Coronavirus outbreak

[johngould21]

47 minutes ago, stawns said:

Are you in bc?

Yep, 70+ too! 

[stawns]

4 minutes ago, johngould21 said:

Yep, 70+ too! 

That's encouraging!  Im thinking December sometime for me

[johngould21]

50 minutes ago, stawns said:

That's encouraging!  Im thinking December sometime for me

We're very close to the 6 month mark.

[thedestroyerofworlds]

Shots in arms before Xmas break.

 

https://globalnews.ca/news/8370040/covid-vaccine-kids-health-canada-2/

COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 could come in ‘one to two weeks’: Health Canada

 

Health Canada says a decision on whether to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine for children will come “in the next one to two weeks,” leaving open the possibility that some kids could be at least partially protected by Christmas.

Canada’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma said in a conference call with reporters Friday that the regulator is “actively continuing” its review of the Pfizer-BioNtech jab for children aged five to 11, which was authorized for use in the United States last week.

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief medical officer, said the under-12 age group continues to have the highest incidence rates of COVID-19 across all age groups in the country.

COVID-19 has typically shown to be mild in children since the pandemic began, but some have had serious illness.

Tam noted an 11 per cent increase in new COVID-19 cases in Canada this week compared to last week, with 2,500 new cases reported daily.

More than 1,800 people with COVID-19 were hospitalized, she said, with 528 in intensive care units and an average of 22 deaths reported daily.

Tam also said the country’s requirement for a negative COVID-19 test for travellers re-entering Canada was still under review.

Federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove the “pre-departure PCR testing requirements” for fully vaccinated travellers returning over the land border, asking the government in a statement Friday to accept rapid antigen test results instead.

Tam said in the news conference that the requirement is for a “molecular test,” which can include a lab-based PCR or other tests that can offer results more quickly. Health Canada’s website says rapid antigen tests are not accepted.

More than 28 million people, or 85 per cent of the eligible population over age 12, are now fully vaccinated, Tam said, though “sizable gaps in vaccine coverage” remain.

She said that includes more than five million eligible people who have not yet received a vaccine, and more than 4.3 million children under the age of 12.

Also Friday, Health Canada approved the use of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine for booster shots for adults 18 and older, to be used at least six months after the second shot. The Moderna booster is a half-dose of the regular vaccine.

[RUPERTKBD]

Canada donates 2 million doses of Moderan to Uganda:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-donates-nearly-2-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-uganda/ar-AAQFrRm?li=AAggXBV
 

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Canada has donated nearly 2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Uganda, according to the United Nations.

The shipment was part of Canada's commitment to the WHO-led COVAX vaccine sharing facility.

In a statement on Saturday, the UN children's fund, UNICEF, said 1,904,140 doses had been received by Uganda's ministry of health.

“This first donation of the Canadian-financed vaccines to Uganda is a significant moment and a concrete example of global solidarity in action,” Uganda's Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said.

“We especially want to thank the Government of Canada for the timely and critical support they made to COVAX to make this possible,” she added.

Global News reached out to the Public Health Agency of Canada for comment, but did not get a response at the time of publication.

Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will donate 10 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to the COVAX vaccine sharing facility and donate $15 million to help make mRNA vaccines in Africa.

In all, between financial contributions and direct delivery of doses, Canada says it will help deliver at least 200 million shots of vaccine by the end of next year.

The World Health Organization has urged countries to donate to its COVAX facility initiative, staking the world’s economic recovery on the equitable distribution of vaccines.

 

 

[Alflives]

5 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

Canada donates 2 million doses of Moderan to Uganda:

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-donates-nearly-2-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses-to-uganda/ar-AAQFrRm?li=AAggXBV
 

 

Covid doesn’t see lines on a map, so why do we?  Hopefully (some day) we can accept we are one people, and lines on maps don’t change that.  

[thedestroyerofworlds]

[johngould21]

12 hours ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:

If, for some reason I find myself in any part of the US of A, kidnap me and take me back to Canada. Who, and where do these people come from?

[Alflives]

45 minutes ago, johngould21 said:

If, for some reason I find myself in any part of the US of A, kidnap me and take me back to Canada. Who, and where do these people come from?

These people are the product of a very easy life and a very poor education.  It’s a total waste of time to try and have a discussion with persons such as these.  These are the same types of people we have up here who protest (for their stupidity) during Remembrance Day.  

[thedestroyerofworlds]

The D.E.N.N.I.S. system for the anti-vaxx crowd.  Thanks Reddit.

