Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19 #2

[deugirtni]

Why? Because of fiddleheads? I’ve googled, but can’t figure it out.

From what I can gather, it seems this garden centre announced a 'drive-thru' sale.. 2 plants for $40.. a re-run of an idea that started last year when they had to quickly dispose of a bunch of plants but couldn't be open for business. This year seems different, because it seems garden centres are still allowed to remain open in Ontario, even though we're under 'lockdown', but it still inspired all those people to go for a drive on the Saturday and wait in a car line for 90 minutes to get their Boston Ferns! They're planning on doing it again next year, but say they will get traffic assistance and police to assist.

Specials

https://newsnationusa.com/news/worl...ferns-in-six-hours-at-drive-by-sale-cbc-news/

 

[Tadpole12]

Ontario reports 3,480 new COVID-19 cases, 24 deaths

 

[Tadpole12]

The covid deaths of these children, just heart breaking.

 

[Tadpole12]

Wondering how May 2 4 will play out.
Will Lockdown end on the 20th?
The Canadians are restless.

 

[deugirtni]

I heard something on the TV news the other evening about how campsites are all booked up in the provincial parks, and that people are re-selling them.. kind of how you used to be able to scalp concert tickets.. crazy! It said the govt would be issuing big fines for that type of thing, and they'd be opening up more campsites for reservations. Here is one article about it, but not sure if it says the same things as what I heard on TVNews. It all starts with the May two four weekend.. my bet is that they won't be opening it up by then. Any takers?

Scalpers resell Ontario campsite permits for up to five times the original cost | National Post

 

[Tadpole12]

d,
I was so distracted with daydreams of strawberry hanging baskets,
Two Four dreams of glazed back bacon on a bun and fireworks,
that I just now realized that the spreader event, Mothers Day is
upcoming, May 9.

 

[LadyL]

Family of Quebec woman who died of blood clot after AstraZeneca vaccine urges vigilance

 

[LadyL]

Consequences continue for attendees at Winnipeg weekend rally against COVID-19 restrictions

 

[LadyL]

TO LIVE OR DIE: Waves of COVID reality for Toronto's paramedics | Toronto Sun

 

[LadyL]

he doesn't even have his mask on right at the courthouse

Vancouver penthouse party host sentenced to 1 day in jail for violating health order

 

[weepingangel]

TO LIVE OR DIE: Waves of COVID reality for Toronto's paramedics | Toronto Sun

Awful
And I don’t think we’ve seen the first wave of ptsd and other stuff first responders and others will be dealing with going forward.
Enough already covid

 

[Sundog]

TO LIVE OR DIE: Waves of COVID reality for Toronto's paramedics | Toronto Sun

My nephew is a paramedic in Toronto. Keeping him and his patients in my prayers.

 

[deugirtni]

Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program to include 3 days for workers

The program will be administered by the WSIB and the provincial government will reimburse employers 100 per cent of the employee’s wage for up to $200 a day.
...
Workers who are sick or are experiencing symptoms, who need to get vaccinated or have COVID-19-related mental health issues will qualify for the benefit.

Ontario’s COVID-19 paid sick leave program to include 3 days for workers

 

[margarita25]

TO LIVE OR DIE: Waves of COVID reality for Toronto's paramedics | Toronto Sun

“Struggling to keep up with Toronto's third wave, city paramedics say they're having to 'triage' cardiac arrest patients”

[...]

“What sticks out the most are the ages — and a lack of comorbidities — of those going into the back of his ambulance.”

“Waves one and two were elderly people,” he said.

“Now we’re averaging late 40s.”

[...]

“What irks him and his co-workers most are those who dismiss COVID as a bad flu.

“Influenza doesn’t make your O2 (oxygen) saturation drop below your age,” he said.

“We’re seeing patients with oxygen levels not seen without opioids in play, and neither Narcan nor oxygen are going to fix it.”

Emergency rooms and ICUs are full, he said — with many receiving care in the ER normally seen in intensive care.

“That’s what overcapacity means,” he said.

“It means that there’s people in emerge receiving ICU treatment — and that’s not the place for it.””

 

[LadyL]

New Brunswick's health-care system and its nurses are slowly starting to crumble under pressures from a nursing shortage and the COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the province's nurses union.

Health-care system and nurses on verge of 'crumbling,' union says

 

[LadyL]

No, Other People’s Covid Vaccines Can’t Disrupt Your Menstrual Cycle

 

[ilovewings]

No, Other People’s Covid Vaccines Can’t Disrupt Your Menstrual Cycle

You cant he!p but wonder how anybody with half a brain could believe this????
It would be laughable if it wasnt so tragic and pathetic

 

[deugirtni]

No, Other People’s Covid Vaccines Can’t Disrupt Your Menstrual Cycle

Wow, I think I can say that now I really HAVE heard everything! Unbelievable!

 

[dotr]

April 29 2021
Low oxygen supply forces Toronto hospital to transfer COVID-19 patients | National Post
''TORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it transferred a number of COVID-19 patients and cancelled some surgeries today after its supply of oxygen ran low.

A vice-president at Michael Garron Hospital says staff identified the risk early today because of a high volume of patients with the virus requiring oxygen.''

''Ontario’s hospitals continue to deal with record-high admissions and patient numbers in intensive care during the third wave of the pandemic.

The province says today that 2,248 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, 884 are in intensive care, and 620 are on a ventilator.''

 

[LadyL]

Canadians who flout quarantine laws could face stiffer penalties, Trudeau says