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#8461 North Shore

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 01:14 PM

Fewer deaths because we've figured out care homes are ground zero for deadly outcomes with this virus, while young people are now the ones becoming sick, and they are not nearly at as high of a risk of death.

One wonders if the fewer deaths is because the disease has essentially run its course through the ranks of the vulnerable?

 

For sure. But I think our death counts ascribed to COVID were occurring at care homes almost exclusively, and the remainder among the elderly outside of care homes. Now it’s the younger generations who are getting sick.

What's the mortality rate of those younger generations?


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Posted 25 September 2020 - 01:26 PM

Not just England, if you look at any report, deaths and hospitalizations have continued to decline even though infections have risen. This stopped being a public health crisis 3 months ago. We have vaccines on the way and the health impacts of the virus continue to decline. In countries like Singapore where they got a handle very quickly on protecting those vulnerable to the virus, the mortality rate is now less than half that of the common flu.

 

What has happened is that politicians have found that they can use covid to make societal changes and establish a legacy for themselvesOnce we have 40% of the population dependent on Government handouts (which essentially we have now) what chance to you think there is that the Liberals will ever lose an election? How about the Provincial NDP, as long as money and promises keep coming who is going to decline that?

 

Singapore imposed much stricter regulations than Canada did though.  Masks were made mandatory, non-essential businesses were closed, travellers had to quarantine in dedicated facilities, etc.  Even the number of people allowed in a vehicle was limited at one point.  



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Posted 25 September 2020 - 01:36 PM

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs order clearing restaurants and bars to fully open

 

https://www.cnn.com/...trnd/index.html

 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ® announced that he has signed an order moving Florida into Phase 3 of re-opening at a press conference today.

 

DeSantis emphasized the impact the move will have on restaurants and bars, which can now operate at 100 percent capacity. "There will not be limitations, from the state of Florida," DeSantis said.
 
The order does treat restaurants and bars differently in terms of what local municipalities can do to restrict operations. "If a local restricts between 50 and 100, they've got to provide the justification and they've got to identify what the costs are involved with doing that are," the Governor added.
 
Conversely, bars, which were operating at 50 percent capacity, must be authorized to scale up to 100 percent by local governments.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 September 2020 - 01:36 PM.

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 01:56 PM

Singapore imposed much stricter regulations than Canada did though.  Masks were made mandatory, non-essential businesses were closed, travellers had to quarantine in dedicated facilities, etc.  Even the number of people allowed in a vehicle was limited at one point.  

 

Not entirely correct from what I hear from friends who live there. The vast majority of infections were in migrant worker housing. Those areas were restricted. In ex-pat and financial areas of Singapore there were far fewer restrictions and things operated much closer to normal. Most travelers had to quarantine and unlike Canada they made sure you did. 



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Posted 25 September 2020 - 04:12 PM

Interesting, as that’s not what I have some family in Singapore (expats as well) and I got the impression that things were stricter there. I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Masks were definitely mandatory a few months ago, not sure if they still are.

ETA: This makes me wonder - if restrictions were similar to Canada except that masks were/are mandatory, maybe masks are more effective than some would like to believe. The most common ones I’ve seen worn over there are not N95 masks either, just cloth and disposable ones.

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#8466 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 04:23 PM

most Canadians are under a mask order now. all of Quebec and Ontario.

and Winnipeg starting Monday.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 September 2020 - 04:24 PM.


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Posted 25 September 2020 - 04:54 PM

^ Closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.......


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#8468 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 05:11 PM

if it works - and i'm not sure it does - it is a small thing to do.

 

and it keeps awareness up.

 

i would not mind wearing a mask at all times on transit and in public spaces indoors (stores etc.).


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Posted 25 September 2020 - 07:42 PM

Annual death statistics for England and Wales, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in 2018, showed the number of people dying of dementia is steadily increasing year on year.
Their latest report, released in May 2020, investigates the coronavirus pandemic. The data shows that dementia including Alzheimer’s disease was the most common main pre-existing condition in deaths involving COVID-19 in March and April 2020.

