Canadian Truckers "Freedom Convoy"

[Oerets]

One point missed by many, is the overloading the facilities with sick with C-19. With the vast majority of the effected and needing the most care.....Unvaccinated!

There again it is the me's verses the we's.... Where the me's are all about personal freedoms, personal discomfort, simple selfishness with little to no thoughts of others. When the solution seems to be a very simple one, get a series of shots and lesson the severity of the secondary effects for everyone else.

A good friend was sick with C-19 before vaccines, his bill was over a million dollars. Sure insurance picked up the lions share Yet I'm not foolish enough to think charges like this will not effect future cost for us all in the end. Also think of the staff being worked to extremes.... they need a break.

[Pio1980]

Hospitals here are full, with folks on gurneys in hallways.
My SO had to be hospitalized with a seriously infected foot, waited for nine hours for a room in the ER. Released prematurely, another trip to the ER, this time the foot is ulcerated with signs of necrosis. Another 6 hour wait for a room in the ER and subsequently hospitalized for an extended period of specialized care to save the foot from amputation as of more than a week ago.
The covid caseload is very real with real consequences for patients and health care staff.

[RickeyM]

The liars and deniers never seem to address this. It's like to them the health care workers don't exist. Once in a while one of the little minions of misinformation will spew something like "they're inflating the numbers of Covid patients" or "doctors get more money by declaring everything as Covid".

[Mark B]

"Windsor judge gave the protesters until 7 p.m. to clear the area before the order allowing police to clear access to the Ambassador Bridge took effect on Friday."

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-go...assador-bridge

So far the so called protestors have not complied, and Canadian law enforcement has not enforced the order.

What's up with the Canadian police?

[RickeyM]

Some are still in Ottawa but at the bridge...

https://news.yahoo.com/freedom-convo...ycsrp_catchall

[Mark B]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

Some are still in Ottawa but at the bridge...

https://news.yahoo.com/freedom-convo...ycsrp_catchall

That news may be wrong. I haven't found any definitive news that the blockage of the Ambassador Bridge has been ended.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...er-2022-02-12/

[Mark B]

According to the latest report I can find the bridge has not been cleared.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/12/ambass...test-drags-on/

[donquixote99]

This AP report is pretty comprehensive. Was updated around 9:00 PM Eastern. They say that a blockade by semis at Ambasador Bridge by semis was cleared this morning, but more ptotestors have arrived and road is still blocked.

This item in the report regarding protests in Ottawa caught my eye: “Safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities,” Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday.

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...d255a2ce23eb84

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

This AP report is pretty comprehensive. Was updated around 9:00 PM Eastern. They say that a blockade by semis at Ambasador Bridge by semis was cleared this morning, but more ptotestors have arrived and road is still blocked.

This item in the report regarding protests in Ottawa caught my eye: “Safety concerns — arising from aggressive, illegal behavior by many demonstrators — limited police enforcement capabilities,” Ottawa police said in a statement late Saturday.

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.


https://apnews.com/article/coronavir...d255a2ce23eb84

Damned global warming. Where's a good blizzard when you need one. I guess this is how you stage an insurrection north of the border. A Reich-wing minority takeover in the US and Canada? Why not, the money behind both is the same. Democracy wiped out in North America in one fell swoop.

[BigElCat]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Accounts I've read of troubles in Italy leading to Mussolini's takeover spoke of ineffectual responses by government troops to the blackshirts, due to strict orders to avoid hurting anyone.

Budget's kinda tight right now.

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