Canada - Coronavirus COVID-19

[otto]

I have quite an imagination at times, and I started thinking about the virus, the vaccine and what could go wrong. Perhaps the vaccine gives our immune system the tools to fight the virus in the short term, but are we simultaneously giving the virus new information about how to mutate and overcome the vaccine? The virus has already figured out how to become 70% more contagious in our masked world after 9 months. I wonder whether the vaccine guarantees that we won't suffer some of the unusual symptoms such as neurological changes.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

This may be repeated information...

“Ontario plans to begin widespread vaccinations in April, peaking at about 150,000 per day
Nick Boisvert - CBC News


Posted: December 29, 2020
Last Updated: December 29, 2020

A health-care worker prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at St. Michael’s Hospital. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
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The head of Ontario's vaccine distribution task force revealed on Tuesday the most detailed look to date at the mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign set to ramp up in 2021.

Retired general Rick Hillier said Ontario is anticipating large numbers of vaccine doses to begin arriving early next year, when the province will focus on vaccinating vulnerable seniors and health-care workers.

Ontario plans to expand those vaccinations to a wider range of the population in the late spring and summer.”

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5856702?__twitter_impression=true

 

[otto]

That's good news. I read that Indigenous people are ahead of non-Indigenous people who are under 70 - something about historic agreements? Anyone else read that on CBC website? I'll look for it.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Months after infection, these people still have COVID complications

I can see this happening. There are people who had SARS in Toronto in 2003 that are still debilitated.

 

[otto]

Phase 1

• Residents and staff of long-term care homes.
• Adults 70 and older, beginning with people 80 and older, then decreasing by five-year increments to 70 as supply becomes available.
• Health-care workers, including all those who work in clinical settings, and personal support workers who come in direct contact with patients.
• Adults in Indigenous communities, where infection can have disproportionate consequences.

Phase 2

• Health-care workers who are not part of the initial rollout.
• Residents and staff of all other congregate settings (e.g., living quarters for migrant workers, correctional facilities, homeless shelters).
• Essential workers, including police, firefighters and those in food production.
• Alberta's plan separates the first phase into Phase 1A and Phase 1B — with First Nations, Métis and people 65 and over living in a First Nations community or Métis settlement not getting the vaccine until the second half of the first stage.
• Quebec decided that caregivers over the age of 70 who visit residential and long-term care homes at least three times a week will be added to the high-priority group.

Phase 3

• Provinces such as Alberta, have pegged the Fall of 2021 as the beginning of the third phase, when the general population will receive the vaccine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-vaccinated-covid-19-1.5854325

 

[otto]

I don't like zombie movies, but I haven't been able to completely avoid them. They're a bit like people who have severe neurological damage and become a mob of murderers. Covid causes neurological damage in some people. What if a virus mutation caused these murderous thoughts in more people? We already have mob mentality.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

Austin Grabish
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Dec 21

Military personnel prepare to spend Christmas in remote communities fighting COVID-19 | CBC News https://cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/military-covid-christmas-remote-deployments-1.5625286?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar…
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https://twitter.com/AustinGrabish/status/1341177816675725313?s=20

Video at link above.

 

[deugirtni]

Phase 1

• Residents and staff of long-term care homes.
• Adults 70 and older, beginning with people 80 and older, then decreasing by five-year increments to 70 as supply becomes available.
• Health-care workers, including all those who work in clinical settings, and personal support workers who come in direct contact with patients.
• Adults in Indigenous communities, where infection can have disproportionate consequences.

Phase 2

• Health-care workers who are not part of the initial rollout.
• Residents and staff of all other congregate settings (e.g., living quarters for migrant workers, correctional facilities, homeless shelters).
• Essential workers, including police, firefighters and those in food production.
• Alberta's plan separates the first phase into Phase 1A and Phase 1B — with First Nations, Métis and people 65 and over living in a First Nations community or Métis settlement not getting the vaccine until the second half of the first stage.
• Quebec decided that caregivers over the age of 70 who visit residential and long-term care homes at least three times a week will be added to the high-priority group.

Phase 3

• Provinces such as Alberta, have pegged the Fall of 2021 as the beginning of the third phase, when the general population will receive the vaccine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-vaccinated-covid-19-1.5854325

What about all the people who are 'at risk' with underlying medical conditions which make them more vulnerable? I thought those people were at a priority as well? Yet they do not seem to be mentioned at all?? Am I missing something?

 

[otto]

What about all the people who are 'at risk' with underlying medical conditions which make them more vulnerable? I thought those people were at a priority as well? Yet they do not seem to be mentioned at all?? Am I missing something?

Underlying condition is not a "phase" category for vaccine timing. If people have an underlying medical condition, it appears that they have to wait for "general population" vaccine timing. However, people over 70 in Canada, Indigenous in Canada, or Indigenous and over 65 in Alberta, will receive the vaccine in phase one or two. Phase three is publicly available vaccinations at the local pharmacy.

