No one is blaming Trump or Fox for everything. You said that the "USA shortcomings are more from both administrations", and then used the example of "Biden refuses to give credit to Trump's administration on the vaccine". It was ridiculous. There's plenty of blame to go around with their vaccination results, but there's no need to let Trump and other Republicans off the hook with "both sides" nonsense - we all know what side of the political spectrum most of the Covid and vaccine denial/hesitancy is coming from.

If Trump was still President do you think the US's Vaccination rates would be higher or lower?

buddy, your team is the one either openly anti-vaxxer or reliably dog-whistling to the anti-vaxxers. You're not going to be able to "both sides" your way out of this with a deceptive micro-quote compilation.

Higher as I think he would have wanted to be the 'Saviour' so bad he would have convinced much of his Derps to take it.

Dem supporters and others would never have been issue and this cribbed propaganda video does not suggest that they would because the longer versions all make it clear that while they do not trust Trump as either the expert he wants to be perceived as nor his truthfulness, once they saw and knew the greater Medical community agreed with the Vaccine efficacy, they would then take it.


This video is just pure garbage. If 'Steve' says a vaccine is ready you don't just trust Steve or are anti Science. Trump proved much less trust worthy than any random person named 'Steve' on the street as he has shown he will lie and push unproven things. So caution to Trump declarations =/= anti science =/= anti vax.

The 'both-sides' does not apply, not even a little bit.

If Trump was still President then the let it rip Atlas idiot he had at the end as the lead doctor would be the one pushing for that approach and odds are vaccination rates would be even lower than they are now in the USA.

In the end the derps will still get the delta or other variant form of "natural" vaccination, and maybe some who know people who croak will change their thoughts on it, but otherwise it will just be a derp culling for the next while, and if Trump was President he would not care at all about that - he would still hold rallies, just as he did when he killed that Cain guy with one of them.

This Tweet is ****ing ridiculous. Vaccine was developed during Trump's administration and Democrats are getting it, but they wouldn't if Trump was still in power? LO****ingL. Seems like some pretty top grade projection going on there.

In answer to your silly question, likely higher because the portion of Trump's base that is completely brainwashed would do whatever their dear leader says. SAD!

It would be slightly higher . Democrats would still get it as Fauci would still be there and saying it was safe.

Still baffles me that we assume its 100 million GOP voters not getting the vaccine. African Americans and Latinos account for the highest unvaccinated and I thought they were Democrats.

Canada hit 80% of first doses which is amazing and two months ahead of schedule . Damn I was so wrong on that one

Fauci would not be there if Trump won again. Zero chance of that. Trump would not care at all at that point since he cannot get re-elected another time. Atlas would have been the dude in charge or maybe the person who talked about alien blood.

Republican states lag way behind overall in vaccination rates. If you want to suggest that is due to African Americans then fine, even in low vaccinated states like Idaho and Wyoming.

Muskrat Fall$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$:

Ottawa to give billions to NL to offset costs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mus...ador-1.6119276

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This is the very definition of a failed state (well, province). And now the entire country is going to be on the hook. Guessing that not bailing out the province and letting them privatize everything was never the plan, I just shudder to think what the cost will be once the prime rate edges towards 5%. This is the third time they've gone to the federal well and there's no reason to think that there won't be more good money thrown after bad in the years ahead.

Of course, it's not like anyone - current or former - at Nalcor will ever see the inside of a jail cell.

Lol why respond to Shifty - he's still waiting for Trump to be reinstated via coup. People with his mentality are why we're going to have Liberals running this country for the foreseeable future: it's not as bad as Republican primaries, but leadership races for the PC party are some of the most toxic politics you'll see in Canada.

You could be right about Fauci . Trump fires folks at will

Also I am not saying the 100 million folks who have not gotten the shot are all African American & Latino. No question the folks that are Qanon and extreme right have not got the shot.

I am not sure how you get the 50 % in the USA & 20% in Canada to get the shot.

The fully vaccinated population of the USA is around 50%. Canada is now around 60%.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57869947

As of 16 July, 48.45% of Canadians are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, compared with 48.05% of Americans.

