Covid-19

[JCon]

1 minute ago, Mark H. said:

I needed billboards - I had no idea what was going on!

😉

Get back to work you lazy Manitobans! Everyone dies sometime. 

[do or die]

2 hours ago, Stretch said:

At risk of sounding like Donald Trump, if they did test close to or at daily capacity then there is the chance of more positives being identified. That might freak some people out.

What ever Trump says or does.....the key is to simply do the exact opposite...

[Brandon]

I'm not a Pallister hater (he's the best of the crappy three options)  but dear lord could he not make himself look more of a smug idiot today.   Would it take much to give a bit of a generic speech just to give the impression that he has at least some concern over COVID?

 

Also this video is short and funny:

https://streamable.com/766w95

[Noeller]

Pallister's various quotes today were bordering on inhumane. His willingness to just send kids back to school with zero care about getting everyone sick and overwhelming the system is shocking. "We can't live in fear".....well, yes....yes we have every right to be ******* terrified of sending all the kids and teachers back like some sort of science experiment. 

[blue_gold_84]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-world-aug-13-1.5684551

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The latest:

• UN says pandemic threatens gains in fighting global poverty, building peace.
• New Zealand officials scramble to trace the unknown source of new outbreak.
• Anti-vaccination group sues Canadian government over pandemic response.
• New clusters of COVID-19 continue to grow in South Korea. 
• Number of new U.S. jobless claims dips below 1M for first time during pandemic

And then we have more hilarity from the COVIDiot Brigade: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-charter-challenge-1.5680988

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The suit states that the closure of businesses to prevent the spread of the virus was "extreme, unwarranted and unjustified," that self-isolation measures imposed on individuals were "not scientific, nor medically based nor proven" and that the mandatory wearing of face coverings in some public spaces imposes "physical and psychological harm."

The lawsuit alleges that the measures violate Sections 2 (right of association), 7 (life, liberty and security of the person), 8 (unlawful search and seizure), 9 (arbitrary detention of enforcement officers) and 15 (equality before and under the law) of the charter. 

"The measures ... are further not in accordance with the tenets of fundamental justice in their overbreadth, nor are they justified under S.1 of the charter in that they are demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society," the lawsuit states.

Un-*******-believable.

Edited August 13, 2020 by blue_gold_84

[JCon]

Death cults. That's what they are.

[17to85]

I wish we could just isolate these diseases to the deniers. But sadly they put everyone at risk.

[Eternal optimist]

17 hours ago, Noeller said:

Pallister's various quotes today were bordering on inhumane. His willingness to just send kids back to school with zero care about getting everyone sick and overwhelming the system is shocking. "We can't live in fear".....well, yes....yes we have every right to be ******* terrified of sending all the kids and teachers back like some sort of science experiment. 

We don't have to fear COVID-19. We have to respect it, which requires adequate levels of safety measures... just saying a threat doesn't exist doesn't magically make that threat go away.

[GCJenks]

20 hours ago, Noeller said:

absolutely completely agree. I'd dare say it's wildly dangerous to suggest that asymptomatic people shouldn't get tested.

 

20 hours ago, Mark H. said:

I find that odd.  I know someone that went for a test, because they unknowingly encountered someone who had been in an area with known cases.  This person has no symptoms.

I just think Pallister saying that will discourage people from acting responsibly. 

I’m not sure if this has been reported here but Monday during Dr Roussin’s regular briefing he stated that people being tested without symptoms or too soon to symptom onset is producing false negative results. He stated that the ideal time for testing was 24 hrs after symptom onset. 
 

They are predicting that by the end of August that they will have tested 10% of the population and figure it gives an accurate picture of the spread. 

[Goalie]

It's crazy to me that Wpg the city with all the people, 80 90 percent of the Manitoba population only has like 35 active cases when its close to 200 province wide. Maple Leaf plant in Brandon really bringing those numbers up. 

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, GCJenks said:

 

I’m not sure if this has been reported here but Monday during Dr Roussin’s regular briefing he stated that people being tested without symptoms or too soon to symptom onset is producing false negative results. He stated that the ideal time for testing was 24 hrs after symptom onset. 
 

They are predicting that by the end of August that they will have tested 10% of the population and figure it gives an accurate picture of the spread. 

Interesting, I'm wondering what the science is behind that. 

[iHeart]

 

[JCon]

21 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

Interesting, I'm wondering what the science is behind that. 

I believe the $cience i$ right in front of u$. 

[Mark H.]

2 hours ago, GCJenks said:

 

I’m not sure if this has been reported here but Monday during Dr Roussin’s regular briefing he stated that people being tested without symptoms or too soon to symptom onset is producing false negative results. He stated that the ideal time for testing was 24 hrs after symptom onset. 
 

They are predicting that by the end of August that they will have tested 10% of the population and figure it gives an accurate picture of the spread. 

Sure.  But some people have had accidental contact with a known case, pick up the virus, never get sick in any way, but transmit it to others.

Tho$3 $hould be te$ted - and I hope they are.  

[JCon]

Agreed, @Mark H.. If I come in close contact with a known carrier, I may get it and never show symptoms. If I then pass it on because I never got tested, that would be devastating. 

 

[Goalie]

At what point do they shut down maple leaf for a bit. 67 cases there alone. And growing

[Noeller]

this is exactly why AB has had "open testing" (anyone, regardless of symptoms or not) since May. My biggest fear is not that I'll get sick and die, but that I'll unknowingly pass it to someone else. This thing spreads like wildfire if left unchecked. That's precisely why the wife and I are going to get a test done before we come home to Manitoba in September, and maybe again when we return.... just to be safe. 

[JCon]

 

[Noeller]

I saw a commercial last night for The Gap (or Old Navy?? I dunno...) talking about back to school fashion, and prominently featured kids with "trendy" masks on. I thought that was a good step toward "normalizing" things, especially among kids. I think it'll become "normal" in short order...

[blue_gold_84]

16 minutes ago, JCon said:

 

Shopping Card Theory in action. Only in this case, it has the potential to put others at risk.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

45 minutes ago, iHeart said:

 

Dana Carvey doing Regis, "It's out of control!"

[tacklewasher]

35 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I saw a commercial last night for The Gap (or Old Navy?? I dunno...) talking about back to school fashion, and prominently featured kids with "trendy" masks on. I thought that was a good step toward "normalizing" things, especially among kids. I think it'll become "normal" in short order...

I've got my Jets masks, and ordered dog and floral designs for my wife. Figure they are going to be needed for a year or two, so may as well be something nicer than black.

If the CFL ever starts up, will get a Bombers mask.

[rebusrankin]

I've got some basic white ones and a Bombers one. Would like to find a place to do NBA.

Oh and masks should be mandatory in schools.

[Noeller]

I've got the Bombers foam ones that they'd been selling, and some of the non-medical masks that we bought in bulk at Costco. I'd like to get a nice cloth one, and will probably try to buy one at the Jets store whenever I get home next. 

[rebusrankin]

Walmart had these cloth masks by Haynes that were a good price. What I liked is that they are easier to talk with it on than the Bombers one