Crohn's disease regardless of age has not been prioritized for vaccine, although it should be noted that adding special interest groups does mean age 65 waits longer.

 

[otto]

Triaging probably gets tricky when a covid patient is a 20 years old with Crohn's Disease, or 65 years old with no health conditions and another 30 years to live healthy.

 

[dotr]

Since many of the schools seem to be closed, wondering why they do not give the injections there since they seem to work well as polling stations?

 

[otto]

Since many of the schools seem to be closed, wondering why they do not give the injections there since they seem to work well as polling stations?

Some people with allergies have a serious reaction to the vaccine and need immediate medical attention. Perhaps there is caution with this early rollout. I read that when the vaccine is available to everyone who wants it, pharmacies and doctor offices will offer the vaccine - similar to the seasonal vaccine.

 

[LadyL]

More details about COVID-19 testing for air travellers expected today

Canada's Quarantine Rules May Get Stricter & Officials Are Preparing To Crack Down

 

[LadyL]

These 5 Things Can Save You From COVID, Says CDC

Rod Phillips, Ontario finance minister, resigns after taking Caribbean pandemic vacation

 

[otto]

Website with domestic and international flights with sick passengers

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Locations where you may have been exposed to COVID-19 - Canada.ca

 

[LadyL]

Canada adds roughly 8,400 new coronavirus cases, shattering single-day record

 

[otto]

Canada adds roughly 8,400 new coronavirus cases, shattering single-day record

We're seeing the exponential rise in case numbers and deaths because the R0 was too high - meaning each person was infecting several people, who were infecting several people. I hope the recent lockdowns help to flatten the curve again.

 

[deugirtni]

In Ontario, the government advised that from a point in March 2020, there would be an extension on renewing license plate stickers, but with no end date. We are coming up to one year soon, and no mention of an end date. When the 'extension' ends, will people be expected to purchase two years worth of stickers, one for the year that has already gone by, and one for the year ahead, as per usual? Or will the government just forego a year of sticker revenue? Seems ridiculous seeing as how it is possible to purchase the stickers online, and the lockdown ended during the summer at which time the license bureaus were once again open for business, making it possible to go in person to purchase license stickers. Now we're into yet another lockdown, not sure if the license bureaus will be open this time or not? On top of all of the covid-financial-relief initiatives, it seems kind of crazy to just give away all those one-year plate renewals at no charge. If the one year 'extension' ends up being not required and fee forgiven, then will those that did bother to renew their plates during the year be reimbursed?

 

[dotr]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-vaccinated-covid-19-1.5854325

''For the first phase of the vaccine rollout plan, NACI advised that initial doses should go to these four groups:

• Residents and staff of long-term care homes.
• Adults 70 and older, beginning with people 80 and older, then decreasing by five-year increments to 70 as supply becomes available.
• Health-care workers, including all those who work in clinical settings, and personal support workers who come in direct contact with patients.
• Adults in Indigenous communities, where infection can have disproportionate consequences.''

''For more information about each province and territories' vaccine rollout plan, click on their government website:

• British Columbia
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Quebec
• New Brunswick
• Nova Scotia
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• P.E.I.
• Nunavut, Yukon, N.W.T.''

 

[otto]

In Ontario, the government advised that from a point in March 2020, there would be an extension on renewing license plate stickers, but with no end date. We are coming up to one year soon, and no mention of an end date. When the 'extension' ends, will people be expected to purchase two years worth of stickers, one for the year that has already gone by, and one for the year ahead, as per usual? Or will the government just forego a year of sticker revenue? Seems ridiculous seeing as how it is possible to purchase the stickers online, and the lockdown ended during the summer at which time the license bureaus were once again open for business, making it possible to go in person to purchase license stickers. Now we're into yet another lockdown, not sure if the license bureaus will be open this time or not? On top of all of the covid-financial-relief initiatives, it seems kind of crazy to just give away all those one-year plate renewals at no charge. If the one year 'extension' ends up being not required and fee forgiven, then will those that did bother to renew their plates during the year be reimbursed?

Is Ontario moving in the same direction as other provinces? In Alberta, there has been an option to purchase 2-year stickers. Next is no stickers:

"Starting in the new year, Alberta licence plates will start to be sticker-free. The province says the stickers, which mark the year and month of a vehicle’s registration, have become redundant in the era of reflective plates.

The government is moving to high-definition reflective licence plates, which the province says are more easily scanned roadside by police and other law enforcement agencies.
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Four Canadian jurisdictions have already ditched stickers: Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories. Stickers will still be required for farm vehicles and commercial vehicles that travel between regions as part of international agreements."
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Alberta ditches registration stickers on licence plates, moves to reflective ones