 

If that is the case Covid 19 has done them a favour. Horrible to live with dementia/alzheimers, I would rather be dead.


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#8470 LJ

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 07:42 PM

All I can say is, go on and bleed, but it is more important to keep law and order in this society than to be worried about weak-kneed people.

Huh?


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#8471 todd

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Posted 25 September 2020 - 08:45 PM

Huh?

Yes, I think the society must take every means at its disposal to defend itself against the emergence of a parallel power which defies the elected power in this country and I think that goes to any distance. So long as there is a power in here which is challenging the elected representative of the people I think that power must be stopped and I think it's only, I repeat, weak-kneed bleeding hearts who are afraid to take these measures.



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Posted 25 September 2020 - 09:19 PM

All righty then.



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Posted 26 September 2020 - 06:16 AM

B.C. public health officials reported 98 more cases of COVID-19 Friday, most in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health regions.

 

The daily total is down from 148 cases reported Thursday, Sept. 24, and brings the number of active cases in the province to 1,349. Another 3,533 people are under active public health monitoring for identified exposure to known cases and 7,036 people who tested positive have recovered.

 

https://www.vicnews....lower-mainland/

 

 

 

 

where is the headline "new bc covid cases drop 33%"?

 

 

bc is still at 62 hospitalized and 19 in icu.

 

to date we have ever only had 25 in hospital on the island.


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#8474 todd

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Posted 26 September 2020 - 08:08 AM

All righty then.


Yes but Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau had some good points his son not so much.

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Posted 26 September 2020 - 08:56 AM

there are a million other reasons to do this, not least because you can also scream & swear & blast your choice of music as loud as you want. it doesn't even take much, just read jailhouse strong:

Demand for sports equipment and home gyms booms as Canadians prepare for pandemic winter
Sports retailers see early rush on skis, snowshoes, exercise gear as people plan for ways to stay active
https://www.cbc.ca/n...inter-1.5738568

O'Toole, Blanchet met with dozens of supporters before testing positive for COVID
https://www.cbc.ca/n...masks-1.5738913

Fraser Health to open new COVID-19 clinic after Port Coquitlam clinic announces closure due to staff burnout
https://www.cbc.ca/n...linic-1.5738812
 

As COVID-19 cases surge across Canada and outbreaks in nursing homes flare up once again, experts say vulnerable elderly populations are at extreme risk in the second wave due to a lack of government action. 
 
Long-term care facilities bore the brunt of the first wave of the pandemic in Canada, with more than 70 per cent of deaths from COVID-19 occurring in those aged over 80, about twice the average of rates from other developed countries.
 
"That is one of the most damning failures that's taken place through the pandemic," said Dr. Andrew Boozary, executive director of health and social policy for Toronto's University Health Network. 
 
"If we were going to be judged by how we protected our most susceptible and people who are structurally vulnerable — we failed them."
 
*snip*
 
A July report from the Royal Society of Canadaan association that includes some of Canada's top scientists and scholars, described COVID-19 as "a shock wave that cracked wide all the fractures in our nursing home system." It called on the federal government to act "immediately" on creating national standards of care.
 
Months later, no concrete action has yet been taken, and the second wave of COVID-19 infections is well underway in previously hard-hit provinces, such as Ontario, B.C. and Quebec.

https://www.cbc.ca/n...anada-1.5739798
 
A relatively new but popular cafe in downtown Victoria has temporarily closed after an employee informed managers they’d tested positive for COVID-19.
https://www.victoria...e-for-covid-19/
 

Significance

Confronted with escalating COVID-19 outbreaks, countries at the leading edge of the pandemic have had to resort to imposing drastic social distancing measures which have serious societal and economic repercussions. Establishing herd immunity in a population by allowing the epidemic to spread, while mitigating the negative health impacts of COVID-19, presents a tantalizing resolution to the crisis. Our study simulating SARS-CoV-2 spread in the United Kingdom finds that achieving herd immunity without overwhelming hospital capacity leaves little room for error. Intervention levels must be carefully manipulated in an adaptive manner for an extended period, despite acute sensitivity to poorly quantified epidemiological factors. Such fine-tuning of social distancing renders this strategy impractical.

