🚨An appeal🚨

I'm very happy to see the @IdeasInst launch! Please take a look at their website and learn more about them. Please also follow them here on Twitter.

It's still the early days of this organization but expect many great things in the future.

theideasinstitute.org/2022/02/04/the… The mission of the @IdeasInst "is to make a public commitment to the values of the enlightenment: liberty, tolerance, universal rights and rationalism."

This resonates so well with what many of us here believe in, especially as the last two years have strengthened our values.

Ontario 2020-22 comparison in 8 charts.

1. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2022 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths). 2. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today)

Here are two Ontario-focused articles (written by your neighbours!) to share with family and friends who may benefit from knowing they're not alone in feeling that things have gotten out of hand in this province.

The children (and adults) of Ontario are not alright. "Ontario’s children are the victims of abuse. Under any other circumstances, what Ontario’s children are experiencing would be investigated by our police as child abuse."

H/T @LauraRosenCohen

@fordnation @celliottability @Sflecce

brownstone.org/articles/ontar…

Mortality in Canada (thread):

Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Canada, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths.) Canada total weekly deaths 2016 to 2021.

A maternity hospital in Japan has raised concerns about mask usage during pregnancy, noting that the length of umbilical cords has shortened alongside an increase in mask usage during covid.

This was posted on Instagram and is, unsurprisingly, no longer available. The wording of the Instagram post is available here for those who can read Japanese or who want to attempt a translation.

ameblo.jp/zsunsun55z/ent…

Ontario 2020-22 comparison in 8 charts.

1. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2022 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths). 2. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today)

Ontario 2020-22 comparison in 8 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2022 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths).

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 8 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths).

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths).

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths).

COVID-19 au Québec, 2020-21, en six graphiques.

1. Comparaison saisonnière 2020/2021: Décès liés à la Covid-19 (Québec). 2. Comparaison saisonnière 2020/2021: Nouvelles hospitalisations (hors soins intensifs) liées à la Covid-19 (Québec).

Mortality in Canada (thread):

Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Canada, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths.) Canada total weekly deaths January 2010-September 2021.

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. The number of hospitalizations linked to covid-19 in Ontario, 2020-21, relative to historical benchmark levels for influenza and pneumonia. 2. 2020/2021 seasonal comparison: The number of hospitalizations from/with covid-19 in Ontario.

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths).

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths). 2. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today)

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths). 2. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today)

Comparing covid to a war ("the war on covid") is popular, so let's consider what that might really mean.🧵 First, it might mean not only are we losing the war now, we will lose in the end too. Humanity has little chance of "defeating" a seasonal respiratory virus.

Even in the worst pandemic in modern times, the Spanish flu, the virus was never wiped out. It simply won. We lost.

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Weekly all-cause deaths and deaths with/from Covid-19 in Ontario, 2010-2021 (subject to Statistics Canada reporting delay for all-cause deaths). 2. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today)

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 9 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. 2020/2021 seasonal comparison: The number of deaths from/with covid-19 in Ontario.

Deaths Linked to Covid-19 / Décès liés à la Covid-19 (Ontario/Québec) New Hospitalizations Linked to Covid-19 / Nouvelles hospitalisations liées à la Covid-19 (Ontario/Québec)

Ontario 2020-21 comparison in 8 charts.

1. Cases, hosp'zns & deaths indexed to values 1 year earlier. Black line (index=100) is 365 days ago (all values indexed to values on that date).

(Below black bar = < than one year ago today; Above black bar = > than one year ago today) 2. 2020/2021 seasonal comparison: The number of deaths from/with covid-19 in Ontario.