Social News – COVID-19

 

Do As I Say Not As I Do

 

‘Rules for thee but not for me’.   For example, the response of public health officials and governments to the COVID-19 pandemic has been confusing and harsh.  Yet for the most part, the people have done their best to comply to rules that seem, at best, too late and otherwise, arbitrary.

 

The people reasonably expect government representatives, public health officials, and lobbyists to practice what they preach.

 

So when government representatives, public health officials and lobbyists are caught breaking the rules that they personally advocate, there results a flurry of criticism.  Here are some examples.

 

 

NEWS: Do As I Say Not As I Do

(reverse chronological order)

 

Date

Source

Title

Comment

2023-02-08

Slaynews.com

Bill Gates Says He Uses Private Jets to Fight ‘Climate Change’ Because He’s ‘the Solution’

 

Frank Bergman

 

AO News – Climate Change

 

2022-11-18

TheCounterSignal.com

Ontario CMOH caught partying maskless three days after ‘strongly recommending’ masks

 

Mike Campbell

- Ontario chief medical health officer Dr. Kieran Moore

2022-03-10

Bitchute / Rebel News

The Canadian Government Took 211 People to the UN Climate Change Conference (5 mins)

 

Sheila Gunn Reid

2022-02-21

Gateway Pundit

Democrat New Orleans Mayor Caught Holding Maskless Ball After Reimposing Mask Mandate, Keeping School Kids Muzzled

 

Cristina Laila

-      New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell

2022-01-12

ITV News (UK)

Boris Johnson admits he attended lockdown-breaking party but claims he thought it was work event

 

-      Calls for Boris Johnson’s resignation

-      May 20, 2020 party

-      Partygate

2021-12-17

ITV News (UK)

Simon Case will no longer lead No10 party probe after allegation of party in department's office

 

 

2021-12-14

TheCounterSignal.com

HYPOCRISY: Jyoti Gondek caught maskless despite supporting mask mandates

 

 

2021-12-10

ITV News (UK)

Downing Street staff shown joking in leaked recording about Christmas party they later denied

 

Allegra Stratton

2021-10-07

thepostmillennial.com

Freeland admits most federal employees exempt from proof of vaccination requirements

 

Alex Anas Ahmed

2021-08-10

Youtube / Fox News

Tucker: You're either 'sophisticated' or a 'superspreader' (12 mins)

 

Tucker Carlson

-      Barack Obama’s 60th birthday party with 600+ guests

2021-08-02

rt.com (USA)

‘The reporter wasn’t invited!’ News outlet mocked for twisting story of DC mayor breaking own mask guidance at wedding party

 

-      DC Mayor Muriel Bowser

2021-07-18

Bitchute / The White Rose Ireland

Qualified Nurse Exposes Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau & His Wife Did Not Take the Vaccine! (4 mins)

 

 

 

Press for Truth

2021-07-15

Metro.co.uk (UK)

Houses raided by cops in hunt for Matt Hancock kissing leaker

 

Elisa Menendez

-          Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, UK caught breaking his own social distancing rules

 

AO News – Midazolam

 

2021-06-20

townandcountrymag.com (UK)

All the Photos From the 2021 Royal Ascot

 

Meg Donohue

2021-06-07

Youtube / Toronto Sun

‘RULES FOR THEE BUT NOT FOR ME:’ Travelling Trudeau & company getting special treatment; why? (5 mins)

 

Brian Lilley

-          COVID hotels

-          “exercise in security theatre”
[mark 2:45]

2021-06-02

Twitter / Charlie Angus NDP

AB Premier Jason Kenney & group eating at Edmonton restaurant [original story retracted]

 

Charlie Angus

“sky palace”

(story is completely false, apology article)   (article)

2021-03-01

Toronto Star

Court refuses to say where Ontario judge is located. Defence lawyer says he’s presiding remotely from Barbados

 

Betsy Powell

2021-02-18

Associated Press (USA)

‘Obviously a mistake’: Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar

 

Steve Peoples, Jake Bleiberg

-          Ted Cruz, Texas Senator

2021-02-17

Rogers Media 680 News

Ontario judge mistakenly assigned cases while abroad in Turks and Caicos, court says

 

 

2021-01-11

CBC News

Former hospital CEO who went on Dominican vacation to get more than $1M payout

 

Bobby Hristova

-          Dr. Tom Stewart, St. Joseph’s Health System, Hamilton

2021-01-10

WesternStandardOnline.com

MORGAN: The media sure shut up fast once Nenshi got caught up in the Snowbird Scandal