Abstract

The rapid growth rate of COVID-19 continues to threaten to overwhelm healthcare systems in multiple countries. In response, severely affected countries have had to impose a range of public health strategies achieved via nonpharmaceutical interventions. Broadly, these strategies have fallen into two categories: 1) “mitigation,” which aims to achieve herd immunity by allowing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus to spread through the population while mitigating disease burden, and 2) “suppression,” aiming to drastically reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates and halt endogenous transmission in the target population. Using an age-structured transmission model, parameterized to simulate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United Kingdom, we assessed the long-term prospects of success using both of these approaches. We simulated a range of different nonpharmaceutical intervention scenarios incorporating social distancing applied to differing age groups. Our modeling confirmed that suppression of SARS-CoV-2 transmission is possible with plausible levels of social distancing over a period of months, consistent with observed trends. Notably, our modeling did not support achieving herd immunity as a practical objective, requiring an unlikely balancing of multiple poorly defined forces. Specifically, we found that 1) social distancing must initially reduce the transmission rate to within a narrow range, 2) to compensate for susceptible depletion, the extent of social distancing must be adaptive over time in a precise yet unfeasible way, and 3) social distancing must be maintained for an extended period to ensure the healthcare system is not overwhelmed.

https://www.pnas.org...9/21/2008087117
https://www.fastcomp...-this-new-study
 

In a special session addressing global mental health before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic held at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID) Professor Vikram Patel (Harvard Medical School, USA) will present a new review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global mental health.
 
He will explain: "Mental health problems were already a leading cause of suffering and the most neglected health issue globally before the pandemic. The pandemic will, through worsening the social determinants of mental health, fuel a worsening of this crisis,"
 
The pressures on mental health, that already existed in abundance before this global pandemic, are increasing at an alarming rate. Prof Patel will touch on some of these in his talk. "There are so many issues which affect large sections of the population, including worries about jobs and income security, social exclusion, school closures and working from home creating huge pressure on families," he says. "There are also disruptions to medical services and care, potential domestic violence situations, and the varying levels of fear people have of being infected by this new virus."
 
The pandemic threatens to reverse years of global development, including in the countries that can least afford to start going backwards. In August 2020, World Bank President David Malpass predicted as many as 100 million people will be pushed back into extreme poverty. As a result of the global economic recession, the mental health tsunami is going to sweep through all countries, rich and poor. "The 2008 recession, which largely affected only the US, was followed by a wave of 'deaths of despair' in the USA, driven by suicide and substance use," explains Prof Patel. "Without huge levels of government support for both the mental health sector and a whole host of other sectors, we are tragically facing a repeat of this, but perhaps on a much greater scale."

https://www.eurekale...c-dwt092520.php

U.S. Hospital Admissions for Non-COVID-19 Have Only Partially Rebounded from Initial Decline
https://www.dartmout...-rebounded.html
https://www.scienced...00925134714.htm

same conference

Analysis of samples taken to test for respiratory viruses over the past five years suggests that the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 was associated with a large drop in circulation of other common respiratory viruses during the first wave. The study, presented at this week's ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID), is by Dr Stephen Poole, BRC Clinical Research Fellow from the Southampton NIHR BRC, Southampton, UK, and colleagues.

https://www.eurekale...c-sds092520.php

same conference
Contact tracing study results recommend consistent wearing of masks, handwashing, and social distancing in public
https://medicalxpres...ing-social.html
 

