As I always tell you Tommy, Canada is all what the States strived to be, but failed to achieve and never will.

As I always tell you Tommy, Canada is all what the States strived to be, but failed to achieve and never will.

Canada's history has always been on the teat. First mother GB, & later U.S. Could never be Canadian, too cold & we do not follow orders well.

As I always tell you Tommy, Canada is all what the States strived to be, but failed to achieve and never will.

Over the past 240 years, the U.S. has stirred a wide variety in the rest of the world. Love & hatred, fear & hope, envy & contempt, awe & anger. Your posts demonstrate all Pete. 

British scientists have claimed that the Chinese victims of the Chinese virus are at least ten times higher than China is admitting to. Of course Trump knew all this bullshit because his security apparatus told him so and they also told him that China covered up the lethal outbreak, along with its consequences to save that all important aspect of the clinically insane Chinese leadership, 'face.' We can't possibly understand such a concept when it comes to what amounts to global mass murder. Trump and Pompeo also claim they have overwhelming evidence, that's overwhelming evidence that the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan. Mind you, who can believe overwhelming evidence against China? Must be a western imperialist plot against the glorious leader of the divine zzzzzzz. Just ask Turdope. Anyway, back to the truth and what have I told you about the left's reply to anything they don't agree with? Yep, possible violence, as the Chinks are now threatening Britain with 'consequences' whatever that means and our international solidarity! Since when did we ever share a solidarity with China? Our foreign secretary has said that once this is over, China has questions to answer over its origins, which has pissed them off even more. The west has to show a unified front against these lying, devious bastards and make them financially pay for it. 

As I always tell you Tommy, Canada is all what the States strived to be, but failed to achieve and never will.

Over the past 240 years, the U.S. has stirred a wide variety in the rest of the world. Love & hatred, fear & hope, envy & contempt, awe & anger. Your posts demonstrate all Pete. 

So are you saying you are still trying to reach the dizzying heights of being a Canadian and still haven't reached it yet. Do you need another 240 years to work on the love, fear envy and awe thingys? Keep your chin up Tommy. With Trump gone the sun will come out and shine again.

In the complaint, he says he is seeking reinstatement as BARDA's director and asking for a full investigation.

Why is Dr. Fauci not being allowed to speech to the House and why has Trump ordered that he can only speak to the Republican Senate.  

Talk about someone opening trying to divide America.

Why is the WH considering closing down the virus task force now when there are thousands of new cases across America and a death count over 71K.

As I always tell you Tommy, Canada is all what the States strived to be, but failed to achieve and never will.

Over the past 240 years, the U.S. has stirred a wide variety in the rest of the world. Love & hatred, fear & hope, envy & contempt, awe & anger. Your posts demonstrate all Pete. 

So are you saying you are still trying to reach the dizzying heights of being a Canadian and still haven't reached it yet. Do you need another 240 years to work on the love, fear envy and awe thingys? Keep your chin up Tommy. With Trump gone the sun will come out and shine again.

Dizzying? Excellent word (if it is a word) to describe Canada & Canadians Pete. Examples are any of your posts. It is hard not to be smug when you are located between two weak sisters in North America. The Mexicans have better weather, food, & music than Canada tho. 

Why is Dr. Fauci not being allowed to speech to the House and why has Trump ordered that he can only speak to the Republican Senate.  

Talk about someone opening trying to divide America.

Why is the WH considering closing down the virus task force now when there are thousands of new cases across America and a death count over 71K.

Why, have you seen the Kavanaugh debacle? If you have that is the answer, same for dividing. Thousands of new cases are an example of fake numbers. Follow the $ & the payment to hospitals claiming cause of death listed on certificates. 

The road to hell is paved with left wing policies

The road to hell is paved with left wing policies

Breaking news - Scientists, doctors, universities in the U.S. & U.K. working on a vaccine for the virus  are warned about Chink hackers trying to steal research. Keep in mind the first to come up with a viable vaccine will realize power, prestige & of course $ from the findings. 

The road to hell is paved with left wing policies

Breaking news - Scientists, doctors, universities in the U.S. & U.K. working on a vaccine for the virus  are warned about Chink hackers trying to steal research. Keep in mind the first to come up with a viable vaccine will realize power, prestige & of course $ from the findings. 