 

Cory Morgan

-          Alberta

2021-01-08

CBC News

London Health Sciences Centre CEO has travelled to U.S. five times since pandemic began

 

-          London Health Sciences Centre’s President and CEO Dr. Paul Woods

2021-01-01

CTV News

Growing list of Canadian politicians caught travelling abroad despite pandemic

 

Christy Somos

2020-12-31

CTV News

Rod Phillips resigns as Ontario finance minister following secret pandemic getaway

 

Chris Herhalt

-          Rod Phillips

2020-12-29

CTV News

Ontario’s finance minister apologizes after leaving country for personal trip earlier this month

 

Chris Fox, Bryann Aguilar

-          Rod Phillips

2020-12-23

BBC News (USA)

Dr Deborah Birx: White House virus expert quits over holiday travel

 

-          Dr. Deborah Birx, top public health official

2020-12-03

thefederalist.com (USA)

Rules For Thee But Not For Me: A Rundown Of Lockdown Leftists Ignoring Their Own Rules

 

Tristan Justice

-          Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo

-          Austin Mayor Steve

-          Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

-          California Governor Gavin Newsom

-          Denver Mayor Michael Hancock

-          D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser

-          House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

-          Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

-          Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney

-          New York Governor Andrew Cuomo

-          Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti

-          New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

-          New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

2020-12-02

hannity.com (USA)

BUSTED! LA County Supervisor Caught Eating at Restaurant Just HOURS After Banning Dining in Los Angeles

 

Sean Hannity

-     Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

2020-11-25

denverpost.com (USA)

Denver Mayor Hancock apologizes for flying for Thanksgiving after urging others not to travel due to COVID-19

 

Conrad Swanson

-          Denver Mayor Michael Hancock

2020-11-23

rt.com

‘You’re such a D**K’: New Jersey Governor Murphy confronted by protesters as he dines with family at restaurant (VIDEO)

 

-          New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

-          video (twitter)

2020-11-23

CBC News

Windsor mayor breaks COVID restrictions at restaurant, just hours after urging zero tolerance

 

-          Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens

2020-11-17

Fox 11 Los Angeles (USA)

FOX 11 obtains exclusive photos of Gov. Newsom at French restaurant allegedly not following COVID-19 protocols

 

Bill Melugin, Shelly Insheiwat

-          Gavin Newsom, Governor of California

-          (article)

2020-11-16

Fox News

Tucker Carlson: The elites want COVID-19 lockdowns to usher in a ‘Great Reset’ and that should terrify you (11 mins)

 

Tucker Carlson

-          Commentary

2020-10-26

cp24.com

Niagara PC MPP who posted mask-less group photo at banquet hall will not be demoted: Ford

 

Chris Herhalt

-          Niagara MPP Sam Oosterhoff

2020-09-08

Fox News (USA)

San Francisco keeps city-owned gyms open with private gyms still barred from reopening

 

Evie Fordham

2020-04-06

Dailyhive.com

Toronto secures hotel rooms for homeless population during coronavirus

 

Emily Rumball

2020-09-16

CBC News (USA)

Billionaire critic of COVID-19 restrictions says Ottawa let her skip 14-day quarantine

 

Jonathon Gatehouse, Madeline McNair, Albert Leung

2020-09-02

Washington Post (USA)

GOP slams Nancy Pelosi for her indoor haircut in San Francisco, where that’s still banned

 

Jaclyn Peiser

2020-08-08

Rebel News

Caught Lying: Brampton Ontario Mayor Patrick Brown Breaks His Own Pandemic Rules

 

David Menzies

2020-05-06

CNN

UK coronavirus adviser resigns after reports his lover visited during lockdown

 

Milena Vaselinovic, Laura Smith-Spark

-          Primary Imperial College epidemiologist & COVID-19 data modeler, Neil Ferguson

2020-04-14

CBC News

Scheer and family joined other MPs on packed flight to Ottawa, ignoring social distancing rules

 

David Thurton

-          MPs Andrew Scheer, Elizabeth May, Carla Qualtrough

2020-05-11

CBC News

Doug Ford admits daughters visited his home on the weekend, contrary to Ontario's COVID-19 rules

 

Shanifa Nasser

-          ON Premier Doug Ford

2020-04-13

Toronto Sun

LILLEY: Trudeau's cottage visit mocks us and the rules he sets

 

Brian Lilley

-          Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

 

 

Nj Governor phil Murphy caught eating at restaurant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ2OB6TDGLQ

 

 

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