WASHINGTON -- The anxiety, stress and worry brought on by COVID-19 is not limited to daytime hours. The pandemic is affecting our dreams as well, infusing more anxiety and negative emotions into dreams and spurring dreams about the virus itself, particularly among women, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

https://www.eurekale...a-csa092520.php
 

* Nation-wide cross-sectional analysis of U.S. patients receiving dialysis finds fewer than 10% of people had COVID-19 antibodies by July 2020, and fewer than 10% of those with antibodies had been diagnosed by antigen or PCR testing.
* Researchers say this representative population is ideal for studying the general spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. because these patients undergo monthly, routine blood draws and represent other similar COVID-19 risk factors such as age, non-white race, and poverty.
* COVID-19 control efforts should prioritize minorities and people living in densely populated areas to prevent general community spread. The first cross-sectional, nation-wide analysis of more than 28,000 patients on dialysis in the U.S. found that fewer than 10% of U.S. adults had COVID-19 antibodies as of July 2020 and fewer than 10% were diagnosed.
 
Published today in The Lancet, the new study also shows higher COVID-19 infection rates among ethnic minorities and people living in lower-income, high density, urban areas - underling the need for COVID-19 public health efforts that prioritize these populations in order to prevent general community spread.

Researchers from Stanford University explain that patients on dialysis represent an important population to study general COVID-19 seroprevalence. These patients already undergo routine, monthly laboratory studies and represent similar risk factors to contracting COVID-19 as the general population, including age, non-white race, and poverty. Unlike community-based surveys, where a select group may show up for or agree to be tested and require a significant on-the-ground effort to launch, patients on dialysis are amenable to random sampling as part of their routine care.

*snip*

"Not only is this patient population representative ethnically and socio-economically, but they are one of the few groups of people who can be repeatedly tested. Because renal disease is a Medicare-qualifying condition, they don't face many of the access-to-care barriers that limit testing among the general population," said Shuchi Anand, MD, Director of the Center for Tubulointerstitial Kidney Disease at Stanford University and lead author of the study. "We were able to determine - with a high level of precision - differences in seroprevalence among patient groups within and across regions of the United States, providing a very rich picture of the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak that can hopefully help inform strategies to curb the epidemic moving forward by targeting vulnerable populations."

https://www.eurekale...pss_1092420.php
https://www.thelance...2009-2/fulltext
 

The 1,035 patients in the study faced a staggeringly high risk of death, as ventilators and other care failed to support their lungs. But after they were placed on ECMO, their actual death rate was less than 40%. That's similar to the rate for patients treated with ECMO in past outbreaks of lung-damaging viruses, and other severe forms of viral pneumonia.

The new study published in The Lancet provides strong support for the use of ECMO - short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation -- in appropriate patients as the pandemic rages on worldwide.


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https://www.eurekale...u-lls092420.php



Diagnostic testing for COVID-19 infections is one of the linchpins of the global effort to combat the deadly pandemic. But the strategy normally used for that has a few downsides. For one, the nasopharyngeal swabbing required demands the services of a health care worker, who is then put at risk of contracting the disease. Also, the sample-taking procedure, which involves sticking a very long flexible swab through a nostril and into the nasopharynx at the back of the nose and throat, is so unpleasant that some people resist being tested. And because the samples must normally be sent to a distant lab for processing, it often takes hours to days for results to become available.

What the world desperately needs is a way to diagnose infections with the virus more quickly and easily. Breakthroughs here would allow for truly widespread testing and the identification of people with asymptomatic infections, who often inadvertently spread the disease.

Researchers across the world have been racing to develop better COVID-19 tests, and biochemists and molecular biologists have made significant progress in just a handful of months. But engineers, too, have been working on technologies that might provide what everyone so dearly wants: inexpensive tests that don’t require swabbing and that can be rapidly performed by anyone, anywhere—if not for this pandemic, then perhaps in time for the next one.

https://spectrum.iee...w-covid-19-test

Two million virus deaths 'likely' without collective action: WHO
https://medicalxpres...ths-action.html
 

On Thursday, the Health and Human Services Department released a solicitation for wastewater testing and data analysis that would have a contractor testing fecal and other sewage waste for approximately 10% of Americans within six weeks.
 
