Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The amount of testing going on we are now catching most of the new cases then a small fraction.

Where did you pull that one out of?

AoD

 

[Johnny Au]

No prizes for guessing who won the Ig Nobel Prize for Medical Education this year: https://www.improbable.com/ig-about/winners/

Spoiler: Still no idea?

Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, Narendra Modi of India, Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Donald Trump of the USA, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan, for using the Covid-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can.
REFERENCE: Numerous news reports.

 

[afransen]

Many countries are reporting thousands of cases each day but only a few deaths so its a global trend.


The mass death seen NYC and North Italy required millions of infections rather then a few thousand cases that were actually reported. The amount of testing going on we are now catching most of the new cases then a small fraction.

So we may have had 400 cases in April but it likely was tens of thousands or even way higher.


NOW, if we let things go to wild and allow millions to get infected we will face a NYC problem.

Doesn't seem to be supported by anti-body testing of blood donors, etc. Less than 1% in Canada have been infected.

 

[tiffer24]

Ontario is reporting 478 cases of #COVID19 as more than 34,200 tests were completed. Locally, there are 153 new cases in Toronto with 95 in Peel and 90 in Ottawa. 68% of today’s cases are in people under the age of 40.

 

[AlbertC]

Waiting for a Covid test may take up to 6 hours now at certain location, like this person who reported it at Michael Garron Hospital:

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/ixgnmv

 

[Jasmine18]

Its based on timing of the day

I was in and out in 30 mind at scaraborugh hospital but I went an hour before close last week

 

[tiffer24]

Erin O’Toole’s wife, Rebecca, has tested positive for COVID-19. She began showing symptoms this weekend and was tested at Brewer Park Sunday night.

 

[Towered]

Buckle your seat belts - November to March is going to be a particularly depressing period.

 

[Jasmine18]

Buckle your seat belts - November to March is going to be a particularly depressing period.

Yeah I am so bored I actually bought Microsoft flight simulator

 

[W. K. Lis]

Its based on timing of the day

I was in and out in 30 mind at scaraborugh hospital but I went an hour before close last week

Should provide wait times for each assessment centre online, so we can decide which centre to use.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Should provide wait times for each assessment centre online, so we can decide which centre to use.

Should have set up testing sites at all CHCs and community centres - but lo, cheesecake recipes and summer cross-province feel good tour is more important.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

Buckle your seat belts - November to March is going to be a particularly depressing period.

Maybe I'll just rent a cabin up north.............

 

[gabe]

Waiting for a Covid test may take up to 6 hours now at certain location, like this person who reported it at Michael Garron Hospital:

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/ixgnmv

I know someone who waited 4 hours. She said a lot of people gave up around the 2 to 3 hour mark.

Our covid numbers are probably well over 500 a day.

 

[AlbertC]

I know someone who waited 4 hours. She said a lot of people gave up around the 2 to 3 hour mark.

Our covid numbers are probably well over 500 a day.

Yep, 3-4 hours seems to be the average at many locations. My friend waited around that time at Toronto Western Hospital a couple weeks ago. Seeing these wait times only deters people from going to get testing done, or they hold it off until things escalate.

 

[Jasmine18]

Well that is why i think its best to open up more testing in pharamcies and such.

Book 15 min time slots so no lineups.