Juno News - September 23, 2023


Asking Toronto residents if they will follow Theresa Tam’s new guidelines


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Are you afraid of catching COVID again? Will you take the new Moderna M RNAV vaccine? And will you break out the mask this fall? The answer to all three of those questions is likely no. But that is the advice coming from our self-important public health bureaucrats like Theresa Tam in Ottawa and Kieran Moore in Toronto.

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00:00:00.000 Are you afraid of catching COVID again?
00:00:02.740 Will you take the new Moderna mRNA vaccine
00:00:05.320 that the government is telling all Canadians
00:00:07.040 six months of age and older to take?
00:00:08.900 And will you break out the old muzzle?
00:00:10.440 Will you break out the mask this fall?
00:00:12.760 The answer to all three of those questions is likely no.
00:00:15.240 And for most of you, it'll be more like hell no.
00:00:18.180 But that is the advice coming from our self-important
00:00:20.600 public health bureaucrats like Theresa Tam in Ottawa
00:00:23.660 and Kieran Moore in Toronto.
00:00:25.780 I do think now is the time to get your mask ready
00:00:29.200 if you don't already have them.
00:00:31.340 NACI is reaffirming its guidance
00:00:33.320 on the use of COVID-19 vaccines this fall.
00:00:37.020 NACI recommends authorized age groups
00:00:39.540 get an updated COVID-19 vaccine dose this fall,
00:00:43.460 six months after the last vaccine dose or infection.
00:00:47.120 Despite the fact that COVID cases are at historic lows,
00:00:50.700 in an attempt to try and bring us back to 2020 and 2021,
00:00:54.180 the years of lockdowns and authoritarian mandates,
00:00:57.420 Theresa Tam in Ottawa and Kieran Moore in Toronto
00:01:00.760 and, of course, the legacy media,
00:01:03.300 are now trying to scare everyone
00:01:04.920 into following the public health orders once again.
00:01:08.160 Now, like any public health orders,
00:01:10.200 the public needs to buy into the fear.
00:01:12.520 So we're here at Yonge and Dundas once again,
00:01:14.600 but this time we're here to ask the public
00:01:16.820 if they are buying what these self-important,
00:01:19.620 power-hungry public health bureaucrats are selling. 0.95
00:01:22.880 Toronto isn't what most people would consider
00:01:25.360 to be a conservative city.
00:01:27.440 In fact, far from it.
00:01:28.760 It's not a city that has cultivated
00:01:30.220 a healthy sense of personal liberty.
00:01:32.900 But just looking at a quick glance here,
00:01:35.280 I'm not seeing many masks.
00:01:37.100 So we're going to ask the public 0.93
00:01:38.120 what they think of these ridiculous recommendations
00:01:40.320 and if they're going to be following them this fall. 0.64
00:01:43.120 Let's check it out.
00:01:43.660 Are you afraid of catching COVID this fall?
00:01:48.900 I'm going to get a shot.
00:01:50.780 So you are going to take the new Moderna mRNA shot?
00:01:54.220 I've had no problem with them, so why not?
00:01:56.960 So you think that the government didn't go too far
00:01:59.660 during 2021, 2022 and the measures?
00:02:02.280 I didn't, no.
00:02:03.580 A lot of people did, but I did not.
00:02:05.480 Are you afraid of catching COVID this fall?
00:02:07.480 Yeah.
00:02:08.360 And why not?
00:02:09.400 Because I'm fully vaccinated.
00:02:10.980 Theresa Tam, our public health official,
00:02:13.760 said on Tuesday that Canadians should bring back the mask.
00:02:16.220 You're not wearing a mask. 1.00
00:02:17.520 They're stupid. 1.00
00:02:18.760 They're stupid. 1.00
00:02:19.500 Fucking stupid. 1.00
00:02:20.580 They don't even know what it is. 1.00
00:02:21.900 I mean, like, you know, they just want to...
00:02:23.500 It's all gold.
00:02:24.800 It's politics, bro.
00:02:26.420 Aren't you following the rules
00:02:27.520 by getting all those boosters?
00:02:28.780 No, no.
00:02:30.240 For my own personal being.
00:02:32.080 Do you think the government went too far
00:02:33.540 with mandates and rules in 2021 and 2022,
00:02:36.800 or do you think the government approach was right?
