Coronavirus outbreak

[RUPERTKBD]

3 minutes ago, The 5th Line said:

I was seeing the doc for a dental infection, I am ill and in pain and I had a slight cough because of it.  The doctor wasn't going to test me for covid initially until I brought it up and asked if they were going to test me and he said "if you want", he then said they are basically giving tests to anyone who wants one at this point.  

Do you know if there are any positive cases in CR?

[RUPERTKBD]

Just now, CBH1926 said:

Personally the only part of Canada that I find culturally different is Quebec.

I don’t see much difference between B.C and parts of west coast or Ontario and northeastern U.S.

I haven’t been to Alberta so I can’t speak for that province.

Visit Brooks, or Ponoka if you want to see cultural difference.....

[CBH1926]

2 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

Visit Brooks, or Ponoka if you want to see cultural difference.....

Based on pictures it kind of looks like the prairies down here.

 

[NewbieCanuckFan]

7 minutes ago, Me_ said:

 

Countries pledge $8 billion for coronavirus vaccine, but U.S. absent

 

Looks like the world is trying to deal with this pandemic.

 

Norway $1.1 billion

Eu $1.1 billion

Canada $850 million

China $0.00 but was present at the meeting

Russia $0.00 absent at the meeting

USS $0.00 absent at the meeting 

I think if America comes up with a cure, vaccine, remedy, they won’t share it. They’ll sell it to other countries at exorbitant prices, perhaps even to its own States.

 

If the world comes up with it, Americans will be begging for it.

 

And they will be provided.

 

Not America or its people but Bone Spurs and his investment backers.  Follow the money.

Edited May 5, 2020 by NewbieCanuckFan

[Me_]

39 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:

China will be like any other superpower, it will squish you economically or eventually by force.

No different than any other empire in the history of the world.

They don’t have the military savoir faire to back it up.

 

Yet.

 

And really, they are as dependent on the rest of the world as we are on them. 90% of what we uses is made in China.

 

Stop buying and see what happens.

[RUPERTKBD]

9 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:

Based on pictures it kind of looks like the prairies down here.

 

Yeah, they're East of the Rockies (although not that far for Ponoka)

 

Probably more like Montana and the Dakotas than Nebraska or Kansas.....

Edited May 5, 2020 by RUPERTKBD

[Me_]

13 minutes ago, CBH1926 said:

Personally the only part of Canada that I find culturally different is Quebec.

I don’t see much difference between B.C and parts of west coast or Ontario and northeastern U.S.

I haven’t been to Alberta so I can’t speak for that province.

Northern BC, Northern Ontario, Northern Quebec; same type of people.

 

Its actually uncanny how culturally similar we actually are.

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by Me_

[NewbieCanuckFan]

Just now, Me_ said:

Its actually uncanny how culturally similar we actually are.

It's why it's so easy for Americans to pose as Canadians & visa-versa.  Minus the local accents obviously....

 

 

[stawns]

10 minutes ago, Me_ said:

They don’t have the military savoir faire to back it up.

 

Yet.

 

And really, they are as dependent on the rest of the world as we are on them. 90% of what we uses is made in China.

 

Stop buying and see what happens.

They might not have the hardware, bit they have the numbers and are far more willing to engage in a war of attrition than any other country.

[RUPERTKBD]

Montana school to be the first to re-open:

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/496128-small-school-reopening-in-montana-after-almost-two-months

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A small public school in Montana will be one of the first to reopen in the U.S. following national school closures due to the coronavirus.

Willow Creek School has been closed for almost two months and will reopen on Thursday, sending 56 students and 18 staff members back to finish off the semester, according to The Associated Press.

The school district reportedly surveyed the population around the small Montana community and found that three-quarters of parents would like their kids to return to school, even though there is only a little more than two weeks left until summer break.

 

Of course, they'll have to do a sweep for Grizzlies, first......

[Cerridwen]

49 minutes ago, The 5th Line said:

I got tested for Covid while getting checked at the docs, they stick a swab so far up your nose it feels like it touches your brain.  Fun

 

Results came back negative.

For Brain or COVID-19?

 

EDIT: Drat, I should have known a couple of you guys would have beaten me to it! lol Glad to hear all is well, 5th Line!

 

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by Cerridwen

[-DLC-]

42 minutes ago, The 5th Line said:

he then said they are basically giving tests to anyone who wants one at this point.  

What is listed is that "anyone with symptoms" can be tested.  I mean, people could "say" they have symptoms I supposed but not everyone gets tested from what I understand.

 

And the requirement is to self isolate until symptoms are gone.  So even if you "think" it's from a tooth infection - if you get tested and have a cough you should be following that guideline.

[wloutet]

9 minutes ago, Cerridwen said:

got tested for Covid while getting checked at the docs, they stick a swab so far up your nose it feels like it touches your brain

I went somewhere and got some white stuff up my nose. It felt okay, but sort of weird. LOL

[Warhippy]

2 months into the COVID lockdown

 

I just saw 2 meth addicts fighting over bike parts at the gas station

 

The Earth is Healing

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, Me_ said:

 

Countries pledge $8 billion for coronavirus vaccine, but U.S. absent

 

Looks like the world is trying to deal with this pandemic.

