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. 

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

sounds like we're getting some good news this week

 

Haircuts?

7 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Haircuts?

that's what we started with here in AB.... "personal services" such as hair salons, barbershops, esthetics, etc..... not sure what comes next. 

12 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Haircuts?

I booked for next Monday, hoping. 

53 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Haircuts?

**** me, I hope so. I'm rocking the most ridiculous mop ever... I look like the illegitimate lovechild of Jim Halpert and Stephen Harper, circa 2006.

I Can't wait to go shopping

Edited January 19, 20215 yr by iHeart

 

A lot of RIP's today.

Edited January 19, 20215 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

4 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Haircuts?

Please God yes. They shut them down Nov 12th @ 12:01am, I had an appointment for the 13th @ noon.

2 hours ago, iHeart said:

I Can't wait to go shopping

My only concern is that many people are going to go shopping just for the sake to get out rather then shopping only out of need.   I can see a tonne of the old seniors crowding the stores because they have nothing better to do which will then impact the people who actually need to purchase goods.  (Costco) 

50 minutes ago, Brandon said:

My only concern is that many people are going to go shopping just for the sake to get out rather then shopping only out of need.   I can see a tonne of the old seniors crowding the stores because they have nothing better to do which will then impact the people who actually need to purchase goods.  (Costco) 

I resemble that remark.

1 hour ago, Brandon said:

My only concern is that many people are going to go shopping just for the sake to get out rather then shopping only out of need.   I can see a tonne of the old seniors crowding the stores because they have nothing better to do which will then impact the people who actually need to purchase goods.  (Costco) 

well I'm not going to go right away, I'm going to wait for it to get a little warmer before I make any long trips

15 hours ago, Brandon said:

My only concern is that many people are going to go shopping just for the sake to get out rather then shopping only out of need.   I can see a tonne of the old seniors crowding the stores because they have nothing better to do which will then impact the people who actually need to purchase goods.  (Costco) 

"Crowding" in that situation should be minimal IF stores enforce the defined capacity limits. Hopefully it just means more waiting to get in.

3 hours ago, Stretch said:

"Crowding" in that situation should be minimal IF stores enforce the defined capacity limits. Hopefully it just means more waiting to get in.

I just would feel bad for someone who has to go to work 9 - 5 and then rushes home to feed their children and then only has minimal time to hit a Costco... only for the line to be 200 people deep because a bunch of bored people are just wandering around the store.   During the early parts of COVID I fondly remember going to Costco and seeing really old people walking around with a giant shopping cart and like only a package of bread just because they wanted to get out and look at all of the aisles. 

The reason I single out old people is because when I did work retail they would come in at all times simply to look around and to chat with the employees because they were lonely.  

5 minutes ago, Brandon said:

I just would feel bad for someone who has to go to work 9 - 5 and then rushes home to feed their children and then only has minimal time to hit a Costco... only for the line to be 200 people deep because a bunch of bored people are just wandering around the store.   During the early parts of COVID I fondly remember going to Costco and seeing really old people walking around with a giant shopping cart and like only a package of bread just because they wanted to get out and look at all of the aisles. 

The reason I single out old people is because when I did work retail they would come in at all times simply to look around and to chat with the employees because they were lonely.  

Sure, sure. As soon as I can stand up and find my walker, I'm going to come over there and........what were we talking about? Mother?

Anybody else upset that City employees have apparently had gym access? Total Bullshit imo.

6 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Anybody else upset that City employees have apparently had gym access? Total Bullshit imo.

What an absolute joke

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Anybody else upset that City employees have apparently had gym access? Total Bullshit imo.

If true...mad

 

Edited January 20, 20215 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

4 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

Anybody else upset that City employees have apparently had gym access? Total Bullshit imo.

NO RESTRICTION ON CERTAIN SERVICES
Nothing in these Orders prevents, restricts or
governs the operations or the delivery of services by
any of the following:
(a) the Government of Canada;
(b) the Government of Manitoba;
(c) the Manitoba Legislative Assembly;
(d) the Provincial Court of Manitoba, the Court of
Queen's Bench of Manitoba and The Court of
Appeal;
(e) a municipality, except in relation to the
delivery of transit and recreational services and
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facilities;
(f) the council of a municipality;
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including health care operations and services;
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I guess city employees are immune to spreading COVID? Lucky us! I had no idea! Guess I won;t be wearing my mask anymore /s

 

 

A recent super spreader event...maybe

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/chappelle-covid-1.5883789

Space gonna be set back months

 

there are other vaccines coming right?

 

 

26 minutes ago, iHeart said:

there are other vaccines coming right?

There are only two vaccines currently approved in Canada; however, the government has deals with several more suppliers. 

Vaccine agreements with suppliers

Supplier	Doses	Authorized	Anticipated delivery start
AstraZeneca	20 million	No	Pending Health Canada authorization
Moderna	40 million	Moderna authorization	December 2020
Pfizer	Up to 76 million	Pfizer authorization	December 2020
Johnson & Johnson Note*	Up to 38 million	No	Pending Health Canada authorization
Medicago	Up to 76 million	No	Pending Health Canada authorization
Novavax	Up to 76 million	No	Pending Health Canada authorization
Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline	Up to 72 million	No	Pending Health Canada authorization

 

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/services/procuring-vaccines-covid19.html