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. 

 

On 2022-03-29 at 11:51 AM, FrostyWinnipeg said:

You had it right?

No I haven't. At least not that I know .

We were at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair  ( Brandon ) yesterday. I guessed about %5 of the crowd wore masks but my wife thought I was being generous. 

33 minutes ago, the watcher said:

We were at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair  ( Brandon ) yesterday. I guessed about %5 of the crowd wore masks but my wife thought I was being generous. 

Pretty sure animal flatulence is as good as a mask there.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/all-manitoba-covid-19-testing-sites-will-be-closing-in-two-weeks-1.5842981

I think they already closed the one near my place

OH COME ON!

https://deadline.com/2022/03/new-xe-covid-variant-omicron-most-transmissible-1234992060/

 

but we're probably going to be told the same thing, that it's not as deadly as the previous variants

1 hour ago, iHeart said:

OH COME ON!

https://deadline.com/2022/03/new-xe-covid-variant-omicron-most-transmissible-1234992060/

 

but we're probably going to be told the same thing, that it's not as deadly as the previous variants

So far, that looks to be the case.

There was a really good article earlier this week from the WHO about the 3 likeliest outcomes for the pandemic this year and the most likely, in fact probable, is that its going to continue petering out and, while it's going to be super transmissible, it won't be severe. Apparently. 

Variants will keep existing along as large portions of the world's population remain unvaxxed. 

We are lucky here in Manitoba Our vaxx rate is pretty decent but compare it to places with much larger populations and yup.... variants will continue coming.  

Just wait till ppl start traveling more in the summer, shits gonna be bad again but our govt here don't care. Remember that the next Provincial election 

Edited April 1, 20223 yr by Goalie

9 hours ago, Goalie said:

Variants will keep existing along as large portions of the world's population remain unvaxxed. 

We are lucky here in Manitoba Our vaxx rate is pretty decent but compare it to places with much larger populations and yup.... variants will continue coming.  

Saw a recent interview on the news where an infectious disease specialist reminded that while a decent number of Canadians have had up to three doses (with a fourth being considered for some high risk groups), there are some parts of the world where people have not yet received any.

Heads up! My Rexall had free Rapid Test kits at the till.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/novavax-deliveries-arrive-in-canada-1.5843358

The Novavax vaccine differs from the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines in that it is a protein-based vaccine and not an mRNA vaccine.

The two-dose Nuvaxovid vaccine produced by the U.S. biotech firm Novavax showed 90 per cent effectiveness in protecting clinical trial participants from symptomatic COVID-19, and 100 per cent effectiveness in preventing severe disease, according to a press releasefrom the company.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/man-in-germany-gets-90-covid-19-shots-to-sell-forged-passes-1.5846273

Is it weird that the majority of people that work at Superstore except for checkers don't wear masks anymore, wasn't their union all up in arms at the height of Covid that they weren't getting enough ppe and needed danger pay. Funny how the majority of shoppers still wear masks.

47 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Is it weird that the majority of people that work at Superstore except for checkers don't wear masks anymore, wasn't their union all up in arms at the height of Covid that they weren't getting enough ppe and needed danger pay. Funny how the majority of shoppers still wear masks.

This is probably a commentary on the smarts of the workers.

8 hours ago, Tracker said:

This is probably a commentary on the smarts of the workers.

Umm no but maybe a wee bit. I used to work there. Trust me, the people who own the place and the managers who run them do not give 2 shits about their workers. Never did. Was all just for show... the union? Lol they protect the person who refuses to wear the mask also btw. 

Fun fact,  I quit because I won some money then covid hit so I said I don't need this crap anymore. But I have "friends" who still work there. Some are complete morons tho, some aren't. Depends on what side of bed they wake up on. I'd rather not go there but the store I worked at, they were hiring ppl left right and center b4 I left during covid, 99.9999 percent of them? For lack of better term, just got off the boat. That means they don't ***** or complain like some of us certainly did. The 2 dollar an hour pay raise lasted like 6 weeks btw. 

