Greg Wycliffe - Reacting to an Ontario Press Conference

00:00:00.200 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:00:03.200 It's just too transmissible.

00:00:05.400 What we can do...

00:00:06.400 Hold on, Doug.

00:00:07.000 I thought you said nothing will stop it.

00:00:08.200 I thought you said nothing will stop it.

00:00:09.800 I feel so sorry for people who actually watch this stuff and hang on to every word.

00:00:19.700 Already, we're seeing tremendous response.

00:00:23.100 He's out of breath.

00:00:24.000 We need to do everything we can to push it back.

00:00:26.600 Everything.

00:00:27.500 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:00:30.000 Sitting back, playing defense is not an option.

00:00:33.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:00:35.700 We will be exploring every option to provide more supports.

00:00:38.700 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:00:41.700 It's just too transmissible.

00:00:43.200 In order to protect our hospitals from being overwhelmed...

00:00:45.800 That happens every year, Doug.

00:00:47.200 ...we need to implement further public health measures.

00:00:48.900 That happens every year, buddy.

00:00:50.200 It's just too transmissible.

00:00:51.600 As always, we will do whatever it takes.

00:00:54.000 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:00:56.600 We will do whatever it takes.

00:00:58.200 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:01:00.600 We will do whatever it takes.

00:01:01.900 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:01:03.900 Now, before I hand it over to Dr. Moore, I want to speak directly to the parents out there.

00:01:09.600 Oh, to the parents.

00:01:10.600 You've been asked to sacrifice so much.

00:01:12.600 We've all dug so deep.

00:01:15.000 What a scumbag. 0.61

00:01:16.000 Now, we need to dig a little deeper.

00:01:18.000 We need to dig a little...

00:01:19.000 Just a little deeper, guys.

00:01:21.000 I see if you and Trudeau were out of office, if I got boosted in every single health minister,

00:01:27.700 I would actually consider getting boosted.

00:01:29.200 But I know that getting boosted will...

00:01:30.700 You guys will still be here.

00:01:31.700 Like many jurisdictions around Ontario...

00:01:32.700 It's Stalin!

00:01:33.700 Ontario is facing a serious threat from the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.

00:01:37.700 The situation continues to evolve rapidly.

00:01:40.400 Be afraid.

00:01:41.400 Ontario's response to Omicron and limit opportunities for transmission...

00:01:45.900 It's just too transmissible.

00:01:47.400 The province is applying a 50% capacity limit in indoor public settings.

00:01:52.600 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:01:55.100 Such as restaurants, bars, gyms, pharmacies, grocery stores, shopping malls, personal care services.

00:02:03.100 Wow.

00:02:04.100 In the dead of winter.

00:02:06.100 In the dead of winter.

00:02:07.100 Wait in line.

00:02:08.100 In the dead of winter, guys.

00:02:10.100 For your health.

00:02:11.100 That won't make flu season worse.

00:02:13.100 That won't overload hospitals worse.

00:02:16.100 Limit the number of people that can sit together to 10 participants.

00:02:19.100 Limit the number of people who can sit together for the betterment of fighting the virus.

00:02:26.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:02:28.100 It would also require patrons to remain seated.

00:02:31.100 Patrons must also remain seated at concert venues, theaters, and cinemas.

00:02:40.100 Wait, no.

00:02:41.100 Wait, wait, wait, wait.

00:02:42.100 Hold on.

00:02:43.100 It also require patrons to remain seated.

00:02:49.100 No standing up.

00:02:53.100 Hey, you.

00:02:54.100 No standing up.

00:02:55.100 You're spreading Omicron.

00:02:57.100 Sit down.

00:02:58.100 Hey, sit down.

00:03:00.100 There's no standing up allowed.

00:03:01.100 This is, this is a lot more cartoonish than I expected.

00:03:05.100 And finally, for informal social gatherings, there will be a limit of 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors.

00:03:12.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:03:15.100 It's extremely stupid.

