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On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:39:49 -0500, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 09:13:11 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>
>>On 2021-02-27 6:51 a.m., Boron Elgar wrote:

>
>>It doesn't help that that the quality of science journalism is appalling
>>at best and non-existent in the tabloids. It seems that even educated
>>people lack critical thinking abilities. It's not quite so bad on this
>>side of the border but it's still there.
>>I suppose Canadians are seen as "sheeple" by Snag et al. We listen to
>>our public health experts and there is no way that our Supreme Court
>>wouldn't take heed of scientific evidence when 2-bit pastors take the
>>government to court to open their churches. We have a couple of those in
>>Alberta. One pastor is being held in clink for refusing to limit the
>>size of his Sunday morning services. The majority want those churches
>>closed and the pastors locked up.

>
>Quarantining for illness and restricting people who can spread
>infection is certainly not new to the US. Measles cases used to get
>slapped with quarantine and Typhoid Mary each come to mind.
>
>I do not see why idiots in this country scream about trying to contain
>the spread of illness.


Because their ignorant and their ignorance fuels their paranoia.

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