 

Edited November 14, 2021 by thedestroyerofworlds

[johngould21]

2 hours ago, Alflives said:

These people are the product of a very easy life and a very poor education.  It’s a total waste of time to try and have a discussion with persons such as these.  These are the same types of people we have up here who protest (for their stupidity) during Remembrance Day.  

Along with the yellow stars, they should be wearing tin foil hats

[RUPERTKBD]

8 minutes ago, johngould21 said:

Along with the yellow stars, they should be wearing tin foil hats

Hmmmm.....I wonder if they make these babies in tinfoil?

[LTC123]

Just got my 1st jab today:  wife is not supportive.  I can see where hesitancy comes from.  Try telling these 5000 people that "it's safe and effective"

 

 

[JM_]

13 minutes ago, LTC123 said:

Just got my 1st jab today:  wife is not supportive.  I can see where hesitancy comes from.  Try telling these 5000 people that "it's safe and effective"

 

 

 

Good for you for doing that, you might end up saving her life.

 

The vast majority of those 5000+ adverse events were not permanent.

 

 

[Alflives]

47 minutes ago, LTC123 said:

Just got my 1st jab today:  wife is not supportive.  I can see where hesitancy comes from.  Try telling these 5000 people that "it's safe and effective"

 

 

Math.  2/400 chance of a sore arm from vaccine.  Or ...  2/100 chance of dying from Covid.  Hmmmm.  

Edited November 14, 2021 by Alflives

[StanleyCupOneDay]

37 minutes ago, LTC123 said:

Just got my 1st jab today:  wife is not supportive.  I can see where hesitancy comes from.  Try telling these 5000 people that "it's safe and effective"

 

 

Almost 6x more Canadians have died of COVID then had serious adverse effects of which the number of permanent issues are likely far less then that. If you only look at one number without context then yes one can understand some hesitancy, but if you look at all the numbers and compare then no not really. Also how many medicines/drugs have only a 0.01% serious adverse event rate? I actually don’t know this and am asking, but I would think most have higher rates? Could be wrong.

 

In any case good for you for getting protection   and doing your part to help slow down the pandemic despite others trying to convince you not to. It’s really tough to do that, especially if it’s someone close. Major props to you.

Edited November 14, 2021 by StanleyCupOneDay

[Alflives]

11 minutes ago, StanleyCupOneDay said:

Almost 6x more Canadians have died of COVID then had serious adverse effects of which the number of permanent issues are likely far less then that. If you only look at one number without context then yes one can understand some hesitancy, but if you look at all the numbers and compare then no not really. Also how many medicines/drugs have only a 0.01% serious adverse event rate? I actually don’t know this and am asking, but I would think most have higher rates? Could be wrong.

 

In any case good for you for getting protection   and doing your part to help slow down the pandemic despite others trying to convince you not to. It’s really tough to do that, especially if it’s someone close. Major props to you.

3,000 people die in Canada from Advil and Aspirin.  Do these antivaxxer morons extend their stupidity to these commonly used over the counter medications?  Of course they don’t, because they are dumb as friggin’ posts.  Stupid, selfish people.

[Slegr]

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Edited November 15, 2021 by Slegr
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[-Vintage Canuck-]

B.C. COVID-19 pandemic update:

 

As of Monday, Nov. 15, 2021, 90.7% (4,203,257) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.8% (4,021,455) have received their second dose.

 

In addition, 91.1% (3,940,151) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 87.3% (3,776,870) have received their second dose.

 

Over a three-day period, B.C. is reporting 1,270 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 epi-linked cases, for a total of 213,020 cases in the province:

• Nov. 12-13: 502 new cases
• Nov. 13-14: 387 new cases
• Nov. 14-15: 381 new cases

There are 3,837 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 206,665 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 376 individuals are in hospital and 116 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

 

The new/active cases include:

• 417 new cases in Fraser Health
  • Total active cases: 1,325
• 121 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Total active cases: 474
• 275 new cases in Interior Health
  • Total active cases: 762
• 274 new cases in Northern Health
  • Total active cases: 641
• 183 new cases in Island Health
  • Total active cases: 576
• no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  • Total active cases: 59

In the past 72 hours, 16 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,273.