00:03:16.100 This is not the situation any of us wanted to be in.

00:03:19.100 Yeah.

00:03:20.100 Especially during the holiday season.

00:03:21.100 Yeah, yeah.

00:03:22.100 But that's exactly the situation you're putting all of us in.

00:03:25.100 We didn't want to do this.

00:03:26.100 We, I didn't want to do this to you, babe.

00:03:29.100 I didn't want to have to beat you up like this.

00:03:31.100 But, well, that's what I'm doing.

00:03:33.100 Booster doses that provide an additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:03:37.100 Millions.

00:03:38.100 Hey, doesn't make you immune by the way.

00:03:40.100 But it gives you an additional layer of protection.

00:03:43.100 That provide an additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:03:46.100 Like it's a parka or something.

00:03:48.100 These booster shots are like parkas.

00:03:50.100 They're not actual.

00:03:51.100 They don't actually make you immune to anything.

00:03:53.100 But hey, extra added protection.

00:03:56.100 Be eligible to book an appointment for their booster starting on Monday.

00:04:00.100 Please get yours as soon as you are eligible.

00:04:03.100 Please get yours as soon as you're eligible.

00:04:05.100 And if you still need your first or second dose, now is the time.

00:04:08.100 Now is the time.

00:04:09.100 Now is the time.

00:04:10.100 Now is the time.

00:04:11.100 Yeah.

00:04:12.100 I'm so close.

00:04:13.100 I'm about to.

00:04:14.100 You know what, Stalin?

00:04:15.100 I'm about to go.

00:04:16.100 I'm about to go get it right now.

00:04:18.100 You know what?

00:04:19.100 Now that you said this, I'm going to get it.

00:04:22.100 Guys, I'm going to.

00:04:23.100 We all have a role to play in keeping ourselves, our friends, families, neighbors, and communities

00:04:28.100 safe during this holiday season.

00:04:30.100 Please follow all public health and workplace safety measures.

00:04:34.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:04:36.100 These measures have worked before.

00:04:38.100 Have they?

00:04:40.100 Have they worked before?

00:04:42.100 Because all you've been doing is fear mongering about every single case.

00:04:47.100 Over the coming days and weeks, daily poor skin cases will continue to accelerate.

00:04:51.100 Follow social gathering limits and minimize the number of gatherings you attend and the

00:04:56.100 number of people you gather with throughout the holiday season.

00:04:59.100 Merry Christmas.

00:05:01.100 This is, they're trying to demoralize us and it's not going to happen, folks.

00:05:07.100 It is not going to happen.

00:05:08.100 Stay home if you have symptoms, even if.

00:05:11.100 That would, that one I would actually agree with.

00:05:14.100 If you have symptoms, then maybe stay home.

00:05:17.100 This is what we did before, you know?

00:05:19.100 And back in 2019 when, hey, I'm feeling actually sick.

00:05:22.100 Maybe I shouldn't go to a large gathering because I'm sick.

00:05:25.100 Hey, I'm sick.

00:05:26.100 I'm staying home.

00:05:27.100 That's how things used to be.

00:05:28.100 So out of all that stuff he said, I agree with that one thing.

00:05:31.100 Oh, if you stick, stay home.

00:05:33.100 We didn't need a health Stalin to tell us that.

00:05:36.100 Anyway.

00:05:42.100 The health experts do say that, you know, these are venues where spread is happening and it can happen.

00:05:49.100 Did you make a mistake with your comments?

00:05:52.100 Did you mislead Ontarians?

00:05:54.100 So I want to, I want to call this out right now.

00:05:56.100 This is what I like to call fake accountability.

00:05:59.100 When the media asks these seemingly tough questions like, hey, Doug, you said this and now you're saying that.

00:06:08.100 Which is it, Doug?

00:06:09.100 And it's like, we're CBC holding Doug accountable.

00:06:13.100 And really, it's like, those are not the questions that need to be asked whatsoever.

