Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19 #2

[dotr]

Very kind!
'A sin to waste': Montana tribe provides COVID-19 vaccinations at Alberta border crossing | National Post
Apr 22, 2021 rbbm.
''A long line of cars was backed up at the Carway border crossing in southern Alberta this week as First Nations members and others took advantage of free COVID-19 vaccinations from the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana.

James McNeely, the public information officer for the tribe, said that despite a slow start in getting vaccines for the reserve’s 10,000 residents, 98 per cent of those eligible have been vaccinated.''

“We were joking about it. We were laughing. ‘Could we actually do this?’ And it happened. It really happened,” he said.''

The clinic is expected to return next week and again in 21 days so everyone can get their second shots.


“We still have a lot of doses to share, but we see this as a number of things. No matter what race, creed, colour, it’s about saving human lives,” he said.''

 

[deugirtni]

1st known case of rare blood clot linked to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine confirmed in Ontario

Apparently two cases in Ontario, 5 in Canada:

Kyle says his father developed strange symptoms almost two weeks after receiving the vaccine — including confusion, headaches and numbness on his left side.

His mother called 911 and took him to a southern Ontario hospital, where Kyle says health-care workers attributed his condition to his previous cancer diagnosis and he was sent home.

But his father then collapsed in the middle of the night and was rushed to another hospital where he was later diagnosed with a stroke caused by vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) on Monday after receiving the AstraZeneca shot.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/astrazeneca-vaccine-canada-blood-clot-ontario-1.6000812

ETA: I would like to know which 'southern Ontario hospital' it was which told him it was related to his cancer.

 

[LadyL]

Province reports long list of COVID-19 exposures as record 63 new cases announced

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...LBX4yYoQ6p-6afB2L24tlBtpL14fMXSUnpoyMoJMWU2rQ

 

[dotr]

Any Canadians here who can state why this is happening?
Is there a lack of vaccines?
Are they not being distributed?
My 87 year old dad in Calgary, got his first jab 3 weeks ago.
I am hoping to hear from Canadians on the ground.
Why are the number of infected increasing?

''Year One: The untold story of the pandemic in Canada
A comprehensive report on the country's mishandling of the crisis of the century

By Stephen Maher March 24, 2021''
'' After a limited release to newsletter subscribers, we are making it available in full for free here.''
''The government of Canada owns a 500-litre bioreactor in that facility that critics say Ottawa could now be producing vaccines if the government hadn’t made a bad bet on China. They make a persuasive case.

In August, University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran, who has a Ph.D. in immunology, wrote to senior health officials urging them to contact Sir John Bell, a key player on the team behind the AstraZeneca vaccine whom he remembered from his Oxford days. Attaran wanted the feds to persuade Bell to let us manufacture the vaccine at the Montreal facility. The NRC website says the facility is “extensively used by biotechnology companies for pilot-scale production and purification of recombinant proteins, viral vectors and vaccines.”

But in May, Ottawa announced it was planning to use that bioreactor to make vaccines for CanSino Biologics Inc., a Chinese company that had previously collaborated with the NRC on an Ebola vaccine. Dalhousie University in Halifax was to run the trials—which would have turned out to be tough in COVID-free Nova Scotia—but that didn’t end up mattering, because Chinese customs blocked a shipment a few days after the deal was signed, something the feds only told Canadians in August. By then, the advisory committee had already recommended against that vaccine.

The opposition thinks Canada was foolish to trust China. “We first put all our eggs in one basket with the CanSino deal,” wrote Conservative health critic Michelle Rempel Garner in January.''

''A lot of the countries that did well are used to worrying about threats to their national security—particularly threats from China to their national security. The people in those countries are psychologically quicker to recognize a threat because they are used to fretting about them.

Canada, for its part, is among the most blessedly peaceful countries on the planet. We have few, if any, enemies. We are rich and comfortable, and not used to having the government make us do things. That makes us slow to notice a threat on the horizon, and bad at organizing a response.''

 

[otto]

Professionals have warned the province of Alberta that not enough is being done to prevent a health care crisis in the next couple of weeks.

"It's been billed as a race between the variants and the vaccines and, right now in Alberta, one side has a sizeable lead.

The province currently leads the country in active COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people, renewing calls for tighter public health measures.

"We need to act now," Dr. Gosia Gasperowicz, a developmental biologist, told CTV News. "What we're doing now is like a raging forest fire, and (the province is saying), 'maybe I'll put three buckets on it and see what happens'."
...

"Now, despite part of the population being vaccinated and despite closing in-person schools above Grade 7, we still have the rate of growth as fast as our second wave," explained Gasperowicz. "There needs to be more action."
...

"If patterns play out as expected, the hospitalizations are going to get much worse," he said. "So are we doing enough? It looks like we’re not."

"In science, not many things are 100 per cent sure," Gasperowicz added. "But that was very close to certain that this wave would happen and would happen like it has."​

Biologist says Alberta's current health restrictions akin to fighting 'raging forest fire' with 3 buckets

 

[otto]

Sounds like she was active in ball hockey, which suggests that she was essentially fit and healthy prior to dying from covid.

"A 13-year-old girl from Brampton has become one of the youngest people in Ontario to die of COVID-19.

