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. 

I still think they’ll be using arms for these vaccines...

55 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

I still think they’ll be using arms for these vaccines...

Obviously your medical expertise is limited. 

Less than a thousand tests, tho... So TP not down as much as you'd think. Still good to see the number go down tho. 

 

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33 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 

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Still sad this sign is needed in Canada as well.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Obviously your medical expertise is limited. 

                                           

Larry King Fighting COVID-19 From Los Angeles Hospital Bed: Reports

Talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized in Los Angeles for more than a week with coronavirus symptoms, according to multiple reports.

King, 87, is being treated in a region where health care resources have been stretched to the breaking point as patients with severe COVID-19 have filled intensive care units and spilled into hallways across Southern California. His family has not been allowed to visit him because of safety regulations, CNN reported.

King has faced a number of health scares in the past, including a 2017 lung cancer diagnosis, past heart-related procedures and a major 1987 heart attack. He also has Type 2 diabetes.

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Interesting since there are indications that is where Trump will flee to a day or two before Biden is installed as president. The coward flees the scene of the disaster he has created, and maybe to avoid a summons.

 

 

Edited January 4, 20215 yr by iHeart

Another young one.

Consequence of Covid Sound Advice

 

6 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Consequence of Covid Sound Advice

 

Wow. Did not see this coming. Seems very un-Kenney like.

4 minutes ago, tacklewasher said:

Wow. Did not see this coming. Seems very un-Kenney like.

The guy is a coward & a snake. Doesn't change what I think of him. 

37 minutes ago, tacklewasher said:

Wow. Did not see this coming. Seems very un-Kenney like.

He and his cronies were getting roasted from all sides. He is only doing this to try and stave off more bad press. Coward and a snake as speedflex so aptly put it.

when even Ezra Levant was saying he was disappointed, you knew something was going to happen....

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

 

 

A double digit count would have been nice but unexpected. Not much higher than before, which is as good as we can expect for the next few days.

CRAP!

 

Experts fear a new South African strain of COVID might be resistant to the vaccines1
   
Some medical experts have been expressing confidence that the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer and others will be effective against a new, highly contagious COVID-19 variant that has been slamming the United Kingdom. But U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has a dire warning about a COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in coastal areas of South Africa. That variant, according to Hancock, might be resistant to the vaccines.

Hancock told BBC Radio, "I'm incredibly worried about the South African variant. This is a very, very significant problem…. It's even more of a problem than the U.K. new variant."

John Bell, an immunologist at Oxford University in the U.K., is worried as well. Bell helped develop AstraZeneca and Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine, and according to Bell, there is a "big question" mark over whether or not that vaccine and others will protect against the South African variant.

CBS News' Sarah Carter reports that Bell said it was "unlikely" that the South African variant would render the vaccines from AstraZeneca/Oxford and others ineffective, but he did say that there might need to be adjustments so that the vaccines will be as effective as possible against that variant.

Oxford Professor Shabir Madhi, who worked on the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, told CBS News that more than 13 different COVID-19 variants have been identified in South Africa since the pandemic began — and the new one, 501.V2, is by far the most disturbing mutation he has seen.

 

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/109-more-of-manitoba-s-health-care-workers-contract-covid-19-1.5253091

 

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

when even Ezra Levant was saying he was disappointed, you knew something was going to happen....

Former CHQR talk radio host Dave Rutherford & political columnist Rick Bell of the Calgary Sun as well. Both staunch, staunch conservatives who wield a lot of power. Rutherford just tore a strip off Kenney yesterday. Bell was on the attack since Friday. 

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

CRAP!

 

Experts fear a new South African strain of COVID might be resistant to the vaccines1
   
Some medical experts have been expressing confidence that the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer and others will be effective against a new, highly contagious COVID-19 variant that has been slamming the United Kingdom. But U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has a dire warning about a COVID-19 variant that has been spreading in coastal areas of South Africa. That variant, according to Hancock, might be resistant to the vaccines.

Hancock told BBC Radio, "I'm incredibly worried about the South African variant. This is a very, very significant problem…. It's even more of a problem than the U.K. new variant."

John Bell, an immunologist at Oxford University in the U.K., is worried as well. Bell helped develop AstraZeneca and Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine, and according to Bell, there is a "big question" mark over whether or not that vaccine and others will protect against the South African variant.

CBS News' Sarah Carter reports that Bell said it was "unlikely" that the South African variant would render the vaccines from AstraZeneca/Oxford and others ineffective, but he did say that there might need to be adjustments so that the vaccines will be as effective as possible against that variant.

Oxford Professor Shabir Madhi, who worked on the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, told CBS News that more than 13 different COVID-19 variants have been identified in South Africa since the pandemic began — and the new one, 501.V2, is by far the most disturbing mutation he has seen.

 

I have read that making changes to the vaccines for these variants is very easy & takes just a few weeks. 

I hope we get out of Code Red soon, I really want to shop for non-essential items

Edited January 5, 20215 yr by iHeart

This will be the first year that I will be unable to spend the winter in Costa Rica due to COVID. All the other winters I didn't go because I couldn't afford to.

1 hour ago, Tracker said:

This will be the first year that I will be unable to spend the winter in Costa Rica due to COVID. All the other winters I didn't go because I couldn't afford to.

This is my favourite post on this site for a long time... Well done. 

4 hours ago, Noeller said:

This is my favourite post on this site for a long time... Well done. 

Former Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard who resigned her portfolio yesterday flew to Hawaii this year despite the travel restrictions because for the past 17 years her family has spent Xmas in Hawaii. Didn't want to break with that tradition. How many of us can afford to vacay in Hawaii every Xmas & bring family for one year let alone 17? Out of touch with reality.