Covid is not over. It's still out there, it's still killing people. My mom, at 89, a cancer survivor, is still isolated in her home, unable to have guests, visit with friends and family. Alone. If she contacts this virus it's unlikely that she will survive. My friend, at 103, is in the same situation. No visitors, isolated, trapped in her home. The experts tell us that it's all under control now. Bullshit. They have room for you in intensive care. That's "under control". 742 new cases in Canada yesterday. In Tofino, we're back in business. Money rules! In Hot Springs, the folks in charge are wise enough to realize that they're totally on their own, the government isn't concerned with their safety. The lessons of smallpox and other foreign diseases have not been forgotten. In the Pantanal, at the upper reaches of the Amazon jungle, in the world's largest wetlands, there are still native populations that have never contacted a white person. If you trespass onto some parts of the local's territory, they'll kill you, rather than risk allowing you to bring disease into their villages.
Murder now recommended as solution to possible covid infection. Way to go. 9:30 AM
People over 90 and especially over 103 are advised not to go to the Hotsprings anyway. They are likely to slip and fall on the trail. If not, the hot water could make them emotionally prone to hot headed behavior. You, yourself, might understand what I am talking about
I suggest you turn off your phone and stay off the computer. I read an article at the magazine stand while waiting for the grocery checkout. It said "scientists now concerned covid transmissible via the internet". Sounds as reasonable as your sources.
My Dad died 32 years ago. Probably covid. He'd never been to the Amazon so maybe it's true.
Sounds like an excuse for one of those government "resets". A takeover of our provincial parks by other interests. Now who could that be? Government publications describe UNDRIP as based on consultation and not unilateral declaration. Covid is being used as an excuse for decision making without consultation with a major party. The residents of BC. Don't trust the government on this. Their record is acquiescence not meaningful negotiation.
Maybe they just think these areas are too remote to catch the attention of the public.
There must be another reason why Hot Springs Cove Park is closed besides Covid. I see people from Hot Springs and Ahousaht in Tofino every day. Maybe a tree fell on the boardwalk.
to 1:48 I thought it was the Province of BC in consultation with the First Nations at Hot Springs Cove that closed the Park and prohibited entry. Your revealing your hand.
Queen Charlotte Lodge is open. Tin Wis is open. No more checkpoints on local reservations. No vaccine mandates for domestic travel by air. Harrison Hot Springs open. Fish farms are open. WTF ?
There are dozens of First Nations working at the coop without masks. Are they worried about Covid at Hot Springs Cove or is it an excuse to leverage the situation. So much for good faith negotiation.....
All the Provincial Parks in he area of Flores and Hesquiat, even apart from the Hot Springs, and Ahousaht are shown to be closed on BC Provincial Parks websites, as they have been for two years. For some inexplicable reason, that darn Covid virus seems to be much more of a threat in those geographic areas were virtually no one is living. How does that work?
Some Provincial Park maps show the closures extending out into the ocean more than a kilometer. Must be the water borne variety of Covid.
And for some readers with no sense of humour, who don't get it, some comments appearing on these pages are likely to be satirical. I celebrate a sense of humor. Thank you posters. You make my day.
Maquinna Park was established per Order in Council 19/55, 7 January 1955. Area expanded per OIC 1933, 21 December 1990 to include the entire south end of Openit Peninsula, the whole containing 39 ha. more or less. Name changed to Maquinna Marine Park and area expanded per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995, extending to Hesquiat Harbour, the whole now containing 2,667 ha. (1.269 hectares upland and 1,398 hectares of foreshore) more or less.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
The original 35 acres was donated to the province for parkland by Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Clarke of Hot Springs Cove.
Covid is not over. It's still out there, it's still killing people.
ReplyDeleteMy mom, at 89, a cancer survivor, is still isolated in her home, unable to have guests, visit with friends and family. Alone. If she contacts this virus it's unlikely that she will survive.
My friend, at 103, is in the same situation. No visitors, isolated, trapped in her home.
