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Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)
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Admiral Beez
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Stop touching your face and you're okay for the most part.
Stop Touching Your Face! (Published 2020)
It’s a quirk of human nature that we touch our eyes, noses and mouths all day long. It’s also a major way we pick up infections like coronavirus.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Not everyone have the luxury of paid sick days - especially part-time service workers.
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AlbertC
Superstar
I have a colleague who had booked a March Break vacation to Disney World Florida (not a cruise) and are supposedly still planning to follow through on it. My cousin from New York had prebooked a trip to Hong Kong months in advance with his family for April, but are heavily considering cancelling, and may have already done so. I received a NextDeparture.ca email alert saying that round trip airfare to Tokyo, Japan are only $452 for various dates throughout 2020, and even as late as January 2021. Although it's not necessarily on my travel radar anyways.
gabe
Senior Member
That's true, temp workers will be out of a job if they take sick days. Companies can send workers back to the temp agencies with no questions asked.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
A certain government rolled back mandatory paid sick days legislation.... I guess it isn't too late to have "Open for infections" as a provincial tagline for the old new license plates.
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lenaitch
Senior Member
My brother and sister-in-law had a western Pacific cruise planned for April, with stops in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Viet Nam, etc. Luckily, the cruise company cancelled so reimbursement has already happened. My wife gets seasick easily and I think cruise ships are petri dishes so they never were on our retirement to-do list anyway.
An informative and well-thought out article: https://www.tvo.org/article/coronavirus-how-you-can-help-control-the-spread-of-covid-19
The author makes a good point about cleaning the petri dish that is your cell phone!
The author makes a good point about cleaning the petri dish that is your cell phone!
NotAToy
New Member
The number of cases is potentially wrong (as in lower) as in some places, they underreport, don't have lab kits, and some people don't contact medical services when they show symptoms.
tiffer24
Senior Member
- World health officials say the case fatality rate for COVID-19 is 3.4% globally, higher than previous estimates of about 2%.
- “Globally, about 3.4% of reported COVID-19 cases have died,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/who...-globally-higher-than-previously-thought.html
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
A more local take on the preparatory work - from the Globe:
www.theglobeandmail.com
And more:
www.theglobeandmail.com
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How a Toronto hospital is staying ahead of public health officials in the coronavirus fight
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe, Canadian facilities have been hustling to avoid the fate of their peers in Washington State and parts of Europe
www.theglobeandmail.com
And more:
Canadian health officials warn schools of potentially critical role in slowing coronavirus spread
Among many tips, the Public Health Agency of Canada is asking schools to boost the availability of hand sanitizers, do away with perfect attendance awards and monitor children for signs of illness
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Jasmine18
Senior Member
Freeland to lead a cabinet committee to deal with this.
That is good she is one of the few ministers that is highly capable.
That is good she is one of the few ministers that is highly capable.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
As lads in the 1970s our mother would force my brothers and I to go to school in all weathers and physical conditions. If you weren't bleeding or barfing, you were in class. And yes, we three did win some sort of recognition from the principal for near perfect attendance. It didn't do me much good though.Canadian health officials warn schools of potentially critical role in slowing coronavirus spread
Among many tips, the Public Health Agency of Canada is asking schools to boost the availability of hand sanitizers, do away with perfect attendance awards and monitor children for signs of illness
Yes, that is the mantra I grew up with -- suck it up and go to school / work / sports practice / wherever no matter what. We now realize that it's far better to stay home and not spread germs.
