Coronavirus outbreak

[thedestroyerofworlds]

6 hours ago, 4petesake said:

Seems to me that many of the people who won’t get vaccinated are the same people clamouring for things to get back to normal yet do the least to help make it possible. It might be a little crude but “ass, gas or cash, nobody rides for free” applies here. Do the absolute bare minimum and get vaccinated.

The adults I was referring to are the ones who actually cannot get vaccinated due to actual medical reasons.  That number is very small.  For the rest, I agree 100% with ya,

[nuckin_futz]

US has extended its ban on non-essential travel with Canada, Mexico through to July 21

Sun 20 Jun 2021 21:31:22 GMT

 

Canada extended its ban similarly with the US on Friday, to July 21 also. 

 

Canada government to hold a press conference Monday to discuss border closure

Sun 20 Jun 2021 22:14:06 GMT

 

Canadian government ministers will hold a news conference at 10 am Monday 21 June 2021 

• 1400 GMT 

Will be outlining the updates to border crossing restrictions. 

 

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Usually they just put out a press release saying border closure extended. I wonder why the need for a press conference?

 

Edited June 20, 2021 by nuckin_futz

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

17 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

 

Usually they just put out a press release saying border closure extended. I wonder why the need for a press conference?

 

Probably because of this:

 

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Canada to announce easing of some travel restrictions after passing vaccination threshold

Changes to apply to some fully vaccinated travellers, as Canada works with U.S. on vaccination certification

Christian Paas-Lang · CBC News · Posted: Jun 20, 2021 1:45 PM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

 

 

Why the federal government is extending non-essential travel restrictions

7 hours ago

10:09

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair talks to CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton, about pressure from the U.S. factoring into when travel restrictions will start to be lifted and what measures could change for fully vaccinated travellers. 10:09

 

 

The federal government is set to announce Monday the loosening of some border restrictions for fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents but says "the finish line" won't come until there are significantly increased vaccination rates in Canada.

 

The changes to the border restrictions will be limited to a few measures, with all non-essential travel still discouraged, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told CBC chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton in an interview that aired Sunday on Rosemary Barton Live.

 

There would be "changes with respect to the government-assisted hotels, perhaps some implication on who would be subject to quarantine, what it means to be a fully vaccinated traveller and what changes can now be accommodated for those people who are, in fact, fully vaccinated," Blair said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blair-border-measures-vaccine-certification-1.6073004

 

There's more to the article, but this first section covers the reason for the press conference, I think.

[RUPERTKBD]

38 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

US has extended its ban on non-essential travel with Canada, Mexico through to July 21

Sun 20 Jun 2021 21:31:22 GMT

 

Canada extended its ban similarly with the US on Friday, to July 21 also. 

 

Canada government to hold a press conference Monday to discuss border closure

Sun 20 Jun 2021 22:14:06 GMT

 

Canadian government ministers will hold a news conference at 10 am Monday 21 June 2021 

• 1400 GMT 

Will be outlining the updates to border crossing restrictions. 

 

********************

 

Usually they just put out a press release saying border closure extended. I wonder why the need for a press conference?

 

 

19 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

Probably because of this:

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/blair-border-measures-vaccine-certification-1.6073004

 

There's more to the article, but this first section covers the reason for the press conference, I think.

There was also a story about some US politicians in border states complaining loudly about the restrictions being extended. There was a guy from New York (can't remember the name off the top of my head) who is noted for friendly relations with his Canadian counterparts.....when he expressed his frustration, it got more notice than it would have had say, Gym Jordan been the one doing the complaining.

[Alflives]

14 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

 

There was also a story about some US politicians in border states complaining loudly about the restrictions being extended. There was a guy from New York (can't remember the name off the top of my head) who is noted for friendly relations with his Canadian counterparts.....when he expressed his frustration, it got more notice than it would have had say, Gym Jordan been the one doing the complaining.

To bad there couldn’t be some kind of exemption for Point Roberts.  

[bishopshodan]

8 minutes ago, Alflives said:

To bad there couldn’t be some kind of exemption for Point Roberts.  

