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. 

20 hours ago, the watcher said:

Interesting that it was reported recently that a independent study found  that Manitoba had one of the best vaccine rollouts in Canada. It was reported in several news outlets. Bartley Kives questioning at the press conferences  borders on ignorant and belligerent.  And repeatedly when called on for his turn there is dead air which has happened enough that I suspect he walks away from his computer and isn't there when called upon. One of the worst reporter's in Winnipeg in my opinion.

Totally agree. Kives is the Rush Limbaugh of the political left in Manitoba. You just can't believe anything he writes because of his bias. 

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by GCn20

We are surrounded only 1 way out, I need an all terrain vehicle.

 

22 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

Totally agree. Kives is the Rush Limbaugh of the political left in Manitoba. You just can't believe anything he writes because of his bias. 

The only thing he's got going for him is his daily update on cases in MB. Other then that it's painfully obvious he has an axe to grind.

 

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

Totally agree. Kives is the Rush Limbaugh of the political left in Manitoba. You just can't believe anything he writes because of his bias. 

seeing this tweet kind of makes me miss those Key of Barts he did when he worked for the Winnipeg Free Press

 

12 hours ago, 17to85 said:

you know what, the restrictions for restaurants will help. It is crazy how busy those places have become and none of the staff care about households (and I don't blame them, they don't need to deal with that crap) 

 

I feel bad for business owners who keep getting jerked around but people have proven time and time again in the past year that they can't be trusted to do the right thing. 

There's two things that have me disheartened..... 1) They left patios open. Hinshaw has been saying for weeks that the variants transmit very easily even outdoors, and when you get idiot drunks on a patio with no masks on, it's still dangerous. 2) Already seeing a LOT of restaurants refusing to abide the rules and saying they're going to stay open no matter what. Up here in Rural BamaBerta, a group of local restaurants, led by our favourite Pub, is banding together to publicly flout the rules and stay open. 

Seeing AHS finally shut down the church gives me hope that maybe they'll start actually using their power to shut down those who refuse to abide by the rules. Because the only way we get through the next couple months (until mass vaccinations start) is with everyone pulling together....

1 hour ago, GCn20 said:

Totally agree. Kives is the Rush Limbaugh of the political left in Manitoba. You just can't believe anything he writes because of his bias. 

Oof... hyperbole much?

I have no love for Kives, but he ain't a lefty Rush...

 

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by FrostyWinnipeg

Just now, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Oof... hyperbole much?

I have no love for Kives, but he ain't a lefty Rush...

Rush killed people. 

 

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Edited April 7, 20214 yr by Wideleft

2 minutes ago, JCon said:

Rush killed people. 

That and his disgusting rhetoric was in a category all its own. 

I'm no Kives fan but to compare him an to oxygen thief like Limbaugh is simply absurd.

Just now, blue_gold_84 said:

That and his disgusting rhetoric was in a category all its own. 

I'm no Kives fan but to compare him an to oxygen thief like Limbaugh is simply absurd.

It's always the same with conservatives. They assume that their disgusting media are mirrored on the left, so it justifies them comparing what Tucker, Rush, Dobbs, and Hannity do with actual journalists. 

I think Bill Hicks framed the best picture of Rush...

Needless to say NSFW... actually its pretty disturbing so I am not going to post the link- just Google "Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh".

 

 

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

13 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

I think Bill Hicks framed the best picture of Rush...

Needless to say NSFW... actually its pretty disturbing so I am not going to post the link- just Google "Bill Hicks on Rush Limbaugh".

Al Franken wrote extensively about him. 

 

The provincial website says it's 943 deaths though

 

22 new screened or sequenced B.1.1.7. cases

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by iHeart

7 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

Al Franken wrote extensively about him. 

 

Unless it includes prominent conservative figures from the 80's, impotence, scat, water play and genital infestation... it missed the mark.... 😅

 

Rush deserves nothing less than being savaged with repulsive imagery.

Edited April 7, 20214 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

18 minutes ago, iHeart said:

The provincial website says it's 943 deaths though

 

22 new screened or sequenced B.1.1.7. cases

Damn... tripled our tally from yesterday... and added 25 new VOCs... 

That TPR going up is not what we need.

there's no question the 3rd wave is coming for you guys....and it's gonna be bad. They're already into a triage situation in Ontario, and I'm certain Alberta will be by the end of the month. The second any of you are eligible, book your shot. In the meantime, stay home and stay safe, folks. I'm booked in to get my first dose on the 24th and I can't f***ing wait.... bring on the passports.

What's the lowest age eligibility right now in Alberta? Manitoba just dropped to 62 so I have a ways to go (turned 44 in January).

1 minute ago, rebusrankin said:

What's the lowest age eligibility right now in Alberta? Manitoba just dropped to 62 so I have a ways to go (turned 44 in January).

You're old. I don't turn 44 until May. 

well at least it seems the next time they adjust the eligibility my mom will be eligible

47 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

What's the lowest age eligibility right now in Alberta? Manitoba just dropped to 62 so I have a ways to go (turned 44 in January).

I am not sure what the general eligibility age is right now, but for anyone with "underlying conditions" (for which I fortunately/unfortunately qualify) it's now 16+.... 

I suspect tomorrow it will drop another 1 or 2 years.

I am more concerned now than I have been in the past 12 months.  There is so much unknown about the variants, but what there is known is scary.

Under the O ( for old man )  63 .........Bingo !!!    Booked in for Sunday !