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. 

4 minutes ago, Tracker said:

“I didn’t make a comment,” Trump responded, according to The Hill. “I reposted a tweet that a lot of people feel. But all I am doing is making a comment. I’m just putting somebody’s voice out there. There are many voices. There are many people that think we shouldn’t do this kind of testing, because all we do, it’s a trap.”

This ******* clown...

25 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Karma is a *****, right chuck?)

Chuck, being the original host of Wheel of Fortune, must now face the repercussions of spinning the wheel and coming out very, very wrong. I can’t imagine what lesson he’s had to learn seeing his son go through this. Will he try to change other’s wrong opinions? I doubt it. Once ingrained...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/utah-meeting-masks-cancelled-when-residents-without-masks-pack-room-n1234017

Everyday we see reason's that the border needs to stay closed till a new leader is elected and covidiot American's change their actions

8 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Everyday we see reason's that the border needs to stay closed till a new leader is elected and covidiot American's change their actions

Its gonna take a boatload of Florient to clean the smell in the White House after Trump gets evicted- in chains, I hope.

                                     

Interesting article on the psychology of the mask debate and why each side may be so entrenched. 
 

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/role-cognitive-dissonance-pandemic/614074/?fbclid=IwAR1_6eFdSBC4yMfMhKd-3ZK9t97-sx68Zq2u-EQmJrxa04f8dxe4cMKXG2U

It’s simple. Just wear a mask when called for...

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

It’s simple. Just wear a mask when called for...

Yeah surgeons don't wear the masks for germ reasons, the masks are to prevent splash back into their mouth predominantly.

37 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Yeah surgeons don't wear the masks for germ reasons, the masks are to prevent splash back into their mouth predominantly.

I would have to say it’s for both those reasons..

1 minute ago, Mr Dee said:

I would have to say it’s for both those reasons..

There's also a reason why Junior Mints are not allowed in surgery even though they are perfectly safe.

UGH

 

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

There's also a reason why Junior Mints are not allowed in surgery even though they are perfectly safe.

But they're very refreshing!

 

24 minutes ago, iHeart said:

UGH

 

Umm 5 cases out of 844 tests... is a 0.5% infection rate for a disease where 80% or more of covid cases are not serious... 

 

25 minutes ago, iHeart said:

UGH

 

Per the Manitoba Health update:

Today’s cases are a male and female in their 60s, a male and female in their 30s and a female in her 20s. All the cases are on a Hutterite colony in the Interlake-Eastern health region.

 

I am sorry to the colony that had this setback ( @Mark H. hoping it's not Netley!) but somewhat reassuring that it's "contained" to a single area, at least for the good of the general public. 

10 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I am sorry to the colony that had this setback ( @Mark H. hoping it's not Netley!) but somewhat reassuring that it's "contained" to a single area, at least for the good of the general public. 

It is not Netley.  But we are once again closed to visitors until things settle down.  Without divulging too much info - I will just say that travel to Alberta is probably a bad idea. 

Just now, Mark H. said:

It is not Netley.  But we are once again closed to visitors until things settle down.  Without divulging too much info - I will just say that travel to Alberta is a bad idea 

I SWEAR TO GOODNESS I'M HEALTHY AND PLEASE LET ME COME HOME IN SEPTEMBER

28 minutes ago, Sard said:

Per the Manitoba Health update:

Today’s cases are a male and female in their 60s, a male and female in their 30s and a female in her 20s. All the cases are on a Hutterite colony in the Interlake-Eastern health region.

 

The entire colony is in the process of getting tested and quarantining as needed. 

25 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Umm 5 cases out of 844 tests... is a 0.5% infection rate for a disease where 80% or more of covid cases are not serious... 

 

and they did say PROBABLE and not CONFIRMED

34 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Umm 5 cases out of 844 tests... is a 0.5% infection rate for a disease where 80% or more of covid cases are not serious... 

 

I just heard a story of a three year old child on life support due to Covid 19 - that 20% can be pretty darn serious.

4 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I just heard a story of a three year old child on life support due to Covid 19 - that 20% can be pretty darn serious.

That is very tragic.  But it is not the 20% that is serious, its the 20% that even show symptoms... the serious cases in canada are more around 0.01%

Every death that occurs is tragic...  my friend's buddy just died of covid at 57 - relatively healthy guy, another friend of a friend died of cancer because he couldn't get treatment during covid, record overdoses in BC are also tragic and several elders in northern communities have passed away while lockdown prevented their family from seeing them.

I definitely hope the colony situation is not serious.

13 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I definitely hope the colony situation is not serious.

TBD - depends on the contact tracing results.  The person who originally had the virus has recovered.  They were extremely sick for 2 - 3 days, approx. 10 days altogether. 

16 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

TBD - depends on the contact tracing results.  The person who originally had the virus has recovered.  They were extremely sick for 2 - 3 days, approx. 10 days altogether. 

That's good - covid 'should' be less dangerous in the summer so hopefully that science is correct 

1 hour ago, Sard said:

Per the Manitoba Health update:

Today’s cases are a male and female in their 60s, a male and female in their 30s and a female in her 20s. All the cases are on a Hutterite colony in the Interlake-Eastern health region.

 

They like to wear similar clothing but not similar masks :@