Coronavirus
Mar 31st 2021, 10:05 pm
#4051
limey party pooper
Joined: Jul 2012
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Re: Coronavirus
Are hospitals carefully controlled?
The times I have gone over the last year lots of admin and support staff without masks on, when I had my CT done at the Kelowna hospital in October, the nurse who checked me in and did the IV wasn't wearing a mask. My wife had to go to the hospital for a psychiatrist consult in the ER a few weeks ago, not all staff wore masks, a good amount were not wearing masks.
The times I have gone over the last year lots of admin and support staff without masks on, when I had my CT done at the Kelowna hospital in October, the nurse who checked me in and did the IV wasn't wearing a mask. My wife had to go to the hospital for a psychiatrist consult in the ER a few weeks ago, not all staff wore masks, a good amount were not wearing masks.
Mar 31st 2021, 11:46 pm
#4053
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Re: Coronavirus
1,013 new cases in BC today, pretty sure this is the highest single day count we have had so far. 3 additional deaths. Hospital outbreak in Vernon. 7,405 active cases of COVID-19 currently in the province.
Variant of concerns not available today due to a delay in the sequencing analysis.
Variant of concerns not available today due to a delay in the sequencing analysis.
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Apr 1st 2021, 1:28 am
#4054
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Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Kelowna
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Re: Coronavirus
Apr 1st 2021, 1:54 pm
#4055
Tea Drinker
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
Posts: 5,387
Re: Coronavirus
I reckon Bonnie Henry will be shutting us down to 'essential' businesses staying open only at this rate. Guess I had better panic buy some shopping now 
This is all feeling like a bad case of de ja vu
This is all feeling like a bad case of de ja vu
Apr 1st 2021, 2:49 pm
#4057
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Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 88,022
Re: Coronavirus
Ontario’s Covid numbers have been steadily rising since NY...to approx 2,300 per day. From Saturday at 12 am outdoor dining is banned again. It was only opened up 2 weekends ago. Shops can stay open but the capacity has again been reduced. Gyms and salons to stay closed. A decision has yet to be made whether to close schools.
I have no idea why people in Toronto are not clamoring to get vaccinated, but there seems to be plenty of vacant appointments available. I wish they would have appointments in the morning, then open up the afternoons for anyone who wants to be vaccinated.
I have no idea why people in Toronto are not clamoring to get vaccinated, but there seems to be plenty of vacant appointments available. I wish they would have appointments in the morning, then open up the afternoons for anyone who wants to be vaccinated.
Apr 1st 2021, 3:01 pm
#4058
Concierge
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 46,390
Re: Coronavirus
Interesting article this morning stating that Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines only protect for six months.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...qfn?li=BBorjTa
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...qfn?li=BBorjTa
Apr 1st 2021, 3:29 pm
#4059
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Re: Coronavirus
No, they said it protects for at least 6 months based on the current data they have from their ongoing trial.
"The question of how long vaccine protection lasts can only be answered once enough time has passed, and while six months of protection is a modest target, it's longer than previously known. The study is continuing and future updates may reveal more about how long and how strong this protection is."
"The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday."
"The question of how long vaccine protection lasts can only be answered once enough time has passed, and while six months of protection is a modest target, it's longer than previously known. The study is continuing and future updates may reveal more about how long and how strong this protection is."
"The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection lasts at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday."
Interesting article this morning stating that Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines only protect for six months.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...qfn?li=BBorjTa
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/med...qfn?li=BBorjTa
Apr 1st 2021, 3:38 pm
#4060
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Re: Coronavirus
BC Human rights tribunal seems annoyed about the amount of complaints being filed over masks.
"The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has made it clear that anyone thinking of filing a complaint because they were told to wear a mask in a store will actually have to prove they have a disability that prevents them from doing so."
""The Code does not protect people who refuse to wear a mask as a matter of personal preference, because they believe wearing a mask is 'pointless,' or because they disagree that wearing masks helps to protect the public during the pandemic," Adamson said."
"Any claim of disability discrimination arising from a requirement to wear a mask must begin by establishing that the complainant has a disability that interferes with their ability to wear the mask," Adamson wrote.
"The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has made it clear that anyone thinking of filing a complaint because they were told to wear a mask in a store will actually have to prove they have a disability that prevents them from doing so."
""The Code does not protect people who refuse to wear a mask as a matter of personal preference, because they believe wearing a mask is 'pointless,' or because they disagree that wearing masks helps to protect the public during the pandemic," Adamson said."
"Any claim of disability discrimination arising from a requirement to wear a mask must begin by establishing that the complainant has a disability that interferes with their ability to wear the mask," Adamson wrote.
Apr 1st 2021, 10:29 pm
#4065
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Re: Coronavirus
832 cases of COVID-19 and five deaths in BC.
787,649 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C. including 87,394 second doses.
Government asking people not to have holiday gatherings or travel over the holiday weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...date-1.5973130
787,649 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in B.C. including 87,394 second doses.
Government asking people not to have holiday gatherings or travel over the holiday weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...date-1.5973130