00:06:18.100 You need to be asking these questions like, hey, is this really necessary to begin with?

00:06:22.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:06:24.100 You just said you can only have 10 people at Christmas dinner.

00:06:27.100 Are these measures, do you think, going to be enough to do what we need to do to avert the worst here?

00:06:32.100 Is this going to be enough?

00:06:35.100 What if it gets really bad, Doug?

00:06:37.100 What if people get sick during flu season, Doug?

00:06:40.100 Can you make it so no one gets sick this winter, even though since the beginning of time people have gotten sick during the winter?

00:06:47.100 Can you, can you make sure no one gets the sniffles, Doug?

00:06:52.100 Yeah, I'm taking the advice from the chief medical officer and this is probably a good question for Dr. Moore to answer.

00:06:58.100 Our goal now is to try to slow the virus down. As we said, nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:07:05.100 To try to build our immunity through the immunization strategy in the first, second and third dose strategy.

00:07:11.100 That is integral over the next coming weeks for every Ontarian to take advantage to get immunized.

00:07:18.100 See, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, no, no, it's not being immunized.

00:07:24.100 To get immunized.

00:07:25.100 These boosters don't immunize people. They add a layer of protection. Those were your own words, man.

00:07:31.100 Booster doses that provide an additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:07:35.100 Additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:07:37.100 I'm going to look up immunized on Google.

00:07:39.100 To render immune. To produce immunity in.

00:07:43.100 Make a person immune to infection.

00:07:47.100 It's not immunization. You said so yourself.

00:07:50.100 Additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:07:52.100 It's a layer of protection. It's a layer of protection.

00:07:54.100 It's a layer of protection like a poncho. It's not immunization.

00:07:57.100 So, doctor.

00:07:59.100 I don't think that's the right terminology.

00:08:02.100 Being immunized because these boosters don't immunize people.

00:08:07.100 Additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:08:09.100 This is a very aggressive virus. It spreads very quickly.

00:08:12.100 Everyone has an individual responsibility to try to limit their total number of contacts.

00:08:17.100 The government, I believe, has taken their responsibility.

00:08:20.100 Get the contacts out of your phone. Limit your contacts.

00:08:23.100 Stop talking to people.

00:08:25.100 Just say goodbye to your mom, okay?

00:08:27.100 Like, you're not going to talk to her ever again.

00:08:29.100 This is just...

00:08:30.100 Guys, we need to slow the spread, okay?

00:08:33.100 This is what we need to do. Limit your contacts.

00:08:36.100 Be very afraid, by the way.

00:08:38.100 If you're not afraid yet...

00:08:39.100 Be very afraid!

00:08:41.100 Let's continue.

00:08:43.100 Look at them in the back.

00:08:46.100 Precautions.

00:08:47.100 Ontarians have been brilliant.

00:08:48.100 Asked to try to limit the spread of this virus.

00:08:50.100 This is how we want you to spend the holidays.

00:08:52.100 But this is moving rapidly.

00:08:53.100 It's moving.

00:08:54.100 It's fluid.

00:08:55.100 It's liquid.

00:08:56.100 It could change again.

00:08:57.100 As we see these numbers...

00:08:58.100 The numbers, guys.

00:08:59.100 Accelerate.

00:09:00.100 Accelerate.

00:09:01.100 I'm just being upfront with you.

00:09:02.100 I'm just being upfront with you.

00:09:03.100 These numbers will accelerate.

00:09:04.100 They will accelerate.

00:09:05.100 That's so...

00:09:06.100 Everyone has a responsibility.

00:09:07.100 Everyone's responsible.

00:09:08.100 Be cautious.

00:09:09.100 Be afraid.

00:09:10.100 Break there. 0.76

00:09:11.100 Don't...

00:09:12.100 Don't...

00:09:13.100 Don't...

00:09:14.100 Don't...

00:09:15.100 Don't...

00:09:16.100 Don't...