There is some promise of a vaccine coming in Sept. from scientists at Oxford University. Trials on monkeys have been promising so far with them being free of Covid 19 one month after being infested with it. Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology is 80% confident it will work in humans. 

The Chinese have infiltrated many institutions throughout the west. US universities now find it impossible to get themselves weened of the Chinese tit. This hacking habit is nothing new. I reported on this a few years ago. They have entire buildings full of hundreds of people whose sole job is to spend every waking hour trying to hack into western companies and steal their intellectual property. This is what Trump has been telling everybody about. Of course, the whole western world knows this is going on but gutlessly keeps quiet about it. Should anybody raise their heads over the parapet the Chinese will threaten them in some form, as they are doing now and their useful idiots of the left, like Pete will defend them. There is always political strings attached to everything socialists do, everything but everything is political to them. Today I read that in a town in Britain, a local Labour politician has got together with some Tories to help people in this present crisis and her party has condemned her for fraternising with the opposition.

The Chinese have infiltrated many institutions throughout the west. US universities now find it impossible to get themselves weened of the Chinese tit. This hacking habit is nothing new. I reported on this a few years ago. They have entire buildings full of hundreds of people whose sole job is to spend every waking hour trying to hack into western companies and steal their intellectual property. This is what Trump has been telling everybody about. Of course, the whole western world knows this is going on but gutlessly keeps quiet about it. Should anybody raise their heads over the parapet the Chinese will threaten them in some form, as they are doing now and their useful idiots of the left, like Pete will defend them. There is always political strings attached to everything socialists do, everything but everything is political to them. Today I read that in a town in Britain, a local Labour politician has got together with some Tories to help people in this present crisis and her party has condemned her for fraternising with the opposition.

Yes, Harvard is an example over here. Re: the politicians, pity they have forgotten in many cases you have to cross the aisle to get things done. That used to be a big plus, now you are a traitor to your party. 

Why is Dr. Fauci not being allowed to speech to the House and why has Trump ordered that he can only speak to the Republican Senate.  

Talk about someone opening trying to divide America.

Why is the WH considering closing down the virus task force now when there are thousands of new cases across America and a death count over 71K.

Why, have you seen the Kavanaugh debacle? If you have that is the answer, same for dividing. Thousands of new cases are an example of fake numbers. Follow the $ & the payment to hospitals claiming cause of death listed on certificates. 

Are you saying that the number of news cases aren't rising in many States still? Wish it was true Tommy but you have a long way to go before opening up the country fully. How would they get proper counts if they aren't able to do enough testing all over the States yet. I guess time will tell. Trump is coming across that he doesn't care how many Americans will die from this virus as long as he gets re-elected. Too many seniors still left alive for his liking I guess.

Trump is coming across that he doesn't care how many Americans will die from this virus as long as he gets re-elected. Too many seniors still left alive for his liking I guess. Really, are you going insane? That's the worse case of TDS I've seen so far from you and that's saying something. Let me explain a simple fact the rest of the world knows but appears to have evaded you so far because of the TDS virus, which has completely fecked your mind up, most senior citizens in the US vote Trump. This is a fact which drove young juvenile idiots across the USA to wish for some plague to wipe out all the old folk, who they reckoned were robbing them of their future by electing Trump. Whatever drugs your local quack has given you Pete, I can honestly tell you that you must stop taking them, get alternative. You really do get worse by the day and there has to be a reason for this, the reason you can't reason reasonably anymore I mean.

Why is Dr. Fauci not being allowed to speech to the House and why has Trump ordered that he can only speak to the Republican Senate.  

Talk about someone opening trying to divide America.

Why is the WH considering closing down the virus task force now when there are thousands of new cases across America and a death count over 71K.

Why, have you seen the Kavanaugh debacle? If you have that is the answer, same for dividing. Thousands of new cases are an example of fake numbers. Follow the $ & the payment to hospitals claiming cause of death listed on certificates. 

Are you saying that the number of news cases aren't rising in many States still? Wish it was true Tommy but you have a long way to go before opening up the country fully. How would they get proper counts if they aren't able to do enough testing all over the States yet. I guess time will tell. Trump is coming across that he doesn't care how many Americans will die from this virus as long as he gets re-elected. Too many seniors still left alive for his liking I guess.