“The contractor shall support wide-scale and regular testing of the American population for COVID-19 using wastewater epidemiology to help guide the overall reopening strategy, but also serve as an early warning system for local re-emergence events to enable rapid containment,” the solicitation states.
 
Previous research has shown the ability to predict new COVID-19 cases five to 11 days before the outbreak occurs by analyzing wastewater—specifically sewage from residential toilets.
 
“Wastewater testing data provided by the contractor will illustrate a more complete picture of local, community-level COVID-19 trends, where clinical cases may be underreported and transmission levels not well understood,” the solicitation states. “This can be particularly helpful for communities with limited testing access, or for communities in which demand for testing remains low for other reasons.”

https://www.nextgov....ovid-19/168781/

US Vaccine Reportedly Shows Strong Immune Response to Coronavirus in Clinical Trials
https://sputniknews....linical-trials/
  
Two former leaders of a Massachusetts home for aging veterans where nearly 80 people sickened by the coronavirus died have been criminally charged for their handling of the outbreak
https://www.military...erans-home.html

A total of 12,492 people working at the Qingdao Port had been tested for nucleic acid as of Friday after two stevedores were reported as asymptomatic COVID-19 cases on Thursday
http://www.ecns.cn/n...pz4254765.shtml

China's nucleic acid testing capacity has hugely improved, which is the key to the epidemic response in the coming autumn-winter season, a health official said Friday
http://www.ecns.cn/n...pz4254752.shtml

Vector’s clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine are successful
The volunteers are developing the necessary titers and no one has any clinical signs after the vaccine, said Russia’s chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova
https://tass.com/russia/1205357

Hackers Targeted Russia's Gamaleya Center During COVID-19 Vaccine Development, Director Says
https://sputniknews....-director-says/
 

Uruguay as of Friday September 24, has recorded 1967 infections and 47 deaths, despite beginning to reopen some schools in April and no mandatory stay-at-home order. Many South American countries also acted swiftly with stricter obligatory lockdowns—among them neighboring Argentina—but still saw infections soar.

*snip*

Less than two weeks into his new job as Uruguay’s president, Luis Lacalle Pou acted promptly when Uruguay’s first case of covid-19 was confirmed in the capital of Montevideo on 13 March. Lacalle Pou announced that all public events and potential centers of crowding such as bars, churches, and shopping centers would be shut down. Schools were also closed, along with the country’s 1000 km porous border with Brazil, the epicenter of the pandemic in the region. Unlike most Latin American presidents, Lacalle Pou asked rather than ordered people to stay at home to protect the population, the oldest in Latin America.

The swift action of the government slowed the spread of the virus and bought the country vital time to prepare its hospitals and testing system, says the team of scientists advising it. It also meant they could stop the virus’s spread before it became exponential as it did in the hardest hit nations.

*snip*

The urgency and scientific grounding of the government’s early decision making characterized the country’s response ever since—and even before the first case was detected. All decisions passed through a cross-disciplinary committee of scientists who refocused their research to covid-19.

“The alignment of decision makers, scientists, and national health authorities was perfect and clearly with great timing,” says Gonzalo Moratorio, a virologist directing Uruguay’s covid-19 testing unit.

https://en.mercopres...-19-this-is-how

שיא תחלואה חדש: יותר מ-8,000 חולי קורונה אובחנו אתמול; 708 במצב קשה
8000 new cases in israel yesterday, another new record, 708 in serious condition
https://www.israelha.../article/804317

"מרגיש מצוין": שלומי שבת נדבק בקורונה
אחרי שחום גופו עלה, הזמר שלומי שבת עבר בדיקת קורונה וקיבל תשובה חיובית. כעת הוא שוהה בבידוד בביתו ועל פי מנהליו, חש בטוב

israeli singer shlomi shabbat has tested positive, says it feels great
https://www.ynet.co....icle/r1t11ocnBv



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Posted 27 September 2020 - 07:13 AM

here is a woman that’s happy to be on CRRB EI for an entire year.

https://www.timescol...hers-1.24210764

"I'm sick and tired of not knowing," she said.

