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. 

https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/12/anti-masker-kicked-out-walmart-kid-dont-be-jerk-north-carolina/

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-issues-stay-at-home-order-immediately-declares-second-state-of-emergency-1.5263071

Edited January 12, 20215 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-uk-variant-ontario-couple-charges-1.5869379

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The first known cases in Canada of the U.K. variant of the coronavirus were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned. 

The woman and man, from Durham Region east of Toronto, had contact with a traveller from the U.K. prior to falling ill, the provincial Health Ministry said last month. 

But the ministry also indicated the man and woman initially withheld that information. 

"Additional investigation and follow-up case and contact management has revealed that the couple had indeed been in contact with a recent traveller from the U.K., which is new information not provided in earlier interviews," the ministry said in a Dec. 27 statement, one day after it said the couple had had "no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts."

The Durham Region Health Department confirmed to CBC News that both are facing charges, but would not comment further on the case, citing that the matter is before the courts. The couple has not been named publicly

 

 

 

TP is down again. This is a very good because it means that the community spread is dropping, which will lead to fewer hospitalizations and deaths. 

Provincial: 9.6%
Winnipeg: 7.4%

 

It will continue to drop until we restart the restarting. 

Seems like the North is having its problems while rest of the province is on the right track.

18 hours ago, Jpan85 said:

Seems like the North is having its problems while rest of the province is on the right track.

This is why there was the fear of the virus getting into remote communities and First Nations, because it's like a shrapnel grenade going off in a phone booth. Not much different than PCH's - both are very vulnerable populations.

Edited January 14, 20215 yr by Stretch

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/rapid-testing-site-opening-to-test-manitoba-teachers-and-school-staff-1.5266825

 

oh right cases have been spiking up North

to all the racists screaming about the reserves getting early access to the vaccine....THIS is why....... Ugh. Poor buggers.

51 minutes ago, Noeller said:

to all the racists screaming about the reserves getting early access to the vaccine....THIS is why....... Ugh. Poor buggers.

Damn straight. Another Pallister misstep.

 

There is optimism as we see fewer cases across the province. This is because “YOU” have made good decisions in regards to your activities and gatherings. There will always be those who choose not to adhere to the rules, but the majority of people did the right thing during Christmas and New Years and the numbers are reflecting that. That means we can prepare for reopening at a slow pace. We don’t want to return to this type of lockdown. This process will be slow but productive if done correctly.

 

All provinces (except the Maritimes) are now seeing alarming increases because they did not impose restrictions during Christmas and have only done so recently.

I’m happy to share as you can see that Manitoba is on the right track and cases are down substantially. This also means we have to proceed with caution and we will.

This is far from over but as I said before, we feel cautiously optimistic. There will be information shared sometime next week.

 

- MLA Eileen Clarke

16 hours ago, Mark H. said:

There is optimism as we see fewer cases across the province. This is because “YOU” have made good decisions in regards to your activities and gatherings. There will always be those who choose not to adhere to the rules, but the majority of people did the right thing during Christmas and New Years and the numbers are reflecting that. That means we can prepare for reopening at a slow pace. We don’t want to return to this type of lockdown. This process will be slow but productive if done correctly.

 

All provinces (except the Maritimes) are now seeing alarming increases because they did not impose restrictions during Christmas and have only done so recently.

I’m happy to share as you can see that Manitoba is on the right track and cases are down substantially. This also means we have to proceed with caution and we will.

This is far from over but as I said before, we feel cautiously optimistic. There will be information shared sometime next week.

 

- MLA Eileen Clarke

Subtext: We were such a disaster for so long, our government completely botching the restrictions, that we were already in a full Code Red for a month and a half before Xmas came and so, only by our mismanagement of the pandemic, we were in lockdown. We remain a shameful embarrassment. 

Lung damage after COVID-19 is worse than smokers' lungs: surgeon

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ian Krug, left, a registered nurse with the 59th Medical Wing, stationed in Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, works with U.S. Air Force Capt. Ramil Labiran, right, a registered nurse with Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and Staff Sgt. LaShauna Brown, center, a medical technician and noncommissioned officer in charge of the pediatric intensive care unit of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., in a makeshift expansion of the intensive care unit at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, Nov. 16, 2020. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of the whole-of-America COVID-19 response.
   
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage states across America, one surgeon has issued a warning that may serve as a reminder to stay vigilant. According to CBS News, Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, a Lubbock, Texas trauma surgeon, tweeted an observation of COVID's impact on the lungs as she highlighted the likely long-term difficulties people will face.

"Post-COVID lungs look worse than any type of terrible smoker's lung we've ever seen. And they collapse. And they clot off. And the shortness of breath lingers on... & on... & on."

During an interview with CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, Bankhead-Kendall revealed what she thinks is far worse than the mortality rate that most people focus on. She expressed concern about the long-term impacts COVID-positive and even asymptomatic people may face.

"Everyone's just so worried about the mortality thing and that's terrible and it's awful," she told the publication. "But man, for all the survivors and the people who have tested positive this is — it's going to be a problem."

 

 

3 hours ago, JCon said:

Subtext: We were such a disaster for so long, our government completely botching the restrictions, that we were already in a full Code Red for a month and a half before Xmas came and so, only by our mismanagement of the pandemic, we were in lockdown. We remain a shameful embarrassment. 

Lol.  And a month later some of the heralded provinces are a disaster. 

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has kicked an MPP out of the Progressive Conservative caucus for sending an open letter that calls for the province's lockdown and COVID-19 restrictions to end.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pfizer-temporarily-reducing-vaccine-deliveries-1.5874645

 

Edited January 15, 20215 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

71 in Winnipeg. 84 in the North. 

You know hate to say it but the North encouraged Xmas gatherings. 

They paying for that now. 

I think if the tpr continues to fall and the hospitals continue to release patients then the Code Red Restrictions will be lifted in Winnipeg and the surrounding areas next Friday, I don't think that restaurants will be allowed for dine in just yet but some other businesses will be allowed to reopen with distancing and limits

Edited January 15, 20215 yr by bustamente

18 minutes ago, Goalie said:

71 in Winnipeg. 84 in the North. 

You know hate to say it but the North encouraged Xmas gatherings. 

They paying for that now. 

Please show me where the North encouraged Xmas gatherings? 

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/chief-of-peguis-first-nation-rejects-premier-s-call-to-end-holiday-gatherings-1.5234900

1 of many. 

Sometimes it's not the governments fault. Sometimes it's the people who are stupid. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/chief-of-peguis-first-nation-rejects-premier-s-call-to-end-holiday-gatherings-1.5234900

1 of many. 

Sometimes it's not the governments fault. Sometimes it's the people who are stupid. 

Peguis isn't in the North and, as of earlier this week, there were no cases linked to gatherings during the holidays on the reserve at Peguis.