As noted regarding an entirely different subject last week:
When chaos serves the interests of certain groups, there will be chaos.
See Frances Fox Piven for more.*
It's an interesting prism through which to view the world. Do you want to know why the U.S. is mailing out 500 million covid test kits to people, whether they are symptomatic or not? And doing so at the same time unvaccinated front-line health-care workers are being fired whether or not they have antibodies from previous exposure?
Apparently it is in someone's interest that the healthcare system appears overloaded.
From Bloomberg via Crain's Detroit Business, January 17:
New
rules requiring truckers to show proof of vaccination when crossing the
Canada-U.S. border are cutting into shipping capacity and boosting the
cost of hauling everything from broccoli to tomatoes.
The
cost of transporting produce out of California and Arizona to Canada
jumped 25 percent last week as fewer trucks are available to cross the
border, according to George Pitsikoulis, president and chief executive
officer of Montreal-based distributor Canadawide Fruits.
"The lower the supply, the higher the price. Ultimately it's the consumer that pays for this," Pitsikoulis said Monday by phone.
Canada
implemented new rules on Jan. 15 that require border agents to turn
away unvaccinated U.S. truckers, a move industry executives warned could
slow down supply chains that are already under stress. Canadian
truckers who can't show proof of vaccination will be required to
quarantine when they re-enter the country from the U.S.
Shipping is expected to
get disrupted in both directions, with the U.S. set to impose its own
vaccine mandate on foreign travelers on Jan. 22. Only 50 percent to 60
percent of U.S. truckers are vaccinated, according to an estimate from
the American Trucking Associations.
Bison
Transport Inc., one Canada's largest trucking firms, is poised to lose
10 percent of its freight capacity as a result, prompting the company to
boost wages for cross-border drivers and offer signing bonuses of about
$2,000. Those costs have to be passed on to customers, Chief Executive
Officer Rob Penner said....
....MUCH MORE
Chaos baby, chaos!
Previously:
If You Thought #BareShelvesBiden Was Trending Hard, Just Wait For SaturdayFollowup: With Two Days To Go, Chaos Reigns On Canadian Vaccine Mandate For Cross-Border TruckersCanada Still Plans To Refuse Entry To Unvaccinated US Truckers Starting Tomorrow
