I'm starting this thread as a side discussion of all things Corona Virus related. I understand that this is going to be discussed in almost all other topic threads but we could collect news and other items here. 

 

At work, many conferences have been cancelled.

NBA - Suspended.

NHL - About to be suspended. 

NCAA March Madness - Playing - no crowd. 

 

Political Rallies have been cancelled. 

Travel bans. 

 

Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks tested positive. They're in Australia where testing is available. If they were in the US, they wouldn't have been tested. 

11 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

If they were smart they would book em for mid-late August.

....of 2021?

Welcome to the spring and summer of suck folks.

I had a bit of a wake up call over the weekend, when my anxiety and depression hit me SUPER hard and put a good scare into me, and I've decided that I'm not going to focus as much on the "negative". It's easy to say "I can't do this, I can't do that" because of COVID. So I'm choosing to focus on the things I will be able to do. Golf is going to be acceptable in a limited capacity. I'm fairly confident I'm going to be able to take my boat out and go fishing this summer. I'm going to spend more time in my backyard doing gardening and such. 

There's a ton of negative over all of us right now, and it's CRUCIAL for your own sanity to try and focus on every bit of positive you can find. 

At his presser today, Pallister hinted that he would be easing some restrictions next week.

AAAAND....THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER STRIKES AGAIN!

 

                                                      

AMERICA SPEAKS OUT!

 

 

                                                                      

47 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Welcome to the spring and summer of suck folks.

Are camp grounds closed for a period of time?  I wonder about beaches...for example will they actively prevent people from using Grand Beach.  If you're a cabin owner, can you go?  If they do re-open or allow gathering, beaches will see a lot of people with everything cancelled, I would think.

53 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I had a bit of a wake up call over the weekend, when my anxiety and depression hit me SUPER hard and put a good scare into me, and I've decided that I'm not going to focus as much on the "negative". It's easy to say "I can't do this, I can't do that" because of COVID. So I'm choosing to focus on the things I will be able to do. Golf is going to be acceptable in a limited capacity. I'm fairly confident I'm going to be able to take my boat out and go fishing this summer. I'm going to spend more time in my backyard doing gardening and such. 

There's a ton of negative over all of us right now, and it's CRUCIAL for your own sanity to try and focus on every bit of positive you can find. 

Honestly everyone needs to take this viewpoint. 

I am a pretty positive person, you can find enjoyable things in any situation, the key is to not let the weight of the negatives crush you. 

What is more likely? That there is a coordinated conspiracy theory orchestrated by literally every country in the world to oversell the severity of covid-19, or that sometimes a crackpot is just a crackpot?

I know my vote.

Manitoba reports no new probable cases of #COVID19 today, leaving the total at 272.
- 57 active cases
- 7 in hospital (2 in ICU)
- 209 recovered
- 6 deaths

Pallister will introduce his plan to slowly reopen non essential business's tomorrow.

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Are camp grounds closed for a period of time?  I wonder about beaches...for example will they actively prevent people from using Grand Beach.  If you're a cabin owner, can you go?  If they do re-open or allow gathering, beaches will see a lot of people with everything cancelled, I would think.

I don't know about MB, but in BC they are through the end of May.

I've got fathers day weekend booked and am just waiting to hear if it will be open or not.

18 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Pallister will introduce his plan to slowly reopen non essential business's tomorrow.

The 10 person limit on gatherings was until May 1 - I'm thinking we will hear about that too.

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:

 

And there goes Trump manufacturing his personal reality again.

I'd like to just be able to go to the library or to take a long bike ride knowing that there are bathrooms to access if need be.

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

I'd like to just be able to go to the library or to take a long bike ride knowing that there are bathrooms to access if need be.

Its warming up. There will be bushes soon.

CBC News Alerts - 
Canada's national coronavirus modelling forecast shows that  as of Monday morning, the median age for an infected person is 52, with a gender breakdown of 55% female and 45% male. Percentage of cases requiring hospitalization is 17.1%, with 5.5% of cases resulting in death.

 

Trump is going to need one of those articulated buses with the amount of people that he is going to throw under it in the next few weeks

Edited April 28, 20205 yr by bustamente

Pence goes the Mayo clinic today for a visit, everyone wearing a mask except for him proving once again he is not the only idiot in the WH

24 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

CBC News Alerts - 
Canada's national coronavirus modelling forecast shows that  as of Monday morning, the median age for an infected person is 52, with a gender breakdown of 55% female and 45% male. Percentage of cases requiring hospitalization is 17.1%, with 5.5% of cases resulting in death.

 

The mortality rate for common influenza is 0.5 to 0.9%, and this is waaay higher, putting the lie to those who say its just another flu bug. 

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

If they were smart they would book em for mid-late August.

I suspect they looked at it and found they couldn't get it done. Those travelling shows are booked for years in advance, if RRE could run in August a very good chance where ever they are normally booked can run too.

 

Trump will use Defense Production Act to force closed meat plants to reopen — despite the risk: report

https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/trump-will-use-defense-production-act-to-force-closed-meat-plants-to-reopen-despite-the-risk-report/

 

‘A bleak picture’: Political scientist lays out ‘3 new developments’ that prove the coronavirus ‘nightmare’ won’t end anytime soon

 

https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/a-bleak-picture-political-scientist-lays-out-3-new-developments-that-prove-the-coronavirus-nightmare-wont-end-anytime-soon/