Coronavirus
#1516
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Joined: Jan 2006
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Re: Coronavirus
They're not going to quarantine the pickers from Quebec, at least not yet.
https://www.oliverchronicle.com/no-q...fruit-pickers/
https://www.oliverchronicle.com/no-q...fruit-pickers/
What attracts Quebec folks to these jobs? The times I have seen ads in the lower mainland, the pay doesn't seem great.
My body is old and sore and I probably wouldn't last an hour doing it.
#1517
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Joined: Oct 2010
Location: A Briton, married to a Canadian, now in Fredericton.
Posts: 4,854
Re: Coronavirus
#1518
Re: Coronavirus
My daughter went to see a house that's for sale in Vancouver, there were 60 showings scheduled for the weekend. That'd be a house with flat surfaces and 120 people sneezing on them.
#1519
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 0
Re: Coronavirus
Quebec youth have been coming to BC for fruit picking well before COVID so its not necessity, they could easily get a job closer to home most years that likely pays better.
#1520
Re: Coronavirus
Just shows that if you have only limited cases in the first place, a strict lock down and closed borders works.....the virus has no where to go, so it just dies off, and of course if people tow the line and don't start protesting about rights and freedoms and all the rest of that rubbish.
#1521
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#1522
Re: Coronavirus
With the increasing likelihood that we'll have to wear face masks in public soon, people may be wondering where they can get them from.
Amazon has proved unreliable with sellers disappearing - although your money is safe.
But Walmart.ca is advertising them on-line from third party sellers. Maybe that will prove more successful.
Amazon has proved unreliable with sellers disappearing - although your money is safe.
But Walmart.ca is advertising them on-line from third party sellers. Maybe that will prove more successful.
#1523
Re: Coronavirus
With the increasing likelihood that we'll have to wear face masks in public soon, people may be wondering where they can get them from.
Amazon has proved unreliable with sellers disappearing - although your money is safe.
But Walmart.ca is advertising them on-line from third party sellers. Maybe that will prove more successful.
Amazon has proved unreliable with sellers disappearing - although your money is safe.
But Walmart.ca is advertising them on-line from third party sellers. Maybe that will prove more successful.
#1524
#1526
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#1527
Re: Coronavirus
I mean it's a mask, breathing feels restricted no matter what you are wearing even though it really isn't. The thing I like about the sock mask is the comfort. The whole mask wearing thing thing just feels weird to me. I haven't gone out in one yet, only practising in the house so far.
#1529
Re: Coronavirus
edit- It still exists!! http://viz.co.uk/category/top-tips/
Last edited by Danny B; Apr 29th 2020 at 4:38 pm.
#1530
Re: Coronavirus
New information released today about the virus.
NHS England has recommended health trusts assess Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) workers as "at potentially greater risk" from coronavirus.
The official guidance says UK and international data indicates "people from BAME backgrounds are also being disproportionately affected by COVID-19".
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...-risk-11980713
But for some reason India has got off lightly? it doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52435463
NHS England has recommended health trusts assess Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) workers as "at potentially greater risk" from coronavirus.
The official guidance says UK and international data indicates "people from BAME backgrounds are also being disproportionately affected by COVID-19".
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavir...-risk-11980713
But for some reason India has got off lightly? it doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52435463
Last edited by Danny B; Apr 29th 2020 at 4:58 pm.