Covid-19

[FrostyWinnipeg]

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

Apparently the RCMP blocked entry to the church parking lot but it is uncertain if any tickets were handed out. In related news, the Living Springs church (run by a former used-car dealer who found that religion was waaay more profitable) had a parking lot service. Police were present but no reports of any intervention.

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/church-near-steinbach-attempts-drive-in-service-a-week-after-it-was-fined-by-rcmp-1.5209383

[Tracker]

Fauci Warns Of COVID-19 'Surge Upon A Surge' As Millions Travel Over Holidays. "We don’t want to frighten people, but that’s just the reality," the infectious disease expert said.
 

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert on the White House’s coronavirus task force, predicted Sunday that the number of COVID-19 infections will skyrocket over the next several weeks as millions of Americans travel during the holiday season.

The U.S. experienced a surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths in recent months, and public health officials warned that those numbers could jump during the winter as Americans experience “COVID fatigue.”

Fauci and other task force members urged Americans to refrain from traveling to visit loved ones over the holidays to avoid spreading the virus. But millions of Americans bucked that advice and packed airports in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.

“We have to be careful now,” Fauci told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “There almost certainly is going to be an uptick because of what’s happened with the travel.”

He added: “We may see a surge upon a surge. We don’t want to frighten people, but that’s just the reality. We said that these things would happen as we got into the cold weather and as we began traveling, and they’ve happened. It’s gonna happen again.”

Fauci said it’s unlikely the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will relax its holiday gathering guidelines ahead of Christmas.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

If everyone stays in their car, how is it not a virtual service? 

Cause they not in their houses.

[Mr Dee]

They finally let him talk, and it’s pretty helpful.

One of Trump’s biggest mistakes was not listening to this guy.

 

[Tracker]

2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Cause they not in their houses.

And if you think that people would pull up a meter away from each other and not roll down their windows and talk, you would be mistaken. Their sense of invulnerability is rooted in their belief that they and they alone are the chosen and protected of God whereas they rest of us are doomed to lakes of fire. 

[Mark H.]

50 minutes ago, Tracker said:

And if you think that people would pull up a meter away from each other and not roll down their windows and talk, you would be mistaken. Their sense of invulnerability is rooted in their belief that they and they alone are the chosen and protected of God whereas they rest of us are doomed to lakes of fire. 

Too many assumptions. There are pictures in the news of cars parked spaced apart from each other. 

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, Mark H. said:

Too many assumptions. There are pictures in the news of cars parked spaced apart from each other. 

That was a moment in time when the picture was taken. Even so, it does not excuse them from ignoring the no-congregating rule. They could have more easily listened from home on a Zoom or Facebook link. I suspect it was all about a public profession of faith, which has worked not at all in the US and elsewhere. Much as God loves us all, some of us are testing the patience of The Divine. 

[Tracker]

BTW:

I got kicked out of the flat-Earth Facebook group after I asked if the COVID distancing restrictions has pushed anyone over the edge yet.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Lets not forget the environment. Idling cars is a bad thing.

[iHeart]

second straight day it went down but 11 more deaths, when was the last time we've gone without any COVID deaths

Edited November 30, 2020 by iHeart

[FrostyWinnipeg]

6 minutes ago, iHeart said:

second straight day it went down but 11 more deaths, when was the last time we've gone without any COVID deaths

Not sure if Code Red helping.

[Tracker]

Fine issued as police block Steinbach-area churchgoers from outlawed drive-in service

CBC News · Posted: Nov 29, 2020 12:02 PM CT | Last Updated: November 29

Police watch as a crowd attempts to stop a tow truck from removing a van, which was blocking traffic on the highway, on the way to a drive-in church service at the Church of God south of Steinbach. (Erin Brohman/CBC)
One person is facing a fine after more than 100 cars sat parked along a rural Manitoba highway Sunday morning, while several RCMP vehicles blocked the entrance to the parking lot for the Church of God's planned drive-in service.

Under Manitoba's public health orders, gatherings of more than five people are banned, places of worship have been ordered to close and religious services are only allowed to be attended virtually.

The church in Sarto, Man., planned to have a drive-in service, with its congregation listening on radios with their windows rolled up. Instead, the service was done over a loudspeaker.

