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1/29 #THREAD RE #WasagaBeach & #COVID19 Mayhem

The way I see it, @fordnation & @ninabifolchi are deliberately endangering the lives of residents to benefit their own interests, personal or partisan, & they're playing with fire so badly it can only result in death & lawsuits
2/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Last night an ad hoc & indefinite lockdown was ordered, because @fordnation & @ninabifolchi haven't bothered to implement reasonable safety precautions for small towns & especially this vacation town during the #2ndWave

barrie.ctvnews.ca/police-close-o…
3/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

What's worse is @OPP_COMM_CR & @ninabifolchi had advance warning of an unapproved mass gathering & they sought to line their pockets with it instead of enforcing public safety measures due to the pandemic @fordnation

archive.is/rSEUv
4/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Today there's a mob of anti-mask protestors complaining the town was shut down to non-residents & in some regard they have merit, because it was clearly a situation of entrapment to let hundreds of visitors convene in the 1st place @fordnation
5/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

@OPP_COMM_CR & @ninabifolchi treated this super-spreading event like business as normal & a cash cow to feed police & municipal coffers with speeding & parking tickets @fordnation

They didnt give a damn about high risk seniors who retired here
6/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

In fact @OPP_COMM_CR & @ninabifolchi deliberately disobeyed pandemic precautions by escorting super-spreaders into our town beyond a safe capacity @fordnation

They also failed to enforce masks & omitted #COVID19 from the presser
7/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

So with respect, @fordnation, those "yahoos" & people "one fry short of a happy meal" that you keep blaming for spreading the pandemic are no less than the @OPP_COMM_CR itself & rogue mayors such as @ninabifolchi, who value profits over human lives
8/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

The @OPP_COMM_CR & @ninabifolchi waited until the super-spreader event was totally out of control & residents began posting videos of their defiance + anti-mask protest to social media before dispersing @fordnation @ONThealth

9/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

@OPP_COMM_CR let this situation become so dangerous to public health that OPP drones & helicopters arrived to monitor the super-spreader event, that officers based in cruisers & bylaw had permitted @fordnation @ONThealth

archive.is/gyVXT
10/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

@OPP_COMM_CR was disingenuous with media in prior link, saying they enforced #COVID19 safety rules

The police-escorted mega crowd couldn't have grown that large w/o permission & statement defies local video of anti-mask protest @fordnation @ONThealth
11/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

@ninabifolchi was also disingenuous with media, saying "nothing like this has come to town before"

Anyone who lives or vacations here knows it's a lie, contrary to EVERY spring/summer/fall weekend + #WasagaCruisers

archive.is/rSEUv
12/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

In fact, Mayor @ninabifolchi spent the entire pandemic summer blaming @fordnation in MSM headlines. All you have to do is Google to find the pleas, accusations & lobbying regarding the repeated overcrowding here & threat to public safety
13/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Mayor @ninabifolchi has faced repeated criticisms that her family priorities as major land developers & ties to Etobicoke put her in a conflict of interest with the public good & possibly @fordnation

archive.is/ebVvI
14/10 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

But now its more than hypothetical because @fordnation publicly encouraged everyone to visit the cottage, @ninabifolchi
admitted mega-spreader events & @OPP_COMM_CR abetted manipulation of @ONThealth, @CPHO_Canada & @PattyHajdu pandemic rules
15/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Now to address the silent death & damage caused by mixed messaging from @fordnation, @ninabifolchi & @OPP_COMM_CR RE the pandemic & full-time cottage country residents

It'd be helpful if @ONThealth, @CPHO_Canada & @PattyHajdu made it priority
16/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

The fire @fordnation, @ninabifolchi & @OPP_COMM_CR are playing with is real human lives. The so-called right to anti-mask protests does not outweigh public health safety orders & @CPHO_Canada, @PattyHajdu or @CanadianPM may need to intervene
17/29 #COVID19 #ONpoli

Because defiant hotspots like #WasagaBeach exist all over #CDNpoli & all @fordnation, @ninabifolchi or @OPP_COMM_CR are doing is shifting the pandemic death toll from nursing homes to entire retirement communities & rural towns @CPHO_Canada, @PattyHajdu
18/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

What didn't make the news, because rural towns lost local coverage due to the #CDNmedia meltdown, is after @OPP_COMM_CR dispersed the mega-spreader event from Beach Area 1, it reconvened at McDonalds in the centre of town @fordnation
19/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

So all @OPP_COMM_CR did was relocate the pandemic super-spreaders to a location they'd be EVEN MORE contagious, in the heart of town & our only fast food joints

Retirees are the biggest demographic here & this could kill them, @fordnation
20/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

Mayor @ninabifolchi also cancelled the walk-in clinic, our town is chronically underserviced (many have no doctor for several years) & there is no #COVID19 testing. We must visit #Collingwood for healthcare & spread it there too @fordnation @PattyHajdu
21/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Our town doesn't have free media access to stay informed about the pandemic & local issues either

@TorontoStar & @postmedianet charge subscription or sign-up that relinquishes #privacy & personal data, in exchange for news @ONThealth
22/29 #COVID19 #ONpoli

To access local TV updates about the pandemic, we must purchase a cable subscription to watch @CTVBarrieNews & that's still only if @RKleinCTV was dispatched to cover super-spreader events in #WasagaBeach

Internet updates via @ninabifolchi also cost money
23/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

So the whole pandemic public safety plan for rural Ontario relies on residents (think senior citizens on fixed incomes) paying to be allowed to know when & where @OPP_COMM_CR & @ninabifolchi are allowing deadly events @ONThealth @fordnation
24/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Meanwhile, disabled & retired folks can't walk to the limited route for local transit that will take them to #Collingwood for diagnosis, at least during the day @ninabifolchi

@fordnation axed the only bus to Barrie (hospital) too @ONThealth
25/29 #COVID19 #ONpoli

Residents of #WasagaBeach are sitting ducks, just waiting to be killed by the negligence of Mayor @ninabifolchi, Premier @fordnation, the @OPP_COMM_CR & all their anti-mask, super-spreading supporters

Its one heck of a way to win an elxn, no? @CanadianPM
26/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

We have a real problem here & #CDNpoli will have to step in if municipal & provincial authorities are opposed to enforcing pandemic safety measures, in a conflict of interest over $$

@fordnation @ONThealth @PattyHajdu @CPHO_Canada @CanadianPM
27/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli

I'm also affected as a local journo. I became blind during #COVID19, this defiant event risks delaying my surgery & your legacy may yet be silencing the news forever
@fordnation @ONThealth @PattyHajdu @CPHO_Canada @CanadianPM @OPP_COMM_CR @ninabifolchi
28/29 #WasagaBeach #ONpoli #COVID19

Though I gather that could make some of my critics happy, I assure you a morbid legacy won't help any of your careers. Governing to placate the extremist views of Q-Anons still won't convince them to vote

@fordnation @CanadianPM @ninabifolchi
29/29 #WasagaBeach #COVID19 #ONpoli

Finally, I want to assure everyone that we'll see the worst #2ndWave imaginable, if #CDNpoli doesn't get wayward provinces under control

@fordnation @ONThealth @PattyHajdu @CPHO_Canada @CanadianPM @cafreeland @OPP_COMM_CR @ninabifolchi
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30/29 Postscript

RE #WasagaBeach & #COVID19 Weekend Mayhem

As I said in my thread, confirmed by news today:

"Except in best-case scenario, #2ndWave modelling predicts demands on ICU will force cancellation of some surgeries"

#TOpoli #ONpoli #CDNpoli

cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

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