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The View when he took aim at the lockdowns that forced children across the United States to study from home due to health concerns.Speaking about his new book, We’ve Got Issues, Dr Phil was asked about how children should deal with social media platforms.“In, like, ’08, ’09, smartphones came on, and kids started, they stopped living their lives and starting watching people live their lives, and so we saw the biggest spike and the highest levels of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and suicidality, since records have ever been kept, and it’s just continued on and on and on,” Dr Phil said, the Independent reported.He then pivoted to criticise the lockdown orders.“… then Covid hits 10 years later, and the same agencies that knew that, are the agencies that shut down the schools for two years.“Who does that? Who takes away the support system for these children? Who takes it away and shuts it down?“And by the way, when they shut it down, they stopped the mandated reporters from being able to see children that were being abused and sexually molested and in fact sent them home and abandoned them to their abusers, with no way to watch, and referrals dropped 50 percent to 60 percent.”American lawyer and The View host Sunny Hostin interjected: “There was also a pandemic going on…”Her co-host, actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg also pushed back by stating that the lockdowns were an attempt to “save kids’ lives”.“Remember, we know a lot of folks who died during this,” she said.Dr Phil retorted: “Not schoolchildren” before clarifying that children were the “safest group”.“They were the less vulnerable group and they suffered and will suffer more from the mismanagement of Covid than they will from the exposure to Covid.“And that’s not

Taylor Swift is opening up about her songwriting process.

Tish Cyrus is opening up about the lead-up to her divorce from Billy Ray Cyrus.

SNP ministers insisted on adopting a "more cautious" approach to easing lockdown restrictions than in England, the UK Covid Inquiry has heard.

A Covid bereaved group has called on the Scottish and UK governments to tell the “truth” about the early days of the Covid lockdown in Scotland, ahead of the UK Covid Inquiry resuming north of the border. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry resumes on Tuesday with hearings in Edinburgh over the next three weeks.

Demonstrations have erupted in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities Protests are erupting in major cities in China over President Xi Jinping‘s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, an unusual show of defiance in the country as the economic and social costs from snap lockdowns and other strict restrictions escalate.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers across all of Canada to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country's COVID-19 restrictions, a senior government official said Monday.READ: Ambassador Bridge officially reopened after weekThe prime minister met virtually with the leaders of Canada's provinces and planned to address the nation late in the afternoon.In recent days, Trudeau rejected calls to use the military but otherwise said "all options are on the table" to end the protests, including invoking the Emergencies Act, which gives the government broad powers to restore order.The government official who confirmed Trudeau's plans gave no immediate details on precisely how Trudeau intends to use his emergency authority.

wrote in a “Déjà Vu” statement.“While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences. Until real action is taken to show that a concern for humanity must be balanced with commerce, we don’t want our music—or the music we made together—to be on the same platform.”Young started the trend when he pulled his solo catalog from the streaming service last week in protest of “fake information about vaccines” being spread on the popular “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Joni Michell, a contemporary of the 60s supergroup, followed suit on the heels of Young’s announcement and Nash joined the chorus of musicians requesting to flee the service on Tuesday, calling on Spotify to be “responsible and accountable” for its content.The band’s request applies to music the band released both with and without sometimes-member Young, as well as solo releases from Crosby and Stills, according to a press release.Crosby tweeted last month that removing his catalog might be difficult because he sold his recorded music and publishing rights. Music from CSNY, CSN and Crosby, Nash and Stills was still on Spotify as of Thursday night.Rogan, who has a $100 million deal with the streaming service, addressed accusations on Sunday that his show promoted unsanctioned COVID-19 treatments and claimed that vaccinations were harmful to some.“I’m not trying to promote misinformation.

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Evangeline Lilly is making her views on the COVID-19 vaccine quite clear.

Dr. Susan Shaw is the chief medical officer for the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

COVID-19, throngs of anti-vaxxers are now protesting vaccine passports at their workplaces.As a result, the demonstrations have led to patients wading through crowds of anti-vaxxers, and at times provided a challenge for paramedics to find safe passage to transport them.“As a front-line emergency physician practising in three hospitals, this is frankly disgusting,” said Dr. Raghu Venugopal, a Toronto emergency physician.

Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team and others proposed that having people stay home would help limit the spread of the virus. Governments instituted lockdowns to try to prevent a catastrophic number of deaths and ensure that hospitals did not become overwhelmed.

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8 from GTA charged following gathering at Muskoka cottage Officers spoke with several people at the scene, most of whom they say were cooperative.Two people were charged with failing to comply with an emergency order.Fines are $750 for failing to comply with an order and/or $1,000 for preventing others from following an order.

