Are we in a Mel Brooks movie?

Vincent J. Curtis

24 Mar 21

Ontario is plagued with a pandemic, a pandemic of incompetence, and it’s entering its third wave.  Farmers in Simcoe are protesting “burdensome” rules for migrant workers. And Hamilton hospitals are bursting at the seams, SNAFU as usual, it is reported.

Why are pandemic rules in Simcoe burdensome?  Because they’re irrational, not aimed at a particular goal, and applied in chop-logic fashion.  The guy who imposed the latest round of irrationality on famers is the same guy who said last spring people couldn’t visit their cottages on Long Point, where wind and social distancing are the norms.  It wasn’t until the H-N chief medical officer of health got substantial personal blowback that he saw the light and permitted Long Point to be reopened.  Who elected this guy dictator, is my question; and if no one did, why is anyone paying attention to his alleged “orders?”

Really, who is the dumb one: the guy imposing the orders or the disgruntled people following them?  It’s like the toll booth scene from Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles.

Meanwhile, Young Frankenstein, otherwise known as the Hamilton Health Care System has more patients than funded bed.  This seemingly worrisome condition was SNAFU before the pandemic began, but this time it’s serious, folks!  As a show of talent, Young Frankie is doing a little soft-shoe – deploying a popup hospital to handle the overflow. And we’re still supposed to remain concerned and follow direction!  Never mind that the science says that lockdowns don’t work, the WHO strongly advises against lockdowns, and the only people dying are older than three score and ten.  But incant “third wave” and “variants” and we’re not supposed to notice.

If Mel were directing, the stupidity would be funny.

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