Ford Lied: We called it

Vincent J. Curtis

8 Jan 21

RE: Ford promises new restrictions

On December 21^st, Premier Doug Ford announced the forthcoming shutdown – and lied through his teeth.  He said the shutdown would be “a temporary, one-time measure” that would last 28 days.  The empirical evidence was, and is, that lockdowns promote transmission.  You may not understand why – the doctors certainly don’t – but you just have to look at the cases curve and watch the case numbers rise as the lockdown becomes stricter.  Ford was bound to increase cases and, therefore, committed to tighten more whether he understood it then or not.

On Friday, it happened.  Ford made plain that he lied on December 21 by announcing that more restrictions are in the offing.  But that doesn’t matter, because his lie about one-time and temporary is founded upon another lie: that our health care system will collapse if he doesn’t.

Hospitals are looking for business.  In April 2020, the Ontario government stated that it had 20,354 acute care beds in the province and 3,504 critical care beds, of which 2,811 were equipped with ventilators.  On January 8^th, Ontario reported 1,446 hospitalized with COVID, 369 in ICU, and 250 on ventilator.  Look at the numbers: Ontario’s health care system is nowhere near collapse from COVID.

Are health care workers stressed?  Yes, they are – because they have been indoctrinated to be.  Tell someone often enough that he looks unwell, and worry about his health, and eventually he’ll start to feel unwell.

Stop the madness, and end the shutdown now!

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