Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19

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1918 flu pandemic in Canada: A look back

From your link - people under estimated, were careless and had to dig mass burial sites. It's not surprising that 1918 pandemic history was not front and centre of Canadian Education Curriculum 40 years later in the 1960s. Around the world, it seems like a story that was so quickly buried that most living people today did not even know that it happened until it happened again.

"The Spanish flu was highly contagious and spread easily among the population due to “inadequate quarantine measures” and a “lack of coordinated efforts from health authorities.”​

"Residents of North River, Labrador, bury victims of the Spanish flu. Roughly 55,000 Canadians died of the virus between 1918 and 1920, nearly as many who died in the First World War. The global pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide."​

Many underestimate the deadly virus and joke about mistakenly recognizing people.
"A cartoon in the Calgary Daily Herald made light of Alberta’s mask-wearing law. In 1918, many Canadians underestimated the power of this particular flu, with many assuming it was just the “common winter illness” that they had seen before."

1918 flu pandemic in Canada: A look back

 

[dotr]

Breaking..
COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Canada this month
''OTTAWA–Hundreds of thousands of doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer/BioNTech will arrive in Canada before the end of December, possibly allowing an national vaccination campaign to begin earlier than announced.

The vaccine still requires Health Canada’s approval, which has not yet been granted.

On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the vaccine commander he named last week, and his procurement minister Anita Anand, told reporters the first shipment is expected imminently.

“Vaccines are coming,” said Trudeau, saying an expected shipment of 249,000 doses of an initial 4 million vaccine doses from Pfizer would begin to arrive next week''.

 

[LadyL]

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Edmonton nurse fears decline in patient care

 

[LadyL]

Toronto's top doctor warns against holiday gatherings as COVID-19 hospitalizations climb

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-covid-update-dec-7-1.5831317?__vfz=medium=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR3nGkptKx1MTPmMo-40ECfLr-8LuyYCNMRtuM000CN3wwO2i1F5gcnutrk

 

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Alberta is in trouble with poor governance regarding limiting transmission, and absence of factual information regarding rate of spread.

"An Ontario based COVID-19 biostatistician predicts Alberta in on track to reach 2,500 daily cases by the weekend and 4,000 by Christmas.

Ryan Imgrund, who has worked for a few different Ontario health regions throughout the pandemic, says those findings are based on Alberta’s reproduction number - or R-value, which he calculated to be 1.13, the highest in the country.

The R-value or reproduction rate shows how many people a single case will infect.
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He only recently broadened his scope to include Alberta because the province stopped releasing the R-value on November 24, when the latest round of restrictions was implemented.

Jason Kenney said the R-value would need to come down below one and ‘ideally’ at a zero point eight by Decemeber 15 for restrictions to be lifted."
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Alberta can expect daily cases to double in next month, says COVID-19 biostatistician

 

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New restrictions for Alberta - restaurants may not survive the month.

Alberta bars, restaurants closed to in-person dining at midnight Sunday

 

[LadyL]

Ontario

Ontario’s minister of health said the Ford government will eventually provide people that get vaccinated some form of proof that would allow them to travel or enter certain businesses, such as movie theatres.

Ford government to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, those without them could face restrictions - 680 NEWS

 

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Ontario

Ontario’s minister of health said the Ford government will eventually provide people that get vaccinated some form of proof that would allow them to travel or enter certain businesses, such as movie theatres.

Ford government to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, those without them could face restrictions - 680 NEWS

Funny when you think about what that looks like - everyone over 75 and health care workers will be enjoying life while the rest of the population is locked in.

 

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...The province is also working on technology that allows it to track who has received their two doses of the vaccine.

 

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...The province is also working on technology that allows it to track who has received their two doses of the vaccine.

Is that like giving everyone who is cleared/vaccinated a wristband with a digital chip ... technology scans the wrist band - like scanning groceries? It shouldn't be too complicated ... hopefully governments know that and don't get soaked financially because it's a novel use of old technology.

 

[rogue ant]

Health Canada has approved the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine !
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vaccine-rollout-plan-phac-1.5833912

 

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COVID news: Canada approves Pfizer vaccine; allergic reaction in UK
Dec. 9, 2020

 

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[Coolerz]

Is that like giving everyone who is cleared/vaccinated a wristband with a digital chip ... technology scans the wrist band - like scanning groceries? It shouldn't be too complicated ... hopefully governments know that and don't get soaked financially because it's a novel use of old technology.

I hope that everything will be so and it will not be a problem

 

[otto]

I hope that everything will be so and it will not be a problem

It will definitely be a strange situation where the elderly/vulnerable and their caregivers are deemed safe in the community, while the rest of the population waits until the Spring or later for a vaccine. I don't see this working well, as people who are young and fit, who typically have fewer symptoms, will very likely insist that they can break lockdown and ignore mask rules simply because they no longer have to take care to protect the vulnerable.

 

[musicaljoke]

It will definitely be a strange situation where the elderly/vulnerable and their caregivers are deemed safe in the community, while the rest of the population waits until the Spring or later for a vaccine. I don't see this working well, as people who are young and fit, who typically have fewer symptoms, will very likely insist that they can break lockdown and ignore mask rules simply because they no longer have to take care to protect the vulnerable.

Yes, I too believe that there may be a period of increased recklessness and heightened danger when some of the vulnerable have been vaccinated, but not all. In addition, those who have been vaccinated may become complacent thinking that they are safe, even though we don't know if the vaccine will stop the spread.

 

[LadyL]

Canada/U.S. border restrictions extended into 2021

 

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I heard something on the news that the vaccine may not prevent people from passing along the virus, so vaccinated people may still need a mask - more info needed.

Alberta in serious lockdown starting on Sunday. Many people in the service industry are working their last shift on Saturday with no job opportunities in sight.

 

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I heard something on the news that the vaccine may not prevent people from passing along the virus, so vaccinated people may still need a mask - more info needed.

Alberta in serious lockdown starting on Sunday. Many people in the service industry are working their last shift on Saturday with no job opportunities in sight.

I found this article informative. If I understand correctly people who are vaccinated may be compared to people who are asymptomatic who can pass the virus to others. It's still an unknown factor.

What’s more, neither the Pfizer nor the Moderna vaccine trials tested whether the vaccines prevent people from being infected with the virus. Those trials, instead, focused on whether people were shielded from developing disease symptoms. That means that it’s not clear whether vaccinated people could still develop asymptomatic infections — and thus still be able to spread the virus to others.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article...s-questions-social-distance-mask-transmission