"Now that we've got this thing and it's going to last for six months, that provides me with a little bit of relief, because now at least I know for those six months, but I'm sick and tired of everything being done at the last minute."

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 September 2020 - 07:13 AM.


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Posted 27 September 2020 - 07:31 AM

Downtown Victoria’s Bear & Joey eatery has issued a statement regarding a staff member’s exposure to COVID-19:

One of our staff members has unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19. They are at home, feeling well, and we are in regular contact with them to make sure that they are ok.

We have been assured by the BC Health Authority (BCHA) that the chance of transmission to staff and customers is "extremely low". This is because of our strict adherence to all protocols issued by BCHA including physical distancing, stringent cleaning, mask wearing and providing hand sanitiser.

Our staff member;
• Did not interact with any customers
• Had no symptoms while at work
• Wore a mask, and practised stringent hand hygiene at all times.

In the highly unlikely event that customers need to be contacted regarding this case, BCHA will do this via our contact tracing register. The dates the particular staff member was on site were;

Thursday 17th September through to Monday 21st September.

For us, maintaining the health and safety of our staff and our community is our number one priority.

While BCHA have NOT advised us to close, we have decided to be extremely precautionary and close Bear and Joey temporarily while we work with BCHA to commence a robust review of our restaurant.

We will be undertaking some deep cleaning and making sure every precaution is taken to safely welcome you back.

We will keep you updated on the re-opening via social media.

We thank you so much for the wonderful support that you have provided to us since we opened, we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Peter, Stephanie, baby McKenzie and the entire Bear & Joey Team ❤

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Posted 27 September 2020 - 07:48 AM

Singapore imposed much stricter regulations than Canada did though.  Masks were made mandatory, non-essential businesses were closed, travellers had to quarantine in dedicated facilities, etc.  Even the number of people allowed in a vehicle was limited at one point.  

 

singapore has more than double the number of cases per million people than we do.  they have 9842 to our 4010.

 

but canada has deaths per million at 281 compared to singapore at 5 per million.  5 is the same as new zealand.

 

so what's all that mean?

 

 

 

 

a ha:

 

INFECTION DEMOGRAPHICS

About 95% of Singapore's COVID-19 infections are among migrant workers, mostly in their 20s or 30s, living in cramped dormitories and employed in labour-intensive sectors such as construction and shipbuilding.

 

https://www.thechron...-lowest-498141/


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Posted 27 September 2020 - 08:18 AM

The birth of a ghost town: Point Roberts has lost 80% of its business, hundreds of its residents
Some residents fear there is no way back from the economic fallout of COVID-19
https://www.cbc.ca/n...covid-1.5740806

Confusion and anxiety reign for Canadians dependent on CERB as pandemic program winds down
Government confident no one will slip through the cracks despite end of program that paid up to $2,000 monthly
https://www.cbc.ca/n...usion-1.5738934

Staff member at New Westminster retirement home tests positive for COVID-19
Fraser Health is working with staff to identify anyone who may have been exposed
https://www.cbc.ca/n...id-19-1.5740619
 

A Victoria clean-tech company is hoping to play a key role in the food and pharmaceutical supply chain — including the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines — as it starts production next month of its temperature-controlled shipping units.

CryoLogistics Refrigeration Technology Ltd. uses liquid ­car­bon dioxide that’s pumped into insulated aluminum, vacuum-sealed containers to cool high-value and temperature-­sensitive freight, such as seafood, produce and pharmaceuticals.

The company’s SnowSHIP containers allow for “pinpoint” temperature control throughout the supply chain and are considered more eco-friendly for shippers now relying on diesel fuel to power refrigeration trucks.

CryoLogistics CEO Peter Evans said the startup company has been running tests with several companies in Victoria and the Lower Mainland, collecting feedback to perfect its prototype units. It’s now ready to start production of 40 units at a Chilliwack manufacturing plant in October and November, with plans, guided by demand, to build about 20 units per month, said Evans.

