On 2/27/2021 8:39 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> 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.
>


It doesn't help when so many of our politicians and health care gurus
violate their own rules.