Kanukfanatic Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, coastal.view said: as you indicate they appear to be implementing country wide self isolation so travel and border crossing is irrelevant to their self isolating citizens and they do not want others to enter who will not self isolate unless that is the new status here closing borders make no sense what the usa is doing about border restrictions make no sense what bc is implementing about travel is that people who travel to certain countries must self isolate upon return and there is also screening What is your expertise in disease control? Seriously, what qualifications do you have to make statements like this? None....yeah...that is what we all thought. Edited March 13, 2020 by Kanukfanatic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Stopped at the supermarket on the way home. No pasta, no rice, no toilet paper, no soap, no medicine, next to no fresh veg. One woman walking around with half a shopping cart's worth of pasta after cleaning the shelves. People are idiots. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Petey40 Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 12 minutes ago, coastal.view said: why closing borders? what will that achieve the virus is already here... it cannot be kept out borders are not the issue from a medical stand point they are a bit of a red herring that has political motives Because less movement the less spread, closing borders helps contain and control spread. This isn’t about keeping it out anymore it’s about controlling and containing. Halting international travel and allowing less people to come into and leave the country makes it easier because of the limited traffic. It also makes it easier to track current cases without having to worry about additional asymptomatic cases coming into the country. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just now, Scottish⑦Canuck said: Stopped at the supermarket on the way home. No pasta, no rice, no toilet paper, no soap, no medicine, next to no fresh veg. One woman walking around with half a shopping cart's worth of pasta after cleaning the shelves. People are idiots. Should've taken some if you needed it. She's no more entitled to it than anybody else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey40 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, coastal.view said: as you indicate they appear to be implementing country wide self isolation so travel and border crossing is irrelevant to their self isolating citizens and they do not want others to enter who will not self isolate unless that is the new status here closing borders make no sense what the usa is doing about border restrictions make no sense what bc is implementing about travel is that people who travel to certain countries must self isolate upon return and there is also screening You do realize people are asymptomatic right? The virus can be untraceable. And it’s spreading around the entire world. Close the borders. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 4 hours ago, 'NucK™ said: We can just make a separate thread for @Jimmy McGill to post in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scottish⑦Canuck said: Stopped at the supermarket on the way home. No pasta, no rice, no toilet paper, no soap, no medicine, next to no fresh veg. One woman walking around with half a shopping cart's worth of pasta after cleaning the shelves. People are idiots. I'd wager same person used the "express lane" (eg., 12 items or less) despite having probably well over a dozen items in her cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 1 hour ago, nuckin_futz said: Denmark completely seals its borders from people Fri 13 Mar 2020 18:42:13 GMT All borders will close tomorrow Not even China closed its borders but Denmark says it will completely close access to the country by air, sea and road starting tomorrow until after Easter. Only Danes or people working in the country will be allowed in. I can't imagine this includes trade but that's a dramatic step. I'm not even sure that's legal under EU rules but I don't think they care. it's a bit easier for the Danes than most countries....a 40 or 50 mile border with Germany and a bridge connecting them to Sweden.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhdlois Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Scottish⑦Canuck said: Stopped at the supermarket on the way home. No pasta, no rice, no toilet paper, no soap, no medicine, next to no fresh veg. One woman walking around with half a shopping cart's worth of pasta after cleaning the shelves. People are idiots. As I mentioned earlier, I am a couponer, and I have a stockpile of non-perishables, paper goods, some frozen foods (slacked off a bit in that area lately). Friends laugh at me, but in times like this, I am prepared. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, Scottish⑦Canuck said: Stopped at the supermarket on the way home. No pasta, no rice, no toilet paper, no soap, no medicine, next to no fresh veg. One woman walking around with half a shopping cart's worth of pasta after cleaning the shelves. People are idiots. Yup. A rumour around my area now that the government has requested people to stock up on supplies for 30 days of food etc. It's an absolute gong show everywhere. people are genuinely the most fearful and stupid creatures to inhabit this rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthMelvin Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 How's the fear mongering going up in here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted March 13, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, coastal.view said: fine i have learned a lot about this issue myself self education is real 11 minutes ago, coastal.view said: you want to control behaviour i'd prefer to educate it and rely on people's sense of self preservation as well When there is a virus of this magnitude in existence, relying on peoples sense of self-preservation is a bad idea. Do smokers, junkies, alcoholics, and suicidal people practice self-preservation? Or do they act in accordance with their urges and mental health issues? The severity of this outbreak is very, very real. Eliminating a potential issue may sound like controlling behavior to you (and nothing more), but it actually has more to do with controlling the spread of this virus. Clearly Washington and Ontario, amongst others see the reality of this threat. BC seems to be lagging behind these regions. Possibly because of less population, but the Lower Mainland is still a very densely populated region that should be seeing more measure enacted. 11 minutes ago, coastal.view said: not sure why you think this is pretentious? When you state things like "self education is real" you present yourself and your ideas in an unmistakably, patronizing way. As if most on here don't realize and practice informing themselves. You make a huge amount of assumptions on what someone is saying and then act incredulously when they call you out on it. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksPatsFan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Went to Super Store around 11am. Tons of panicked shoppers. Got in and out in about 20 minutes with all I needed. Strange thing though - flats of water bottles, the hand soap bins, medicine, vitamins and antibacterial mouth wash were all fully stocked. What wasn't fully stocked? Frozen pizzas, chocolate bars, frozen lasagnas, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 When you do a good job and reward yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish⑦Canuck Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, redhdlois said: As I mentioned earlier, I am a couponer, and I have a stockpile of non-perishables, paper goods, some frozen foods (slacked off a bit in that area lately). Friends laugh at me, but in times like this, I am prepared. There's being prepared and there's going overboard. I've got enough non-perishables to last 3 to 4 weeks in case i need to self isolate. I don't need any more than that. I won't hoard pasta, toilet roll and paracetemol at the expense of others. Especially when there's no reason to panic buy. What are they going to be doing? Sitting on their toilet $&!#ting spaghetti out for 3 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey40 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 What’s your guys favourite non perishable food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, DarthMelvin said: How's the fear mongering going up in here? Pretty good? Who's that guy(?)...doesn't he/she know about how harmful plastic straws are? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just now, Petey40 said: What’s your guys favourite non perishable food? honey. lasts forever. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said: Went to Super Store around 11am. Tons of panicked shoppers. Got in and out in about 20 minutes with all I needed. Strange thing though - flats of water bottles, the hand soap bins, medicine, vitamins and antibacterial mouth wash were all fully stocked. What wasn't fully stocked? Frozen pizzas, chocolate bars, frozen lasagnas, etc. TP all cleaned out? Lysol wipes? I was at the South Van store (I didn't look for those items but I did notice the canned soups were noticeably few in number on the shelf). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux4lyfe Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 I was coughing a couple mins ago....fear not. It was the cannabis virus. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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