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Shard Dec 15th 2020 10:18 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 12946490)
Yikes! Those numbers are getting concerning :( Hamilton had another 150 cases yesterday,. Edited to add - apparently Hamilton may be going into lockdown (grey zone) as well - will know on Friday.

Thought this chart was interesting - how similar the symptoms are at times with the flu!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...dc08164a3d.jpg

That is a good chart :thumbup:

scrubbedexpat091 Dec 15th 2020 1:43 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 
Some ramp employees at the Vancouver Airport have become ill, a small outbreak it appears.

https://www.richmond-news.com/corona...vid-19-3181090

Oink Dec 15th 2020 9:57 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 
Is Covid a sexually transmitted ailment? I'm only asking for a friend. :o

Jingsamichty Dec 15th 2020 10:10 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 12946770)
Is Covid a sexually transmitted ailment? I'm only asking for a friend. :o

If 'your friend' wears a condom over their head for the entire encounter it will probably be just fine. Best make the event as quick as possible to avoid problems with suffocation.

Jerseygirl Dec 17th 2020 2:24 am

Re: Coronavirus
 
The numbers have been creeping upwards this week. Yesterday 2,432 cases in Ontario. 737 in Toronto. 23 deaths.

caretaker Dec 17th 2020 2:31 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12946773)
If 'your friend' wears a condom over their head for the entire encounter it will probably be just fine. Best make the event as quick as possible to avoid problems with suffocation.

The BC health authorities are way ahead of this one:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/c...ory-holes-sex/

spouse of scouse Dec 17th 2020 2:52 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12947210)
The BC health authorities are way ahead of this one:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/c...ory-holes-sex/

That link looks interesting - 'coronavirus-glory-holes-sex' :blink:
Unfortunately I can't do my due diligence on the story because I get an error message when I click the link. I miss all the good stuff :frown:

Edit: I found this Mayo Clinic link, which might help answer your 'friend's' question Oink :D
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...%20the%20virus.

caretaker Dec 17th 2020 4:16 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 12947225)
That link looks interesting - 'coronavirus-glory-holes-sex' :blink:
Unfortunately I can't do my due diligence on the story because I get an error message when I click the link. I miss all the good stuff :frown:

"B.C. health officials are recommending an age-old, occasionally cutting-edge tactic for sex during the coronavirus pandemic: “glory holes.”

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control added new recommendations for socially distant sex to its COVID-19 website this week. One of those tips was to try using a “glory hole” — a hole cut into a wall that’s only large enough for a penis to slip through.

Glory holes are typically used for anonymous oral or penetrative sex, according to Urban Dictionary, but they’re also an excellent way to limit physical contact during intercourse, the B.C. CDC says.

“Use barriers, like walls (e.g., glory holes), that allow for sexual contact but prevent close face-to-face contact,” the health organization writes on its website."

spouse of scouse Dec 17th 2020 4:19 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12947267)
"B.C. health officials are recommending an age-old, occasionally cutting-edge tactic for sex during the coronavirus pandemic: “glory holes.”

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control added new recommendations for socially distant sex to its COVID-19 website this week. One of those tips was to try using a “glory hole” — a hole cut into a wall that’s only large enough for a penis to slip through.

Glory holes are typically used for anonymous oral or penetrative sex, according to Urban Dictionary, but they’re also an excellent way to limit physical contact during intercourse, the B.C. CDC says.

“Use barriers, like walls (e.g., glory holes), that allow for sexual contact but prevent close face-to-face contact,” the health organization writes on its website."

Oh. Right. Ta.

*old lady faints*

Siouxie Dec 17th 2020 4:28 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 12947269)
Oh. Right. Ta.

*old lady faints*

I fixed the link if you want to read it LOL :D

Shard Dec 17th 2020 5:34 am

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 12946773)
If 'your friend' wears a condom over their head for the entire encounter it will probably be just fine. Best make the event as quick as possible to avoid problems with suffocation.

That's a ridiculous joke, but somehow I laughed at the suffocation bit. :lol:

scrubbedexpat091 Dec 17th 2020 12:12 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 
This is worrisome, Oncologists worried the delays in cancer screening this year will be leading to a tsunami of cancer due to pandemic delaying and restricting screening tests.

from March 15 to May 31 in Ontario compared to the year prior,
  • A 97 per cent decrease in screening for mammograms through the Ontario Breast Screening Program.
  • An 88 per cent decrease in Pap tests through the Ontario Cervical Screening Program.
  • A 73 per cent decrease in fecal tests through ColonCancerCheck.
Albertans diagnosed with cancer decreased by 23 percent over 2019.

In BC 25 per cent drop in cancer diagnoses.


Oncologists don't believe that cancer rates are actually dropping they are just not being diagnosed due to reductions in screening and other factors related to the pandemic.

​​​​​​⠀‹https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cance...gcdpZ1hYpJ622A






scrubbedexpat091 Dec 17th 2020 6:41 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 
BC Office of Human rights reminding businesses about mask exemptions, there have been people refused service and even medical tests due to being unable to wear a mask, or otherwise exempt.

Exemptions include:
  • Anyone under the age of 12
  • Anyone unable to wear a mask because of a health condition or mental impairment
  • Or anyone who is unable to put on or remove a mask without help from another person.

, if a person claims a mask exemption, businesses are to take them at their word. Proof should not be required.


scrubbedexpat099 Dec 17th 2020 7:19 pm

Re: Coronavirus
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12947473)
BC Office of Human rights reminding businesses about mask exemptions, there have been people refused service and even medical tests due to being unable to wear a mask, or otherwise exempt.


So wearing masks is voluntary.
Exemptions include:
  • Anyone under the age of 12
  • Anyone unable to wear a mask because of a health condition or mental impairment
  • Or anyone who is unable to put on or remove a mask without help from another person.

, if a person claims a mask exemption, businesses are to take them at their word. Proof should not be required.

So that essentially makes it voluntary.

BristolUK Dec 18th 2020 4:10 am

Re: Coronavirus
 
Young fit professional athletes.
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce shocked by effect of Covid on players

“four or five” were still sidelined by the virus. “For a couple of them it’s had a damaging effect,” he added. “It won’t be a week or two [that they’re out], it will be longer than that...“It’s not just fatigue, they’ve got other symptoms too. It washed over most of them but some are finding it a struggle...Some of them seem all right but then the fatigue element hits them, but for two it’s beyond that. They’re still going to take weeks to get back; you wouldn’t think that this long Covid thing is possible in fit, young athletes.”


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