COVID-19 lockdown protests that have been occurring at Meridian Place for the last several weekends.Officials said they’re looking at “possible court action” for an injunction to restrain the organizers of the demonstrations.

Cobourg Police Service has fined seven people under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) for gathering for an anti-lockdown protest in the community on Saturday.Police estimate 40 to 46 people were in attendance at Victoria Park near the downtown for the gathering.Police say music was also being played on the bandshell stage.

COVID-19 restrictions Friday evening, organized by a Vancouver restaurateur who made headlines for defying public health orders.Demonstrators bore signs with slogans including, “No dictatorship in Canada” and “Compliance is a noose.” ‘Get out!’: Crowd chants health inspectors out of B.C. restaurant breaking COVID-19 health order The demonstration, held outside Corduroy Restaurant and organized by owner Rebecca Matthews, was advertised on Instagram as “restaurants against the great reset,” an apparent reference to the online conspiracy theory that COVID-19 is a ruse for world leaders to bring in a “new world order.”Matthews declined an on-camera interview Friday, telling Global News she feels she’s misrepresented by the media.

COVID-19 curfew that many described as unscientific and harmful to society’s most vulnerable.The group stretched across several city blocks as they marched through the Plateau Mont-Royal waving signs, chanting anti-curfew slogans and occasionally booing the police who escorted them on bicycles.Unlike some previous protesters, the ones gathered on Sunday said they supported wearing masks and adopting other health measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, but are against the 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Strathroy, Ont., Saturday.Officials say around 80 to 100 people gathered in downtown to protest. They say many were not wearing masks or social distancing.When asked to leave, police say some demonstrators left while others refused.

COVID-19 lockdown.In the letter, council said people who are planning on coming to the protest in person are putting lives at risk by illegally gathering Public health confirms COVID-19 community outbreak in eastern Grey County “In Barrie, our COVID cases have tripled in one week. The number of people arriving at RVH who are gasping for breath due to severe COVID-19 is growing every day,” council wrote in Thursday’s letter.“You have the right to protest, and should you choose to do so, do it safely.

COVID-19 modelling data from Hamilton public health is suggesting the city may need three months of lockdown measures before being able to step into a less restrictive level of the province’s reopening framework.The assumptions are based on the city’s current state of shutdown and no further measures expected from the province or city to curb potential infections.Dr. Doug Sider, a public health physician, said the data looks “ominous” but suggests getting a handle on the impacts of variants and growing a vaccine program in the weeks could avoid a longer shutdown.

Anil Deshmukh on Monday.

COVID-19.”In a pandemic update on Monday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson said although the city has it’s share of current outbreaks, the case numbers from those surges are not as large as the previous two waves of the pandemic and that most new cases are coming from other sources.“So it’s a bit of a trade off in those two different aspects of the outbreaks, but certainly the majority of our cases at this point are coming from the community broadly,” said Richardson.

COVID-19 restrictions and gathered at Calgary’s Prince’s Island Park to protest pandemic public health restrictions on Saturday.The rally joined others across Canada and many more around the world, organized for March 20. Massive crowd gathers in downtown Kelowna for ‘freedom’ protest rally “That’s what you’re seeing around the world.

COVID-19 data.“I think there’s a distinct possibility that we’re going to see another wave sometime around mid-May,” Kumar told Global News.Kumar said the daily cases have recently been showing signs of creeping back up to a level that’s too close for comfort.He’s particularly concerned about the new variants circulating in the province.On Monday, health officials announced 18 more confirmed cases of the of the B.1.1.7 variant, first discovered in the United Kingdom, in Manitoba.

Thousands of people marched in protest against Quebec’s COVID-19 lockdown measures in Montreal on Saturday, chanting “liberté” alongside heavy police presence. Authorities say several arrests were made. Olivia O’Malley reports.

COVID-19 lockdown measures in Montreal on Saturday, chanting “liberté” alongside heavy police presence.Authorities say several arrests were made and several tickets were issued to demonstrators for not respecting the provincial sanitary measures like mask-wearing and distancing.A post shared by Québec Nouvelles (@quebecnouvelles)A post shared by Québec Nouvelles (@quebecnouvelles)The protest, called the “March of the Rebellious” by its organizers, began at Premier Francois Legault’s downtown Montreal office, where the 8.4 km march is also set to end.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The protest’s social media page said organizers asked that people who attend respect sanitary measures like

COVID-19 in the province and “the ongoing work to protect public health.”The chief medical officer of health and minister will be making their comments at 4 p.m. and you can watch them in this story.

coronavirus crisis now in its eleventh month and Ontario under a stay-at-home order into February, anti-lockdown protests are popping up, mostly on weekends, across the province.In Cobourg, Ont., a small group of protesters gathered in front of Victoria Hall on Saturday.Cobourg Police Service, which has not laid any fines to protesters since the outset of the pandemic, attended.“The group of larger gatherings in front of town hall and other places, our team is meeting with collaborators.

