Mat Wright
Trump gets in, takes over Justice - every reporter, union head, environmentalist will be on the list for punishment
RFK jr takes over health policy - Canada becomes the new Underground Railway destination for abortions and vaccines
and this will be the last ever fair vote (if this was even one) in the US - it's a failed state
Mat Wright
well, I've actually had to block @press.coop because the server is spamming Home feeds with repeated articles from media accounts
getting a social media system that isn't a fuck up should not be rocket science (pun intended)
Mat Wright
in summary - that was the scariest debate ever, because Vance totally made Fascism nice, and too many will fall for it - so say good bye to health, women's reproductive rights, voting rights, unions....
Mat Wright
wavering GOP who look at Trump with disdain, are likely seeing Vance tonight as a potential saviour - he's lying through his teeth, he's insidious, he's couching Fascist forces with the semblance of 'nice'
This debate could be a big bounce for the Trump campaign - people might think Trump will cark in a couple years, and this dude looks presidential, and a decent replacement
Dems are cringing right now
Mat Wright
Schools are safe they say, kids don't get sick, kids don't spread, everything is fine - no masks or filtered air required, carry on and shut up
This is the BC school absentee numbers for 2022 - and it's insane, it was like pulling teeth to get the data through FOI - Government does not want this information public, they fight against release
Anecdotally, it's worse now.
Mat Wright
OMFG!! I have seen diplomatic cables criticizing allies on policies and messaging, I have seen (even helped write) speeches that laid out the 'slight differences' with close neighbours
I have NEVER seen this, during an election campaign - this would have been approved right up to cabinet and the PM's office - it's actual cannon fire
Mat Wright
Typically stupid that Canada won't have the newest Covid vaccines available until at least October - US has approved the Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax versions, this should be pro-forma
Mat Wright
Nurse wife - we've sent in 5 care residents to hospital last few days for various conditions, they've all come back in worse shape, said they hardly had any care, or attention due to lack of staff - she tested them, they are ALL Covid+ from hospital
She called Island Health, and has been told hospitals no longer have to report a returning C+ resident or transport patient as 'infectious'
WTAF? If it was Noro, they'd be all over it
utter BS
Mat Wright
@burnoutqueen @Geoffberner @QasimRashid I've been in policy, studied for decades - anytime a Gov says it will be cheaper for capital to run a railway, build a highway or bridge (and toll it) it 100% always backfires and costs billions more to buy back and fix
Every - Single - Time
Mat Wright
San Francisco advises indoor masking as Covid surges, meanwhile all our Canadian PHOs and Federal officials are like 'meh' - our BC PHO goes even further to declare the public health emergency over as ERs across the province struggle and close
Make it make sense
#Covid #Covid19 #CDNpoli #BCpoli
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/mask-recommendation-covid-san-francisco-19599948.php
Mat Wright
and finally, to underscore the utter normalization and serious malfeasance of public health everywhere - San Francisco wastewater signal is at or actually over a record, The Netherlands reporting a 14 fold increase of cases, not seen since Delta took hold in 2021, Greece advising tourists of a major wave and that health care may be limited
None are bringing back actual community measures, no major pressers or warning from governments - it's all a big yawn
Mat Wright
and while we watch Covid rip through the Olympics, it continues to rip through our health systems - Nanaimo hospital is in a constant mess, LTCs are seeing staff drop in record numbers again, calling people back from holidays
If we keep 'treating it like the flu' as the Australian Olympic Committee unbelievably publicly stated, the fall and winter waves will be an absolute crisis
Bring back health masking, make it permanent
Mat Wright
Saying it now - we'll call this the Covid games. These variants ripping through the world, elevating cases to near records, will decimate teams and audiences.
The denialism and utter contempt to what Covid can and will do to athletes should be criminal. Only 2 weeks ago the Tour de France belatedly introduced measures to protect riders.
Enraging: ''but I need to emphasize we are treating Covid no different to other bugs like flu'
Mat Wright
@andymoose literally the conversation I was having when H5N1 crossed into dairy and a few people - the suppression of info began immediately - absolutely nothing will move the needle now
Mat Wright
for the first time on Mastodon had a few obvious quickly created accounts troll, and truly glad to see Admins take them down, delete accounts even before we had to report - this is how social should work - thankyou
Mat Wright
Dear 'Murica - don't screw this opportunity, I actually feel hope for once
Us Canadians are dealing with our own MAGA lying shitheads, and the thought of them and Trump in Governance is just too horrible a thought for all of us and the world
Vote Harris, vote for hope
Mat Wright
@blogdiva Biden not masking after testing positive is the most demoralizing lack of public health leadership and broadcasting total complacency to a disease that is still killing and disabling the people he is sworn to serve
it's fucking unnerving
Mat Wright
@blogdiva and he had a 'cold' at the debate? tested positive now?
these new variants are noted for being hard to detect and people taking far longer to get a positive test
Mat Wright
British Columbia Covid hospitalizations are already more than double what they were this time last year, and the highest since January - the summer wave has hit early driven by immune escaping variants
And why all these new variants and continuing strain on healthcare you ask? Because we have stupid public health leadership that have convinced the majority the pandemic is over, so we keep spreading disease
Mat Wright
As a Canadian looking in to the shit hole of the USA, and unfortunately probably knowing more about the US Constitution and role of government than most Americans -the recent SCOTUS rulings are in fact a coup against the separation of powers - they only give a President immunity to what 'they' will allow, and that will be arbitrary and pernicious depending on their warped sense of loyalty and power
This is exactly what the Nazi Party did when Hitler became Chancellor - own the courts
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