On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:13:11 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-02-27 6:51 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:

>It doesn't help that that the quality of science journalism is appalling
>at best and non-existent in the tabloids. It seems that even educated
>people lack critical thinking abilities. It's not quite so bad on this
>side of the border but it's still there.
>I suppose Canadians are seen as "sheeple" by Snag et al. We listen to
>our public health experts and there is no way that our Supreme Court
>wouldn't take heed of scientific evidence when 2-bit pastors take the
>government to court to open their churches. We have a couple of those in
>Alberta. One pastor is being held in clink for refusing to limit the
>size of his Sunday morning services. The majority want those churches
>closed and the pastors locked up.

Quarantining for illness and restricting people who can spread
infection is certainly not new to the US. Measles cases used to get
slapped with quarantine and Typhoid Mary each come to mind.

I do not see why idiots in this country scream about trying to contain
the spread of illness.