Admiral Beez
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I hope he decided to stay home from then onwards.
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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)
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Yes he has been in quarantine ever since. Days of a raging fever, chest tightness and more. Telephone consults only.
AlbertC
Superstar
Nations Experience supermarket at the Stockyards has also implemented a rule where wearing a face mask/covering is mandatory to get into the store. I've heard that they may provide you with one if you don't have one already. They also seem to have ample stock for sale.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I have to say to Canadian's credits, we seem to be flattening the curve. If we were following USA, Italy, Spain, UK or France by now Canada would have ten times what we have now.
As for the US number's don't believe them....
www.theatlantic.com
As for the US number's don't believe them....
A New Statistic Reveals Why America’s COVID-19 Numbers Are Flat
Few figures tell you anything useful about how the coronavirus has spread through the U.S. Here’s one that does.
www.theatlantic.com
AlbertC
Superstar
I had the biggest sigh and eye roll ever when I read the latter part of this Trump quote from the other day:
"Our relationship with Canada is very good -- we'll talk about that. It will be one of the early borders to be released," the president said. "Canada's doing well, we're doing well -- so we'll see."
"Our relationship with Canada is very good -- we'll talk about that. It will be one of the early borders to be released," the president said. "Canada's doing well, we're doing well -- so we'll see."
Trump says 'Canada's doing well,' restrictions at border could ease soon
U.S. President Donald Trump signalled Wednesday that he's prepared to support easing travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border sooner rather than later -- although the feeling may not be mutual, given the extent of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.
www.ctvnews.ca
lenaitch
Senior Member
China is the source of the virus. Someone needs to explain to me how that is racist since it is a well established fact. As to assigning blame, if that is important, then it depends. Is it the culture that practices what are widely recognized as unsafe food handling practices? If that is true, then any number of countries are in the same boat. Is it the state that allowed the practice to continue and apparently bungled the response?
Northern Light
Superstar
I have to say to Canadian's credits, we seem to be flattening the curve. If we were following USA, Italy, Spain, UK or France by now Canada would have ten times what we have now.
As for the US number's don't believe them....
A New Statistic Reveals Why America’s COVID-19 Numbers Are Flat
Few figures tell you anything useful about how the coronavirus has spread through the U.S. Here’s one that does.
The article shows a difference in positivity rate of about 2.7x in the US vs Canada.
While their CFR (mortality rate) is slightly over 3x Canada's.
* worth adding at this junction, different ways/counts of testing; and different standards for assigning cause of death exist even among provinces, let alone between countries, making this a fairly crude comparison.
But overall, based on results as best we can see them; the U.S. result is about 3x worse.
Rather that point out the reasons that is; I'd rather focus on what Canada could be doing better.
Finland has a less than 1/2 our death rate; Iceland is about 20% lower.
We should always measure ourselves against the best; the the laggards.
AlbertC
Superstar
Canada is flattening the coronavirus curve. That’s ‘good news,’ expert explains
Updated April 17, 2020 4:05 pm
Encouragingly, public health experts say that a graph of positive tests shows that the sacrifice is working.
“This is a good-news graph,” says Steven Hoffman of York University.
“The good news is that it’s not a straight line and that it’s actually curving downwards, which is exactly what we would want to see. These lines don’t show that the outbreak is ending. The number of cases might be going up. It’s just not going up as fast as we would have expected in the absence of intervention.”
The University of Toronto’s Ashleigh Tuite agrees.
“Overall, it’s a positive graph,” she says. “All the provinces are bending — you want them to be as flat as possible. They are all headed in the right direction, which is a positive sign.”
globalnews.ca
Updated April 17, 2020 4:05 pm
Encouragingly, public health experts say that a graph of positive tests shows that the sacrifice is working.
“This is a good-news graph,” says Steven Hoffman of York University.
“The good news is that it’s not a straight line and that it’s actually curving downwards, which is exactly what we would want to see. These lines don’t show that the outbreak is ending. The number of cases might be going up. It’s just not going up as fast as we would have expected in the absence of intervention.”
The University of Toronto’s Ashleigh Tuite agrees.
“Overall, it’s a positive graph,” she says. “All the provinces are bending — you want them to be as flat as possible. They are all headed in the right direction, which is a positive sign.”
Canada is flattening the coronavirus curve. That’s ‘good news,’ expert explains - National | Globalnews.ca
Public health experts say that a graph of positive tests shows that sacrifices to flatten the coronavirus curve are working in Canada.
globalnews.ca
Ard9001
New Member
So I was listening to TVO The Agenda and thought it was interesting discussion with the virus impact to Long-Term Care homes.
AlbertC
Superstar
Canadians will now be required to wear face coverings during flights:
dailyhive.com
Canadians will be required to wear non-medical masks, face coverings on flights | News
Canadians will now be required to wear non-medical face masks or face coverings on flights according to new measures introduced by Transport Canada.
dailyhive.com
W. K. Lis
Superstar
One problem with the face masks is foggy glasses. Use dish washing liquid...
Richard White
Senior Member
That depends on the glasses. With Oakleys and certain other lenses you will actually damage the coating on them if you put them into contact with hydrocarbons
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Hmm.... in December I booked a three week family trip to the UK in early August. I’ll wait until end of June before I decide about canceling it and fighting for a refund. But I don’t think I’d want to fly anywhere, anytime with a mask on - that flight I would cancel. That said, I‘ve always sanitized my seat, tray table, touch screen and arm rests.Canadians will now be required to wear face coverings during flights:
Canadians will be required to wear non-medical masks, face coverings on flights | News
Canadians will now be required to wear non-medical face masks or face coverings on flights according to new measures introduced by Transport Canada.
lenaitch
Senior Member
I'm with you. I can't imagine wearing a mask for that length of time.
gabe
Senior Member
I would cancel for sure. No way i would wear a hot mask for that duration. Plus the UK has banned mass gatherings and events until August 31. I don't even know if bars, restaurants or tourist attractions will be open by then. This year is a write off for most of the world. Try again next year.