Canada Truck Convoy, what to think about it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has any country actually instituted mandate vaccines for truckers? Or for whole populations? I am truly asking.
I know that many have instituted mandates for health care workers, feds, etc, but has any country ordered all citizens to be vaccinated with covid 19 vaccines?

There are quite a few mandates on truckers, like all of the prior requirements for a commercial driver's license, which include meeting quite a few other minimum health requirements, like:

20/40 correctable vision in each eye

No history or existing diabetic condition that requires insulin injections

Ability to hear a forced whisper from at least five feet away in at least one ear

No issues of high blood pressure

Blood sugar levels are not above 200

Sounds like these CDL truck drivers are pretty healthy compared to the average US citizen. They aren't high risk.

Additionally, the medical examiner will see if you have a history of the following:

Cardiac or respiratory issues

Loss of hearing

Dizziness or fainting

Spinal cord injuries

Stroke

Brain or neurological disorders

Epilepsy or seizures

Digestive problems

Chronic pain

Psychiatric disorders

Kidney disease

Paralysis

Sleep apnea

Your CDL medical exam will also check for any signs of drug or alcohol abuse. You must pass a DOT drug test in order to obtain your CDL medical card.

https://www.cdl.com/cdl-faq/health-medical/what-are-the-medical-requirements-for-a-cdl

Did you not know there were already medical mandates for truckers?

So should we be rolling back all of those "authoritarian" requirements too? Stop requiring seat belts? Get rid of speed limits on the highways? Make stop signs and red lights optional? Stop worrying about people drinking and driving because that's intrusive authoritarian statism getting in the way of glorious freedom?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blah, blah, blah.

More selfish entitled a holes.

Get the shot, morons!

Most of them have. It has been state NUMEROUS times on this thread that it is about authoritarian mandates.

aint nobody gonna tell me nuffin!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Love these men and women protesting tyranny.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think people realize what is happening up there. It’s a huge movement. It’s not really about vaccines, per se because many of the protesters are vaccinated. A Canadian friend sent me this: https://rumble.com/vtj4h0-we-are-standing-at-the-battle-line..html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think people realize what is happening up there. It’s a huge movement. It’s not really about vaccines, per se because many of the protesters are vaccinated. A Canadian friend sent me this: https://rumble.com/vtj4h0-we-are-standing-at-the-battle-line..html

Again, that defies logic. If they already got vaccinated then why are they fighting vaccines?

"Because mandates?"
What about all of the other medical requirements needed to get a commercial driver's license?

It's STUPID no matter how you slice it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think people realize what is happening up there. It’s a huge movement. It’s not really about vaccines, per se because many of the protesters are vaccinated. A Canadian friend sent me this: https://rumble.com/vtj4h0-we-are-standing-at-the-battle-line..html

Again, that defies logic. If they already got vaccinated then why are they fighting vaccines?

"Because mandates?"
What about all of the other medical requirements needed to get a commercial driver's license?

It's STUPID no matter how you slice it.

They are fighting mandates - all of them. Masking, proof of vaccination and whatever else is out there, gathering limits and whatever else is out there.

One group gathered to protest in a Province that is already looking at lifting restrictions, and was before the convoy started.

I'm not sure how they plan to deal with the fact that even IF things are changed in Canada, they have to be vaccinated to get into the U.S.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think people realize what is happening up there. It’s a huge movement. It’s not really about vaccines, per se because many of the protesters are vaccinated. A Canadian friend sent me this: https://rumble.com/vtj4h0-we-are-standing-at-the-battle-line..html

Again, that defies logic. If they already got vaccinated then why are they fighting vaccines?

"Because mandates?"
What about all of the other medical requirements needed to get a commercial driver's license?

It's STUPID no matter how you slice it.

They are fighting mandates - all of them. Masking, proof of vaccination and whatever else is out there, gathering limits and whatever else is out there.

One group gathered to protest in a Province that is already looking at lifting restrictions, and was before the convoy started.

I'm not sure how they plan to deal with the fact that even IF things are changed in Canada, they have to be vaccinated to get into the U.S.

Canada is EXTREMELY locked down compared to America. Businesses, schools etc. People have, quite reasonably, had enough.

[Anonymous]

I say let them convoy, convoy, convoy all they like. None of it will magically make COVID go away. Because, they are pointlessly pissing away a good $270 per day in fuel and other costs of running those rigs, which will soon begin to hurt financially.

And it's all for nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What I don’t understand is why we even need mandates. You can look at the vaccine data, and see that it’s very effective. Why dig in your heels and wait for the government to tell you to get vaccinated, or wear a mask? What happened to common sense? Self-preservation? Caring about the common good?

That’s the point of the truck rally. If 85% are vaccinated, but they are still protesting, clearly they are not protesting about vaccines but rather are protesting against government authority and over-control. This is what liberals just don’t get or wont admit and they’ll post vitriol against anyone who thinks differently than them.

The trucking industry in the US alone is heavily regulated. Look at our port situation in Long Beach.

[Anonymous]

Kinda cool.

Truckers should be supported with all of the supply chain issues in North America.

[Anonymous]

I don't see why truckers need mandatory vaccines? They are riding alone in their cabs the bulk of the time.

When they unload their shipments the loading dock doors are open (fresh air) and usually there is maybe one or two workers in receiving up 60 feet apart.

My truckers would unload their own freight and then off they would go.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile Trudeau's own photographer is helping to make this a racist issue... which it isn't

[Anonymous]

Though, where are Canadian politians? I mean, this is a large gathering and they are not issuing any statements?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:COE means cab over engine. You are pointing out that the graphic is of a North American truck. Canada should simply shut down all sale of diesel fuel unless it’s proven the truck is hauling something. Sorry owners of diesel vehicles and RVs. This is national security. I do think it may be the Russian kompromat that Putin just promised.

Wait, the truck convoy is Putin’s doing? That’s your opinion?

Your schtick isn’t sticking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nova Scotia makes it *illegal* to support the truckers:

https://twitter.com/MichaelPSenger/status/1487464744151760901?s=20&t=AFSNmkEizKuZ2lOhQTj1qw

Citing its powers under the COVID state of emergency beginning March 2020, the government of Nova Scotia, Canada, has declared it illegal to:

•Finance, organize, aid, or participate in a truck convoy

•Line the roadside in support of a truck convoy

Violators face $10,000 fines.

Staggering, when you think about it. I never, ever, thought a liberal democracy would resort to this.

Question the authority of the State and you will be crushed.

Yep, One thing Covid has shown us is that countries that are believed to be led by "freedom loving people" are really authoritarian states. Look at Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Thank goodness for federalism in the US or we would be just like them.

Exactly. One minute the government is trying to make you get a vaccine that prevents you from dying from a deadly disease. Next thing you know, they’ll be marching you into the gas chambers.

If you make government your (you believe) benevolent overlord, able to tell you what WILL be injected into you and how often, then you deserve it when a regime change happens and a not so benevolent overlord does the same.