I wrote yesterday how I believed we are now mere weeks from the end of the pandemic. My only fear was that Governments could find some way to screw things up. Well, Justin Trudeau has managed to do just that.
Before I begin, let's review the "success" of the mRNA vaccines:
1. Omicron entered Canada on fully-vaccinated travellers.
2. We know that more than 90 percent of Omicron cases in Denmark were vaccinated. We know that being fully-vaccinated offers zero protection against catching Omicron. (If Canada had decent testing and tracking data, we would know how many fully vaccinated Canadians have had Omicron.)
3. We know that roughly three-quarters of those in hospital with Omicron in England and Denmark were fully vaccinated. (Canada can't or won't tell us the comparable Canadian figures.)
4. We know that almost three-quarters of those who died of Omicron in the UK were vaccinated.
That data is on page 40 of this UK Government report:
Total the unvaccinated and vaccinated columns above and you get 815 unvaccinated and 2,049 vaccinated individuals. In other words, 71.5% of those who died of Omicron were vaccinated. Notice that far and away the biggest demographic of the dead is exactly who I said yesterday it would be: over 80 and fully vaccinated! (I suspect the Canadian data shows a very similar pattern, but the Canadian Government prefers to keep this information private.)
Now, you would think, after the abject failure of the mRNA vaccines to stop or even slow the Omicron wave, Canada's politicians would show a little humility.
They could admit that the end of the pandemic is in sight, not because of vaccines, but because most Canadians will have a robust natural immunity to Coronavirus as a result of surviving infection with Omicron. All that's required to achieve that goal is to wait a few more weeks.
But no, then Canadians might notice the complete ineffectiveness of the mRNA vaccines. To avoid carrying the can for that obvious failure, Canada's politicians are doing their level best to try to blame the unvaccinated for the spread of Omicron, facts be damned.
First we had Quebec's Health Minister saying the unvaccinated should pay higher medicare premiums. Then we had the Government of BC demanding that all teachers reveal their vaccination status.
Today Justin Trudeau has decreed that only fully vaccinated truck drivers can cross the border into and out of Canada.
Something like 20% of long-haul truck drivers are unvaccinated. Truck Driving is a very solitary profession. It's not as though the average truck driver is going to infect many people, compared to, say, a grocery store clerk, who doesn't need to be vaccinated.
There was already a huge shortage of truck drivers for the cross-border trade. It's not as though trucking companies can just go out and hire a bunch of vaccinated replacement drivers. Stuff just won't get delivered; full stop.
We were already seeing lots of empty shelves at grocery stores. Justin Trudeau has just made sure you'll see a whole lot more very soon. And that's assuming all of the cross-border drivers don't go on strike. If that happens, expect grocery stores to be pretty much empty.
Trudeau's actions are guaranteed to damage the Canadian economy, feed inflation, and greatly inconvenience Canadian consumers. They won't slow the spread of Omicron one iota.
If I were a volunteer for the New Democratic Party, I'd be quietly posting signs next to every empty grocery store shelf saying: This Empty Shelf is brought to you by Justin Trudeau:
And in the grocery store washrooms, on the outside of each stall, Conservative Party volunteers should post the following message: "If you voted for Justin Trudeau, you can't shit here. Your asshole is in Ottawa."
PS: I tried to forego writing today, I really did. I was provoked by our politically-correct but brain-dead Prime Minister. It’s only the third week of January and Justin Trudeau has already made himself a shoo-in to win The Award For The Stupidest Thing Done By A Canadian Politician In 2022.
Amazing. Why is it that politicians just want to be as stupid as possible. As you mentioned, mainly 80 yr old vaccinated people are dying, and vaccines aren't changing anything. Instead of admitting to us that the vaccines were a successful failure (a successful failure as vaccine company's made octillions) they decide to practically just say ''Well, we are now gonna make food shortages for fun because a couple of drivers and vaccinated, and drivers aren't stupid so they will riot.''
This just proves humans are getting dumber, in medieval days, if a war occurred, and one side surrendered, the other side would gladly take the victory.
Perhaps you have mistaken the purpose of the vaccine, like most people have. perhaps the purpose of the vaccine was never to "cure" the plague, or to save lives, but simply to keep the population quiet, to give them the idea that "something is being done, so don't worry." Not quite cynically, of course, or even perfectly consciously, but nonetheless to promote "order" and quiet.