I don’t read Joe Warmington’s stuff.  He’s always been nice to me and I have no personal issue with the man. The reason I didn’t/don’t read anything from Joe?  I don’t believe anything he writes.  Ever.

Sort of like this gassed up, tongue-in-cheek, vaccine conspiracy piece about the death of 75-year-old Larry Caulfield who sadly, died of COVID19 a few days after getting vaccinated.

I’ll highlight the pieces where Joe tries to rape your brain with conjecture after buttering you up with sad words.

The Toronto Sun: Larry Caulfield loved Premier Doug Ford.

He loved Ontario, Canada, his three kids and six grandkids — all of whom urged him to get the coronavirus vaccine.

“We wanted him to be healthy,” said his son, Neil. “We felt it was the right thing to do.”

So the 75-year-old long-haul truck driver went to the Brampton Soccer Centre to get the jab on April 6.

But there is no happy ending to this story.

“You know how you mentioned there were 50 nameless people who were recorded by the government to have died after receiving the vaccine?” asked Neil. “Well my dad was one of those 50.”

He died on April 11 after four miserable days in hospital.

“It was rough,” said Neil, who isn’t even close to being at the end of the grieving process. “He got very sick after that vaccination.”

The big question is, did he die of complications from the inoculation, from COVID-19, or as a result of pre-existing conditions that may have been a contributing factor?

Let’s stop here for a second: So far, Joe has set the table for sadness and done an effective job laying out the framework to create serious vaccine hesitancy.  He’s clearly inferring the vaccine caused Larry’s death in the headline and the first 100 words of his garbage article, but he leaves himself with a legal out with ‘The Big Question’.

It’s not really a question at all actually.  Joe answers that question pretty soundly in the next portion.

It’s not clear, Neil said.What is clear is his dad didn’t show any COVID-19 symptoms before getting that shot.“They counted it as a COVID death, but I’m not sure,” Neil said. “If he did have COVID, he may have gotten it from the line at the vaccination clinic because he was careful and always wore his mask.”When he was getting his dose, Neil said, he noticed that there “was no ventilation” and “the three big fans weren’t spinning and the only door open was the one that everybody was coming in from.”

The 50 dead after receiving the vaccine that Neil mentioned come from Health Canada’s Vaccination Coverage page under the “Reported side-effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Canada” section. The 50 number I reported last week has now been updated to 56 reported dying after receiving the vaccine.

Of the 56 dead, Health Canada says “28 are still under investigation,” while “23 are unlikely linked to a COVID-19 vaccine.”

It also states that “three deaths couldn’t be assessed due to insufficient information” and “two deaths were likely linked to the vaccine (thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome).”

Of the 15,325,183 doses handed out, there have been 5,015 adverse effects reported, 872 of which have been deemed serious. On the issue of blood clotting, Health Canada reported 15 cases.

While public health doctors, and political leaders, have concluded that statistically vaccines are safe for the vast majority, it’s hard to convince Neil of that now. His dad wasn’t a statistic. Neil said it was him who took his dad to the mass vaccination clinic because he believed Ford and others who said this was the best option. “I wanted him to be safe,” Neil said. Although he has regrets, Neil understands there is nothing he can do to change the outcome now. But perhaps the province can call a coroner’s inquest into Larry’s death to learn all aspects of it from A to Z? Larry was a fan of both Ford and late great mayor Rob Ford, went to FordFest parties and had pictures to prove it. Neil holds no animosity toward Ford but does have some questions. “Maybe one day someone can explain to me why dad’s diabetic medication wasn’t covered, but people get free needles and heroin?” said Neil. “Dad got a government-issued needle and a week later I lose my best friend.” Legitimate questions that perhaps the premier could demand answers to in memory of a proud member of Ford Nation named Larry Caulfield.

Thoughts and prayers for the loss of Neil’s Pop.  All life is important and it’s a tragedy.

HOWEVER, Joe is not above using poor Larry Caufield’s death to stay employed and the Toronto Sun doesn’t really give a shit because they’re nothing more than an extension of the Conservative party who don’t really believe in vaccines.  Like Doug.  He doesn’t really believe these vaccines work either.

Nowhere in this article did Joe tell us why the kind of vaccine Larry was injected with because he knows he’s making this shit up.

In the article itself, Joe admits Larry died of Covid19 (which is on his death certificate).

Several times he admits Larry had Covid19 and died of Covid19 while wondering if he MAY have died from an unnamed vaccine despite being told the complete opposite by medical officials.

It’s not irresponsible writing, it’s desperate writing by a desperate writer trying to hang on to his last desperate moment, and I feel sorry for him because of that very sad effort.

Hundreds of Canadians have contracted COVID (some have died) within days of getting their first vaccine because they were asymptomatic when they were vaccinated.  OR they contracted Covid in and around the exact same time as their vaccination which is exactly what happened to Larry Caulfield.

If Joe isn’t getting vaccinated, he should just tell us instead of pimping a 75-year-old man’s death to drive his anti-vax narrative with a misleading headline for guys like Chris Sky who never bother to read the entire thing anyway.

My friend and Canada’s best baseball writer Jeff Blair once called Warmington an ASSHOLE on the radio for gaslighting a racial issue in a Raptor post.  Fuck did I laugh.  I don’t think he’s an asshole, he’s just desperate.

I’d invite Warmington on the show to explain himself but he blocked me a while ago for some reason.

I just found out this morning. I’m crushed.

DB