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. 

2 hours ago, JCon said:

How did the right end up with a such a large collection of stupid, whiny people? I mean, I know why but it is amazing. 

Reminds me of that song line, shiny happy people but the opposite.

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

Hmm I dunno that the science supports that.

I guess then it's just something the local public health nurse randomly came up with. 

There's a lot of information out there and some of it is misinformation. Hard to tell them apart sometimes.

The problem with covid is that things have changed so quickly since this all started happening. A year ago everyone was worried about surface transmission and no one was wearing a mask, then it was droplets, then no it is airborne. So I don't blame people for having outdated information, but things have gone way past the initial measures that most places put in place. 

 

 

 

                                                        

 

 

Oh Wow... two people in their 20s died today. One of them from a VoC. 

Gonna see more and more and more of that.... they aren't vaccinated yet, and these variants (which are the majority across Canada) don't mess around. Doesn't matter if you're healthy or not....if it gets a hold of you, you could die. Absolutely do not **** around with this thing......get vaccinated, maintain social distancing at all times, and wear a damn mask (I find myself double masking indoors now) until further notice.....

booked my appointment!

1 hour ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Oh Wow... two people in their 20s died today. One of them from a VoC. 

and yesterday we had been informed that a student came in with a VoC, now I have to get used to wearing an N95 mask

2 minutes ago, iHeart said:

and yesterday we had been informed that a student came in with a VoC, now I have to get used to wearing an N95 mask

I actually find the N95 more comfortable than cloth ones. They don't " pull in " when I'm working out and they aren't as hot. For me anyways, I'm not sure if everyone finds that.

I actually contemplated wearing both a cloth and N95 mostly for the purpose of comfort and safety but my supervisor keeps telling me that just one will be enough, just wish they were reusable though

Edited April 28, 20214 yr by iHeart

When I'm inside a public place (the rare occasion I go into a store) I wear a disposable as a base layer, and then a cloth one with a filter over top that.....I feel much more protected for the limited time I'm in the vicinity of plague-ravaged (I assume) people....

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

When I'm inside a public place (the rare occasion I go into a store) I wear a disposable as a base layer, and then a cloth one with a filter over top that.....I feel much more protected for the limited time I'm in the vicinity of plague-ravaged (I assume) people....

Out of curiousity do you anything to cover or protect your eyes?

Protest leaded Chris Sky was arrested in Thunder bay. Kudos to Ford for having the kahunas to do what Palister wouldn't. 

4 minutes ago, the watcher said:

Protest leaded Chris Sky was arrested in Thunder bay. Kudos to Ford for having the kahunas to do what Palister wouldn't. 

I saw that it was related to some outstanding warrants that he had in Ontario from the past... can't remember the details though.

15 minutes ago, the watcher said:

Protest leaded Chris Sky was arrested in Thunder bay. Kudos to Ford for having the kahunas to do what Palister wouldn't. 

This isn't 100% true. One of his supporters posted a video on Youtube last night of him being served two tickets by plain clothed officers after the rally at The Forks. I will see if I can find a link again.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoKQESCvBk8

24 minutes ago, GCJenks said:

Out of curiousity do you anything to cover or protect your eyes?

I unfortunately have to wear glasses all the time, so I've got that going for me. My wife, who works in the public, has a job-mandated double-mask mandate and wears a protective face shield on top of that...

29 minutes ago, Sard said:

I saw that it was related to some outstanding warrants that he had in Ontario from the past... can't remember the details though.

Shocking, outstanding warrants said no one ever.

On CBC radio news today, it was reported by Manitoba Health officials that in the Winkler-Morden and Hanover communities, the vaccinations rate is only 20% by the choice of the residents. They were trying very hard to be diplomatic about why but it seems that there is certain group of religious followers who are refusing. There are other, smaller pockets as well in northern Manitoba. 

USA 

vaccine refusers.

"Polls shed some light on the demographics of these (vaccine refuser) groups. Together, compared with the rest of the population, they’re more likely to be conservative and young. In a Washington Post/ABC News poll taken last week, only 7 percent of people ages 65 and over were refusers. That number doubled among people ages 40 to 64 (16 percent) and tripled among people ages 18 to 39 (22 percent). "

baby boomers eh. harumph.

3 hours ago, Noeller said:

I unfortunately have to wear glasses all the time, so I've got that going for me. My wife, who works in the public, has a job-mandated double-mask mandate and wears a protective face shield on top of that...

I am the same - any tips for preventing glasses from fogging up due to wearing a mask?

This is especially a problem for me when I'm reading out loud to my students. 

27 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

I am the same - any tips for preventing glasses from fogging up due to wearing a mask?

This is especially a problem for me when I'm reading out loud to my students. 

Ugh... The bane of my existence. Winter was even worse. I know there's a spray you can get but I don't know how well it actually works. I'm forever cleaning my glasses on my shirt... 

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

On CBC radio news today, it was reported by Manitoba Health officials that in the Winkler-Morden and Hanover communities, the vaccinations rate is only 20% by the choice of the residents. They were trying very hard to be diplomatic about why but it seems that there is certain group of religious followers who are refusing. There are other, smaller pockets as well in northern Manitoba. 

It's the community that we shop in, do business in, have customers in, get repairs in........We are about 40 minutes away but are there at least once a week. You've seen me bitching and complaining on here and there is good reason. I have no idea how you get them to roll up their sleeves. Without being rude but I will be, maybe if they start dieing off It will kick in.  Winkler/Morden drives the economy of the entire area now. It has bedroom communities in the outlying areas. What were little mennonite villages are towns of 1000 to 2000. The growth there in my lifetime has been phenomenal.The trouble is there is still a old school ,small town ,religious mentality that shows it's ugly face at times.  And this is one.

Edited April 29, 20214 yr by the watcher