 

Norway $1.1 billion

Eu $1.1 billion

Canada $850 million

China $0.00 but was present at the meeting

Russia $0.00 absent at the meeting

USS $0.00 absent at the meeting 

I think if America comes up with a cure, vaccine, remedy, they won’t share it. They’ll sell it to other countries at exorbitant prices, perhaps even to its own States.

 

If the world comes up with it, Americans will be begging for it.

 

And they will be provided.

 

Externalize all expenses possible.  Isn't that capitalism's dirty little secret?

[nuckin_futz]

Sometimes you got to dumb it down for people. .......

 

 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2020 by nuckin_futz

[Me_]

3 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

Sometimes you got to dumb it down for people. .......

 

 

 

 

I still don’t get how people aren’t getting this.

[RUPERTKBD]

Props to this doctor in Montreal. This can't have been an easy decision:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/brownstein-sikh-doctor-chooses-to-shave-in-this-time-of-need/ar-BB13BURJ?li=AAggXBV
 

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The COVID-19 crisis has compelled people around the planet to grapple with all manner of moral dilemmas. For Montreal physician Sanjeet Singh-Saluja, it has forced him into the difficult position of having to reconcile his medical oath with his religious values.

Singh-Saluja, associate chief of the department of emergency medicine at the MUHC’s Montreal General and Royal Victoria hospitals, had already been dealing with the COVID-19 battle. He wanted to become even more involved, but the mandatory N95 mask could not fully cover his beard, thus preventing him from getting closer to infected patients.

So the question became: to shave or not to shave.

This is hardly a vanity issue. Singh-Saluja is a deeply religious Sikh, and according to the tenets of his religion, one of the pillars of his faith, “kesh,” is the practice of “allowing one’s hair to grow naturally out of respect for the perfection of God’s creation.”

owever, another of the pillars of his faith is “seva,” which relates to service toward mankind.

Singh-Saluja, 44, also an assistant professor of medicine at McGill University and the team physician of the Montreal Impact, was thrust into an existential crisis.

He could have chosen to avoid getting too close, but at a time when health-care workers are falling ill by the score and are being quarantined, he felt it would go against his oath as a physician and the principles of seva not to serve the greater good.

After consulting with religious advisers, family and friends and much soul-searching, Singh-Saluja, along with his MUHC neurosurgeon brother Rajeet, decided to shave.

“It was an extremely difficult decision for us, but one that we felt was absolutely necessary in this time of need,” Singh-Saluja says. “It’s a decision that has left me with much sadness. This was something that had been so much part of my identity. I look at myself in the mirror very differently now. Every morning when I see myself, it’s a bit of a shock.”

The Impact was so moved by his stand that it produced two videos, one in which Singh-Saluja outlined his position and another in which team members and president Kevin Gilmore showcased their beardless-solidarity.

“Originally when my brother and I did this, my brother wanted to keep it very quiet and didn’t want any publicity,” Singh-Saluja says. “We still have a really hard time with it. But when I saw what the Impact had done with everyone having shaved, I wanted to get across a team message, so I read my explanation for the video.”

Singh-Saluja has dealt with all sorts of outbreaks over the years, but the coronavirus is in a class all its own, and hence the necessity for the N95 mask now.

“We’ve never seen anything like this in our lifetime. This disease spreads in such fast form. There are so many people out there in its path. When we got cases of tuberculosis or even SARS, I always had a backup with me, another doctor, who I could also ask to help me out.

“But because COVID-19 has become so rampant in our community, it just wasn’t feasible anymore (not to wear a N95 mask). There are so many people coming in. I felt I just couldn’t sit on the sidelines. This was an exception to the rule, so we had to do what we had to do to help out.”

His brother Rajeet was in a similar predicament and would no longer have been able to operate on COVID-19 patients.

“There are so many infected people out there. And even so many people that you wouldn’t suspect have COVID turn out to have it. What’s so frightening is just how quickly some people deteriorate. They could seem fine one day, and then two days later, they’re in intensive care. It’s the rapid progression that’s the real alarming part of this disease.”

Singh-Saluja has noted that there are two types of health-care workers coping with the coronavirus.

“There are those who aren’t overwhelmed, but are very scared. And there are others of us who have become almost numb to the situation, where we now accept this as our new reality and are coming to terms with it.”

On the other hand, talk of herd immunity gives Singh-Saluja pause.

“That frightens me, because I believe we’re in for a second wave, and I don’t foresee this going away any time soon. We have to be prepared for the long haul, and if young people think they’re immune to this, they’re definitely wrong.

“There’s a light there at the end of this tunnel, but it’s still pretty far away.”

 

 

[wloutet]

If your kids need a bedtime story tonight:

 

[Jester13]

1 hour ago, debluvscanucks said:

What is listed is that "anyone with symptoms" can be tested.  I mean, people could "say" they have symptoms I supposed but not everyone gets tested from what I understand.

 

And the requirement is to self isolate until symptoms are gone.  So even if you "think" it's from a tooth infection - if you get tested and have a cough you should be following that guideline.

I think he mentioned his test came back negative.