Canada-U.S. Border

If he thinks the Radisson is anything like a prison cell maybe Canada ought to move the cry baby to one so he understands the difference. Or better still a Covid ward. Maybe too he'd learn to follow procedure like everyone else. I have serious doubt that he did since others are make the crossing without incident.

Those are the rule you follow the rules.

Some people refuse to accept that we're in an unprecedented situation that has the potential to end the human race, and even 1 year into it we're still very much flying blind. More people are dying now that at any time since this pandemic began. Extraordinary measures are called for. The more some people try to get around the precautions the longer all of us will be dealing with it. I suspect that person would have a different view if he were allowed to travel like it's 1999 and he brought the disease home and killed those he loves. I've spoken with several medical professionals who said one thing that sticks with them is how many people are surprised to find that they're dying. They didn't think the danger was real. I can't imagine this as any sort of political ploy since it hardly helps anyone's political future to hurt their economies and inconvenience their constituents. Lots of hard decisions are being made every day.

Canadians are supposed to winter in Hallandale and Hollywood....it's what Snow Birds from Canada do.

Well

I thought that was just the French Canadians.

Unless they moved NY yes we're up north. But I heard it more from people in Miami and out in the mid-west. In NY there's very few who don't understand the seriousness as we were dealing with it when the rest of the country considered it just a NY problem.

I’m just tugging your chain bro don’t be a Biden

In BC we have had an update from our health minister on a new Covid-19 variant that is reported to be more dangerous and more contagious. Currently they expect the response to this variant to extend as far out as April. So, don't be surprised if the border stays closed a while longer than you were told.

I'd never be anyone but me bro. All good.

An African and a Brazilian strain are showing up in the U.S. and they say current vaccines only lessen the severity. They don't keep you from getting it, and I'm also hearing that people who got it before are getting it again. So immunity doesn't seem like it's lasting. We'll get a better handle on it as vaccines get into arms but I fear we'll be dealing with this for a long time to come, including rolling in and out of local and national restrictions. I just heard from a friend in Germany and it's the same there, including the restrictions and the weariness. We often may feel alone but we're all together in a big leaky boat that needs a lot of patches.

Canada has extended it's cruise ban above the Arctic Circle until at least February 2022. This affects cruise ships carrying more than 100 passengers and private craft carrying more than 12 passengers. "Those who violate the passenger-vessel prohibition could be fined up to 1 million Canadian dollars, equivalent to about $779,000, imprisoned for up to 18 months, or both"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-extends-cruise-ban-by-a-year-until-february-2022-11612470951