This is Canada's "Second Wave" of covid-19 deaths:
Our first lockdown was overly harsh, and the devastating effects on our economy and society have only begun to be felt. Preventable deaths due to unnecessary shutdown of hospitals number in the thousands, and suicides have tripled. We had very few covid-19 deaths here in Canada, even at the peak of this viral pandemic, and our hospital system was hardly even burdened. Year-over-year deaths are the same in 2020 as they have been for decades. It was a nothingburger, and 99.99% of us wouldn't have even known covid existed if not for constant media coverage for the past 10 months.
When deaths went back down to almost zero, the lockdown was only partially lifted. We remain in a permanent state of emergency and the next lockdown is going to be permanent.
And the next lockdown will be whenever we get a "second wave", the powers-that-be tell us.
So when's the second wave and perma-lockdown?
If you measure by positive test results, we're there now. Thanks to record (and in some cases, forced) testing of the public, especially symptom-free people going about their lives, positive test results (aka "cases") are at an all-time high:
Variations on this theme are happening all around the world. Lockdowns, draconian at times, then a partial relaxing for a while, and then an unjustified brutal second (likely permanent) lockdown.
For example, in Ontario and Quebec, a "red zone alert" has been declared, and full martial law is implimented. Canadians are confined to their homes except for emergency reasons, with no unauthorized visitors, and warrantless searches, detainment, and treatment under the "Quarantine Act".
Here in British Columbia, we wonder when a sudden spike in testing - and positive cases - will result in the same thing being done here. We are at the whims of those who decide how much testing is done.
Sweden
Sweden had no lockdown, and only minor restrictions, choosing to educate the public with all available knowledge about the virus, and allowing people to decide for themselves how to handle the risk. The Western mainstream media cajoled them for what they claimed would end up being a horrible and costly mistake.
Here is an update on their death figures:
Where is Sweden's second wave?!?
Oh, if only we'd done things like Sweden! We could still have at least some of our freedom, our economy would be functioning, and covid-19 would be in our rearview mirror!
Instead, here in Canada and elsewhere we're focusing on cases, and using record testing to generate fear and justify further takeover of society.
In other news, have a great weekend.
DRutter
A second wave sounds like when you have a bad morning dump and finish the rest of it at some awkward point in the day after your shower.
Yes it deserves to be made fun of. Corrupt media constructs rather than reports on the truth, and there is no evidence backing the cost-benefit atrocities governments are committing. They're resorting to mass media brainwashing with fear and stupid rhymes like stick to six...six what, glory holes per night?
Meanwhile here in Thailand we've had only 58 deaths IN TOTAL IN 8 MONTHS in a country of 70 million. Why are the borders still locked tight? Because they BELIEVE the stupid western charade and are terrified. So we are in economic freefall with a rising suicide rate. Tourist places like Phuket are 90% abandoned with business unlikely to return. Chinese investors are hovering and prepared to pay ANY stupid price for a "holiday" as soon as it is possible.
One shakes her head and applies another strong coffee.
I used to think that if everyone had the infomation, we would collectively make better decisions. Truth is it's about bias and thought control and most people wanting simply to be told what to do. The sheeple deserve what they get! And the rest of us are scrambling to create a more autonomous life.
Did I say coffee?? 11.30am Sunday so it's not only allowed, but required.
Well, I'm very sorry to hear that's the situation in Thailand, a beautiful country with many wonderful people. There's a rot in the "leadership" of almost every nation today, and it's systemic, global, insidious, creeping through all human societies.
I certainly appreciate your comment, though. I hope you enjoy the coffee!
Coffee is wonderful and we always KNEW we would need to see the collapse of the old order before something new and different could arise. All the apolocalpyse movies fail to show THIS part - the unravelling and the steady failure of systems. We need to keep our eyes on the Big Picture and be aware that's what's happening - and NOT prop it up! In fact, we just need to focus on building the new... cos that's what will survive.
One day at a time.
ENGAGE 25
Yes, we have to be the change, and withdraw support from the corrupt and broken legacy system. Bring on a new world order, I say! One that works for the people and is based on Liberty and voluntary association, not more collectivism based on coercion and violence. The old world order has to go.
Beware the foot-in-the-door plus gradual change. We shut down the world economy based on a media-reported prediction that the whole friggin' world was gonna die; nothingburger, indeed!! If we weren't all so simultaneously traumatized and bankrupt we'd wake up and say what the fuck is this charade we're all still participating in?!
Anybody pretending not to see what's going on now is complicit in the crime!
Crazy as it's all about case's and that's using a test that was never to be used in this way.
Canada has gone totally mad.
Most of the rest of the world is doing the same thing :(