Canada is flying toward 80%+ because we still have a huge chunk waiting the 4 weeks for the second vaccine. USA has had vaccines for months longer so they are barely moving in that regard and will end up in the 55-60% range for now.

I have no idea why you think there is a >0% chance Fauci would be there if Trump won again. He was barely there at the end of his first term. If Trump won again he would fire all the "grown ups in the room" instantly and replace them with people that would do his bidding. Why would he care, he can't lose another election at that point, which was probably the one thing holding him back in his first term.

If you think derps are derping now, just imagine if Trump won and he and his quack doctor and staff were out there doing constant freedom rallies. He probably would not even bother suggesting people should take the vaccine.

You misread my point. I actually agree with you on your point that Trump would have fired Fauci in his second term. Trump is telling folks to get the vaccine at his rallies though he throws in the " I am not forcing you to do it"

You fail to read that I agree with pretty much everything you say.

If you mean a liberal minority government I would agree . If you thought the PC party leadership races are dirty just wait till the next federal election. The ads that Liberal PACs are running out here in Alberta only attack the conservatives. Sadly O'Toole can not win though neither can Trudeau get a majority.

Reality is according to the latest poll the Liberal numbers barely have moved and surprisingly the NDP's have gained.

Yup thx to Harper and it’s friends …..
Quebec was against that idea from the start being really unfair ethically and economically non profitable .

Just to buy votes .
And now trudeau does the same thing .

"Social conservatives", to put a polite term on it, make the leadership race a lite version of a Republican primary in a red state: one of the reasons Scheer lost is because of his views on Abortion and Same-sex marriage (and the fact that he's the prototypical lifer politician). To curry the votes of these conservatives, leadership locks into positions that are unpalatable to a large portion of voters in Canada. The only way to overcome this is with a dynamic, engaging leader - and O'Toole does not fit the bill.

As for the federal election - attack ads are nothing new. If the Liberals start attacking the NDP, then the Conservatives really have to worry.

If I was a betting man, I'd lean more towards a Liberal majority then minority: the NDP isn't going to do as well as people expect and the Conservatives are going to get crushed in Ontario.

Scheer was a horrible pick and cost the conservatives an election. Though I would also say the Liberals would perform better with a different leader. I think the liberals would perform better with Chrysta Freeland at the helm . I think JT is maxed out. I am curious what his future is if he only gets another minority

I agreed with you on the NDP's but will see. The Greens are dead with all their fighting

Will wait and see I expect will be going top the polls in September/October

For example:

https://www.thestar.com/politics/fed...ords-show.html

"Peter MacKay hired bodyguards for his family during Conservative leadership race, records show"

Wtf Alberta is dropping having people isolate who have COVID and most testing? What in the actual ****

Meanwhile in BC cases are shooting up, and mask mandates are returning to the one semi-small area (central Okanagan) that is responsible for the majority of cases.

Its actually a little more detailed than that but when I saw it this morning on the news my reaction was the same WTF and Dr Hinshaw announcing it as well.

I think the right strategy now is to continue getting everyone who wants it their second shot but also fully open and allow whatever spread will ignite to do so.

Whatever burn thru of the unvax'd we get in the summer months will make the coming Fall/Winter that much easier on our healthcare system.

Unlike the US where they have up to 70% of the populace unvax'd in many areas allowing it to run in Canada, I doubt taxes the heatlhcare system beyond its limits, but forestall it until Fall/Winter and then it might.

That seems backwards. If we could magically time a fourth wave (hint: cases are rising now) then wouldn’t we want it later when more people are vaccinated and thus the peak is worse?

Still recommended by the Alberta government but not required to isolate. But what's your issue with it?

The "issue" seems pretty obvious. If people aren't self-isolating when they have covid they will spread it to other people, thus prolonging the pandemic and potentially kill people. Especially with Alberta having stubbornly lower vaccination rates and an R value similar to the 3rd wave peak this is playing with fire. Maybe you think that is all worth it compared to other values, but to not even see the issue is pretty silly.