The experts tell us that it's all under control now. Bullshit. They have room for you in intensive care. That's "under control". 742 new cases in Canada yesterday.
In Tofino, we're back in business. Money rules!
In Hot Springs, the folks in charge are wise enough to realize that they're totally on their own, the government isn't concerned with their safety. The lessons of smallpox and other foreign diseases have not been forgotten.
In the Pantanal, at the upper reaches of the Amazon jungle, in the world's largest wetlands, there are still native populations that have never contacted a white person. If you trespass onto some parts of the local's territory, they'll kill you, rather than risk allowing you to bring disease into their villages.
Murder now recommended as solution to possible covid infection. Way to go. 9:30 AM
ReplyDeletePeople over 90 and especially over 103 are advised not to go to the Hotsprings anyway. They are likely to slip and fall on the trail. If not, the hot water could make them emotionally prone to hot headed behavior. You, yourself, might understand what I am talking about
I suggest you turn off your phone and stay off the computer. I read an article at the magazine stand while waiting for the grocery checkout. It said "scientists now concerned covid transmissible via the internet". Sounds as reasonable as your sources.
My Dad died 32 years ago. Probably covid. He'd never been to the Amazon so maybe it's true.
Sounds like an excuse for one of those government "resets". A takeover of our provincial parks by other interests. Now who could that be?
ReplyDeleteGovernment publications describe UNDRIP as based on consultation and not unilateral declaration. Covid is being used as an excuse for decision making without consultation with a major party. The residents of BC. Don't trust the government on this. Their record is acquiescence not meaningful negotiation.
Maybe they just think these areas are too remote to catch the attention of the public.
"never contacted a white person" Sounds rascist
ReplyDeleteThe residents of Hot Springs have every right to prohibit entry to idiots like 10:56 AM.
ReplyDeleteThere must be another reason why Hot Springs Cove Park is closed besides Covid. I see people from Hot Springs and Ahousaht in Tofino every day. Maybe a tree fell on the boardwalk.
ReplyDeleteto 1:48
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the Province of BC in consultation with the First Nations at Hot Springs Cove that closed the Park and prohibited entry. Your revealing your hand.
Queen Charlotte Lodge is open. Tin Wis is open. No more checkpoints on local reservations. No vaccine mandates for domestic travel by air.
ReplyDeleteHarrison Hot Springs open. Fish farms are open. WTF ?
Love this place...... all you need to do is type a couple sentences........ and you get a full day's entertainment in return.
ReplyDeleteThere are dozens of First Nations working at the coop without masks. Are they worried about Covid at Hot Springs Cove or is it an excuse to leverage the situation. So much for good faith negotiation.....
ReplyDeleteShould have let the Japanese in WW2 have the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteAll the Provincial Parks in he area of Flores and Hesquiat, even apart from the Hot Springs, and Ahousaht are shown to be closed on BC Provincial Parks websites, as they have been for two years. For some inexplicable reason, that darn Covid virus seems to be much more of a threat in those geographic areas were virtually no one is living. How does that work?
ReplyDeleteSome Provincial Park maps show the closures extending out into the ocean more than a kilometer. Must be the water borne variety of Covid.
And for some readers with no sense of humour, who don't get it, some comments appearing on these pages are likely to be satirical. I celebrate a sense of humor. Thank you posters. You make my day.
Maquinna Park was established per Order in Council 19/55, 7 January 1955. Area expanded per OIC 1933, 21 December 1990 to include the entire south end of Openit Peninsula, the whole containing 39 ha. more or less. Name changed to Maquinna Marine Park and area expanded per Bill 53: Park Amendment Act 1995, 13 July 1995, extending to Hesquiat Harbour, the whole now containing 2,667 ha. (1.269 hectares upland and 1,398 hectares of foreshore) more or less.
ReplyDeleteSource: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
The original 35 acres was donated to the province for parkland by Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Clarke of Hot Springs Cove.
Portland Point closed to prevent boat to boat transmission of Covid-19
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