 

The new deaths include:

• Fraser Health: one
• Vancouver Coastal Health: two
• Interior Health: two
• Northern Health: three
• Island Health: eight

There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Mission Memorial Hospital and Cherington Place (Fraser Health) have been declared over, for a total of 23 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

 

long-term care:

• Queens Park Care Centre, Rosemary Heights Seniors Village, Tabor Home, Cascade Gardens, Maplewood House, George Derby Centre, Dufferin Care Centre (Fraser Health);
• Amica Edgemont (Vancouver Coastal Health);
• Village by the Station, Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health);
• Peace Villa (Northern Health); and
• Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health).

acute care:

• Queen’s Park Care Centre, Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Burnaby Hospital (Fraser Health);
• Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health);
• Bulkley Valley District Hospital (Northern Health); and
• Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Island Health).

assisted or independent living:

• Swedish Assisted Living Residence, Harrison Pointe, The Cedars and Revera Parkwood Manor (Fraser Health).

From Nov. 5-11, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.2% of cases.

From Oct. 29 to Nov. 11, they accounted for 66.9% of hospitalizations.

 

Past week cases (Nov. 5-11) – Total 3,445

• Not vaccinated: 1,890 (54.9%)
• Partially vaccinated: 181 (5.3%)
• Fully vaccinated: 1,374 (39.9%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Oct. 29 to Nov. 11) – Total 336

• Not vaccinated: 202 (60.1%)
• Partially vaccinated: 23 (6.8%)
• Fully vaccinated: 111 (33.0%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 5-11)    

• Not vaccinated: 241.0
• Partially vaccinated: 69.9
• Fully vaccinated: 31.4

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Oct. 29 to Nov. 11)

• Not vaccinated: 40.8
• Partially vaccinated: 14.4
• Fully vaccinated: 2.4

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,441,045 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

 

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0071-002172

[-Vintage Canuck-]

B.C. COVID-19 pandemic update:

 

As of Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, 90.7% (4,204,465) of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 86.8% (4,023,930) received their second dose.

 

In addition, 91.1% (3,941,248) of all eligible adults in B.C. have received their first dose and 87.4% (3,779,157) received their second dose.

 

B.C. is reporting 338 new cases of COVID-19, including 18 epi-linked cases, for a total of 213,358 cases in the province.

 

There are currently 3,568 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 207,275 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 376 individuals are currently in hospital and 107 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation.

 

The new/active cases include:

• 160 new cases in Fraser Health
  • Total active cases: 1,297
• 40 new cases in Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Total active cases: 506
• 39 new cases in Interior Health
  • Total active cases: 683
• 57 new cases in Northern Health
  • Total active cases: 510
• 42 new cases in Island Health
  • Total active cases: 513
• no new cases of people who reside outside of Canada
  • Total active cases: 59

In the past 24 hours, one new death (Fraser Health) has been reported, for an overall total of 2,274.

 

There has been one new health-care facility outbreak at Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health). The outbreak at Swedish Assisted Living Residence (Fraser Health) has been declared over, for a total of 23 facilities with ongoing outbreaks, including:

 

long-term care:

• Queens Park Care Centre, Rosemary Heights Seniors Village, Tabor Home, Cascade Gardens, Maplewood House, George Derby Centre, Dufferin Care Centre (Fraser Health);
• Amica Edgemont (Vancouver Coastal Health);
• Village by the Station, Brocklehurst Gemstone Care Centre, Sun Pointe Village (Interior Health);
• Peace Villa (Northern Health); and
• Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence (Island Health).

acute care:

• Queen’s Park Care Centre, Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Burnaby Hospital, Ridge Meadows Hospital (Fraser Health);
• Royal Inland Hospital (Interior Health);
• Bulkley Valley District Hospital (Northern Health); and
• Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Island Health)

assisted or independent living:

• Harrison Pointe, The Cedars and Revera Parkwood Manor (Fraser Health).

From Nov. 8-14, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 60.5% of cases. and from Nov. 1-14, they accounted for 68.5% of hospitalizations.

 

Past week cases (Nov. 8-14) – Total 3,184

• Not vaccinated: 1,772 (55.7%)
• Partially vaccinated: 152 (4.8%)
• Fully vaccinated: 1,260 (39.6%)

Past two weeks cases hospitalized (Nov. 1-14) – Total 298

• Not vaccinated: 182 (61.1%)
• Partially vaccinated: 22 (7.4%)
• Fully vaccinated: 94 (31.5%)

Past week, cases per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 8-14)    

• Not vaccinated: 227.7
• Partially vaccinated: 62.7
• Fully vaccinated: 28.6

Past two weeks, cases hospitalized per 100,000 population after adjusting for age (Nov. 1-14)

• Not vaccinated: 37.2
• Partially vaccinated: 14.3
• Fully vaccinated: 2.1

Since December 2020, the Province has administered 8,452,904 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.

 

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021HLTH0202-002180