I'm triple vaxxed, have followed all the rules to a tee...and we are nowhere better are we?
They say trust the scientists. Fine. But have you seen so many effed up epidimiologists, infectious disease "celebrities" on social media now that only serve themselves and getting followers and likes? These previously obscure silent heroes have turned into vain pieces of shit? Ryan Imgrund, David Fisman, Colin Furness, etc...just to name a few. People that would have us try and achieve a world with CovidZero, a world with no risk to anything.
So who do you trust now? I know this much. 500 seats in an 18000 seat arena last night is not f***ing science. That is politics. That is wrong, and people's livelihoods are being played around with . Govts are randomly making decisions not based on science, but based on appeasing other affected sectors. Because we all know at any given time, Costco has 500 people in their time with a fraction of the space of the CTC.
This is why they protest. Sure, you are going to have anarchists and extremists at any large rally. But many people are fed up with restrictions that do not follow the science, and continue to trample our constitutional rights.
Countries are starting to see that Omicron is something that you cannot beat. It is time to live with it as best as possible, take some calculated risks and move on with life. there is literally no reason for the CTC to be empty, and with masks on, it should be half full.
We are all tired, but I have some sympathy for the protesters. I do not support illegal assembly, and that should have been dealth with in the parameters of the law. But they are just too many, and the city and police pooched this at the very beginning.
No one has been injured or killed. There has been no rioting or looting. Tremedous , crippling inconveiences coupled with an easy bylaw/police violation with noise. Easy. But there is an underbelly of threat of violence, and it will happen. Better they get the right numbers here and get them out safely. But this will go down and there will be a price to pay