Well there you go again Pete. Nobody is talking about opening the country "fully." Not even Trump sez that. In segments or stages, perhaps with the less vulnerable going back to work & old farts with issues still being quarantined. What I am saying is the death numbers are fake, driven by the amount of $ Medicare pays the hospital. You know Pete, evil capitalism at it's worst. LIke the V.C. body count during the war over there, or Canada claiming to be relevant on the world stage. 

Why the COVID-19 death rate is higher in U.S. than Canada

For the most up-to-date COVID-19 information from the Canadian government please visit Canada.ca/COVID19

The nation next door has been a hot topic for Canadians during the coronavirus pandemic, with chatter frequently involving a certain politician who lives in a white Washington mansion.

The U.S. has a COVID-19 mortality rate about two times higher than that of Canada, with more than 200 deaths per million versus 100 per million in Canada. 

CBC News consulted five infectious disease experts, academic studies and data collected by governments and companies to try and find out why.

The overwhelming opinion points to three main contributors: longstanding issues related to health care, politics and one particular city.

While every expert agreed the U.S. government flubbed its early response to the pandemic, most said the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was just one element in the bigger story.

The gap in fatalities between the U.S. and Canada is not a methodological quirk attributable to different reporting methods, the experts said.

The U.S. had 1.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, and more than 71,000 deaths as of Tuesday night, and Canada had more than 63,000 cases and close to 4,300 deaths.

Death rates more reliable measure than cases

Mortality rates are considered a more accurate reflection of the rate of spread than case totals, which rely on inconsistent testing standards across jurisdictions.

"I think per capita deaths are a proxy for the extent of disease activity," said Ashleigh Tuite, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto.

It's important to see the U.S.-Canada disparity in a global context, she said: U.S. death rates are still far lower than those in Spain, Italy and Belgium.

The difference in death rates between the U.S. and Canada could continue to change as the pandemic progresses. In fact, it has been steadily narrowing, according to data published each day by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control,

In March, Americans were dying from COVID-19 at a per-capita rate 3.6 times higher than that of Canadians. In the first half of April, it was 3.1 times. It was 1.7 times in the last half of April. In early May, death rates have been similar.

Cases in the U.S. have already had a direct effect on Canadians. In Ontario, for example, the U.S. was by far the largest source of early imported cases.

The gap in outcomes opened up in March, when the virus hit New York.

New York, New York

The U.S. was unfortunate that its most bustling city got struck early.

"How prepared that initial city or geographic area was will influence your death rate," said Amesh Adalja, a pandemic preparedness fellow at Johns Hopkins University and Medicine in Baltimore.

Cities hit later benefited not only from being less crowded but from having more time to prepare, he said.

Without the Big Apple, the Canada-U.S. gap looks very different. Nearly half the difference disappears. Move beyond the suburbs of New York, and the Canada-U.S. death rates are even closer.

In fact, the death rate from COVID-19 is nearly identical between Canada and the 47 U.S. states that do not include a New York City suburb, based on state- and county-level data compiled by the site Worldometer. 

Such comparisons are statistically dicey, however, because excluding one sub-national region distorts a country's demographics and urban-rural mix.

What's beyond dispute is that New York was clobbered by COVID-19, and one of its defining attributes — crowding — played a role.

New York has no rival in Canada when it comes to population density, which epidemiologists identify as a contributing risk. It has twice the density of Vancouver, Canada's most-crowded city. 

Every weekday, 5.4 million people cram into New York's subway system, pushing its metal turnstiles and filling its cars, with a rail ridership more than six times that of Toronto's subway and streetcar system. 

In early March, before many grasped the severity of the crisis, and before workplaces emptied out, infections rippled through the city, with the transit system a likely transmission vector. 

An MIT researcher, Jeffrey Harris, described it in the title of a working paper, not yet peer-reviewed: "The subways seeded the massive coronavirus epidemic in New York."

New York City was "a fire that could be easily ignited," said John Brownstein, a Canadian-born epidemiologist at Harvard University.

