Canada to impose internal travel restrictions... Trudeau Says He’d Be 'Supportive' Of New Interprovincial Travel Restrictions The PM said he'd back restrictions to stem the third wave of COVID-19. https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/trave...anada-trudeau-says-hes-supportive-of-the-idea
Ok, other than that, howz it going up in Coronada today? Canada just had its worst week ever for new COVID-19 cases TORONTO -- Canada's seven-day average has reached its highest point of the pandemic, marking a grim milestone amid the country’s third wave. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coron...st-week-ever-for-new-covid-19-cases-1.5388127
Canada faces devastating third wave Justin Trudeau has been criticised for a sluggish vaccine rollout. Picture: AFP By Charlie Mitchell The Times 5:43PM April 15, 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is under fire as COVID-19 cases per capita in Canada overtake the US for the first time amid a devastating third wave driven by variants that are leaving younger people severely ill. Cases in the country, which won plaudits for its early response to the pandemic, recently hit 207.3 per million people, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, exceeding the 206.7 per million in the US, whose response was widely criticised before vaccinations were ramped up. On Monday, Canada recorded a record 10,859 new cases. Infectious disease experts blame the resurgence on “pandemic fatigue”, the premature easing of restrictions and more transmissible and dangerous variants, including the UK variant. “Things are, unfortunately, extremely challenging,” said Eddy Fan of Toronto’s University Health Network. “Patients coming to the hospital, and certainly in the intensive care unit, now are younger. Many of them have been previously quite healthy.” He said during the first two waves, older patients would be admitted and linger on wards for seven to 10 days, before deteriorating and being put on ventilators. Now patients are getting sicker faster and heading to intensive care within 48 hours. “In my ICU, we’ve seen some 20-year-olds, and certainly 30, 40, 50-year-olds. It’s a shift in the demographic downwards towards younger patients.” In Ontario, surgeries have been cancelled and patients are being shuttled between hospitals to manage demand. On Tuesday, opposition MPs had harsh words for Mr Trudeau, who has been criticised for a sluggish vaccine rollout. Twenty per cent of Canadians have received their first dose. “Canada is on fire,” said Jagmeet Singh, leader of the left-wing New Democrats. “It’s not good enough to sit on the sidelines.” In Ontario, where the UK variant has taken root, daily cases are nearing record highs. So too in British Columbia, which is struggling to deal with the largest outbreak of the fastest-spreading Brazilian variant outside Brazil. The surge has coincided with warmer weather and growing unhappiness at having to stay indoors. Hundreds of young people rioted this week in Montreal, chanting “Freedom for the young” and smashing windows. “Things in this pandemic can turn very quickly,” Dr Fan said. “We see the light at the end of the tunnel. We just need to stay vigilant.” THE TIMES
wow... according to the leftist trolls statements we saw them make about americans... we have no choice now but to find that the spread in Canada is being done because Canadians are very selfish people and must all be closet Trump supporters who don't wear masks.
However Justin Trudeau appears to be more concerned about the U.K.'s third wave rather than anything occurring in Canada.... Justin Trudeau claims UK is facing ‘very serious’ third Covid wave amid Canada’s slow vaccine rollout Downing Street says UK’s case data ‘speaks for itself’ as infections continue to fall https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trudeau-covid-third-wave-vaccine-b1832003.html Justin Trudeau has bizarrely claimed that the UK is facing a “very serious third wave” of Covid-19, despite cases in Britain currently being much lower than in Canada. (More at above url)
Not looking good up in our Moose Colony today. Situation normal I guess. Moderna Cuts U.K., Canada Shipments on Supply-Chain Woes https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-covid-vaccine-supply-forecast-to-u-k-canada Toronto is continuing to go tits up even though we are told right here on the forum everyday- by fake canadians- that the skies are always sunny in Toronto and the Canadian values always protect them from the virus, unlike those nasty barbarian Americans. But then again, Trudeau is prepared to take charge in Toronto if needed, so that should be comforting- OR NOT. Canada gov't will help Toronto as it struggles with COVID-19, says PM Trudeau https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...opulous-province-could-treble-cbc-2021-04-16/
Ontario introducing strict new lockdown measures... Covid: Canada sounds the alarm as cases overtake US BBC - https://tinyurl.com/h6hv8cus The rate of coronavirus infections in Canada's biggest province has reached an all-time high as hospitals warn they are close to being overwhelmed. A panel of experts say infections in Ontario could increase by 600% by June if public health measures are weak and vaccination rates do not pick up. Last week, for the first time since the pandemic began, Canada registered more cases per million than the US. About 22% of Canadians have now received a first vaccine dose. That compares to 37% in the US. Ontario is now introducing strict new public measures, including: a six-week stay-at-home order restrictions on non-essential travel, including checkpoints at the borders with the neighbouring provinces of Quebec and Manitoba new powers for police to stop and question people who leave home a halt to non-essential construction Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government would help Toronto, the largest city in the country, which has been hard-hit by the latest surge. "We're going to do whatever it takes to help. Discussions are ongoing about extra healthcare providers, and we are ready to step up," he said on Friday. Why has it suddenly got worse? New variants - especially the UK variant, B1.1.7 - account for more than two-thirds of infections in Ontario. Even with vaccinations progressing, the expert panel warned that the number of new cases in Ontario could go as high as 30,000 a day - in a province with 14 million people, 38% of the total population of Canada. (More at above url)
Countries not just Canada wont restrict foreign travelers from coming in. Will let hospitals get overwhelmed and still let people come in. Know a couple who emigrated to Toronto from the UK in the last couple of months. They obviously arent the only ones. No wonder the UK variant is rampant in Ontario. Also know people have come to the UK from India on holiday visas. And now a a new nasty Indian variant has come to the UK. Luckily the US has enough vaccine to prevent a. third wave, but even if there wasn't a vaccine and the US was in a third wave, Biden would have still have let illegals flood in on the southern border without any screening.
Millionaire hit some of the points... and... The big elephant in the room is immunity. (now that even morons like gwb have to admit that it is real) 1. When you hide your low risk people away in a lockdown you destroy some or all of the immunities they build up. Lockdowns make you a super target rich environment for each new variant that rolls in. I note... that even if immunities do not prevent people from being infected by new variants... they may limit the severity of your illness and they may limit your risk of spread. Why don't these men of "science" even put that concept up for discussion? It is incredible to me that this is not discussed. By the way... this is not just theoretical speculation... there is real life speculation behind it. Before the vaccine... many doctors and nurses thought that one of the reasons they were not getting sick at the same rates of others who were exposed to these new variants is because they were getting pinged by the virus all the time... so their immunities were always getting refreshed.
The population of Canada is 37.59 million. If we go with your absurd concept of letting the COVID run wild through Canadian society then at a 2% Case Fatality Rate -- Canada would have 751,000 people dead right now. Instead Canada only has a 23,583 deaths from COVID currently due to doing their best to follow some semblance of proper public health policy in a pandemic. Florida's under-counted COVID deaths is currently 34,329 -- despite Florida's comparatively smaller population Fortunately some governments are smart enough to not follow stupidity from COVID deniers. And BTW -- the COVID infection, hospitalization, and death rate for nurses and doctors on the front line of COVID is well above the general population worldwide.