Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19

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Dozens of airline passengers in Canada hit with fines, warning letters for refusing to wear a mask

More incidents involved Alberta than any other province: Transport Canada data

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ai...WQVnbZ9eeg4KmNJiLBTIN9dMyRq-Bcq8myF7R31sVBipQ

 

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Most of the 16 infected residents Dr. Mathew cared for on Sunday were weak from illness and a lack of food and water. Not enough staff were available to sit with sick patients to help them eat and drink, she said. Six had to have fluids delivered under the skin to keep them hydrated.

Urgent plea for doctors goes out at Toronto-area nursing home hit by COVID-19

 

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Remember in the early days of the pandemic when people removed their shoes in the garage and China sprayed sidewalks? Should we consider caution regarding transmissibility through our shoes with the new UK and S. Africa strains?

 

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Remember in the early days of the pandemic when people removed their shoes in the garage and China sprayed sidewalks? Should we consider caution regarding transmissibility through our shoes with the new UK and S. Africa strains?

Thanks for the reminder, yes- we should pay attention to footwear that likely imo, is insidiously spreading the virus around!

 

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How Canadians can safely socialize outdoors in the COVID cold

 

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How Canadians can safely socialize outdoors in the COVID cold

Thank you! Interesting information in that link.

"According to Nature Journal , experiments have revealed that Sars-CoV-2 is one of the few viruses that favours very cold and dry conditions. This means catching COVID-19 in winter is more likely than it was in the summer. And as of Dec. 21, winter is officially here.
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First, he said, is temperature. “When you exhale it, the coronavirus starts to die right away. The warmer the temperature, the faster it dies and the colder the temperature, the longer it lives.”

The second thing is that in colder weather, it can last a very long time. Furness said that virus behaviour in freezing temperatures hasn’t really been studied but in 1992, still-live Spanish flu was extracted from a corpse in Alaska — it had been frozen upon death.

The biggest factor of all is humidity, Furness said. When it’s humid the virus droplets get bigger and heavier, leading them to fall to the ground quicker. But when it’s cold, those droplets shrink and evaporate, meaning they hover in the air a lot longer.

“On top of that, the mucus linings in our nose and throat dry out in the cold, dry air and that makes them much less effective at screening things out,” he explained."​

 

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Thanks for the reminder, yes- we should pay attention to footwear that likely imo, is insidiously spreading the virus around!

It sounds like it's more likely that shoes could spread the virus in cold temperatures.

 

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12 more die of COVID-19 in B.C. as 2nd mink farm confirms cases

 

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Meanwhile in Canada ...

Threats to coronavirus vaccines among reasons military leading rollout: Trudeau

 

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I hope this is illogical fear, but I am concerned about the virus and mutations. It seems like the virus started with animals (pangola), transferred to people, transferred to different animals (mink), and then transferred back to people. Each transfer seems to involve a mutation. Over the last 9 months, the mutations seems to indicate that the virus is winning, evolving and mutating to become more aggressive and potentially more deadly.

Prior to the pandemic, everyone was up in arms about climate change and limiting fossil fuels to protect the global environment. Instead of looking at overpopulation as a source for these problems, focus was put on some of the consequences of overpopulation such as food supply, fossil fuel, individual rights versus societal rights.

With continued international travel, the battle between economics and health, and reluctance among many to do their small part in reducing transmission, I am concerned that the virus will continue to jump species, mutate and become more of a threat. That will solve the consequences of over-population that were identified prior to the pandemic, but what a price to pay.

 

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Canadians living in the UK react to flight ban

 

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I hope this is illogical fear, but I am concerned about the virus and mutations. It seems like the virus started with animals (pangola), transferred to people, transferred to different animals (mink), and then transferred back to people. Each transfer seems to involve a mutation. Over the last 9 months, the mutations seems to indicate that the virus is winning, evolving and mutating to become more aggressive and potentially more deadly.

Prior to the pandemic, everyone was up in arms about climate change and limiting fossil fuels to protect the global environment. Instead of looking at overpopulation as a source for these problems, focus was put on some of the consequences of overpopulation such as food supply, fossil fuel, individual rights versus societal rights.

With continued international travel, the battle between economics and health, and reluctance among many to do their small part in reducing transmission, I am concerned that the virus will continue to jump species, mutate and become more of a threat. That will solve the consequences of over-population that were identified prior to the pandemic, but what a price to pay.

yes I'm concerned too

 

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yes I'm concerned too

Nigeria has a unique mutation. There are so many other uncontrolled virus in that part of the world that I wonder what could happen if two of them merged.

Travel Advice and Advisories for Nigeria

"Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa’s top public health official said Thursday, but he added that further investigation was needed.
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“It’s a separate lineage from the U.K. and South Africa,” the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told reporters.
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While the variant transmits quickly and viral loads are higher, it is not yet clear whether it leads to a more severe disease, he said."​

Another new coronavirus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria

 

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Canadians living in the UK react to flight ban

Obviously i want to keep myself and everyone else safe, but must admit a year without seeing my youngest has been tough, hoping the flight scheduled for January won't be another one that has to be cancelled.

 

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Canadians living in the UK react to flight ban

Unsurprising that the first thing people want to do is get around the new restrictions - individual versus societal rights. It is this attitude that spread the virus around the world.

 

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Obviously i want to keep myself and everyone else safe, but must admit a year without seeing my youngest has been tough, hoping the flight scheduled for January won't be another one that has to be cancelled.

I hope you are able to safely visit soon!

 

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'People are being shown no mercy': Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario

 

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Provinces that acted faster had more success limiting spread of COVID-19, data shows

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/stringency-covid-lockdown-wave-1.5853785

 

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This is such a familiar story. In March and April, when the Canadian government was scrambling to transport stranded Canadians home, we heard many stories from people who were upset and felt abandoned. They wanted the Canadian government to send planes to take them to Canada.

Here we are 9 months later, Canadians continue to travel for various reasons by choice knowing full well that covid is a fluid situation, and now more whining from people who made poor choices and expect the government to solve the problem they created

"Canadians stranded in the United Kingdom are facing uncertainty around how or when they will be able to get home and in some cases where they will stay while waiting out the travel ban."

Brooke Johnson, 42, is from Ontario's Niagara Region but had travelled to London for work. Her contract ended on Dec. 18, and she had been preparing to leave when Canada suspended all commercial and private passenger flights from Britain.

That initial 72-hour suspension on flights from the U.K. has now been extended for two weeks until Jan. 6, as Canada tries to prevent a new variant of the novel coronavirus detected there from spreading here.
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Durhan said there has been no help, guidance or direction from the Canadian government or consulate office."​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadians-stranded-britain-abandoned-anada-1.5854955