Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

[Admiral Beez]

This “lock-down” is still fairly limited by international standards.

Yeah, it’s not really a lockdown if I can still go to restaurants for takeout, go to Canadian Tire for curb side pickup or walk into Shoppers Drugmart for shampoo and whatnot. I haven’t eaten inside a restaurant since April, I’m not sure I’ll notice this new lockdown. We did, by chance go to Costco yesterday just as Ford was making his announcement, and I thought to myself that this place is going to be a madhouse tomorrow.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I had an inkling this was coming and got my hair cut, a couple of days ago.

Me too. They made it clear that they simply would not survive a second lockdown, and I am sure they are not the only business in that situation.

 

[tiffer24]

Ontario reports 1,588 COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, breaking previous record for daily case count:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid19-update-nov21-1.5811300

 

[W. K. Lis]

Ontario reports 1,588 COVID-19 cases and 21 deaths, breaking previous record for daily case count:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid19-update-nov21-1.5811300

In the Greater Toronto Area, there are 522 new cases in Peel Region, 450 in Toronto and 153 in York Region.

 

[afransen]

'Not going to end the pandemic': Why those hopeful vaccine trial results are not all that they seem

It’s possible the vaccine actually prevented infection, and not just the resulting illness, but the results so far don’t show that, experts say

nationalpost.com

The vaccines, while good news, doesn't mean the pandemic is over. We don't know if they merely reduce severity of symptoms or prevent infection and transmission.

 

[afransen]

I hope we don't succumb to the insanity of closing outdoor spaces like parks, playgrounds, etc. People need to be able to get outside.

 

[Bayer]

My friend who also lives at Manulife went for a walk and saw people lining up to get into stores, such as Indigo and even Nespresso in Yorkville, not getting at all the point of the coming lockdown, which is to discourage people to congregate. I'm beginning to understand why the Chinese locked people in their homes sometimes.

Then there are those who constantly complain about some businesses having to close since no outbreaks were reported there, ignoring that the basically transient nature of contacts in stores, restaurants, and public transit makes it virtually impossible to determine with certainty whether or not someone who is positive got infected there.

 

[gabe]

Here i am avoiding malls and most indoor spaces until next year.

Thousands of other people........... We need useless crap from the mall before they shutdown!

Cars are lined up to the road just to get in the parking lot

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330190534409924608

https://twitter.com/x/status/1330215469203283976

 

[PinkLucy]

I am sure that the early Black Friday sales are adding to the numbers

 

[Rimsky44]

The vaccines, while good news, doesn't mean the pandemic is over. We don't know if they merely reduce severity of symptoms or prevent infection and transmission.

Not to mention, there are no vaccines available for children yet - children represent c.10% of total cases at least in the US (https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coron...n-have-been-diagnosed-with-covid-19-1.5096725). So you've got a portion of the population who will continue to be vectors.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Here i am avoiding malls and most indoor spaces until next year.

G’ah, I hate malls at the best of times. No chance I’m going to Yorkdale. I buy everything online, for Christmas my wife and kids share wish lists with links how to buy the item online.

 

[PinkLucy]

I don’t remember the last time I was at a mall. I didn’t go pre COVID so I am certainly not going now

 

[Videodrome]

I was at Fairview Mall yesterday, thought it was before Doug announced the lockdown.

 

[Northern Light]

I don’t remember the last time I was at a mall. I didn’t go pre COVID so I am certainly not going now

Only apt for a woman with Bespoke tastes!

 

[Richard White]

G’ah, I hate malls at the best of times. No chance I’m going to Yorkdale. I buy everything online, for Christmas my wife and kids share wish lists with links how to buy the item online.

I went to Walmart at Warden and Eglinton earlier (the one that they showed on the news yesterday). I waited 40 minutes in line to get in and it was a zoo inside.

I was out in Durham Region earlier (Whitby, Pickering and Ajax) and it was a madhouse. All the yahoos from Toronto were out there shopping. The walmart in Pickering was lined up around the building like the Real Canadian Superstore was in Ajax.

All the Tim Hortons we saw in Durham Region were lined up down the street for the drive thru and even the Blinds to Go we went to for my Grandmother in Whitby was saying how people were coming out there to shop because they wanted to get their orders at a store that was still open.

I can see Durham, York and Halton having skyrocketing cases in the next few weeks thanks to the haphazard lockdown.