Russ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, skategal said: Could the uptick be in part due to the change in testing? I think we're now testing people who want a test as long as they are referred by a doctor? I thought we changed that recently from just testing more specifically? Could be a combination of all things I suppose. I go more by the hospitalization numbers to feel better/worse about how things are going as that number is a consistent measure. So far that number seems to be declining. Excatly, testing has changed to a broader spectrum so of course as more people get tested the numbers will rise compared to before. BCs numbers were artificially low because we were testing specific people and sending others away who had mild symptoms, now thats not the case. LIke you said, the only thing I really care about are hospitalizations numbers at this point, thats the number that we need to watch and with those numbers going down or staying flat, its not overwhelming the medical system so thats great for us to try and treat others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dungass said: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-pushes-back-against-cdc-directors-warning-about-coronavirus-second-wave Trump adamantly argued that the coronavirus would not come back in the fall with the same virulence that has this spring – saying that at most it would be “the embers” of the virus the country will have to deal with when the next flu season begins. Translation: Get your shovel and start digging your underground shelters now. Imagine how pathetic it must feel to be in that press room. The doctors, the journalists, the reporters, the camera operators, the door valet, even Mike Pence fundamentally knows what hell is upon us all. And this guy is there, using the Office as a self-agrandizing show, spewing lie after lie after lie, taking precious time away from the American people, looking like an absolute buffoon to everyone but himself. I wonder if he knows how absolutely stupid he sounds. I mean fundamentally. In his callused con heart. I think a reporter is close to asking him exactly this: ”Mr. President, with over two million confirmed cases in America and a hundred thousand dead before fall, are you starting to realize how stupid and dangerous what you say may sound?” ”You’re so vile you know? You’re so nasty. CNN. Fake news. But you know that. And you know what? I’ll tell you you’re very nasty to me because your fake news” ...and the Trump show goes on, and people keep dying in vain. Edited April 23, 2020 by Me_ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungass Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/new-coronavirus-outbreak-northern-china-21912009 Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 hours ago, JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo said: I wonder if this uptick is a result of people ignoring social distancing guidelines for Easter? I guess we'll know the full result in another week or so? Or the fact they have opened up testing to anyone. Or the Mission prison increase. Or the poultry plant increase. Though I guess we can blame it all on the Easter weekend which was almost 2 weeks ago. Besides the most important stats are the ones in Hospitals, which has dropped and those who have recovered, which have increased. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coho8888 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Dungass said: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/new-coronavirus-outbreak-northern-china-21912009 Not good. Sure hope its an outlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 57 minutes ago, Russ said: Uptick will also have to do with them allowing anyone to get tested now. Before it was very specific individuals who could and couldn't get tested. You essentially had to have a lot of trouble breathing for the hospital to test you, if not they sent you away. On Monday they opened up the testing so that more of the public could get tested now if needed and with that more open testing you will have more people trying to get tested and the numbers will rise. The big thing will be hospitalizations and ICUs, as long as they stay down and at levels that hospitals can manage effectively then we are doing well. The big vast number of cases is almost an irrelevant number as long as most don't get critically ill and end up at the hospitals. Sorry, had the wrong numbers. Quote Despite the new directive, the number of tests has not significantly changed since access was broadened. On April 7, B.C. conducted 1,073 tests and on April 17, the most recent day that the total testing figure was available, there were 1,483 tests. Quote Peter Phillips, an infectious disease expert, said B.C.'s public health officials need to figure out what obstacles are getting in the way of increased testing before the province can hope to begin to reduce some of the physical-distancing measures that have helped flatten the curve of infection rates. “Even though there’s been messaging about increasing testing, it has not yet happened,” he said in an interview. This was posted yesterday ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 14 minutes ago, Grapefruits said: Or the fact they have opened up testing to anyone. Or the Mission prison increase. Or the poultry plant increase. Though I guess we can blame it all on the Easter weekend which was almost 2 weeks ago. Besides the most important stats are the ones in Hospitals, which has dropped and those who have recovered, which have increased. Was anyone blaming it all on anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 4 hours ago, kingofsurrey said: I can't stand Westjet. I will never use that crappy airline again. It’s like being in a bumpy Greyhound, except there’s no road to bounce on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 28 minutes ago, Grapefruits said: Or the fact they have opened up testing to anyone. Or the Mission prison increase. Or the poultry plant increase. Though I guess we can blame it all on the Easter weekend which was almost 2 weeks ago. Besides the most important stats are the ones in Hospitals, which has dropped and those who have recovered, which have increased. Well I'm sure they all contributed. The Easter numbers definitely will start showing up now... 27 - poultry plant (1 counted previously) 1 - Mission (up from 76 to 77) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) The thickness of the non-existing brain matter in this unfortunate soul cannot be under-estimated. Edited April 23, 2020 by Me_ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 This is a great resource to have available as some will struggle with mental health during this crisis: https://globalnews.ca/news/6824435/b-c-registered-psychologists-mental-health-support-coronavirus/?fbclid=IwAR0tqxfSgq8cpHq-2kvZ3TgC5KLh318o7Vk-H2VF4kBr4xOzQVdJxZrUiU8 Quote B.C.’s registered psychologists offering free mental health support during coronavirus pandemic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canorth Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, Me_ said: The thickness of the non-existing brain matter in this unfortunate soul cannot be under-estimated. Covid-19.... everyday... exposing the real plague in the United Shhtates of America. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, Me_ said: The thickness of the non-existing brain matter in this unfortunate soul cannot be under-estimated. If that was my mayor I would say it screw selling my place and moving with that wingnut as mayor. Yes lets make ourselves guinnie pigs and see if we can survive this as a mass packed area. Isn't Florida already doing that on the beaches? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) She got voted in as mayor likely because her husband was the mayor of Las Vegas for a lengthy period of time. Edited April 23, 2020 by NewbieCanuckFan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck Surfer Posted April 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Only 12 new cases in Australia the last 24 hours. Down from a peak of 460 March 28 Edited April 23, 2020 by Canuck Surfer 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 57 minutes ago, Me_ said: The thickness of the non-existing brain matter in this unfortunate soul cannot be under-estimated. Science isn't the solution to Covid-19, Capitalism and Freedom is! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) It’s just getting worse and worse. They’re going to have to remove the President of the United-States by force. His rhetoric cannot be sustained until November 3. They’ve removed the top vaccine research doctor in America after he went against Trump’s creepy suggestion to use Hydroxychloroquine. Edited April 23, 2020 by Me_ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted April 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2020 Just now, Wilbur said: Science isn't the solution to Covid-19, Capitalism and Freedom is! All of these politicians that are willing to use their citizens as guinea pigs are disgusting. Certain government officials in the states are showing their hands with what they really think of the people they represent. I guess if they’re willing to send their citizens to war for their economy they would have no problem letting them die of an infectious disease for their economy. Cant say it enough, proud to be Canadian 3 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlwaysACanuckFan Posted April 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Me_ said: It’s like being in a bumpy Greyhound, except there’s no road to bounce on... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me_ Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Say what now? Farting is aerosol and has the same effect as sneezing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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