Health access and pre-existing conditions

It's no secret underlying health conditions appear to make COVID-19 deadlier. 

A report just released by the U.S. Centers For Disease Control found nearly three-quarters of those hospitalized in Georgia had pre-existing conditions believed to make COVID-19 more severe.

Hypertension was the most prevalent pre-existing health problem among people in the Georgia study: about 67.5 per cent had high blood pressure. Severe obesity was also on the list.

The U.S. has by far the highest obesity rate in the developed world and slightly higher rates of hypertension than Canada. 

The Georgia study pointed to a wide racial disparity: 83 per cent of patients with coronavirus in hospitals it studied were African-American.

The CDC study is the latest indication of black Americans being hit harder that other population groups by COVID-19. (Comparable data for Canada is not yet available.)

This hints at some gaps in the U.S. health-care system that predated the pandemic. There's a persistent gap in access to care, for example, with visible minorities likelier to lack medical insurance.

Nearly 10 per cent of the American public lacked insurance before the pandemic, and that number is likely to grow as people lose jobs and employer-provided plans.

The U.S. government has promised to cover testing and treatment costs for the uninsured.

But anecdotes and analysis warn of people facing unexpected costs. In particular, minority groups and uninsured people must travel farther for tests, according to a paper Brownstein co-authored.

Minority groups, rural residents, homeless people and those struggling with mental health and addiction are less likely to receive care, according to Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious-disease expert at Stanford University.

"We are seeing high numbers in cities [and] areas where there are historically vulnerable populations," Kuppalli said.

"These types of patients are very difficult to engage in health care and are the most vulnerable."

Politics has an impact

Politics may have played a role in whether or not people practised physical distancing, some American studies suggest.

That's consistent with several U.S. public-opinion polls showing a partisan gap in attitudes about the pandemic, with Republicans less worried than Democrats.

People in counties that voted predominately for Trump in the 2016 election were less likely to perceive risk, seek information or practise physical distancing, according to a paper published last month by university researchers in Chicago and Texas.

"Even when, objectively speaking, death is on the line, partisan bias still colours beliefs about facts," study authors wrote. They say their paper, which is not yet peer-reviewed, accounted for differences in population density.

Another paper said what precautions individual Americans took against the virus may have been influenced by what they heard on political talk shows.

Viewers of one Fox News show hosted by Sean Hannity (who initially mocked the pandemic) were less likely to isolate than viewers of another Fox show hosted by Tucker Carlson (who took the threat seriously), according to the paper by researchers at the University of Chicago.

Tracking data collected by Google from smartphones suggests that Canadians practised more physical distancing than American and began doing it earlier.

Google's reports for Saskatchewan and Alberta show people in those provinces doing more distancing than people across the border in Montana and North Dakota. 

Clear public communication is essential in a pandemic, said Saverio Stranges, chair of epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University in London.

Canadian politicians, while not perfect, tried delivering consistent messages at the federal and provincial levels, guided by public-health experts, he said.

In the U.S., Trump repeatedly clashed with state governors at various stages of the crisis — criticizing their performance, blasting some of reopening too slowly, and at one point also accusing a Republican ally in Georgia for reopening too quickly.

Several governors expressed frustration at the mixed-messaging and lack of co-ordinated response and made their own plans for procuring protective equipment and curbing the virus.

Trump was quicker in some aspects of his response than the Canadian government. He limited travel much earlier and promoted the use of masks earlier.

Yet Trump's messaging ebbed and flowed on basic details such as the severity of the crisis.

In February, a month after he restricted travel from China, Trump was still insisting the U.S. would have zero cases soon.

In that same period, Canada's health minister was urging Canadians to stockpile food.

The White House is still blowing hot and cold about the threat level ahead, releasing a cautious plan for reopening, then encouraging protests in several states calling for immediate reopening of the economy.

The initial U.S. response to the pandemic was impeded by a testing debacle at the outset, but the country is now catching up to Canada in per-capita testing rates. 

It has done 23,208 tests per million people compared to Canada's 24,359 per million.

"The federal response in the United States is definitely responsible for where we are," Adalja said. "You had from the beginning mismanagement and downplaying of the threat."

