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Another day and another message saying I should have a ‘booster’ jab. Another text message I will be ignoring, apart from writing about the experience here. Seriously people? Has no-one else got the memo that you get SARS/COV-2 regardless of whether you’ve been vaccinated or not? Or that the current iteration (The “OHMIGOD!” variant)is like a heavy cold? So what’s the point?

On the family side of things; ‘North’ was allowed to return to work on Monday after a second negative test, so she’s a lot happier. ‘South’ is happier now the fabled land of Oz is opening up once more and my Canadian Investment broker is getting twitchy over this ‘Freedom Convoy’.

To be honest I’d be more worried about what Trudeau is going to do. Rumours have been circulating of Police snipers deployed against unarmed demonstrators. Police have been arbitrarily confiscating fuel containers from supporters of the protests, and harassing people without obvious grounds, which is a bit dodgy, legally speaking. Nova Scotia declaring that supporting the truck convoys is a ‘crime’ punishable by jail time. The premier of Saskatchewan declaring that the restrictions will be over by this coming weekend. Alberta now making conciliatory noises after Jason Kenney’s outburst. The situation is fast moving, fluid, and events are on a hair trigger.

I think Trudeau has painted himself into a political corner and he will be forever damned if the Police take armed action against unarmed and peaceful (Albeit noisy) truck convoy protests. However, more trucks are coming. The point is coming where he needs to call a general election or double down. Personally I think he’ll do the latter because the Liberals will be trashed at the ballot box.

The worst case scenario for him will be if an armed policeman shoots one of the children of the demonstrators, or ironically hits a counter demonstrator. Then all hell will cut loose. Canadians may have the reputation of being overly polite, but there is a point past which even they will not go.

Not that I’m worried myself here in Auld Ireland. The earnings on our investments have slowed to a trickle over the last two years, but what we lost we made back with a little bit more into the bargain last year, so we’re keeping ahead of the game. However, through not panicking we still have a modest cash reserve even after the various market hiccups. Many others have not been so fortunate, I hear a lot have taken a cold bath over the last two years.

Anyway, it’s not a bad old day up here in Mayo, so I’m off out to shift some foliage while the rain holds off. The world will have to do what it does and I will adjust my actions accordingly.

Update: Alberta will lift all restrictions shortly and a number of other provinces are following suit.

The UK has dropped all restrictions. Ireland are going to drop theirs shortly. They think it’s all over.

I think it is now.

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  1. Yes, you can get omicorn even if you are triple vaxxed (we are, and recently got covid too). Vaccination (in Canada) is still keeping most people who get the virus from ending up in the hospital. We keep hearing about it being a mild disease, but as one hospital doctor recently explained, mild means you don’t end up spending days or weeks in the hospital. It does not mean you couldn’t be very sick at home for days or weeks.

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    1. My two daughters recently tested positive. Neither suffered anything more than mild symptoms despite having had the first two vaccine doses plus booster. My wife and I had our dose back in the beginning (Late 2019) when SARS/COV-2 was in it’s most aggressive phase, and I can confirm that particular variant was nasty, but not that bad. Lasted four weeks. No hospital treatment required or sought.

      The major problems were caused by infected persons being dumped in with a lot of vulnerable elderly in care homes back in March 2020 where a bout of influenza would have caused just as many deaths. The blame for that lies firmly in the court of the professional politicians, who in their panic, ignored the tried and tested 2019 WHO guidelines, resulting in the mess we have been suffering from over the last two years.

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