stawns Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, Russ said: Thats awesome. My work was offering masks, didn't realize it, then to many idiots kept loosing them or forgetting them so they scrapped that just as I wanted one and just offer disposables now. Lucky for me I wear it for 10 seconds to sign in and thats it so doesn't matter to me if its disposable or not. I wear mine for all of about 30 mins of my school day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, stawns said: I wear mine for all of about 30 mins of my school day. Ditto. I take mine off to chew or take a drink. I've gotten pretty used to it now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Vancouver Sun has a short interview with Bonnie Henry. It must be strange going from an unknown person to becoming one of the most recognizable faces in the province. Not to mention having to get security for your home when you're simply trying to do your job. ********************************************************************************************************************** Q: Since announcing B.C.’s first COVID case on Jan. 28, you have been under the spotlight, holding regular media briefings and releasing public updates. But you are an epidemiologist, not a politician. What’s that been like? A: It’s a little bit surreal in many ways, because people recognize me and I’m not used to that. I’m very much an introvert, it takes a lot of energy for me to speak publicly. But I also really learned a lot from the SARS outbreak about the importance of telling people what could happen, preparing people. … In terms of my own personal stuff it’s been a bit nerve-racking. I used to be much more private and anonymous. … I am pretty tired. But I think we’re all tired. https://vancouversun.com/health/qa-dr-bonnie-henry-reflects-on-2020-the-grim-year-that-covid-made-her-a-household-name?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VANSUNPROV COVID 19 Newsletter 2020-12-17&utm_term=SUNPROV COVID19 Newsletter 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Quote “These include having fever/chills, a cough, loss of sense of smell or taste and difficulty breathing. If you have any of these symptoms, if you’re feeling short of breath, if you’ve lost your your sense of smell, then you need to get a COVID test right away. That’s a priority.” If you have 1 of these 4 symptoms get a COVID-19 test right away, says B.C.’s top doctor https://globalnews.ca/news/7530089/coronavirus-symptoms-testing-right-away/?utm_source=%40globalbc&utm_medium=Twitter 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 16 hours ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: The needle is metallic. He could've just willed the needle into his arm, saving the need for the health care worker from having to approach him... ...then again, if he really was Magneto, I'm sure he could have also willed the coronavirus away from his body, considering it's probably got some small amount of mineral content in its make-up. No need for a vaccine for him! 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1339926028257546241?s=20 Pence was one of, if not the first WH people to get vaccinated and is the same individual talked about in that tweet. Would make Ned Flanders even feel ashamed for loving Jeebus. Edited December 18, 2020 by NewbieCanuckFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategal Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: Not to make light of the situation, but the "shortness of breath" (difficulty breathing) symptom is extremely subjective. I know what they're getting at, but many people may misunderstand what constitutes shortness of breath, or how to judge if they're having difficulty breathing. I saw a quote this morning from a Dr. in the US suggesting people use a pulse oximeter - that would only be useful if people understood at what value they should be concerned. His thought was that if people presented to the hospital sooner in their COVID symptom process the outcomes might be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stawns Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 so a disturbing discussion during our recess hotstove........one of my colleagues, a grade 5 teacher, surveyed his class and asked how many were going away for christmas. Of the 27 in his class, at least 20 said they were travelling for Xmas, with several of them going to Alberta. That is unbelievable.........what is wrong with people? After telling us that, he then told us of his wifes experience in a local elementary school yesterday. She's an itinerant counsellor in our district and she was at one of her schools yesterday when the principal took her aside and said "don't go to teacher x's class today........a student's family went to a party last week and they all tested positive and he's waiting for test results and he's here today because the contact tracing isn't complete and we're not allowed to force him to stay home and we're not allowed to tell people until the contact tracing is complete. The first story is unbelievable, the second one, I don't have words for. I suggested all teachers take 5 sick days the first week back 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Premier Doug Ford's government is considering a lockdown across southern Ontario from Boxing Day until Jan. 11 as COVID-19 cases in the province reach record highs, CBC News has learned. