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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)
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Northern Light
Superstar
Response from Toronto's CMO to the letter requesting wider sidewalks/bike lanes, space for social distancing.
The Globe and Mail (and UT's own) Alex Bozikovic, had this to say:
I couldn't agree more!
The Globe and Mail (and UT's own) Alex Bozikovic, had this to say:
I couldn't agree more!
Towered
Senior Member
Sigh...will Toronto ever outgrow its small-town mindset? I fear not.
salsa
Senior Member
"Thank you for raising these sensible policy ideas that exist in every other city. Anyway, here are some reasons why that can't happen in Toronto, ever.
Thank you for your understanding. Stay home."
salsa
Senior Member
And how wonderful to hear that someone in power finally understands the concept of 'induced demand'. This was never a concern in any road project ever, but it takes a pedestrian and cycling initiative for them to bring this up so they can screw us.
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Towered
Senior Member
It's so twisted - politicians and bureaucrats in Toronto happily bend over for car drivers in perpetuity, but shudder at the suggestion that more be done to accommodate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.
I've lost hope that we'll ever get a progressive mayor who will push for such initiatives.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I don't think we need to be. The purpose of the closures and social distancing is not to eradicate the virus but to slow its impact to a level that the health care system can manage. I'd say we're doing a good job there, for a nation of 37.5 million people our hospitals are not overwhelmed, we're not short of ventilators, we have (as of now) a total of 28,209 cases, of which 8,966 have recovered, with 1,007 deaths, of which about half are occurring outside of long-term care facilities. Outside of the terrible toil this is having on our warehoused seniors, I'd say our containment measures are doing well compared to most other impacted countries.
I totally get that. But people are complaining about lockdown, and I'm just saying we're not there. We can still move around freely, because apparently "stay home" doesn't mean you really have to stay home judging by traffic and shopping places where I live. It seems to have become a game to compare how many trips you need to make to find Lysol.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Doug Ford slammed over delay of measure that protects nursing home residents from COVID-19 by limiting where staff can work
From link.
From link.
Premier Doug Ford is letting vulnerable seniors down by delaying a new measure restricting long-term-care staff to working in just one nursing home to slow the spread of COVID-19, New Democrats say.
An emergency order made public Wednesday states the rule aimed at reducing the fast-rising number of outbreaks and deaths won’t take effect for another seven days and will be in place for just two weeks.
Ford spoke with urgency about the need for the move to help “fortify the iron ring of protection” around nursing home residents, but that’s not apparent from the time lag, said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
“We cannot waste a second now,” she said in a statement released after the premier promised an “all-out plan” that includes “COVID-19 swat teams” from hospitals being sent to hard-hit nursing homes to help control infections and take care of residents.
“Restrictions much tighter than these should have been put in place weeks ago,” Horwath added, raising a concern that nursing-home workers from temp agencies will be exempt in a “giant loophole.”
Staff affected by the restriction include nurses, personal support workers, kitchen and cleaning workers. The NDP and Registered Nurses Association of Ontario are among the organizations that have long called for limiting the number of homes at which health workers can be employed to lower the odds of outbreaks jumping from one facility to another.
gabe
Senior Member
China lied? Big shocker
www.vice.com
China Knew About Human-to-Human Transmission of Coronavirus But Waited 6 Days to Tell the World
In those 6 days, tens of thousands of people gathered for a banquet in Wuhan, and China saw 3,000 new infections.
www.vice.com
W. K. Lis
Superstar
China lied? Big shocker
China Knew About Human-to-Human Transmission of Coronavirus But Waited 6 Days to Tell the World
In those 6 days, tens of thousands of people gathered for a banquet in Wuhan, and China saw 3,000 new infections.
Normal for any authoritarian country.
gabe
Senior Member
Closing lanes to traffic would make us safer, not only from Covid but also idiot drivers who think empty streets are drag race tracks.
Stunt driving cases have nearly doubled in Toronto since quarantining began
Toronto's empty streets have become the perfect racetrack for stunt drivers, and the city is now urging all vehicle users to slow down or — even be...
www.blogto.com
Their reported numbers aren't likely to be accurate either
AlbertC
Superstar
Coronavirus: 18 ticketed for breaking social distancing bylaw by playing cricket in Brampton
Posted April 14, 2020 12:25 pm EST
Eighteen people were ticketed in Brampton over the weekend in two separate incidents for violating the social distancing bylaw, in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, by playing cricket.
A spokesperson for the City of Brampton confirmed the 18 $880 tickets to Global News on Tuesday.
globalnews.ca
Posted April 14, 2020 12:25 pm EST
Eighteen people were ticketed in Brampton over the weekend in two separate incidents for violating the social distancing bylaw, in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, by playing cricket.
A spokesperson for the City of Brampton confirmed the 18 $880 tickets to Global News on Tuesday.
Coronavirus: 18 ticketed for breaking social distancing bylaw by playing cricket in Brampton
Eighteen people were ticketed in Brampton over the weekend in two separate incidents for violating the social distancing bylaw, in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, by playing cricket.
globalnews.ca
AlbertC
Superstar
Family whose mother died at city-run nursing home in Toronto begged for physical distancing measures weeks before outbreak
When Greg McVeigh and his brother, Rod, couldn’t get through to Toronto’s Seven Oaks, the nursing home where their parents lived, they started reaching out blindly through e-mail and Instagram to anyone who might be able to help protect the couple from the coronavirus.
In phone calls and e-mails, including one to Toronto Mayor John Tory on March 20, the brothers begged the city-owned facility to test more residents and to isolate their mother before the outbreak reached her floor. But Seven Oaks, following the advice of provincial public health officials, initially did neither.
On April 7, their mother, Joan McVeigh, died of COVID-19, making her one of at least 22 residents who have died in one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks at a long-term care home in Canada.
www.theglobeandmail.com
When Greg McVeigh and his brother, Rod, couldn’t get through to Toronto’s Seven Oaks, the nursing home where their parents lived, they started reaching out blindly through e-mail and Instagram to anyone who might be able to help protect the couple from the coronavirus.
In phone calls and e-mails, including one to Toronto Mayor John Tory on March 20, the brothers begged the city-owned facility to test more residents and to isolate their mother before the outbreak reached her floor. But Seven Oaks, following the advice of provincial public health officials, initially did neither.
On April 7, their mother, Joan McVeigh, died of COVID-19, making her one of at least 22 residents who have died in one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks at a long-term care home in Canada.
Family whose mother died at city-run nursing home in Toronto begged for physical distancing measures weeks before outbreak
Nearly half of Canada’s 900 coronavirus fatalities have been of residents of nursing or retirement complexes
www.theglobeandmail.com