the watcher

Call me harsh but it's one less idiot that has caused the death of gullible people. No sympathy from me at all.

True. The US justice system is and always has been all about money. If you dont have it off to jail you go. If you do , your sins are forgiven. It's rather ironic that the country that jails more people than any other has a whole segment of their population that are immune.to punishment. Edit: I just watched " Just Mercy " and a couple of Chris Hedges talks on their prison system so I readily admit to having a pretty biased opinion right now.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/trump-capitol-attack-democracy-election-insurrection-index An idex is being created of over 1,000 public figures involved in trying to overturn a legitimate election. It's good to see a strong pushback as the way I view, as it stands , legitimate elections in the US are highly unlikely to happen if the current path continues.

So did I miss it or are they allowing sports/ gyms/ training centers to continue ?

Friggen awesome !

The way I read it ,it was in one 24 hr period.

France is reporting 208,000 cases in a 24hr period By my calculations thats roughly 8x worse than our numbers. 1 in 312 people in France tested positive in a 24hr period. Crazy !

The latest Manitobans to succumb to #COVID19: - A Southern man in his 20s - A Southern man in his 30s - A Winnipeg man in his 30s - A Southern man in his 40s - A Southern man in his 50s - A Southern woman in her 60s - A Southern man in his 60s - A Prairie Mtn woman in her 90s 5 out of 8 are under 60. I don't remember seeing numbers like that before.

My neighbor is a pro Trump, climate change denying , anti- vaxxer who is currently undergoing cancer treatments. His wife also has a severe , debilitating auto immune disease. Neither of course are vaccinated against Covid. By the way both are University graduates. Not alot of logic there.

122,000 positive tests in the UK yesterday 22,000 in Germany Pretending any country can isolate let alone a city is ridiculous. You can't keep all " travelers " out because those travelers among other things bring you food, clothing, medicine......all the essentials of life. One of the reasons this pandemic will be around for years is because we humans have made imaginary borders that the virus ignores. There are impoverished countries that have %5 vaccination rates. When Omicron is done with us there will be another variant coming along. There are things that would help. 1- countries need to send about to expire vaccines to countries in need. It's millions of doses being thrown out. 2- The patents need to be removed from Covid vaccines. 3- A war needs to be declared against Covid. Put the multi country joint effort into killing Covid that we put into killing people. Quit viewing this as Canada, USA, UK, or whatever country you live in fighting against Covid. I'm sure there are other efforts that would help but those 3 are my suggestion.

This is an odd thing to say but take a drive to Winkler if you need to be tested. My wife and I have both been tested in the last 10 days. ( negative results ) When I went there were 3 cars at the drive through. When my wife went we were the only ones. We were a max of 10 minutes pulling in to pulling out. Maybe it's busier now but the theory in Winkler seems to be if you don't get tested you don't have Covid.

My wife and I are both triple vaxed. We will be seeing our kids and grandkids. All of them who are eligible are double or triple vaxed. I look at it this way : Covid is going nowhere. It will be here for years in my opinion. I will take whatever precautions I can but draw the line at family and close friends. I am willing to take the risk to be with my family and a few select friends. My wife works in healthcare, several of my kids are teachers. If we/ they are willing to be exposed for our jobs and money, I am willing to be exposed to socialize with them. It's just as essential in my opinion.

I don't know if this is bad news or not. Sometimes lemmings do less damage to everything around them if they run off the cliff straight away. ( and yes I know the whole lemming thing was BS )

I did. The last thing this province needs right now is someone taking a flame thrower to the government. The last thing this province needs is Glover in command.

I wish her all the best. She was just a little kid , a baby when she broke into the music scene. Those in control of her pimped her out . Sold sexual fantasies of a kid who wasn't an adult. She had no chance of a normal life. People laughed and mocked her when the inevitable issues and addictions came. Then those in control found a way to still fill their cash register and control her when she was an adult. The whole industry should be ashamed. Good luck kid is all I say. I hope it works out for you.

I think the damn thing has spread so fast it has out distanced their ability to study it

https://globalnews.ca/news/8449946/omicron-canada-r-value-rate/ Omicron appears to spread at 4x the rate of the Delta variant. And right before Christmas. Yikes !

This is not exactly politics but as I read / watched I just kept thinking of Trump in command. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/14/vr-game-simulating-nuclear-attack-tests-decision-making-skills

He wasn't to bad of a quest panelist actually.

Oh my God!!!

Alright D time to win a cup !

We are down by 3. This team has been resilient all year .We got this.

And the D come up big!

I see no difference between ignoring health restrictions, doctors, infectious disease specialists, pandemic specialists, ......on Covid and me deciding there is no problem with me running stop signs and red lights. I'm a great driver, I have my class 1, why should they be able restrict my freedoms. I'm pretty sure I heard a guy on Facebook said traffic would run much better that way. Some opinions make no sense. If that was my real opinion it doesn't deserve respect. We have rules and regulations to help our society run, for the good of everyone. We have enforcement to enact those rules because some people don't get that.

What experiment ? This technology is over 10 years old. The testing done on these vaccines was extremely thorough. More so than many other vaccines. The reason it was so quick was because drug companies with the aid of governments threw ALL their research, money , effort and energy at it. And the proof is right here, 5.6 billion jabs last time I checked and very , very few side effects. And that is as massive a test as could exist. It's damn near miraculous. What is experimental is goofy internet cures like hydroxy chloroquine and Ivermectine to fight something they weren't designed for . As far as finding A doctor who doesn't support vaccines ,of course you can. There is something like 10 million Doctors in the world. There is a Doctor who told a Senate committee in the US that vaccines were making people magnetic. Every barrel of apples has a few that are going off. Edit : One more add. Masking and vaccines aren't just about me.They also are about me not spreading Covid to others. If we all get vaccinated and take what precautions we can it gives vulnerable people a better chance to avoid it. It also allows our society to return to something more akin to normal.