Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19

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Is COVID-19 baby boom a myth? How relationships might be tested during the pandemic
''CALGARY - As Canadians face the possibility of being alone with their significant other for the foreseeable future, some say marital discord is more likely than the kind of intimacy that would lead to a baby boom nine months from now.

Disaster sometimes brings people closer together - pregnancy rates were up slightly following 9/11, and after the well documented power blackout in New York in 1977 the city experienced a small surge in the birthrate.

But that's unlikely to happen here, says Tom McCormack, a business economist from Metro Economics in Burlington, Ont., who assesses recent and future metropolitan area economic and demographic change.''

''In fact, McCormack said with the uncertainty over jobs and a ban on travel, the population is likely to drop slightly until 2021.

“You're not going to get as many people moving to Canada or moving anywhere as you normally would, so the population's going to suffer in the short term,” he said.''

 

[LadyL]

Ontario recorded a new single-day high on Monday as health officials confirmed 606 more cases of COVID-19.

Ontario records single-day high with 606 new cases of COVID-19

 

[LadyL]

Countries that adopted universal masking saw their mortality rates go down within a couple of weeks. That should be all the proof we need.

The case for mandatory mask-wearing in Canada - Macleans.ca

 

[LadyL]

Mohawk College instructor tells students to ignore physical distancing amid COVID-19

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hami...-I5x9tldFogpqY0BnrtuCbcZ5sBKaQr4e54VDBQ7gXZZo

 

[deugirtni]

Ontario premier's mother-in-law, 95, tests positive for COVID-19 in long-term care home
Ontario premier's mother-in-law, 95, tests positive for COVID-19 in long-term care home

 

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-coronavirus-recovery-1.5541506

''When Julie Lingan was told she was going on a ventilator, her first thought was of her family.

The 39-year-old mother of two from Bradford, Ont. kept picturing her twins, Ysabelle and Edwin, as emotions bubbled inside her from a hospital bed at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ont.

"Who will take care of them? … How will they go on without their mother?" she wondered. Who would take them to appointments, to school, and plan their activities?

"Who will love them as much as I love them?"

Thankfully, that question can go unanswered. After contracting COVID-19 and spending a month in hospital and two weeks in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator, Lingan is back at home with her children and her husband, Mark.''


''Two hours after getting a COVID-19 test in hospital on March 17, Lingan's condition rapidly worsened. She couldn't even catch her breath while walking to get a chest x-ray.

Doctors gave her puffers, which helped for a day or two. She was told to use them when necessary — but soon, she was reaching for them 15 to 20 times an hour, just to breathe. Her temperature rose to 40 C.''
On March 19, Lingan was placed in a medically-induced coma and intubated. She spent 14 days on a ventilator.''

 

[LadyL]

The Hamilton/Burlington Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals is ensuring no pet is left behind due to the coronavirus.

Hamilton/Burlington SPCA offers compassionate boarding for pets of those hospitalized for coronavirus

 

[LadyL]

Canada needs to become more secure by becoming more self-sufficient. In a new series — Strong & Free: Shockproofing Canada — the Post examines how a country made wealthy by globalization and trade can also protect itself against pandemics and other unknown future shocks to ensure some of our immense resources and economic power are reserved for our own security.

Shockproofing Canada: How acres of empty greenhouses could be our answer to homegrown produce shortages

 

[LadyL]

student creates transparent masks for the deaf and hard of hearing community

student creates transparent masks for the deaf and hard of hearing community

 

[LadyL]

An attack last month in East Vancouver that police say was racist has shone a light on not just the challenges people of Asian descent face during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also on the unresolved racism simmering in society.

Assault on elderly man in Vancouver a hate crime: VPD

 

[LadyL]

British Columbia health officials announced a COVID-19 outbreak at a second poultry processing plant on Thursday.

B.C. reports coronavirus outbreak at second poultry plant, 4 new deaths

 

[LadyL]

3 workers at Ferrero Rocher plant in Brantford, Ont. test positive for coronavirus

3 workers at Ferrero Rocher plant in Brantford, Ont. test positive for coronavirus

 

[LadyL]

A worker at Amazon’s Bolton-area warehouse has tested positive for COVID-19, the company has confirmed.

Amazon worker at GTA warehouse tests positive for COVID-19

 

[LadyL]

A Kitchener man has spent nearly a month stuck in his apartment after his wheelchair fell apart and a replacement has been delayed.

Michael Wilson says wheelchair broke while awaiting a replacement, then COVID-19 hit

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitc...jFqvUsFbNpFk-ELZKZcQ_3Pf36NPDy9xHK6cMIkZ9cQM8

 

[LadyL]

More Covidiots:

Reckless yahoos protest at Queen's Park in Toronto to end the shutdown

 

[Bravo]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainme...banks-celebrity-fundraiser-covid-19-1.5545452

 

[Bravo]

Stronger Together: Star-studded lineup performs in support of front-line workers fighting COVID-19 across Canada

 

[LadyL]

dang I missed it
I missed the last one with Elton John too

 

[kmclaren]

dang I missed it
I missed the last one with Elton John too

CTV has it posted where you can re-watch.

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

 

[LadyL]

CTV has it posted where you can re-watch.

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

Thank you! I will check it out later.