Each unit sells for about $25,000. It’s a little larger than a household refrigerator, about four feet wide, five feet deep and seven feet high, and designed to align with standard pallet sizes and handling.

https://www.timescol...ines-1.24210746

With the central government's support, Hong Kong is building a makeshift hospital and adding new treatment facilities in AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE) in case a new wave of the COVID-19 epidemic breaks out in winter
http://www.ecns.cn/n...pz4255076.shtml
 
Russia's outlook scenarios for 2021-2023 suggest no second wave of coronavirus
The projected growth trajectory by the end of 2020 and in 2021 is still highly uncertain, the Economic Development Ministry noted
https://tass.com/economy/1205457

Negative Covid test result mandatory for passengers to Pakistan
https://www.khaleejt...ers-to-pakistan

For the fourth straight day, Israel reached a new daily coronavirus case count after the Health Ministry announced Saturday evening that 8,687 new diagnoses since Friday afternoon, bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 226,586
https://www.ynetnews...ticle/BylOPbTBP
 

Presidents of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) have warned of "alarming" political interference in science in the country's response to COVID-19.

"We find ongoing reports and incidents of the politicization of science, particularly the overriding of evidence and advice from public health officials and derision of government scientists, to be alarming," said a recent statement of NAS President Marcia McNutt and NAM President Victor J. Dzau.

"It undermines the credibility of public health agencies and the public's confidence in them when we need it most," said the statement.

"As advisers to the nation on all matters of science, medicine, and public health, we are compelled to underscore the value of science-based decision-making at all levels of government," said the statement.

"Our nation is at a critical time in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic with important decisions ahead of us, especially concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines," said the statement.

Policymaking must be informed by the best available evidence without it being distorted, concealed, or otherwise deliberately miscommunicated, said the two presidents.

http://www.ecns.cn/n...pz4254817.shtml

California State University Long Beach (CSULA) in Southern California announced in a statement on Saturday to place all on-campus students under quarantine after five students attending a gathering tested positive for COVID-19
http://www.ecns.cn/n...pz4254821.shtml
 

A 42-year-old man in Maryland was sentenced Friday to one year in prison after throwing two large parties in violation of the governor's coronavirus protective orders.
 
Shawn Marshall Myers was convicted of two counts of failure to comply with an emergency order and was immediately sentenced to serve a year in the Charles County Detention Center and three years of unsupervised probation after his release, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office (CCSAO) said.
 
Myers had hosted a party at his home in Hughesville on March 22 with approximately 50 guests, despite statewide coronavirus safety orders from Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan that banned large gatherings. When law enforcement officers arrived at his home, Myers was "argumentative," prosecutors said, but eventually agreed to disband the party.
 
Officers responded again to reports of another large party at Myers' home five days later. He also argued with officers this time, according to prosecutors, and told them that it was within his and his guests' right to congregate. Myers told his guests to defy statewide protective orders and the officers' request that they leave, prosecutors said, and he was then arrested.
 
Myers, who posted bond in April while awaiting trial, told FOX5 at the time that he regretted his handling of the situation.
 
"I definitely regret the way I handled it. I wish I had been more informed and given the opportunity to do it over again, I wouldn't do it the same way," he said.

https://www.buzzfeed...onavirus-prison

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - People are searching for some relief from COVID-19, and it could start in north central Florida.

In Ocala, the doctors at AdventHealth, may have found an answer.

AdventHealth Ocala has created a new drug therapy regimen developed by the hospital’s Director of Pharmacy, Carlette Norwood-Williams.

They’re calling it ICAM. It’s a combination of vitamins, steroids, blood thinners and antibiotics.

https://www.wcjb.com...d-19-treatment/

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Posted 27 September 2020 - 08:26 AM

The birth of a ghost town: Point Roberts has lost 80% of its business, hundreds of its residents
Some residents fear there is no way back from the economic fallout of COVID-19
https://www.cbc.ca/n...covid-1.5740806

 

 

Time for Canada to swallow up Point Roberts. 



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