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Here we go with today's briefing. The PM explains he was late because he needed to call all three opposition leaders as he can't be in the House himself this afternoon #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
PM Trudeau promises to protect and uphold democratic value and institutions while speed is essential. This is a direct reference to the criticism of the govt for proposing powers for the Finance Minister that would have circumvented Parliament #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
PM Trudeau says a number of flights are still planned to help repatriate stranded Canadians #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
PM Trudeau says we don't know how long restrictions will last but decisions we take today will determine how long they need to be in place. If everyone does their part it will help #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
Go home and stay there or we will put much more stringent measures in place - PM Trudeau #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
"The federal Emergencies Act is a last resort, but as I keep saying all options are on the table... if people do not comply we will have to take additional steps" PM Trudeau #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
PM is asked why not give every tax filer a cheque now - with nearly a million people filing for EI and processing times can be slow - how fast can they expect their cheque? #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
No answer on cheque or when people can expect EI cheques #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
PM is asked "why would you bring politics into a pandemic" re: unprecedented powers proposed in bill. PM answers that this is a very unique time, need to be able to move powerfully and quickly but also respect Parliament #COVID19 #coronavirus #Cdnpoli
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Mercedes Stephenson
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Prime Minister's daily update: the govt will be giving $7.5 million for counselors and trained volunteers to the Kids Help Phone to help support children who need someone to talk to or family support.
For seniors who are isolated and struggling with groceries $9 million to the United Way for health checkins and grocery deliveries #cdnpoli #COVID19 #coronavirus
The PM addresses victims of domestic violence: money for shelters so that victims of domestic violence are not stranded in their home with an abuser.
Side note: police sources have told me anecdotally they are seeing an increase in domestic calls.
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Mercedes Stephenson
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THREAD: The Chief of the Defence staff has updated the troops. Bottom line: get ready to swing into action. Notes Reservists and Canadian Rangers would play a key part. Military prepared to assist provinces, feds and cities #COVID19 #Coronavirus #CAF
The name of the operation for COVID-19 is Operation Laser. The CDS notes that the military will be prepared to help care for Canadians, support governments and provide logistics sea, air and roads. #COVID19 #Coronavirus #CAF
Of interest, Canada's top general is preparing the military to deal with a COVID-19 response at the same time as the annual natural disaster response (floods, fires etc) known as Op Lentus. That's potentially a lot of troops active at one time. A lot. #COVID19 #Coronavirus #CAF
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Mercedes Stephenson
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PM briefing: PMJT beings by saying that he welcomes the Bank of Canada announcement. Strong fiscal action best thing govt can do. Wants to speak to small businesses in particular today. Understands small businesses can't keep employees on payroll but no income #cdnpoli #COVID19
#BREAKING the Prime Minister announces the government will pay up to 75% of wages for qualifying companies and will be backdated to Sunday March 15th #cdnpoli #COVID19
Storefront businesses will also qualify for $40,000 loans with up to $10,000 forgiven #cdnpoli #COVID19
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I’m no virologist but I’m a drug scientist so here are my expert recommendations regarding COVID-19 and substance use. (1/11)

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ted laking
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Thread. So there are plenty of examples that have been tweeted today that suggest what the government claims about their enhanced screening measures is incorrect. 1/

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For example, a national columnist, who went through screening this evening, and was only faced with a computer kiosk that asks one question and was then waved through. 2/

Or this reporter who was only asked if they had travelled to Italy, China, or Iran. No questions about symptoms or if they had even been around anyone with COVID or symptoms. 3/

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captain foresight
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you guys, i’m having a lovely time in my eerily deserted city. i already had covid19 in early feb, i stay stocked up on supplies + i love a reason to knit and read at home all day

i know it’s new to a lot of people, though, so let me be your infectious disease/shut-in guide. AMA
the first thing everybody’s going to want to do is learn how to knit. we’ve all got some long days at home to put in and you can only binge so much tv. knitting keeps you mentally stimulated AND it has a ton of mental and emotional health benefits to ease those pandemic nerves.
the next thing you want to do is buy in bulk and, if possible, get that shit delivered, rather than go to the store.

you live in a small space and can’t store bulk items, you say? so do i. get creative. make it work. you’ll be thankful for that case of tissues later.
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Rev. Scott Anthony ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Looks like @0ctoberReignz is onto something here... the image we have been bombarded with as being “Coronavirus” (specifically 2019-nCoV) is not an actual image of #COVID. It’s a rendition of another virus. In fact, we barely have a decent image of COVID at all!
Here is the best image we have of #COVID / #Coronavirus from the #Wuhan outbreak... this is it... this is the real image.

Doesn’t exactly look like the pretty modeled image we saw just a moment ago does it? Nope... not at all!
What we DO have... is a Electron Scanned Microscopic image of Influenza A... as correctly pointed out by @0ctoberReignz ... so... WTF??

There is definitely something way way off going on here
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Rev. Scott Anthony ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Coronavirus #COVID -19 appears to be jumping at a rate of 117 new cases per hour. Monitoring closely as this seems to indicate a faster rate of infection than was previously reported. Could be an anomaly. The deaths did not jump however... so that’s good.
Yesterday’s tweet on the Diamond Princess coronavirus issue:
Flight issues on Delta and Hawaiian Airlines:
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