"We're proud to stand for religious freedom. We're all one human family and we're made to come together to worship," said minister Tobias Tissen.

"Being alone at home and watching a virtual service does not replace worship."
Minister Tobias Tissen joined a group trying to stop a van from being towed, and led a sermon from the back of a pickup truck. (Erin Brohman/CBC)
People gathered on the road after a tow truck hired by the RCMP attempted to remove a van that was blocking traffic on the highway.

A congregation member stood between the van and the tow truck, and Tissen stopped the service to join and lead the group in prayer.

"This is my father's world and you're big time interfering with God right now," he said. Tissen finished his sermon and led a prayer from the back of a pickup truck after RCMP called off the tow. Many who showed up on Sunday are part of the congregation, while others came out from Winnipeg to show their support.

More fines issued
RCMP say they advised about 125 people at the service of the current public health orders and were given the option of entering the property and being fined or going home.

"Most of the parishioners, but one, understood the message and returned home," said Sgt. Paul Manaigre of the RCMP in an email Sunday.

A man told RCMP he wanted to continue on and was given a $1,296 fine.

 

[blue_gold_84]

29 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

Not sure if Code Red helping.

Well, it is. It just takes time. And the numbers, according to Dr. Roussin at the press update earlier, would be much higher had nothing been done.

[Noeller]

1 hour ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Well, it is. It just takes time. And the numbers, according to Dr. Roussin at the press update earlier, would be much higher had nothing been done.

Exactly this. It's like the people who say masks GIVE you covid, because cases have gone up since mandates were implemented.... Which ignores that they'd be up WAY MORE of you didn't have the mask. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

7 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Exactly this. It's like the people who say masks GIVE you covid, because cases have gone up since mandates were implemented.... Which ignores that they'd be up WAY MORE of you didn't have the mask. 

Would be a horrible thing for a couple of preachers to get Covid 🙄

 

[bustamente]

I think we have at least this week for high numbers and maybe next, 2nd week of December the restrictions should help bring down the number of cases 

[Tracker]

CBC news had a very good article last night on the marvelously effective job that Cornell U. has done in limiting and treating COVID among students and staff. Their infection numbers are about 10% of of US national numbers and the measures they have taken in testing and intervening would likely cause screams of outrage anywhere else, but the students and staff are accepting all this with (gasp) gratitude.

[Tracker]

Trump’s Favorite COVID-19 Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns. Atlas has repeatedly downplayed the coronavirus and resisted state measures to combat the worsening pandemic.

 

Nicholas Kamm/Getty News
Scott Atlas, President Trump’s special adviser on COVID-19 who pushed back on lockdowns and repeatedly downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, has submitted his resignation, multiple news agencies report.

Atlas began his 130-day position as a Special Government Employee in August, and his gig was set to expire this week.

The Trump adviser has fielded fierce criticism for his efforts to downplay the pandemic and block states from enacting their own measures to combat the only worsening outbreak, including enacting mask mandates and social distancing guidelines. Instead, he’s advocated for reopening the country for business, a strategy that quickly made him Trump’s favorite coronavirus adviser.

[Mr Dee]

15 hours ago, Tracker said:

Trump’s Favorite COVID-19 Adviser Scott Atlas Resigns.

At last...he definitely isn’t needed.

[Tracker]

1 minute ago, Mr Dee said:

At last...he definitely isn’t needed.

He never was. Trump could have appointed Ernest Worrall who could have done better.

[bustamente]

[Wanna-B-Fanboy]

48 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

At last...he definitely isn’t needed.

 

46 minutes ago, Tracker said:

He never was. Trump could have appointed Ernest Worrall who could have done better.

 

 

A potato would have literally done better, solely on the merit of not spreading as much misinformation that harmed people. 

[iHeart]

wow, down again but yikes 16 deaths

 

Edited December 1, 2020 by iHeart

[FrostyWinnipeg]

Record high 16 RIP!

Edited December 1, 2020 by FrostyWinnipeg

[JCon]

TP is slowly going down. That's good news but I thought it would have dropped a lot more after the Code Red restrictions implemented a month ago.