneysiders are practicing social distancing, according to new modelling from the University of Sydney (USyd)—which claims that increased compliance with the restrictions will see a significant reduction of cases. A group of USyd professors released the findings on July 13, claiming that currently, only 40 percent of the Sydney population was observing social…
Sydney COVID-19 Outbreak Moves Into Victoria
Victoria has recorded seven additional locally acquired coronavirus cases connected to the NSW outbreak. Four of the new cases are residents on the third floor of the Ariele Apartments in Maribyrnong, which has been in lockdown since Monday night after a visit from infected removalists. Among those cases is a man in his 60s, who…
Sydney Lockdown Extended By Two More Weeks
New South Wakes has recorded 97 new local COVID-19 cases, prompting the government to extend a lockdown in Greater Sydney and its surrounds by at least two more weeks. The stay-at-home provisions, which were scheduled to end on Friday, will now remain in place until at least July 30. The state’s schools will also continue…
Able to ‘Accomplish Way More’ as an Independent MP Despite Challenges: Sloan
Derek Sloan says there are pluses and minuses to being an independent MP, but on the whole he has accomplished much more sitting as an independent than when he was part of a political party. “We’ve been able to vote against certain legislation that no one else was willing to. We’ve been able to ask…
Lockdowns Harm Canadians’ Mental Health, Says Outgoing MP David Sweet
Canada’s COVID-19 lockdown measures are one of the key human rights issues facing the country, says departing Conservative MP David Sweet, who has been an outspoken rights advocate during the 15 years he’s been in office. In his farewell speech in Parliament on June 15, Sweet said he decided not to run in the next…
Concerns Growing Over Mental Health Crisis In Kids as Attempted Suicide Rates Jump 184 Percent
The mental health of Victorian children and teens, a low-risk age group for COVID-19, is suffering after being forced into the fourth lockdown in 12 months, with attempted self-harm and suicide rates surging. Kids Helpline, a national 24/7 confidential support and counselling service for 5 to 25-year-olds, revealed that the attempted suicide rate of Victorian…
Health Bullies Muzzle Canadian Doctors
Commentary One of the many remarkable features of the COVID “new normal” has been the seemingly widespread compliance of doctors with draconian and irrational health mandates. Such mandates have included unprecedented school closures, curfew orders, prohibitions on hugging, magical-thinking restaurant policies, restrictions on outdoor activities, harsh fines for drive-in church services, interdictions on businesses selling…
Professor Explains Flaw in Many Models Used for COVID Lockdown Policies
Economics professor Doug Allen wanted to know why so many early models used to create COVID-19 lockdown policies turned out to be highly incorrect. What he found was that a great majority were based on false assumptions and “tended to over-estimate the benefits and under-estimate the costs.” He found it troubling that policies such as…
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