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. 

42 minutes ago, Tracker said:

The N95 masks are readily available at most pharmacies.

TBH, I hadn't actually looked.

I see so few people wearing them in the places I frequent (Petersfield, Selkirk), that I just assumed they were hard to get

Most people wear the blue medical mask or a cloth mask 

6 hours ago, Tracker said:

Simple answer to all this: watch what the doctors and nurses are doing.

So I should start on the cocaine then?

10 hours ago, Noeller said:

My life in Alberta for the past month. I tried...I really did....and there's maybe 5% of the population wearing one, so I just gave it the "why even bother anymore....?" 

We went to a new Calgary restaurant yon Sunday. It's back to getting as many tables into a small space as possible. Tables so close that you can hear the conversations all around. One table next to me was ordering. The waitress stood less than 6 inches away from me over my left shoulder taking the order & talking. I felt very uncomfortable. Like you, I figure what's the point of wearing a mask anymore?

3 hours ago, Mark H. said:

TBH, I hadn't actually looked.

I see so few people wearing them in the places I frequent (Petersfield, Selkirk), that I just assumed they were hard to get

Most people wear the blue medical mask or a cloth mask 

My wife who is an RN says that each individual N95 mask has to be fitted properly to a person's face. So, most people are not wearing them properly.

Edited April 26, 20223 yr by SpeedFlex27

For me, another factor is that I've had Omicron (assumed) plus the 3 vaccine doses I'm eligible for. So I feel as protected as I can possibly be. If I hadn't had COVID yet, I'd probably be wearing a mask more often...

Last I read was that Moderna and Pfizer both hoped to have a new vaccine with increased efficacy against Omicron rolling out in fall. I believe both companies are also hoping to have a vaccine rollout for kids 6 months - 5 years in summer as well. Hoping my family can avoid Omicron until both those rollouts happen. My grandma is currently hospitalized with Covid and has quite a few risk factors, but fortunately fully vaccinated and boosted.

For those considering the second booster shot, there is some confusion about the time that has to elapse between the first and second booster shots. Ontario is recommending 3 months but Manitoba is recommending 6 months.

which means mine will be sometime in july (pretty sure it will be because the day I went in for the booster the temperature was nice in January) no wait middle of the month....well facebook is useful for something helping me remember

Edited April 26, 20223 yr by iHeart

 

6 hours ago, bustamente said:

 

He may never play again. 

Research quoted on CBC Radio News yesterday indicated that 15% of workplace accidents in 2021 were related to COVID infections. 

 

                    

                             

Have to say that out and about today there is a noticeable decrease in people wearing masks, now while it's true that we are seeing a downward trend with cases and hospitalizations I'm still not there yet.

Edited April 30, 20223 yr by bustamente

21 hours ago, Tracker said:

Research quoted on CBC Radio News yesterday indicated that 15% of workplace accidents in 2021 were related to COVID infections. 

Does someone have an article or explanation for this?

How is a Covid infection an accident or the cause of an accident? 

2 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Does someone have an article or explanation for this?

How is a Covid infection an accident or the cause of an accident? 

Just a guess, but maybe a COVID illness required someone else to cover work, and they got injured in some capacity. 

9 hours ago, Tracker said:

 

                    

                             

‘Bad exercise of freedom.’ Perfectly put.

6 hours ago, Mark H. said:

Does someone have an article or explanation for this?

How is a Covid infection an accident or the cause of an accident? 

Apparently is has to do with the lingering aftereffects of the infection- reduced attention span, impaired memory, chronic fatigue and so forth. Several people I know are coping with this, and if you return to a demanding job, mistakes will be made.

sigh....COVID has officially entered the iHeart household.....mom tested positive

 

she told me to get tested too (it wasn't fun it tickled me on the inside and by the time I was done I was sneezing)

Edited May 3, 20223 yr by iHeart

Be well, iHeart. Hopefully, for you both it's nothing serious.

I actually tested negative, but I have a bad feeling that might change the week goes on

20 minutes ago, iHeart said:

I actually tested negative, but I have a bad feeling that might change the week goes on

If you are using the home tests they can be quite unreliable. Covid went through my daughter's household. Her eldest daughter had it , her husband had it and she had all the symptoms. BUT she kept testing negative. It took 7 tests before she got a positive result.  So 6 tests that showed she was negative were wrong.  (She kept testing because she  was concerned about exposing people at her job.). And they are all over it without any really serious issues other than my son in law being tired for several weeks after. Wishing your Mom all the best.

I just wish they weren't so insisting on closing the test center on my end, I couldn't get the swab all the way up without triggering the sneeze button up my nose and yet it still gave a negative result (no symptoms yet though). I'm going to have to tell my supervisor what's going on and be more insistent that the kids keep their masks all the way on, I don't know how exposed I am because mom was wearing a KN95 this morning

Edited May 3, 20223 yr by iHeart

It went through my household. Both kids and the wife got it. I never tested positive or got any symptoms. 

Ron Johnson falsely claims it 'may be true' that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS

   
Although Wisconsin is a battleground state that went to former President Donald Trump in 2016’s presidential election but favored President Joe Biden in 2020, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson obviously has no desire to embrace the center in the 2022 midterms. Johnson, seeking a third term in the U.S. Senate, is running as a far-right MAGA culture warrior — and he was clearly pandering to anti-vaxxer extremists when he said that COVID-19 vaccines “may” cause AIDS.

The Wisconsin State Journal’s Alexander Shur, in an article published on May 4, reports that during a recent video interview, attorney and anti-vaxxer Todd Callender claimed that COVID-19 shots “caused vaccine-induced AIDS” and “purposefully gave people AIDS” — something there is absolutely no proof of. In fact, COVID-19 vaccines are saving lives; it’s quite possible to be fully vaccinated and still get COVID-19, but infections among the vaccinated tend to be milder infections.

When Callender falsely linked COVID-19 vaccines to HIV and AIDS, Johnson responded, “Let me challenge you there. That’s way down the road. I mean, you gotta do one step at a time. Everything you say may be true, OK. But right now, the public views the vaccines as largely safe and effective, that vaccine injuries are rare and mild. That’s the narrative, that’s what the vast majority of the public accepts.”

Johnson continued, “So, until we get a larger percentage of the population with their eyes open to ‘woah, these vaccine injuries are real, why?,’ you know, it’s gotta be step by step. You can’t leap to crimes against humanity. You can’t leap to another Nuremberg trial.”

https://www.alternet.org/2022/05/ron-johnson-falsely-claims-it-may-be-true-that-19-vaccines-cause-aids/

I'm not sure what's been worse during this pandemic - the dismissal of actual science or the people that have made up their own. People are stupid.