Toronto police have arrested and charged three people including two organizers of an anti-lockdown demonstration in Toronto on Saturday afternoon.Const. Caroline de Kloet told Global News police dispersed crowds at two large gatherings.The two demonstrations were located at Nathan Philips Square and Yonge Dundas Square.

risk from reduced physical activity — especially older adults. Developing a plan to be physically active now will help you to stay strong and healthy through the long winter ahead.While most people are aware of the benefits of physical activity — increased muscle and strength, reduced risk of disease, better quality of life and a lower risk of death — we tend to be less aware of how damaging and expensive reduced physical activity can be.The loss of muscle and strength as you get older (known as sarcopenia) is something with which we are all familiar.

new measures announced on Nov. 24.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Kenney said the province’s R value must be below one by Dec.

lockdown measures in the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic will deal an especially hard blow to small and independent retailers, experts warn.On Friday, the government of Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced sweeping new restrictions to combat the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Toronto and Peel Region, including a temporary ban on in-store shopping for non-essential retailers. The closures will take effect on Monday, ahead of the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend.

coronavirus resurgence is levelling off after wide-ranging restrictions were imposed.In its weekly survey of new infections, Britain’s statistics agency said the rate of growth of the virus in England appeared to be slowing around the time a new four-week lockdown took effect on Nov. 5.

LONDON : Thousands gathered Saturday at London's Trafalgar Square to protest lockdowns and social distancing rules imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19.London’s Metropolitan Police has warned demonstrators to follow social-distancing rules. Police said before the event that officers will first engage with people and explain the social distancing rules, but they may take enforcement action if protesters still fail to comply.

coronavirus cases grow across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning Canadians to remain vigilant or else risk a second lockdown.Trudeau expressed concerns about the rising numbers before launching a two-day cabinet retreat in Ottawa.“We are not out of the woods,” Trudeau said Monday.“The last thing anyone wants is to go into this fall in a lockdown similar to this spring. The way we can prevent that is by remaining vigilant.” Canada’s daily coronavirus cases rise 25% over one week Daily case counts have fluctuated across Canada in recent weeks, with some provinces seeing more significant upticks than others.

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Morrison says she was pleased that organizers encouraged people to wear masks and maintain physical distancing.She says she also knows the importance of large gatherings such as weddings, funerals and graduations, and the province should be able to increase the size of groups that can gather by the end of June or early in July.Prince Edward Island has had just 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and all have recovered.This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 9, 2020.

Barack Obama wants the impact of this moment to be lasting. The former president delivered a heartfelt, inspiring message to this year's graduating class on YouTube Originals'. The over-four hour special, which aired on Sunday, also featured commencement speeches by Barack's wife, Michelle Obama, as well as Beyonce. In his speech, Barack acknowledged how «head-spinning» the last few months must have been for graduates, but urged them not to wish things would go back to normal.

Voters across America navigated curfews and health concerns Tuesday in a slate of primary elections amid duelling national crises as Joe Biden looked to move closer to formally clinching the Democratic presidential nomination.

Piers Corbyn, brother of ex-Labour leader Jeremy, was led away in handcuffs from a lockdown protest in London today.

The latest edition of Money In The Banks event was the second major event WWE held without its live audience due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this year, the production of live shows, movies, and series were canceled to encourage social distancing in an attempt to control the spread of the deadly virus. However, WWE took a stand and decided to hold all its events amid the ongoing lockdown. WWE announced that instead of shooting the matches with a live audience, it will go fan-free and live stream the events.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney wants answers after a man protesting public health lockdown orders was arrested outside the legislature over the weekend.

Police were called to a street in Aberdeen after a group held a protest against coronavirus lockdown.

Protesters in California cities including San Francisco, Huntington Beach, and Sacramento, rallied on Friday to mark May Day with a protest against the state-wide shelter-in-place order to prevent further spread of COVID-19.

Meghan McCain can understand the pressures that are driving U.S. citizens to protest lockdowns in various states.

Numerous protests took place across the United States on Saturday, as residents continued to ask government officials to lift self-isolation restrictions and reopen businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the protests, which occurred in states including California, Nevada, Indiana, and Maryland, began after U.S.

Numerous protests took place across the United States on Saturday, as residents continued to ask government officials to lift self-isolation restrictions and reopen businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the protests, which occurred in states including California, Nevada, Indiana, and Maryland, began after U.S.