00:09:17.100 Don't...

00:09:18.100 Don't...

00:09:19.100 Don't have...

00:09:20.100 Don't have family over for dinner.

00:09:21.100 What are you thinking?

00:09:22.100 Don't have any contact with anyone.

00:09:24.100 Okay?

00:09:25.100 What are you thinking?

00:09:26.100 No more human connection ever.

00:09:28.100 Okay?

00:09:29.100 We need to do this to slow the spread.

00:09:31.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:09:34.100 Listen to Doug.

00:09:35.100 He is the...

00:09:37.100 He is the model of health and safety.

00:09:39.100 Look at this man.

00:09:40.100 Look how...

00:09:41.100 He is the ideal health and safety mascot.

00:09:46.100 Okay?

00:09:47.100 Look how much butter...

00:09:48.100 He probably eats so much butter.

00:09:50.100 And...

00:09:51.100 And...

00:09:52.100 He probably adds a lot of oil into what he eats as well.

00:09:55.100 Guys...

00:09:56.100 Don't you want to survive the winter?

00:09:59.100 Listen to Chubby Doug.

00:10:01.100 Okay?

00:10:02.100 We're asking...

00:10:03.100 For Den...

00:10:04.100 Ten...

00:10:05.100 Be cautious.

00:10:06.100 And...

00:10:07.100 Be prudent.

00:10:08.100 Yeah.

00:10:09.100 Next question.

00:10:10.100 Be afraid.

00:10:11.100 Be terrified.

00:10:12.100 The virus that's doubling every two days.

00:10:14.100 Why wait till Sunday to put these measures in place?

00:10:16.100 And as well...

00:10:17.100 What are you doing to speed up booster doses?

00:10:19.100 We're hearing from those 50 plus who are struggling to book doses.

00:10:22.100 Never mind those.

00:10:23.100 Thank you.

00:10:24.100 This is really irritating.

00:10:25.100 There isn't one journalist who's gonna say,

00:10:28.100 Hey...

00:10:31.100 Mental health.

00:10:33.100 Hey...

00:10:34.100 People waiting outside in the cold.

00:10:36.100 Hey...

00:10:37.100 Flu season happens every year.

00:10:38.100 Like no one...

00:10:39.100 You're not allowed to challenge.

00:10:41.100 You are not allowed to challenge these tyrannical measures.

00:10:44.100 Every...

00:10:45.100 And not only that.

00:10:46.100 Not only can't these...

00:10:47.100 These journalists can't challenge the tyrannical measures.

00:10:50.100 But they're like,

00:10:51.100 Well, why haven't you done this sooner?

00:10:53.100 Doug!

00:10:54.100 Why...

00:10:55.100 Why aren't they stricter?

00:10:56.100 Yeah.

00:10:57.100 This is...

00:10:58.100 Yeah.

00:10:59.100 This is a real...

00:11:00.100 Real hard-hitting journalist.

00:11:01.100 Really.

00:11:02.100 It's fake accountability.

00:11:03.100 Like I said.

00:11:04.100 He doubled the amount of people getting booster shots.

00:11:06.100 Literally in a week.

00:11:07.100 How does that affect case counts, by the way?

00:11:10.100 You doubled the amount of booster shots in a week.

00:11:13.100 I mean, I...

00:11:14.100 My hometown is Kingston.

00:11:15.100 We're almost like fully vaccinated.

00:11:17.100 And we have some of the highest case counts there.

00:11:19.100 But no, we don't really care about...

00:11:21.100 What's it there?

00:11:22.100 Good questions.

00:11:23.100 He doubled the amount of people getting booster shots.

00:11:26.100 Literally in a week.

00:11:28.100 Well, we got a lot of booster shots and it's done nothing.

00:11:31.100 And that's why that's gonna work this time.

00:11:33.100 I'm talking about the frontline healthcare workers.

00:11:35.100 The docks.

00:11:37.100 Many of which have been laid off, by the way, because of mandates.