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-ontario-december-19-1.5846927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post higgyfan Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 21 minutes ago, stawns said: so a disturbing discussion during our recess hotstove........one of my colleagues, a grade 5 teacher, surveyed his class and asked how many were going away for christmas. Of the 27 in his class, at least 20 said they were travelling for Xmas, with several of them going to Alberta. That is unbelievable.........what is wrong with people? After telling us that, he then told us of his wifes experience in a local elementary school yesterday. She's an itinerant counsellor in our district and she was at one of her schools yesterday when the principal took her aside and said "don't go to teacher x's class today........a student's family went to a party last week and they all tested positive and he's waiting for test results and he's here today because the contact tracing isn't complete and we're not allowed to force him to stay home and we're not allowed to tell people until the contact tracing is complete. The first story is unbelievable, the second one, I don't have words for. I suggested all teachers take 5 sick days the first week back What a disgrace. One thing that Covid 19 has shown us, is that there's a segment of our population that is extremely selfish and weak. Time and again, we have been told that every time the community numbers increase so do the deaths and exposures in the schools. But these idiots can't skip one Christmas season, or stop socializing in their homes. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 An example of why some places have been hit so hard..... https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texas-wedding-photographers-have-seen-some/?utm_source=pocket-newtab Quote The wedding photographer had already spent an hour or two inside with the unmasked wedding party when one of the bridesmaids approached her. The woman thanked her for still showing up, considering “everything that’s going on with the groom.” When the photographer asked what she meant by that, the bridesmaid said the groom had tested positive for the coronavirus the day before. “She was looking for me to be like, ‘Oh, that’s crazy,’ like I was going to agree with her that it was fine,” the photographer recalls. “So I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And she was like, ‘Oh, no, no, no, don’t freak out. He doesn’t have symptoms. He’s fine.’ ” The photographer, who has asthma and three kids, left with her assistant before the night was over. Her exit was tense. The wedding planner said it was the most unprofessional thing she’d ever seen. Bridesmaids accused her of heartlessly ruining an innocent woman’s wedding day. She recalls one bridesmaid telling her, “I’m a teacher. I have fourteen students. If I’m willing to risk it, why aren’t you?” Another said everyone was going to get COVID eventually, so what was the big deal? The friend of the bride who’d spilled the beans cried about being the “worst bridesmaid ever.” After the photographer left, she canceled her Thanksgiving plans with family, sent her kids to relatives’ houses so they wouldn’t get sick, and informed the brides of her upcoming weddings that she’d be subcontracting to other shooters. A few days later she started to feel sick and, sure enough, tested positive for the coronavirus. She informed the couple. “But they didn’t care,” she says. They didn’t offer to compensate her for the test, nor did they apologize for getting her sick. Weddings are complicated events, and reorganizing them, as many have in the face of COVID-19, is no simple task. Couples must take into account the schedules of the venue, the caterers, the bartenders, the DJ, the florist, the photographer, and often many more cogs in the wedding machine, all of whom are coordinating schedules with a dozen other couples trying to plan what should be the best day of their lives in what is likely the worst year of their lives. And rescheduling a wedding is not just a logistical nightmare: deposits are at stake. The question of whether to reschedule is also an emotional one for many couples. “Postponing a party is one thing,” another photographer told me. “Postponing getting married is another.” Maybe that’s why so many couples are moving forward with their plans, telling themselves that it will be fine; if other people are doing it, why not them? Many couples have rescheduled and/or significantly downsized their guest lists. They made adjustments when Greg Abbott said wedding venues could hold events only at 50 percent capacity (now 75 percent). But in many cases, that just meant that what was once a 500-person wedding became a 250-person wedding. And even at much smaller weddings, precautions quickly fell by the wayside. One quick spin around the frenzied dance floor that is the Instagram hashtag #texaswedding reveals hundreds of posts from recent nuptials from across the state. In these photographs, there are usually neither masks nor Purell pumps, nor any other visual indication that the celebrations are taking place amid a global pandemic. Some events do seem safer than others—they take place outside, and they’re small—but it doesn’t take long to find a carousel of images of a wedding with a two-dozen-person bridal party and a bustling (and maskless) indoor reception. Wedding photographers find themselves in a tight spot. They need to shoot weddings in order to make a living, but that means consistently spending time in large groups. Six photographers I spoke with said they carry hand sanitizer and wear masks when they’re working, and some even double up with face shields. But because they’re serving a couple on their special day, once they’re at the wedding, photographers can’t do much, if anything, to enforce any pandemic guidelines. “I think most people’s intentions are good,” said one photographer, who, like most who shared their stories, asked to be anonymous because she didn’t want to risk losing more work than she already has this year. “It’s just when you get a group of people together with alcohol and socializing, at a certain point, everyone just kind of lets loose, and it gets a little dicey.” She recalls one event when the groom approached her at the end of the night, shouting his gratitude over the sounds of the DJ. “He was excited and happy and saying thank you,” she told me, “and I just felt spit land on my face.” Photographers’ experiences shooting weddings during the pandemic have run the gamut. Several photographers described couples who were cautious, respectful, and understanding. But many were not. “I would say about fifty percent of the weddings I’ve shot, there’s been no masks at all. It’s like we’re living in the pre-COVID parallel universe,” one photographer told me. “I’ve been in hotel ballrooms inside, and it’s been packed like sardines, and everyone’s having a great time. No one’s wearing masks. I’m there as the photographer documenting the reception, and there’s sweat flying, and it’s hot, and the music’s blaring, and the fan’s on, and I’m just like, ‘Well, the odds are that one of every ten people here have COVID and don’t realize it.’ ” One now-disillusioned photographer shot a wedding in South Texas with roughly a hundred guests, including one who told one of her co-shooters, “Oh, you don’t have to wear a mask. You don’t have to worry. None of us have the ’rona.” During the reception, hundreds of guests lined up for a non-COVID-compliant group dance. The guests, old and young, arranged themselves for a traditional grand march, and the photographer was horrified to see “tunnels of people running through with each other, high-fiving, and yelling at each other and touching.” The photographers and catering staff, she says, were the only attendees who seemed to be taking precautions. “Not even the bartenders were masked,” she told me. Another photographer, also sounding a bit incredulous, described a wedding where at least six out of the fourteen or so people in the bridal party ended up testing positive. “I’m pretty certain there were people in the wedding party who just didn’t get tested because they didn’t feel any symptoms,” he said. He added that not all of the weddings he’s attended have been reckless, such as one over the summer where at least half the guests had masks on for both the ceremony and reception. (I suppose it’s too much to ask that all the guests mask up?) He was one of the more upbeat and forgiving photographers I spoke to. But even he was shocked by what he’d seen. At plenty of weddings, he said, guests in their eighties and nineties walk around maskless. “I saw a guy with an oxygen machine. He was carrying around an oxygen machine to breathe, but he didn’t have a mask on.” The photographer who got sick after shooting the COVID-positive groom said her experiences throughout the pandemic have left her a little depressed. She recalled one conversation from that wedding, before she left the reception. “I have children,” she told a bridesmaid. “What if my children die?” The bridesmaid responded, “I understand, but this is her wedding day.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedestroyerofworlds Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: An example of why some places have been hit so hard..... https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texas-wedding-photographers-have-seen-some/?utm_source=pocket-newtab Can you say LAWSUIT! After those calls to reschedule shoots etc, my next call would be to a lawyer. There would be zero mercy given. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The community cluster at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna has grown to 76 cases, Interior Health said on Friday. \\ https://globalnews.ca/news/7531560/coronavirus-big-white-ski-resort-community-covid-19-cluster/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted December 18, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, RUPERTKBD said: An example of why some places have been hit so hard..... https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/texas-wedding-photographers-have-seen-some/?utm_source=pocket-newtab This si my profession. I lost close to $60,000 in cancelled or rescheduled contracts this year. So many industry professionals got hit. Hard. I know of a few that eschewed the rules and went with it anyways. Myself, after April I took the few still remaining contracts I had, dropped my smaller lenses from my bag and opted for a length no smaller than 85mm. Shooting people from 15 feet or more. My events had no more than 10 people in them and I wore a mask from start to finish, including sanitizing my equipment . Let me tell you. There are some incredibly selfish and ignorant people in weddings in general. This year was a shocking and damning display of that selfishness magnified across the entire industry. This story is not eye opening to me sadly. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Sounds like BC has beaten Covid. Well done everyone..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 49 minutes ago, kingofsurrey said: The community cluster at Big White Ski Resort near Kelowna has grown to 76 cases, Interior Health said on Friday. \\ https://globalnews.ca/news/7531560/coronavirus-big-white-ski-resort-community-covid-19-cluster/ Fun fact: "Big White" is also @bishopshodan 's rapper name..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) We are lucky.. BC covid dies in our schools... In other country's. schools spread covid.. We are pretty lucky here for sure..... Rebekah Jones, MS, GISP@GeoRebekah 3h Sweden has admitted that their strategy was a mistake, names schools as a major driver of spread, and closes all high schools until end of January. twitter.com/DrKatrin_Rabie… Edited December 18, 2020 by kingofsurrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSP* Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, kingofsurrey said: Sounds like BC has beaten Covid. Well done everyone..... Trying to cash in on her spotlight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 9 hours ago, debluvscanucks said: If you have 1 of these 4 symptoms get a COVID-19 test right away, says B.C.’s top doctor https://globalnews.ca/news/7530089/coronavirus-symptoms-testing-right-away/?utm_source=%40globalbc&utm_medium=Twitter I was having trouble breathing and I lost my sense of smell so I went to see my doctor. He told me to take off my mask. (A little bit of humour to lighten a dark situation. Apologies in advance.) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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