Doom & gloom reports...don't look if you are easily stressed out or faint of heart

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"As Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout continues to pick up speed, the country’s top public-health officer is reiterating the importance of receiving a full two-dose series, especially with the latest variant of concern now detected in several provinces.


Dr. Theresa Tam said Friday that the recently dubbed “Delta” variant, which was first detected in India, has been found “essentially across Canada.”


The variant, believed to be behind recent spikes in COVID-19 cases in parts of Britain, has demonstrated to be more transmissible than previous versions of the virus, Dr. Tam said.


Preliminary data released last week from Public Health England suggested that COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca were effective against the new variant after two doses, but less efficacy was shown with only one dose.


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Sixty-five per cent of eligible Canadians had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Friday, but vaccine trackers show roughly 7 per cent of the eligible population were fully vaccinated.


Dr. Tam said the heightened transmissibility of Delta was “obviously a characteristic of concern.”
“[It] means in under-vaccinated populations, or if we let go [of] public health measures … in the context of a transmissible variant, that variant could well takeoff and replace other viruses in the communities,” she said.
“So it is very important to get that second dose when variants such as the Delta variant [are] in our community.”
Several provinces are speeding up their second-dose rollouts as more vaccine supply pours into the country.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that large shipments of vaccines will continue through the summer, with more than two million Pfizer doses expected each week until the end of August.






Mr. Trudeau said nine million Pfizer doses will arrive in July with another 9.1 million expected in August. He added that Canada has also negotiated an option for three million more Pfizer doses to be delivered in September.
Mr. Trudeau said he’s been encouraged by the country’s vaccine rollout, adding that Canadians have “reason to be hopeful about this summer and fall.”
“The more people vaccinated, the safer we all are. ... So let’s start looking forward to more of what we love, from camping to dinner with friends,” he said.
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to trend downward in parts of the country while vaccinations ramp up.
Dr. Tam said the latest seven-day average for daily cases in the country was 2,300, down 73 per cent from the peak of the third wave.
Hospitalizations were down 47 per cent, ICU admissions were down 31 per cent and deaths down were down 35 per cent, Dr. Tam added.


Twenty-five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across Canada, with 2.8 million Canadians getting a dose in the past week alone.
Data for how many Delta variant cases have been detected in Canada was not available on the Public Health Agency of Canada’s website as of Friday. The webpage said PHAC was in the process of updating its graphical view to include the Delta variant.
The webpage said the B.1.1.7 variant, or Alpha variant first detected in Britain, continues to account for most of the variant cases in Canada, adding that Delta has “only been recently identified and thus is less understood.”
Peel Public Health in Ontario, one of the country’s most COVID-ravaged areas, said as of Wednesday 100 cases of the Delta variant had been identified in the region, leading Brampton, Ont., Mayor Patrick Brown to urge the province to prioritize the area for second doses.
Variants of concern are typically identified through genomic sequencing, a laborious and expensive process by which the virus’s entire genome is analyzed to detect mutations.
Dr. Tam said Canada “does a lot more sequencing than many” other countries, adding that as COVID-19 cases continue to decline, provinces will “[move] towards sequencing a vast majority of the positive cases.”


“Monitoring all variants of concern are very important,” she said. “The Delta variant or B.1.617 has been detected essentially across Canada. It is important then to characterize the exact distribution and the trend as well.”
The British government said in a report last month that both Pfizer and AstraZeneca were 33-per-cent effective against symptomatic disease caused by the Delta variant three weeks after the first dose, but that number rose above 80 per cent after two doses were complete.
Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease physician in Hamilton and an associate professor at McMaster University, said in an interview this week that most of Britain’s recent Delta cases have been in unvaccinated individuals, with the vaccines seeming to still offer good protection against death and severe disease.
Ontario expanded its second-dose rollout on Friday to include those aged 70 and older and those who received a first mRNA jab on or before April 18.
The province reported 914 new cases of COVID-19, knocking its new daily case average to 889, down from 3,369 on May 6.
Quebec, meanwhile, reported 279 new COVID-19 cases while announcing relaxed measures in seniors residences. Fully vaccinated residents will be able to spend time together in each other’s apartments.


Manitoba, meanwhile, reported 329 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Deputy chief public-health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said that while daily cases are improving, the strain on the health care system continues.
In New Brunswick, a doctor who faced a barrage of hate and racism after being accused of violating COVID-19 measures threatened legal action if Premier Blaine Higgs didn’t apologize for statements made in May, 2020.
Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola was accused of violating the province’s Emergency Measures Act, but the Crown withdrew the charge Friday after concluding there was no chance of conviction.
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/can...vid-19-vaccine-dose-as-delta-variant-emerges/

 

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"I can count to potato!"