China is now coming under increasing threats and condemnation from the African continent. They are coming together to demand accountability and reparations. This could cause a tricky left wing conundrum, as which side do the lefty's support? Here we have their two little darlings, the Chinese and the blacks at each others throat. Naturally China's answer to Africa's condemnation is threats and retribution. China is mighty pissed off because they've poured millions into Africa and they expect conformity and a bended knee for it, unlike the west who have poured billions into Africa and couldn't tell you where 10% of it actually went. African citizens in China are now facing a government backlash, with Nigeria summoning the Chinese ambassador to tell him that his people are being treated worse than dogs in China. Other countries have also done this. They are being deliberately targeted for their country's condemnation of China. Nigeria has actually come out and said that China's relationship with Nigeria is parasitic. Since when has anybody ever heard of another country outside of Africa being accused of being a parasite in Africa! Nigerian lawyers are now taking China to court in an attempt to sue them. Nigeria has also banned any Chinese who do not get themselves a government issued permit to be there, as China has just treated  African countries as so much contempt and exported as many of their citizens as they saw fit. Nigeria isn't the only country either, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda summoned the Chinese ambassador to complain in the strongest terms about the treatment of their citizens in China, following their condemnation of China and its handling of the Chinese virus. This thuggery by China has caused the African union of nations to meet and come out with a joint statement condemning China for its treatment of African citizens. Meanwhile in Kazakstan, the Chinese ambassador has been summoned over an article in China that stated that Kazakstan was seen as a part of China. Remember, they have no free press in China, a bit like Canada, so that article was written on state instructions. You can't leave France out of these things and they have summoned the Chink ambassador over an article in a Chinese newspaper condemning France for allowing its older citizens to just die. It appears it's only Britain who's keeping its mouth shut and that should end right now.

The road to hell is paved with left wing policies. Seems like British roads are paved with dead by your slow acting Conservative party. It's not only scientists being hacked. I mentioned in a post a couple of weeks ago they are also hacks hospitals doctors and anyone involved in the slightest with the virus. Also it's not just China involved, It's Iran, North Korea and China.

White House Blocks C.D.C. Guidance Over Economic and Religious Concerns

WASHINGTON — As President Trump rushes to reopen the economy, a battle has erupted between the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over the agency’s detailed guidelines to help schools, restaurants, churches and other establishments safely reopen.

A copy of the C.D.C. guidance obtained by The New York Times includes sections for child care programs, schools and day camps, churches and other “communities of faith,” employers with vulnerable workers, restaurants and bars, and mass transit administrators. The recommendations include using disposable dishes and utensils at restaurants, closing every other row of seats in buses and subways while restricting transit routes between areas experiencing different coronavirus infection levels, and separating children at school and camps into groups that should not mix throughout the day.

But White House and other administration officials rejected the recommendations over concerns that they were overly prescriptive, infringed on religious rights and risked further damaging an economy that Mr. Trump was banking on to recover quickly.

A spokesman for the C.D.C. said the guidance was still under discussion with the White House and a revised version could be published soon.

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“Over the last week, C.D.C. has been working on additional recommendations and guidance for reopening communities, returning to public events, and I expect, even today, that we’re going to receive a presentation on that,” Vice President Mike Pence told a local radio show on Thursday. “And C.D.C. will be doing, as they often do, is publishing health care guidance at CDC.gov in the very near future.”

The rejection of the guidelines is the latest confusing signal as the Trump administration struggles to balance President Trump’s desire to reopen the country quickly against the advice of public health experts, who have counseled reopening methodically through a series of steps tied to reduced rates of infection and expanded efforts to control the spread of the virus.

In the Islamic republic of Dearbon Minnesota the authorities have given muslims and mosques permission to call out the daily call to prayer through loud speakers. They didn't give the none Islamic population any say on the matter, Islam literally means surrender and they did. It has also happened in some places in Australia too. Now Turdope is allowing it in Canada and again, none muslims have not been consulted about this. Thousands are now being forced to listen to that nauseating wail across their towns and cities a number of times a day. Now, here's a little prophecy for you. When this Chinese virus comes to an end, do you think the loudspeakers will? I'll bet you anything you like, they are here for good. Complain in the future and you're an Islamophobe, a racist. Make yourself a nuisance and the threats will surely follow, guaranteed.

