Coronavirus
Dec 15th 2020, 10:18 pm
#3496
Yo
Joined: Nov 2012
Location: UK
Posts: 24,474
Re: Coronavirus
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!
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!
Dec 16th 2020, 1:43 am
#3497
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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
https://www.richmond-news.com/corona...vid-19-3181090
Dec 16th 2020, 10:10 am
#3499
Lowering the tone
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Dec 17th 2020, 2:31 pm
#3501
Stand-up Philosopher
Joined: Apr 2009
Location: Regina Saskatchewan
Posts: 16,344
Re: Coronavirus
https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/c...ory-holes-sex/
Last edited by Siouxie; Dec 17th 2020 at 4:02 pm. Reason: fixed the link (it had produced the link twice) :)
Dec 17th 2020, 2:52 pm
#3502
Concierge
Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 21,139
Re: Coronavirus
The BC health authorities are way ahead of this one:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/c...ory-holes-sex/
https://globalnews.ca/news/7204384/c...ory-holes-sex/
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
Edit: I found this Mayo Clinic link, which might help answer your 'friend's' question Oink
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...%20the%20virus.
Last edited by spouse of scouse; Dec 17th 2020 at 2:55 pm.
Dec 17th 2020, 4:16 pm
#3503
Stand-up Philosopher
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Location: Regina Saskatchewan
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Re: Coronavirus
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."
Dec 17th 2020, 4:19 pm
#3504
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Location: Western Australia
Posts: 21,139
Re: Coronavirus
"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."
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."
*old lady faints*
Dec 17th 2020, 5:34 pm
#3506
Yo
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Location: UK
Posts: 24,474
Re: Coronavirus
Dec 18th 2020, 12:12 am
#3507
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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,
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
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.
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
Dec 18th 2020, 6:41 am
#3508
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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:
, if a person claims a mask exemption, businesses are to take them at their word. Proof should not be required.
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.
Dec 18th 2020, 7:19 am
#3509
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Posts: 2
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.
So wearing masks is voluntary.
Exemptions include:
, if a person claims a mask exemption, businesses are to take them at their word. Proof should not be required.
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.
Dec 18th 2020, 4:10 pm
#3510
Oscar nominated
Joined: Jan 2008
Location: Moncton, NB, CANADA
Posts: 50,851
Re: Coronavirus
Young fit professional athletes.
Newcastle manager Steve Bruce shocked by effect of Covid on players
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.”