You can count to idiot and covidiot. And - maybe - the number of mini-me sticks between your legs.

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid-19-variants-vaccine-setback-1.6046643

[h=1]"Why COVID vaccination progress at home risks being undone by spread of variants abroad[/h]

 

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"Covid’s deadliest phase may be here soon

By Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times Last Updated: May 29, 2021, 02:23 PM IST

Synopsis
If there is a reasonable possibility that the world faces a mounting threat, it’s best to intervene as early and aggressively as possible, because even a few weeks of delay could make a huge difference.

If world leaders don’t act now, the end of the Covid pandemic may come with a horrible form of herd immunity, as more transmissible variants that are taking hold around the world kill millions.

There’s troubling new evidence that the B.1.617.2 variant, first identified in India, could be far more transmissible than even the B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in Britain, which contributed to some of the deadliest surges around the world.

In countries with widespread vaccination, like the United States and Britain, we can expect that Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths will continue to decline or stay low, especially because lab tests and real world experience show that vaccines appear to defend recipients well against the severe effects of both variants.

For much of the rest of the world, though, this even more transmissible new variant could be catastrophic.


Read more at:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...ofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

 

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The mind numbing mantra of covidiotism:


I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
I see absolutely nothing to be concerned about.

 

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Lol. The muther fucker is drowning

 

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"On Wednesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Quebec City regional health board told CTV News they are aware of 195 people who were likely infected at the Méga Fitness Gym, who they then believe spread the virus to 36 establishments elsewhere, such as grocery stores and restaurants."

 

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[h=1]"Outbreak at Quebec City gym linked to 440 infections and counting; one gym client dead[/h]
https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/outbrea...ns-and-counting-one-gym-client-dead-1.5377871

 

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How can a gym where folks are indoor, breathing heavily not be a vector for passing on COVID is beyond me? I miss the gym, I really do but one can't deny it's perfect for spreading COVID among non fully vaccinated folks.


I'd love to have my gym reopen for only fully vaccinated members.

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Then there is this:
https://www.cp24.com/news/seven-covid-19-cases-84-high-risk-contacts-linked-to-vaughan-nail-salon-1.5380366?cache=?clipId=104059?clipId=104056


Oh, and this:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/what-kingston-ont-did-right-in-handling-a-covid-19-outbreak-at-two-salons-1.500607

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We also have super shitty contact tracing which makes me suspect there are more cases.

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My buddy had a muscular build like him, he was 5' 11" 210 lbs but once covid was done with him he is down to 125 lbs.

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"Originally Posted by jalimon, post: 7086220, member: 238709
Is it a tough choice?


Either we let natural immunity set is so it take about 3 years and between 100-250 millions death like the Spanish Flu back in 1918-1920


Or we take the opportunity of the vaccine to get out of this mess in less than 2 years and with probably less than 10 million deaths.


Yes as with ANY medication there is a risk of complication but not to the scale of saving 90-240 millions life.


Cheers,"

 

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" understand vaccine hesitancy but Healthy people are not immune completely. Sure the risk for healthy people from COVID is lower than people with pre existing condititions but it is not 0.
Its easy to think that it is less than 1% and that you and your loved ones are safe , until it hits home. I lost a colleague to one of the variants , guy in late 30s, no underlying conditions. It changes your perspective significantly. His 5 yr old twins are going to grow up without a dad.
what I m trying to say is we don’t enough about new variants. Say If the risk from vaccine is 1 in million and risk from COVID is 1 in 100,000. Vaccine seems better alternative"

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-india-modi-free-vaccine-1.6055885

 

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"G7 leaders are to commit to using all their resources in an effort to ensure the devastation caused by a pandemic like Covid-19 is never repeated."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-57450585

 

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covid19 will easily be in the top 10 pandemics/epidemics of all time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

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"Originally Posted by jalimon, post: 7086220, member: 238709
Is it a tough choice?


Either we let natural immunity set is so it take about 3 years and between 100-250 millions death like the Spanish Flu back in 1918-1920


Or we take the opportunity of the vaccine to get out of this mess in less than 2 years and with probably less than 10 million deaths.


Yes as with ANY medication there is a risk of complication but not to the scale of saving 90-240 millions life.


Cheers,"

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/12/europe/moscow-lockdown-covid-intl/index.html