It was gone b4 I was. Yup. Superstore don't care about their employees at all, never did. Fun fact, every person I used to work with at Superstore got covid, 3 people died. They don't care, they just replaced them with ppl who barely speak English. They show up,  struggle to do their job and slow everyone else down but they don't ***** or whine or complain . If the manager told me to jump I'd say no, they tell these new folks to jump, they say how high. They pile in to their cars on break like clowns to go get food, no bs, 1 of the so called rules was no going on break with multiple friends, oh but that doesn't apply to these ppl as they just wouldn't clock out. Then get one of their other Moron friends to fix it for them so it looked like they all went for break at different times. So many ppl I know left b4 I did even (turnover rate is yuge) 

Managers are all upstairs in their offices tho not dealing with the public. They don't care as they rarely come deal with the public. 

I should seriously go in to more details cuz if ppl seriously knew what went on at most these superstores, you'd never EVER go there again without wearing a hazmat suit. Seriously.  Wear a mask, wear gloves,  cover yourself in sanitizer, I mean it. They don't care one bit and believe me when I say this, few ppl got covid early and they were supposed to clean the store,  well guess what cleaning consisted of? Basically absolutely nothing so... If u been to Superstore (any of them) in the last 2 years, you likely had covid. 

Edited April 5, 20223 yr by Goalie

I still remember the meeting that made me pretty much walk out half way through my shift and Said **** this and **** you... 

They announced a death and then proceeded to show zero sympathy for anyone. Zero. None. Basically yeah employee X Y and Z died, so we are hiring some new ppl to replace them. There are cards upstairs now go to work and bust your ass and not only that sweat it off for us cuz plus 45 inside the store at times, I did an hour of my shift then straight up left my **** in an aisle and walked out. Enough of this, screw you guys I'm going home.  I ain't risking my health and daughters health for ppl who don't give a ****. 

I'll be real at first they sent ppl off to be tested If Ill and couldn't come back for 14 days and they would pay you your regular hours. I got sick b4 I left, wasn't covid, I missed 3 shifts, I got paid but... 2 weeks later,  they didn't give a ****. Let's get some good press saying we paying our workers more and we care cuz 14 day quarantine but when the press went away so did the rest. Stay away from that hell hole, only thing that matters is how much money they make and damn it, the store better be making more money than the other ones. 

Edited April 5, 20223 yr by Goalie

Superstore has been a hellhole since I was a child. Literally the only good thing it has going for it is underground parking... great place to work on my car in the winter

1 hour ago, MOBomberFan said:

Superstore has been a hellhole since I was a child. Literally the only good thing it has going for it is underground parking... great place to work on my car in the winter

Are you my father in law? 

9 minutes ago, JCon said:

Are you my father in law? 

Haha not likely but I did get the idea from an older fella who'd been working on his T-Bird maybe that's him?

4 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:

Haha not likely but I did get the idea from an older fella who'd been working on his T-Bird maybe that's him?

No, my father in law would never drive something that exciting. Toyota Camry is plenty for him. 

2 hours ago, MOBomberFan said:

Superstore has been a hellhole since I was a child. Literally the only good thing it has going for it is underground parking... great place to work on my car in the winter

Superstore has been the go to grocery shopping since I was a child,  the prices are far better then Safeway.  

Now Wal-Mart on the other hand is a hellhole..... mostly because of the clientale. 

Just now, Brandon said:

Superstore has been the go to grocery shopping since I was a child,  the prices are far better then Safeway.  

Now Wal-Mart on the other hand is a hellhole..... mostly because of the clientale. 

Yep they are undeniably the least expensive grocery store. I was dragged to Superstore enough times as a child that I never wanted to go back. When I moved out I tried... the prices were far cheaper than Safeway but the produce was hit and miss if it was actually in stock. Bakery didn't hold a candle to Safeway (til Sobeys took over, now it all sucks). I think as an adult I only went back for passport photos...

I'll go to Wal-Mart for an oil change (if I don't feel like doing it in the Superstore garage that is LOL). Won't even walk the aisles while I wait. Blows my mind people get their groceries there.

I guess I'm lucky I don't have to squeeze my pennies together to make them last.

Walmart is worse than Superstore.  Worked there too. Horror stories I could tell. 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/shanghai-china-covid-outbreak-1.6408520

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The COVID-19 outbreak in China's largest metropolis of Shanghai remains "extremely grim" amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday.

Director of Shanghai's working group on epidemic control, Gu Honghui, was quoted by state media as saying that the outbreak in the city was "still running at a high level."

"The situation is extremely grim," Gu said.

China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing residents, some of whom have been locked down for weeks.

Most of eastern Shanghai, which was supposed to reopen last Friday, remained locked down along with the western half of the city.