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So I better stock up on my mouthwash before people start hoarding it..... I have been using a mouthwash with that active ingredient for years.

I will stick with mouthwash over saltwater, the taste of saltwater is unpleasant. :sick:

1.5 liters of mouthwash costs like $5 on sale and lasts a few months, well worth the cost to avoid saltwater.

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FedEx Canada, Kuehne + Nagel, McKesson Canada and UPS Healthcare have prequalified to bid for a Canadian government contract to distribute COVID vaccines.

McKesson Canada’s U.S. parent company is the designated vaccine distributor in the US.

Canadian Armed Forces are working with Public Health Canada to help coordinate distribution.

The winners of the bid expected to take on a larger role distributing the Moderna vaccine than Pfizer which is working with the government for direct, just in time distribution to vaccine sites.

https://freightwaves.com/news/canada...ution-contract

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Not getting any better.

717 new cases announced today, 11 more deaths.

Today's announcement marks highest single-day totals for new cases and deaths, greatest number of people in hospital, and highest number of active cases todate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...v-17-1.5805802

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Getting bad south of the border, certainly Colorado, quite a few areas are going red.

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Abbotsford care home was 101 cases involving staff and residents.

42 staff and 59 residents.

59 residents is 50% of the residents who live there.

Many of the staff who tested positive showed no symptoms and were not aware they had the virus until their test came back positive.

https://www.abbynews.com/news/tabor-...ovid-19-cases/

Nurses union say's nurses struggling with shortage of both staff and PPE.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...nges-1.5804860

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Does this make any sense?
https://www.hamilton.ca/coronavirus/...es-in-hamilton

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no

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Looks like the restrictions in Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health will be extended at least 2 more weeks. More updates tomorrow during the press conference.

BC asking the federal government for a "pan-Canadian approach" to travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. BC doesn't want any non-essential travel into or out of the province.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...ions-1.5806783

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Imagine you're Flllaarttz from the planet Zog.
You're here to invade Canada, why? I don't know.
You look at the country and investigate it's political structure.
You've only got one rusty Acme Decimatotron cannon in the ship so you can't hope to defeat the entire country in one go... but wait... you notice that the country has a provincial structure and an inherent political distrust between provinces that'll mean you can pick one off before moving to the next.
You can do this because you know it'll take a few Zogon months before the policians'll be getting together to discuss whether they need another meeting to decide who's providing the coffee.
"Hmmm..." thinks Flllaarttz, "Canada's not a bad name but I'll call it Xzrddffrrwwssppkk when it's all over, so much easier to pronounce."

But this is a serious problem and one that Flllaarttz recognised straight away, and one incidentally that'll see him conquering the US afterwards, except it'll be easier in their case.
This pandemic affects the country as a whole. Infection is the main vector for increased casualties and travel between provinces ensures a rapid spread throughout the nation.
BC is right, provinces need to cede responsibility where interprovince travel is concerned to a centralised body, preferably one that doesn't have any politicians in it.

But Flllaarttz isn't worried, he's betting on politicians behaving like politicians to help him... Now that new anthem, needs to be something that rolls off the tongues of his three heads.

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Aint no one telling me where I can and cannot travel. This is Canada, land of the glorious and free! :lol:

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762 new cases and 10 more deaths.

209 people in hospital, with 58 in intensive care.

New outbreaks at Agecare Harmony Court Estates in Burnaby, Menno Home in Abbotsford and Peace Villa in Fort St. John.

Premier has been speaking with faith leaders asking them to limit in person events for Gurpurab, Chanukah and Christmas.

Surrey mayor considering bylaw to require masks be worn within the city.

Dr. Henry and Adrian Dix expected to update on the restrictions tomorrow.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...v-18-1.5807402

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Well the Govt of Nfld and Labrador is telling you & everyone else outside the Atlantic Bubble that you can't come here & that was challenged and upheld in court. ( https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfo...sion-1.5727549 ).
We don't want no stinking BC/Ontarians/Albertans etc here!

All joking aside, the Atlantic Bubble has been very successful to-date and I'm very happy about that. It's getting noticed as well with articles in the NYT and on Bloomberg recently: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...tlantic-bubble . The fear of course is that pride comes before the fall & that C19 gets into the community & wreaks havoc in an aging and generally unhealthy population (Obesity and diabetes rates in Newfoundland are higher than on average in Canada). So far, all cases since May have been related to travel - rotational workers and people on a travel exemption. A recent case (& the only one in hospital at present) was a guy who came here from Russia to work on the power project boondoggle thats bankrupt us.

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Yet more promising vaccine news to wake up to today, the beginning of the end is in sight :fingerscrossed:

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...roval-12136224

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...-show-12135926

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Province to province bans I can understand, hard to enforce but I agree with.

It's the travel restrictions within your own province that will cause the most amount of upset, especially over Christmas.

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On the TV this morning they were saying it will be well into next year before most are able to get the vaccine.