Happy New Year to all and hoping that 2021 will resolve itself as we take each day as it comes!
We find ourselves still in the crux of COVID and not happy about it, but I guess it is what it is…
It is very disconcerting for me and many others that more and more control is seemingly being imposed on Canadians by governments and authorities demanding compliance in the name of the COVID pandemic. As I see it, people have been complying to logical mandates like wearing masks out in public areas and distancing for COVID guidelines, but almost every day, a new ‘surprise’ hits us square in the face to comply with…
…no one allowed in your home (even family) but you can be in a building with numerous individuals from multiple households sitting in a restaurant without a mask?
…now you need to test COVID negative before being allowed to board a plane to come back to your birth country. I am also having a hard time believing/accepting that governments can deny entry into your country of origin; isn’t that a violation of our freedom of rights? It seems that most individuals who were out of country earlier this year and self-isolated for two weeks did the job of bringing down the rates of transmission. Now they are claiming the new strain of COVID transmits faster and that is why they need to impose this new regulation regarding travel but interestingly enough, they are saying that it is less invasive as COVID-19. I personally think the powers that be don't know much about any of it, making directives daily and then changing their mind each day following.
…I recently also heard that households were not allowed to have anyone else in their vehicle for travel. If this is so, then what about taxi cabs and city bus travel? What about those individuals who don’t have the option of taking a personal vehicle and need to rely on a public mode of transportation with no avenue to get groceries, medical supplies or whatever?
I believe people are social creatures and were created to have relationships; I believe that is why God created families. As it looks to me, this is a very serious issue to conquer and divide, making individuals more vulnerable to issues just as great as or greater than the COVID pandemic.
As well, there is information circulating via the internet and social media on a government Strategic Planning Meeting that has laid out a plot for full control of lives and personal assets in our country. As a possible sceptic of government motives, I might possibly be drawn to consider this, but there are questions. In the said information, a person who was part of the committee and privy to the conversation and debate that came forth, is now an informant to the public but without any clarification or credibility as to whom it might be. This individual also stated that at least 30 per cent of the committee members were also concerned for these measures. My question is, ‘If this is so, why is there not a group of individuals coming forth together as a coalition with names or some identification to be able to confirm the credibility of the information?
So many questions and so few answers. have always been made to believe that governments and authorities are to rule on behalf of the people they serve, not to rule over them.
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