00:11:40.100 But we're not gonna talk about that either.

00:11:42.100 This province can handle without locking down with this.

00:11:46.100 Oh, lockdown.

00:11:47.100 They said the word.

00:11:48.100 They said the word.

00:11:49.100 We're following the data very closely.

00:11:51.100 We don't want to create over concern regarding this.

00:11:55.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:11:57.100 To be...

00:11:58.100 We're following the data.

00:11:59.100 Wait.

00:12:00.100 Every single day.

00:12:01.100 What?

00:12:02.100 We don't want to create over concern.

00:12:04.100 Over concern.

00:12:05.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:06.100 Every case in Ontario, that's...

00:12:07.100 Whoa.

00:12:08.100 We don't want to create over concern?

00:12:11.100 Did he really?

00:12:13.100 We don't want to create over concern regarding this.

00:12:16.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:18.100 Friends, this variant is unlike anything we've seen.

00:12:21.100 We don't want to create over concern.

00:12:23.100 Modeling tells a scary story.

00:12:25.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:26.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:27.100 The modeling tells a scary story.

00:12:29.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:30.100 The modeling.

00:12:31.100 This...

00:12:32.100 This variant tells a scary story.

00:12:34.100 Does it?

00:12:35.100 Does it?

00:12:36.100 Right now, the United Kingdom is facing a tidal wave of Omicron infections.

00:12:41.100 We don't want to create over concern.

00:12:44.100 That threatens the entirety of their health system.

00:12:47.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:12:49.100 I think it's the media telling the scary story.

00:12:51.100 Anyway.

00:12:52.100 Do you feel safe or feel it's worth the risk to see a grandparent who's had three vaccine shots?

00:12:58.100 Wow.

00:12:59.100 This is an interesting...

00:13:00.100 I personally would advise you to avoid social contact with anyone older, even with two doses.

00:13:05.100 If you are going to interact, I do it outdoors with masking and distancing.

00:13:10.100 It's reasonable across Ontario to enable that.

00:13:14.100 I think all of us have to learn from the last 20 months to best protect those that are older in our communities.

00:13:19.100 I'm sorry to recommend that.

00:13:20.100 I'd obviously have to understand your complete situation.

00:13:22.100 He has a...

00:13:23.100 He has a sick...

00:13:24.100 He has a sick smile on his face while saying, don't see your grandma.

00:13:28.100 Outdoors.

00:13:29.100 Distance.

00:13:30.100 She's triple boosted.

00:13:31.100 He's double boosted.

00:13:32.100 I would prefer that you get your...

00:13:33.100 This is...

00:13:34.100 This is messed up, bro.

00:13:36.100 We don't want to create over concern.

00:13:39.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:13:41.100 It's so funny.

00:13:42.100 I mean, they speak out both sides of their mouth.

00:13:44.100 He's like, don't be overly concerned.

00:13:46.100 Also, don't visit your grandma.

00:13:48.100 Uh, just don't do it.

00:13:50.100 Just get your third dose if you're going to go inside.

00:13:52.100 We want everyone to remain calm.

00:13:54.100 That entails that it's a big deal.

00:13:56.100 If you have to not see your grandma, get it, get another dose.

00:13:59.100 If you want to even go indoors to see somebody like, oh, it's not a big deal though.

00:14:03.100 And we don't want people to, we don't want, we don't want people to worry.

00:14:06.100 You just can't see your grandma this Christmas.

00:14:08.100 What we're doing today is in an abundance of caution.

00:14:10.100 We don't want to create, uh, over concern.

00:14:13.100 The freedom to individuals to be able to more inappropriately, uh, and not infringe any more their personal rights.

00:14:19.100 Um, uh, uh, but...

00:14:21.100 There you have it, folks.

00:14:22.100 But we are infringing on your personal rights, uh, left, right, and center.

00:14:26.100 Not infringe any more their personal rights.

00:14:29.100 Um, uh, uh, but...