00:02:38.600 I think it was right.
00:02:40.520 It's for our protection.
00:02:42.700 So will you take the new Moderna mRNA vaccine?
00:02:45.400 They're telling everyone to take it.
00:02:46.700 You won't.
00:02:47.600 Tired of this life.
00:02:48.860 Some people like me are allergic to the vaccine.
00:02:52.620 Vaccine, I got a reaction to me.
00:02:56.260 It gave me pain in my back, pain in my neck,
00:03:00.100 and other things.
00:03:01.740 Other things.
00:03:02.780 Damage my eyes, everything.
00:03:04.560 Everything.
00:03:04.780 The vaccine is worse than the disease.
00:03:09.160 This is nonsense.
00:03:10.340 Like, nonsense with a capital N.
00:03:13.440 Anybody buys into that without even testing on humans.
00:03:18.120 This is done without testing.
00:03:19.740 It started in the States.
00:03:20.660 It rolled into here.
00:03:22.980 That's unbelievable.
00:03:24.420 That people would just, yeah, yeah, okay.
00:03:26.120 Okay.
00:03:26.920 Teresa Tam, like what?
00:03:27.960 Treating her like a god.
00:03:29.020 A goddess.
00:03:30.520 Meanwhile, you know, what?
00:03:31.660 Like, what does she know that we don't know?
00:03:33.660 Will you be wearing a mask if the government says to bring back masks?
00:03:37.100 Yeah.
00:03:38.020 I've got a little bit of background in chemical biology.
00:03:40.660 So I know what it is.
00:03:41.780 It's not a cure.
00:03:42.420 It's just protection.
00:03:44.400 And I'm guessing you'll also be taking the new mRNA vaccine as well?
00:03:49.140 Yeah.
00:03:50.640 Yes, I'll take it.
00:03:52.620 You'll take another one?
00:03:53.440 Yeah.
00:03:53.980 Yeah.
00:03:54.200 I don't think we've anything to fear from the vaccines.
00:03:57.460 I think there's a lot of scaremongering going on.
00:04:02.160 But I think it's safer with the vaccine than without it.
00:04:05.600 I won't do none of those things.
00:04:07.520 I don't believe in that anymore.
00:04:09.800 I did at the beginning.
00:04:11.300 I thought they were doing something for us.
00:04:12.880 Right now, I don't believe in none of them.
00:04:14.860 They're seeing the news.
00:04:15.780 Do you think we went too hard with mandates and measures in 2021 and 2022?
00:04:20.220 I think we did quite a bit.
00:04:21.960 Quite too hard, to be honest with you.
00:04:23.820 A lot of business were hurt because of that.
00:04:27.340 And I don't agree with what they did.
00:04:29.660 Will you be taking the shot when it comes out?
00:04:31.500 Yeah, I will.
00:04:32.620 You know what?
00:04:33.300 If I hear that there's a rise in COVID, I probably would bring back my mask and I'd get my shot.
00:04:40.180 Do you think we went too far with mandates in 2021 and 2022 or not far enough?
00:04:44.740 I think we just did the right thing.
00:04:46.840 I think the government was on it.
00:04:48.520 And I think that the health care system took care of everybody.
00:04:51.580 I think it was well handled.
00:04:53.380 All right.
00:04:53.840 Well, there you go.
00:04:54.580 I think the majority of people we spoke to said that they will gladly follow the government's orders once again,
00:05:00.540 if it's to wear a mask, if it's to take the shot.
00:05:03.440 The majority of people we spoke to, despite them not wearing a mask,
00:05:06.480 and even though Theresa Tam told them to wear a mask and get the mask ready,
00:05:10.600 they are going to be taking the vaccine.
00:05:12.560 They're going to be taking the mask and following orders.
00:05:14.900 There are a few people who are done with this.
00:05:17.000 They think it's overblown. 0.97
00:05:18.560 It's ridiculous. 0.93
00:05:19.360 We spoke to a few of those people. 0.89
00:05:21.140 But I have to say it was surprising to hear so many people say,
00:05:24.740 yeah, they're fine with government orders.
00:05:26.940 They're fine with taking the vaccine and the mask.
00:05:29.600 Maybe it's good news for Theresa Tam and the public health bureaucrats 0.99
00:05:33.240 who want to ratchet up the fear once again.
00:05:36.740 But let me know in the comments what you think of Torontonians
00:05:39.320 and their responses to our questions.
00:05:41.600 For True North, I'm Harrison Faulkner.