Poll Wars: The Scheer Nightmare Is Almost Over

Golly, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday an Abacus poll made it look like Andrew Scheer and his Cons were heading for victory in the next election.

And I really had to wonder about the mental health of many some Canadians, who could stab a decent leader like Justin Trudeau in the back, after all he has done to save them from the horrors of a murderous pandemic.

For it wasn't a pretty sight. 

Are You Ready For A New And Deadly Pandemic?

The other day I took my first ride on the Toronto subway system since the Covid-19 crisis began, and I was both impressed and shocked.

Impressed by the cleanliness of the cars, and the efforts to promote social distancing, but shocked by how many passengers weren't wearing masks.

There are plans to make masks mandatory, but the fact that people have to be forced to wear them is a real problem.

For while Canada has been making good progress in its war on the deadly virus.

Will Quarantine Fatigue Sabotage The Fight Against Covid-19?

It's great to be back in Toronto, where it feels like mid-summer already, and it's hard not to feel that the Covid nightmare is almost over, and that we can all start living again. 

Some shops are reopening, there are finally some boats in the bay, a lot more people are out enjoying the sun, and the company of others... 



But while most gatherings in my neighbourhood are Corona correct *groan* this party was definitely NOT. 

And that's a problem, because sadly, the nightmare isn't over... 




Covid-19 is still very much at large. It's exploding at an alarming rate all over the world, it could still kill thousands of Canadians, and finish off our economy.

So the last thing we need is quarantine fatigue.

If you've found you're no longer disinfecting your hands as often or becoming more lenient toward unnecessary trips outside, you're not alone. This unintentional phenomenon is "caution fatigue" — and you have your brain to blame.

Or complacency.

At 100 days, Canada has just passed a grim milestone – 100,000 cumulative cases. Worldwide, 8.5 million cases. The epicentre has shifted from Asia to Europe to the Americas. 

The first wave is just picking up steam, and second wave could hit even harder in the fall. 

Yet, we’ve moved from anxiety to complacency, without much reason to do so.

Especially since American states that have loosened their lockdowns have seen their cases soar, like Florida which has just recorded more than 3,000 new cases three days in a row, and more than 4,000 on Sunday. 

And as Dr Theresa Tam has warned, it may only take one new case of COVID-19 to start another outbreak in Canada.

As for me, I don't understand why anyone could be complacent when every day we learn something new and scary about the killer virus... 



Like how your blood type could determine whether you live or die.

Having Type A blood was linked to a 50 percent increase in the likelihood that a patient would need to get oxygen or to go on a ventilator, according to the new study.

Or how even if you survive Covid-19 you might never fully recover. 

“When they say ’recovered,’ they don’t tell you that that means you may need a lung transplant,” Antoinette wrote in a Twitter post. “Or that you may come back after discharge with a massive heart attack or stroke, because COVID makes your blood thick as hell. Or that you may have to be on oxygen for the rest of your life.”



But then the problem is most people have no idea what's going on in hospitals all over Canada and the world. Not a clue.

So they don't understand how hard medical workers have to struggle to control the beast, and stop it from killing even more people. 

Which is why I thought this BBC report might be helpful in that regard...



I wish everybody could hear what those doctors and nurses had to say, for it's what many healthcare workers in this country are also saying, as they risk their lives, and the lives of their families every day.

And this is the bottom line:

Unless Canadians can hold it together for a few more weeks, wear masks, respect social distancing guidelines, wash their hands etc, until the virus is truly flattened. And unless governments can increase testing and contact tracing, the pandemic will drag on and on.

Many of the country's medical staff will be too physically and mentally exhausted to continue.

And a lot of Canadians, mainly older ones, could be dead by Christmas...



Let's not let that happen, we're so close to victory let's not blow it now.

We need to help our frontline workers fight that merciless killer, not by clapping in the streets, but by doing our part to really flatten the curve.

And show that we really are, all in this together...

How Justin Trudeau Is Uniting Our Country

In my last post I looked at how the Con media was still trying to find any reason to attack Justin Trudeau.

Even when he said nothing, and even though they risk undermining the war against Covid-19, with their idiot questions about Donald Trump.

But luckily most Canadians understand that, and they are making their feelings clear.

The Covid Children and the Toxic Trudeau Haters

A recent poll suggested that half of all Canadians are experiencing some form of depression, and half are saying they’re feeling hopeless.

So it's not hard to imagine how many Canadian children are feeling. Caught up in a crisis they don't really understand, as well as missing their friends.

So the other day Justin Trudeau decided to reach out to them and their parents.

How The Coronavirus Deniers Are Now Threatening Us All

I must admit that as the days warm up, I'm finding it harder and harder to spend my spare time locked up in my self imposed prison cell.

And the sight of a guy portaging a canoe down the street is enough to drive me wild.

But as much as I long to be free, or understand why so many are desperate to end the lockdown,

I fear that ending it too quickly could lead to disaster. 

How Andrew Scheer Is Burying The Cons

I'm sure for a lot of Canadians it was a recurring nightmare. A question that kept them up at night.

What would have happened if the Cons had won the election and Andrew Scheer not Justin Trudeau was in charge of the war against COVID-19?

Well now they know, and sure enough, it couldn't be more horrifying.

Why Is A Coronavirus Denier Pretending He Is A Progressive?

About three weeks ago I wrote a post looking at those who were still refusing to accept the deadly nature of Covid-19.

I warned that kind of ignorance could kill us.

And I wondered why a Coronavirus denier was blogging at Progressive Bloggers.

Justin Trudeau and the War to Save Canada

Justin Trudeau's last two months must have seemed to him like two years.

For not only has he had to lead the war against COVID-19, and try to stave off economic collapse.

He has also had to deal with the horror of a mass murder, and a fire at his mother's home. 

But somehow he has managed to stay calm, while overseeing the biggest rescue operation in Canadian history.

COVID-19: Why We Still Don't Know How It's Killing Us

I  see the pictures of the coronavirus deniers on TV, echoing the murderous ignorance of their master Donald Trump.

I talk about them with some of the frontline workers who are risking their lives to try to defeat COVID-19.

We try to laugh at them, but it's so hard when the coronavirus they are mocking is so deadly.

Justin Trudeau And The War On COVID -19

He has had to weather one crisis after another. His wife is sick with Covid-19, and he must take care of their children alone, while under self-isolation.

But from that little office he is still governing this country.

Still communicating with other world leaders.

Covid-19: So Who Will Get The Ventilators?

There are few worse ways to die than with a bad case of pneumonia, gasping for every small breath of air, a burning pain in your chest, your panicked eyes bulging out of your head.

But it's the way most Covid-19 patients die, and why ventilators that can pump oxygen into their damaged lungs are so important.

Unfortunately however, there may not be enough breathing machines for everyone. 

Nobody seems to have prepared for a monster like this one...

Covid-19: How To Prevent Our Hospitals From Collapsing

The great Canadian cartoonist Michael de Adder drew that one seventeen years ago, during the SARS outbreak. But it works just as well today.

For it reflects what many people all over Canada are feeling about the latest killer virus, Covid-19, as it keeps ramping up. 

Shock. Fear. Panic. Stunned confusion. Madness.

But as for me, I just hope Canadians can be made to understand one of the biggest lessons of SARS: 

Protect our hospitals and health workers, or watch a pandemic turn into a living nightmare.