scrubbedexpat091

Maybe with ICU numbers climbing to the highest they have been and hospitalizations hitting records, and Fraser Health having to shuffle patients between facilities as the 3 COVID designated hospitals in Fraser Health are getting too full, we may seem more, but who knows at this point.

On Tuesday is was reported that government cabinet was looking into more restrictions and they would be announced Thursday, which has come and gone so maybe idle threats.

printer

Yes it seems that our PM can only judge other countries like UK rather than sort out his own. I don't think the UK press were too happy with his comments today about them getting a third wave. Some saw it as a deflection of his own woes regards the abysmal vaccine roll out by comparison
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...e-b929858.html

scrubbedexpat091

Yes I saw that article, talk about not knowing what's going on elsewhere.

Ontario has been exceeding California in new cases the last week or so, 4,000+ today in Ontario with 2,016 in California, although Ontario has less deaths.


Ontario when compared to US states would be 10th worst state for the 7 day rolling average, even Texas with no mask mandate and basically no rules has less cases.

Although to be fair to Texas, 33% of the population has had at least 1 dose. 4

California is up to 49% of the population having received at least 1 dose.

abner

The Pfizer vaccine is readily available on both sides of the border, there's no need to accept an AZ vaccine that is inferior on both efficacy and safety grounds.

I'm sure that will clinch your argument.

Rete

Hubby is on his second bout of Covid. No, he has not had the vaccination because he has a bad reaction to any flu vaccines. Same symptoms as the first time. They were able to trace where he got the first one but not so lucky with this second one.

BTW there have already been over 200 back through cases of Covid for people who have been fully vaccination on either Pfizer or Moderna in the US.

scrubbedexpat091

Pfizer CEO's comments.

“A likely scenario is that there will be likely a need for a third dose, somewhere between six and 12 months and then from there, there will be an annual revaccination, but all of that needs to be confirmed. And again, the variants will play a key role,” he told CNBC’s Bertha Coombs during an event with CVS Health.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/pfiz...12-months.html

Siouxie

2.30pm
https://news.ontario.ca/en/advisory/...nnouncement-72

Danny B

Is there anything left in Ontario to close down?

Jerseygirl

Judging by the amount of traffic on the highway...yes! Looking at the traffic you would swear everything was back to normal.

scrubbedexpat091

Maybe travel restrictions are coming? No travel outside the city you reside, closing provincial borders?

Siouxie

Thankfully they decided against a curfew system.. but rumour has these restrictions going forward.. we'll know in about an hour

bats

You're already not supposed to travel out of your region though they don't specify what region means.
Also it's stay at home apart from shopping for essentials and exercise close to home

BristolUK

Makes one wonder what would be the point of going out.

scrubbedexpat091

I do wonder with the more easily transmissible variants making up most cases now if fast food places are even possible to safely operate considering how close proximity workers are and the difficulty it is for said workers to maintain distance from one another.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-warni...ures-1.5390413


9 McD's with exposure events.

Jerseygirl

Our neighbour hood has just opened up for 18+ vaccinations, we are in a high risk area. My daughter has been trying all day, but the appointments were all taken. I kept trying and trying, then suddenly one appointment for next Friday became available so I grabbed it for her. Woo bloody Hoo.