00:14:31.100 Knowing how transmissible Omicron is and given the calls for circuit breaker measures from the science table,

00:14:37.100 will you consider closing...

00:14:39.100 Circuit breaker.

00:14:40.100 Shout out to East Coast Canadian who said circuit breaker is the new lockdown.

00:14:44.100 This is the new term.

00:14:45.100 It's not a lockdown.

00:14:46.100 It's a circuit breaker.

00:14:48.100 Cause you're a f***ing idiot, stupid little child.

00:14:51.100 Oh, it's not a lockdown.

00:14:52.100 It's a circuit breaker.

00:14:54.100 Yeah.

00:14:55.100 Okay.

00:14:56.100 And this is, this is moving, uh, rapidly.

00:14:58.100 Rapidly.

00:14:59.100 It's liquid.

00:15:00.100 It's liquid guys.

00:15:01.100 We're pushing the system on all fronts and all cylinders.

00:15:03.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:15:06.100 I want to apologize, uh, to you ahead of time.

00:15:09.100 Uh, thank you.

00:15:10.100 God bless.

00:15:11.100 Be safe and be cautious.

00:15:12.100 Thank you.

00:15:13.100 That is it.

00:15:18.100 They say it's about science, but what did, what really came up scientifically there?

00:15:24.100 Like nothing scientific really came up.

00:15:27.100 It, it's, it's spreading rapidly.

00:15:29.100 It's, it's liquid.

00:15:30.100 Uh, it's spreading quickly.

00:15:32.100 Um, the, he talked about immunization, although that was misleading.

00:15:36.100 Cause he just said it's a layer of protection.

00:15:38.100 So that's not the same thing.

00:15:40.100 Booster doses that provide an additional layer of protection against Omicron.

00:15:44.100 Nothing will stop the spread of Omicron.

00:15:46.100 I feel so sorry for people who actually watch this stuff and hang on to every word because

00:15:53.100 it doesn't make sense.

00:15:54.100 It's, it's like, it, it, it leaves you on edge.

00:15:58.100 It says, don't worry.

00:16:00.100 Also don't see your grandma remove human contact.

00:16:04.100 Don't worry about it.

00:16:05.100 You know, don't have contact with anybody.

00:16:07.100 I don't care if she's triple boosted and you're double boosted.

00:16:11.100 Don't see your grandma.

00:16:12.100 Are you crazy?

00:16:13.100 Don't panic by the way.

00:16:15.100 It's completely insane.

00:16:17.100 Uh, and I've said this for a long time now, but the way that our news media and politicians

00:16:22.100 operate, it's psychological terrorism.

00:16:25.100 That's exactly, that's exactly how I see it.

00:16:29.100 You watch this stuff.

00:16:30.100 You get horrified and terrified.

00:16:32.100 We need to cut out human contact.

00:16:36.100 It's spreading everywhere.

00:16:38.100 Do they actually go into details?

00:16:40.100 No, not really.

00:16:41.100 And not only that, we have our journalists, our investigative journalists essentially egging

00:16:46.100 them on.

00:16:47.100 Uh, well, why isn't there more?

00:16:49.100 Why isn't there more lockdowns?

00:16:51.100 Why didn't you do this sooner?

00:16:53.100 It's disgusting.

00:16:55.100 There was, I guess, the guy from iPolitics did ask one good question.

00:17:00.100 But, uh, once again, it seemed to only stoke even more fear.

00:17:03.100 You know, uh, don't, don't see your grandma ever again.

00:17:07.100 By the way, don't panic.

00:17:08.100 Um, anyway, I'm basically sounding like a broken record.

00:17:12.100 Kind of like these guys are now, but, uh, this is don't be demoralized December.

00:17:17.100 We'll talk to you soon.

00:17:18.100 We'll talk to you soon.

00:17:20.100 See you soon.

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Greg Wycliffe - December 31, 2021

Reacting to an Ontario Press Conference

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