Mayor Patrick Brown confirmed the death of Emily Victoria Viegas on Sunday evening, tweeting his condolences to the family.

"This is beyond heart wrenching. As a parent, I am lost for words. Horrifying," Brown said on social media.

Speaking to CP24 on Monday morning, Brown added that the family was “well regarded” in Brampton and enjoyed ball hockey."
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13-year-old girl from Brampton, Ont. dies after contracting COVID-19

 

[otto]

Children dying of covid.

"B.C. health officials have confirmed that a baby died of COVID-19 in January, the youngest death from the novel coronavirus to date, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Monday.

Henry said the B.C. coroner has been investigating previous deaths that had not been attributed to the virus, and it's now confirmed that an infant from the Interior Health region died from COVID-19 in January while being treated at B.C. Children's Hospital.

The news comes just one week after health officials announced the death of a two-year-old from the virus."
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/covid-numbers-april-26-1.6002479

 

[LadyL]

Albertans in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s are ending up in ICU with COVID-19 faster than ever before

 

[LadyL]

Staying 2 metres apart does little to limit indoor spread of COVID-19: study

 

[LadyL]

Sounds like she was active in ball hockey, which suggests that she was essentially fit and healthy prior to dying from covid.

"A 13-year-old girl from Brampton has become one of the youngest people in Ontario to die of COVID-19.

Mayor Patrick Brown confirmed the death of Emily Victoria Viegas on Sunday evening, tweeting his condolences to the family.

"This is beyond heart wrenching. As a parent, I am lost for words. Horrifying," Brown said on social media.

Speaking to CP24 on Monday morning, Brown added that the family was “well regarded” in Brampton and enjoyed ball hockey."
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13-year-old girl from Brampton, Ont. dies after contracting COVID-19

she may have been mostly healthy but she was obese JMO

 

[Lexiintoronto]

“Nova Scotia has 96 new COVID-19 cases, it's highest day of the pandemic by far. The previous record was 66, reported yesterday. The province's 7-day average has now jumped to 51.”
https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1387037751170764802?s=20


60 Canadian soldiers mobilized in Nova Scotia to assist with COVID-19 rapid testing: Trudeau https://cp24.com/news/60-canadian-troops-to-assist-nova-scotia-with-rapid-coronavirus-testing-efforts-trudeau-1.5404075

Age group breakdown of the 96 cases:

30 cases - 0-19
36 cases - 20-39
20 cases - 40-59
9 cases - 60-79
1 case - 80+

The greater Halifax region is now in a four-week lockdown. Outside of that area, we’ve been asked to stay close to home.

 

[LadyL]

Infant becomes youngest person to die from COVID-19 in B.C.

 

[LadyL]

Grand Bend greenhouse sells 2,500 ferns in six hours at drive-by sale

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...oAdIv90KPNxXZWfiM3nJYsYjMx6If957D5Mg5TajGcstc

 

[LadyL]

Quebec confirms 1st death related to rare AstraZeneca-linked blood clots, emphasizes benefits outweigh risks

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/mont...Xy7ETm9SMJp5L3oQs0mdtW5PJG5RsOSZMOn9LdE6jiJYQ

 

[LadyL]

Nova Scotia going into province-wide shutdown as COVID spreads ‘faster than ever’

 

[LadyL]

COVID-19 ticketing up 167% in Manitoba last week, province says

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Grand Bend greenhouse sells 2,500 ferns in six hours at drive-by sale

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...oAdIv90KPNxXZWfiM3nJYsYjMx6If957D5Mg5TajGcstc

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

 

[Tadpole12]

Specials


Never had luck with ferns,
But nice reminder that the strawberries are in ...

Facebook, news letter and rabid gardeners,
as to why?

ETA

Edible Boston Fern

"The edible part of the Boston Fern is the tubers this plant produces below ground. The plants are easily removed by grabbing the fronds and pulling up on the entire plant. If the ground is wet from recent rain, use a digging stick to help pry up the edible tubers. It is probably best to eat them raw as they contain a lot of water. These Boston Fern tubers are fantastic in salad especially when added to your foraged salad greens such as wild lettuce, plantain, clover, violet and wood sorrel. I have only tried them uncooked but if you would prefer to have a hot meal you can always add these Boston Fern tubers to any soup, stew, or stir fry."

 

[Tadpole12]

Ontario reports 3,265 new COVID-19 cases, 29 deaths

 

[otto]

Healthy 17 year old girl very likely died suddenly of covid.

"Magrath school teacher Ron Strate describes his daughter Sarah as a healthy 17-year-old girl, who played soccer, danced and sang with the Raymond show choir.
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They had booked an appointment to have Sarah retested on Wednesday, but Monday her condition suddenly worsened. The parents called 9-1-1 but Sarah died after arriving at the hospital

“From the time we called the ambulance, she went down in about ten minutes,” said Strate. “From talking to us to being on the ground doing compressions.”

The medical examiners office has not yet confirmed cause of death, pending tests on her lungs, but Strate said he’s 100 per cent convinced Sarah died of COVID.

“And all these people that think it’s a joke and don’t want to wear a mask and are having rallies and stuff. This was a healthy 17-year-old girl. There was absolutely nothing wrong with her.”​

'She was a shining example in the community': Magrath family mourns loss of 17-year-old daughter, possibly to COVID