Coronavirus

[sene5hos]

Hausse marquée des décès en 2020 au Québec

Le nombre de décès a augmenté de 10% au Québec en 2020, une hausse liée à la pandémie de COVID-19.

www.tvanouvelles.ca

The number of deaths increased by 10% in Quebec in 2020, an increase linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ) on Thursday morning.
The total number of deaths recorded in Quebec in 2020 is 74,550 according to the ISQ's provisional estimate. This is 6,750 more deaths than in 2019.

 

[Zaeballo]

Well done, Governor Cuomo. Enjoy your Emmy.

N.Y. officials had estimated nursing home deaths during the pandemic totaled roughly 8,700.

But the probe by James' office found those reports "undercounted by as much as 50%" the number of seniors who died.

Investigation: Cuomo Team Undercounted N.Y. COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths

A report issued by Attorney General Letitia James concluded the New York State Department of Health numbers fell short by "as much as 50%."

www.npr.org

 

[IamNY]

Yes, NY's governor Cuomo has some explaining to do. More than 8,000 deaths have been reported in nursing homes and it is now believed to be closer to 13,000 deaths. For several months legislators and many others have been trying to get the actual numbers and have continually been stonewalled. NY has more deaths from Covid than any other state at 43,200 with 1,419,485 confirmed cases. By comparison, California has 3,260,175 confirmed cases (more than double NY) and 39,576 deaths.

Former New York Gov. Pataki slams Cuomo over damning report on nursing home deaths: 'This is a new low'

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has reached "a new low" after an official report revealed state officials may have undercounted coronavirus-related deaths among nursing home residents by as much as 50%, former Gov. George Pataki said Thursday.

www.foxnews.com

New York Gov. Cuomo accused of undercounting nursing home deaths in wake of report

New York’s approach to counting nursing home deaths “totally masked the true death rate and the impact,” a health care policy expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

Andrew Cuomo's Covid-19 performance may have been less stellar than it seemed | CNN Politics

If Donald Trump was seen as the public face of the failed government response to the coronavirus pandemic, Andrew Cuomo was seen by some as the opposite -- a politician who understood the myriad challenges created by Covid-19 and moved quickly to address them in the most transparent way possible.

www.cnn.com

 

[cloudsurf]

Canada comes in at number 20 in covid19 vax distribution. Way behind the US and GB as well as many Asian and South Pacific countries. Shame on Trudeau and Legault.
In Quebec , outside of long term care facilities, no one knows when, where and how to get a vax.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

. The reason the number of cases in Ontario is higher than Quebec is they are doing 5 times (yes, 5x) more tests.

I remember when the group was all excited when Trump said cases were up because we did more testing.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Trudeau bombed with the covid response, from the beginning flipping with masks to no masks, international flights. Then spending more per capita than any G-7 country, now the highest unemployment rate. Boasted about getting vaccines then being shutdown, now some provinces are giving second shot after 90 days making the first shot useless. The vaccination rate is ranked at 18th place in the world.
My mom is in a home in Alberta, she got both of her shots. In the home ( 150ish residents ) 21 got the virus and 3 died, ma says the 3 that died were all over 90 and barely walking with oxygen tanks with them, any infection would have killed them. Just to add, when making regulations, you should not blanket an entire province, some communities in Alberta are already saying fuck you and are opening restaurants and pubs as they have no cases and are 3 or more hours from a major city.

 

[GaryH]

NY Governor Cuomo hit a new low today with his comment about the nursing home deaths - “Who cares if they died in a home or a hospital? They died.” It matters if his policies led to unnecessary deaths. It matters to the people who lost loved ones. It matters if new policies can be put into place to stop this from happening again.

Then at the end of his speech he said "Why did God allow this to happen?" Let's see he tried to blame the nursing homes, then the nursing home staff, then Trump, then the CDC. Maybe this can be his new strategy. Blame God when something goes wrong. Climate Change. Racial inequity. Social Injustice. God is to blame!

 

[cloudsurf]

God doesn`t look in the rear view mirror. He left us for a Galaxy far far away.

 

[cloudsurf]

Unfortunately this thread may be active for several more years. The head of Pfizer just said that they are working hard to find a new version of their vax. This guy knows covid better than most scientists, and he believes that the present vaccine will become ineffective against future variants of the virus .
Me I hope to get the J & J vax when available.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

^^^^^^ This will drag on for decades just like the flu. They will have new and improved shots every year, the makers will become more wealthy as each year passes.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Canada Bans Flights To Caribbean, Mexico Until April 30:

Covid travel restrictions: Canada suspends flights to Caribbean and Mexico

Canada will also mandate new testing and three-day hotel quarantine periods for travellers.

www.bbc.com

If you booked a trip to the sunny Caribbean, forget about it.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Canada Bans Flights To Caribbean, Mexico Until April 30:

Covid travel restrictions: Canada suspends flights to Caribbean and Mexico

Canada will also mandate new testing and three-day hotel quarantine periods for travellers.

www.bbc.com

If you booked a trip to the sunny Caribbean, forget about it.

Yes, the Caymans are far more dangerous than Europe, South America and Africa. I can just hear those in Belgium screaming " Dear god, don't let those diseased from St. Kitts come here ".

 

[sene5hos]

Yesterday in USA

1 day = 3,843 deaths
Total = 450,689 deaths

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

^^^^^ In 4 months when nothing changes is it still Trumps fault?

 

[purplem]

Mostly, yes. But let's wait the 4 months and then examine the situation further.

 

[sene5hos]

I compare the virus to a train, it cannot stop quickly, it has its momentum.

In any case, Biden is doing a lot more to slow the pandemic. He is a leader and he proves it by taking action.

It will always be Trump's fault.
If he had recognized the virus early on, who knows, but it's certain that there will not have been 450,000 deaths so far.

As many have said when you're moron one day, you're moron forever.

When Trump was there, every country laughed at USA except the dictator presidents.

I don't know if 4 years is enough to erase all the Trump bullshit.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

So this gives Biden a freebie when the virus does not go away as planned, he is supposed to so great. Not sure if you have ever had to revamp a job because it is falling apart by others, when someone has a task to figure out a way to fix a problem that is new to everyone the wrong steps are already known, easy to eliminate those steps, easy to look at what others have done successfully and implement the procedures. Yes Trump is at fault for not doing the same but putting Biden on a pedestal for mimicking others while many Facebook warriors would have done the same thing, really. Look at worldwide deaths per million, the US is not at the top.
Small clip I found.
That is a sobering reality, but it does not make the United States the worst-performing nation in the pandemic, as some critics have suggested.

Dividing the U.S. proportion of the global number of deaths by the U.S. proportion of the global population produces a result of 4.93 (21.03 divided by 4.26 = 4.93).

Doing the same calculation for the 18 countries worldwide that are reporting the highest numbers of deaths blamed on COVID-19, finds that seven are doing worse than the United States, while ten are doing better:

Another article about the Dems flip flop on the virus, they had no clue what to do either.
Biden’s COVID-19 Flip-Flops: A Timeline | CauseACTION Clarion

 

[The Nature Boy]

I’m not sure people are putting Biden on a pedestal, really, I do think this. I think people are just saying Trump is really, really, really bad.

 

[sene5hos]

I’m not sure people are putting Biden on a pedestal, really, I do think this. I think people are just saying Trump is really, really, really bad.

Anyway, any American politician would have done better than Trump.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

Canada is sitting at 61st place in covid response in 36 weeks following their 100th case, Italy is ahead of us ffs.

Covid Performance - Lowy Institute