Thread: Local news on Covid 19

When looking at the numbers etc. it seems that we are figuring out how to fight this.

Here we have been getting another "surge" of cases but the death rate has gone down per hospitalization.

Maybe another way to look at it is that the average age of death has gone down. Does that mean all the older susceptible people have died?

The numbers from long term care facilities has gone down.

Just some of my observations.

We are experiencing a significant surge in Ontario, seemingly a result of lack of stringent enough lock down adherence and availability of vaccines. The variants seem to be beating the vaccination process.

Worst case projection announced today is possibly 30,000 cases a day in the province by the end of the month. Best case is 5,000. Both projections are frightening.

The premier has announced much more stringent lock down regulations to try to flatten the curve.

Scary stuff and we still have anti-vaxers and lock down protesters claiming it’s all fake. I have two nurses in my family who see 2-3 deaths a day from COVID. Recently, this has included young folks 20-45 years of age with no pre-existing conditions.

Our ICU’s are slammed and even though many more ICU beds have been made available, there isn’t the nursing staff to staff them. Perhaps the protesters ought to choose to volunteer.

This trend in Ontario was seen coming 3 weeks ago to anyone watching the data coming in. The Ford government, imo, acted too late in implementing a lock down that is in many aspects watered down. Too little too late. Then again what would you expect from a Premier who had as part of his election campaign bringing back a buck a beer.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...Horwath%20says

The electorate gets what they deserve from a Premier who obviously knows how to set priorities.

Does Ford really think that the other Provinces and Territories at this point in a pandemic can spare medical staff to send to Ontario? It's obvious that they have problems of their own with regards to having enough medical personnel for their own needs. In what universe does he live in?

If you think we are in a world of hurt, just wait a few weeks.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

This trend in Ontario was seen coming 3 weeks ago to anyone watching the data coming in. The Ford government, imo, acted too late in implementing a lock down that is in many aspects watered down. Too little too late. Then again what would you expect from a Premier who had as part of his election campaign bringing back a buck a beer.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...Horwath%20says

The electorate gets what they deserve from a Premier who obviously knows how to set priorities.

Does Ford really think that the other Provinces and Territories at this point in a pandemic can spare medical staff to send to Ontario? It's obvious that they have problems of their own with regards to having enough medical personnel for their own needs. In what universe does he live in?

If you think we are in a world of hurt, just wait a few weeks.

Bob

Amen Brother

Just putting my 2 cents in on computers. I refused to learn. Finally my first was window xp. I held out a long time. Sorry. Back on topic now.

I think I should have said that the Ford government is a day late and a buck a beer short instead of too little too late.

Bob

I can’t imagine any of the other parties handling the current crisis better, based on the lack of constructive solutions being lobbied about daily after every decision, then the PC party in Ontario is doing currently.
IMO, to shut down sooner would have caused increases in protests against lock downs possibly. Not to mention three less weeks of income for small business, in a year where weeks of being open matter. The Gov’ment have no control over variants, or when vaccines are arriving, only how quickly they can get them into arms of Ontarians..
Total doses administered in Ontario as of today is; 3,644,038
Total doses administered in Canada as of today is ; 7,290,869.
So basically 50% of all vaccinations in Canada have occured in our province, and we are so populated we are still only 22% protected as a province.
Fords doing an ok job with something no one has had to deal with before and as I said up top, none of the other 3 ontario ‘party leaders’ have provided counter solutions, only critique and outrage about what Ford isn’t doing.
I prefer to note what he IS doing..
The stats above rarely get acknowledged in fair discourse. Certainly not on CTV news anymore.
All I hear is shut down more, offer unlimited paid sick days, universal basic income etc.. who’s going to be paying for all that again??
Again, just my opinions gents.

We have an anti-lockdown/anti-mask/anti-vax protest scheduled in Niagara this weekend to follow up on one from a week or two ago. Participants included a local mayor and councilman who were ticketed.

I assume the police will be on hand if it actually goes ahead.

It blows my mind that there are folks who think we are being manipulated within some kind of conspiracy and that the whole COVID-19 situation isn’t real. Ask the ICU nurses, the doctors and the paramedics if it’s real.

Reported on the radio

Men who survive Corona have a 600% increase in erectile dysfunction.

I wonder how many anti-vaxxers know that?

Originally Posted by DZEC

We have an anti-lockdown/anti-mask/anti-vax protest scheduled in Niagara this weekend to follow up on one from a week or two ago. Participants included a local mayor and councilman who were ticketed.

I assume the police will be on hand if it actually goes ahead.

It blows my mind that there are folks who think we are being manipulated within some kind of conspiracy and that the whole COVID-19 situation isn’t real. Ask the ICU nurses, the doctors and the paramedics if it’s real.

If they go ahead with those protests I hope the police hand them all $750 fines.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...?ocid=msedgntp

Bob