In the Islamic republic of Dearbon Minnesota the authorities have given muslims and mosques permission to call out the daily call to prayer through loud speakers. They didn't give the none Islamic population any say on the matter, Islam literally means surrender and they did. It has also happened in some places in Australia too. Now Turdope is allowing it in Canada and again, none muslims have not been consulted about this. Thousands are now being forced to listen to that nauseating wail across their towns and cities a number of times a day. Now, here's a little prophecy for you. When this Chinese virus comes to an end, do you think the loudspeakers will? I'll bet you anything you like, they are here for good. Complain in the future and you're an Islamophobe, a racist. Make yourself a nuisance and the threats will surely follow, guaranteed.

Will they beg for $ like the Hari Krishnas?

In the Islamic republic of Dearbon Minnesota the authorities have given muslims and mosques permission to call out the daily call to prayer through loud speakers. They didn't give the none Islamic population any say on the matter, Islam literally means surrender and they did. It has also happened in some places in Australia too. Now Turdope is allowing it in Canada and again, none muslims have not been consulted about this. Thousands are now being forced to listen to that nauseating wail across their towns and cities a number of times a day. Now, here's a little prophecy for you. When this Chinese virus comes to an end, do you think the loudspeakers will? I'll bet you anything you like, they are here for good. Complain in the future and you're an Islamophobe, a racist. Make yourself a nuisance and the threats will surely follow, guaranteed.

Will they beg for $ like the Hari Krishnas?

Now Tommy that sounded a bit catty.  You don't seem to see Hari and the boys at the airports anymore. The call to prayer use to drive me nuts in Egypt. It always seemed to happen when you least expected it and were standing by one of the street speakers.

I see the pork farmers in the States are stuck with thousands of pigs that they can't get rid of and are going to have dispose of them by gun. They are blaming Trump and his trade wars and tarriffs for the last 3 years for their problems.

They are blaming Trump and his trade wars and tarriffs for the last 3 years for their problems. But of course they are. Did anybody ask them if the Chinese virus has had anything do with it as well? Or did the news programmes you watch feed you the usual pig shit?

Bingo. Germany's federal Intelligence service (BND) have issued a report stating that the Chinese president, Jinping, personally asked (read threatened) the WHO puppet, Tedros, to delay giving warnings to the world about the Chinese virus way back in January. The BND estimate that China's interference cost the world up to six weeks lost time in fighting the global spread of the virus. The US Dept of Homeland Security report says that China deliberately kept the virus a secret whilst simultaneously stockpiling medical goods from around the world. Meanwhile 279,000 people have so far been murdered by it, although 4,963 of those are Canadians who were murdered by Britain.

Bingo. Germany's federal Intelligence service (BND) have issued a report stating that the Chinese president, Jinping, personally asked (read threatened) the WHO puppet, Tedros, to delay giving warnings to the world about the Chinese virus way back in January. The BND estimate that China's interference cost the world up to six weeks lost time in fighting the global spread of the virus. The US Dept of Homeland Security report says that China deliberately kept the virus a secret whilst simultaneously stockpiling medical goods from around the world. Meanwhile 279,000 people have so far been murdered by it, although 4,963 of those are Canadians who were murdered by Britain.

Yes Major, but you should have left it up to the Chinks, they do a much better job with the murder thingy.

Bingo. Germany's federal Intelligence service (BND) have issued a report stating that the Chinese president, Jinping, personally asked (read threatened) the WHO puppet, Tedros, to delay giving warnings to the world about the Chinese virus way back in January. The BND estimate that China's interference cost the world up to six weeks lost time in fighting the global spread of the virus. The US Dept of Homeland Security report says that China deliberately kept the virus a secret whilst simultaneously stockpiling medical goods from around the world. Meanwhile 279,000 people have so far been murdered by it, although 4,963 of those are Canadians who were murdered by Britain.

Yes Major, but you should have left it up to the Chinks, they do a much better job with the murder thingy.

Well Major, there is recent evidence that the virus can be passed on from humans to animals now. There was a dead mangled deer on the roadway by the lodge that was deemed killed by Covid 19. You know about quoting government statistics eh?