Yeah, like make it part of Canada. It's silly. 

 

[4petesake]

10 minutes ago, Alflives said:

To bad there couldn’t be some kind of exemption for Point Roberts.  

I wonder if anyone knows the vaccination rates there. If they are similar to BC I don’t see any reason to keep the restrictions in place, specially considering the hardships that come with them from being cut off.

[erkayloomeh]

4 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Actually I'd like them all to be audited, and locked in jail. 

I'm a Bible believing Christian 

And I would have to agree with you.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

I thought this thread deserved a little bit of humour.

 

 

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

I thought this thread deserved a little bit of humour.

 

 

What's missing is "August 2021: What in the world are we going to do with all this surplus vaccine?"  

[gurn]

39 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said:

What's missing is "August 2021: What in the world are we going to do with all this surplus vaccine?"  

Give it all our allies in NATO and or the Common Wealth, then to whoever else needs it.

 

[6of1_halfdozenofother]

46 minutes ago, gurn said:

Give it all our allies in NATO and or the Common Wealth, then to whoever else needs it.

 

Or we could return our "take" from COVAX first, and then look at NATO/Commonwealth/Taiwan/etc.  

 

 

(edit: actually, I noticed after I posted this that Canada had already made commitments to donate excess doses... plus no idea if Canada ever did take from COVAX, even though there was the highly publicised announcement that they would)

Edited June 21, 2021 by 6of1_halfdozenofother

[King Heffy]

11 hours ago, gurn said:

Give it all our allies in NATO and or the Common Wealth, then to whoever else needs it.

 

Was never any doubt in my mind this was the plan.  It gave us the best chance of securing vaccines, and allowed us to do our part to aid others.  Very pleased with how this was handled.

[Jaimito]

This is incredible.

China Southern Airlines.  The flight attendants wear more PPE than the COVID ICU Drs at my hospital. 

 

At least they are ready for Ebola 

 

 

 

 

[Russ]

And now I see people trying to claim 50,000 people had died from the vaccine in America and its all being covered up.... 

 

 

 

Wonder how long this vaccinated no quarantine only will last, I got some un-vaccinated friends going for a month vacation in a few months to Hawaii.  I know we booked a January flight to Mexico but we'll be fully vaccinated (wife and I, not kids as they are still really young).

Edited June 22, 2021 by Russ

[-DLC-]

 

[Alflives]

12 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:

 

It’s so nice to see these infection numbers falling like this.  I think we in BC are listening to dr. Bonnie, and getting vaccinated.  I’m thinking we will get well over 80% of adults getting vaccinated here.  Maybe pushing 90%.  Seems like the vast majority of people here realize the importance of vaccination.  

[stawns]

On 6/20/2021 at 11:01 AM, Hamhuis Hip Check said:

I was thinking he looks like an alcoholic dax shepard

I thought Dax Shepard was the alcoholic Dax Shepard?

[ChuckNORRIS4Cup]

Looking at the numbers back in 1918 the estimated world population was about 1.8 Billion, and it's estimated that 17-100 million people died back then that's a lot. The world population right now is about 7.9 Billion and there has been 3.87 million deaths, still high but definitely not close to the spanish flu. When comparing this to past pandemics especially with the population size difference now, we're actually doing pretty good compared to the past, but still sucks that many had to die because of it.

[PhillipBlunt]

19 minutes ago, ChuckNORRIS4Cup said:

Looking at the numbers back in 1918 the estimated world population was about 1.8 Billion, and it's estimated that 17-100 million people died back then that's a lot. The world population right now is about 7.9 Billion and there has been 3.87 million deaths, still high but definitely not close to the spanish flu. When comparing this to past pandemics especially with the population size difference now, we're actually doing pretty good compared to the past, but still sucks that many had to die because of it.

The 1918 influenza was brutal. The grandaddy of all H1N1 viruses, and one of the most dangerous viruses ever. It was most effective on healthy immune systems of adults from 19-35 years old, and estimated to have infected 1/3 of the population of the planet.