Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (nCoV-2019)

[Northern Light]

Approval rate for COVID-19 handling plummets in Ontario amid second wave: poll

As COVID-19 case numbers climb across the country, a new poll indicates Canadians are less satisfied with the way their governments are handling the pandemic.

beta.cp24.com

Back in June, Ford had a 81% approval rating on his handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic. But now it has plummeted to just 55%. While 44% disapprove of Ford's handling of the pandemic.

As for 2022 elections, 44% of people would vote to reelect him, 28% would vote NDP and 22% would vote Liberal. This polling was done by the non-partisan Angus Reid Institute.

Good info.

May be accurate in terms of public opinion, can't say.

But for the record Angus Reid does have a bias in its polling historically, most pollsters do; even unintentionally, ................at times.

 

[tiffer24]

Ontario could see nearly 5,000 daily COVID-19 cases by January at current rate of growth, new modelling suggests.

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-c...te-of-growth-new-modelling-suggests-1.5225023

 

[W. K. Lis]

Ontario to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine at 2 hospitals next week

From link.

Two hospitals in Ontario will begin administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week, the provincial government announced Thursday.

In a statement issued by Premier Doug Ford, the University Health Network in Toronto and the Ottawa Hospital were identified as the two sites where the recently approved vaccine will be delivered beginning on Friday.

Ford said a "very small number of doses" will be arriving over the coming days and will be administered starting Dec. 15 "to health care workers who are providing care in long-term care homes and other high-risk settings."

The health care workers would be able to identify any problems with the vaccine.

 

[Richard White]

Ontario to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine at 2 hospitals next week

From link.

Finally a light at the end of the tunnel.

Who's planning the concert?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Finally a light at the end of the tunnel.

Who's planning the concert?

Let's get through winter first - the projections for the immediate months ahead aren't great - and vaccinations won't be enough to make a difference for awhile yet.

AoD

 

[lenaitch]

Person visits Alberta LTC after (alleged) positive Covid test:

Alberta Health working with Calgary facility after deliberate COVID-19 exposure by visitor

The province is investigating after a person who was infected with COVID-19 visited a relative at a Calgary long-term care home and lied to staff about their test result.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

And their hospital system isn't doing so well either:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-hospitals-over-capacity-fill-up-with-covid-patients-1.5835846

Person visits Alberta LTC after (alleged) positive Covid test:

Alberta Health working with Calgary facility after deliberate COVID-19 exposure by visitor

The province is investigating after a person who was infected with COVID-19 visited a relative at a Calgary long-term care home and lied to staff about their test result.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Typhoid Mary.

AoD

 

[PinkLucy]

I hope they get charged

 

[jayme2016]

Ontario will get 6000 doses each Toronto and Ottawa will get 3000.

 

[gabe]

Finally a light at the end of the tunnel.

Who's planning the concert?

It's a long long tunnel. My hope is another better vaccine comes out soon, that doesn't require two doses and isn't a logistics nightmare.

Vaccine a step forward down a long tunnel, says Etches

There are still unknowns with regards to the vaccine rollout, she said, from whether Health Canada will approve other contenders in addition to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, to figuring out how to ensure vaccines are kept in the right conditions during distribution.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-vaccine-doses-plan-1.5836087

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

It's a long long tunnel. My hope is another better vaccine comes out soon, that doesn't require two doses and isn't a logistics nightmare.

Not only that - but you'd also have a greater total amount by having multiple suppliers - the easier to store versions should be reserved for rural locales with little available infrastructure for the deep refrigeration required; whereas urban centres have those kinds of facilities available.

AoD

 

[APTA-2048]

Not only that - but you'd also have a greater total amount by having multiple suppliers - the easier to store versions should be reserved for rural locales with little available infrastructure for the deep refrigeration required; whereas urban centres have those kinds of facilities available.

AoD

That appears to be the plan. I read, I think a CBC article, that the Territories will sit this first round out and are holding out for the Moderna vaccine.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That appears to be the plan. I read, I think a CBC article, that the Territories will sit this first round out and are holding out for the Moderna vaccine.

Makes sense - though their health care providers should get the first round as well, just because of the nature of their work.

AoD

 

[W. K. Lis]

"The lowest temperature ever officially recorded in Canada and in North America is -63 °C (-81.4 °F) on February 3, 1947 at Snag, Yukon." From link.

Darn. Not cold enough. Still would need a freezer for the Pfizer vaccine.

The first vaccine expected to arrive in Saskatchewan, the Pfizer-BioNTech, must be stored at temperatures below -70 C. The Pfizer vaccine received Health Canada approval on Wednesday.

The Moderna mRNA-1273, which is next in line for approval, is more forgiving — but still must be stored at -20 C.

 

[jayme2016]

It's a long long tunnel. My hope is another better vaccine comes out soon, that doesn't require two doses and isn't a logistics nightmare.

Vaccine a step forward down a long tunnel, says Etches

There are still unknowns with regards to the vaccine rollout, she said, from whether Health Canada will approve other contenders in addition to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, to figuring out how to ensure vaccines are kept in the right conditions during distribution.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-vaccine-doses-plan-1.5836087

Its a baby step.