Coronavirus

[wetnose]

Cases in 2021 are not the same thing as cases in 2020 and as gallantca pointed out, a large number of cases are in the younger population, who are generally more resistant to its worst outcomes. (death)

A solid percentage of Canadians are vaccinated so we have a decent chance of fighting Omicron. We'll just have to wait and see how cases translate to hospitalizations.

Best case...Omicron turns out to be mild for everyone (vaxxed or not), we all catch it and gain immunity to all of its variants. Just like how we're living with the 1918 flu.

Worst case...ugh, there's no limit to this. 2020 would be a blip in comparison. Just have to cross that bridge if we get there.

 

[IamNY]

Montreal declares a state of emergency:

Montreal declares state of emergency as Quebec tops 5,000 COVID-19 cases

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 5,043 new cases of COVID-19 today and eight additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.

torontosun.com

 

[cloudsurf]

Montreal declares a state of emergency:

Montreal declares state of emergency as Quebec tops 5,000 COVID-19 cases

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 5,043 new cases of COVID-19 today and eight additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.

torontosun.com

Think of it ." Only " 500 cases a month ago would have been an unthinkable disaster. Quebec calls in the Canadian armed forces for help. Rene Levesque is turning in his grave. Go go lego .

 

[IamNY]

Our president is making a Covid announcement at 2:30. Should be as useless as the others.

 

[gaby]

Agree ..a large number of cases are in the younger population BUT the problem is qu'ils peuvent transmettre le virus dans leur entourage à des gens vulnérables ......

5,043 cas ce jour sur 42,303 tests...c'est plus de 11%..and we all know que ce n'est que la pointe de l'iceberg....en réalité il y a assurément des milliers et des milliers de positifs non déclarés....and IMHO sure many will translate in hospitalisation soon...

Suis assuré que début JANVIER nos hôpitaux vont être débordé/surchargé eux qui sont déjà dans un état très précaire....no i don't have a good feeling ....my 2 cents.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Our president is making a Covid announcement at 2:30. Should be as useless as the others.

He is a completely useless piece of shit. Supposedly the announcement is he will be giving everyone a free Covid kit. I will be sending my kit to Cloudsurf care of the Canadian embassy. He will probably need it more than me. I am going to attach a card that says, "from Joe Biden, with love." LOL

 

[gaby]

QUEBEC fait appel à la Croix Rouge et demande à Ottawa du renfort de l'armée pour la vaccination....et oui nous sommes rendu là....lol.....et vive le CANADA....lolll.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Our president is making a Covid announcement at 2:30. Should be as useless as the others.

I just heard that not a single one of the major news networks carried the supposed big Covid announcement. I think they all figured out he is a stupid fucking moron. When Dr. Fauci has something important to say, they will probably carry that.

 

[Bbw hunter]

I just heard that not a single one of the major news networks carried the supposed big Covid announcement. I think they all figured out he is a stupid fucking moron. When Dr. Fauci has something important to say, they will probably carry that.

Wonderful.
By this point I suspect Fauci may be the alien reincarnation of Marshall Applewhite.

 

[wetnose]

Think of it ." Only " 500 cases a month ago would have been an unthinkable disaster. Quebec calls in the Canadian armed forces for help. Rene Levesque is turning in his grave. Go go lego .

I admire him for setting pride aside and asking for help. Lives are at risk.

Why not? We pay taxes just like anyone else in Canada.

 

[sene5hos]

According to the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec, the Omicron variant is now responsible for 80% of new cases.

 

[sene5hos]

This morning, December 22, we have 6,361 new cases.

 

[IamNY]

Good luck up there guys, hopefully new cases doesn't mean overloading the hospitals and even worse the morgues. Let's be happy this isn't March of 2020. NY is having the same kind of increases with new cases but for now the hospitalizations and deaths have only increased slightly. I'm trying to stay positive but it's almost impossible, especially if you turn on the TV.

 

[gaby]

This morning, December 22, we have 6,361 new cases.

Et nous avons franchi le cap des 500,000 personnes infectées depuis le début de la pandémie.

LEGAULT devrait annoncer ce soir le maintient des rassemblements de 10 personnes VACCINÉES pour le 24 et 25 Décembre.....et la mise en place d'un couvre-feu dès le 26 Décembre.....avec en prime un délestage de 50% des chirurgies non essentielles...à suivre.

 

[TigerWould]

This new variant and case explosion will definitely hurt the hobby. The ladies see way too many people...personally I'm taking a long break.

 

[wetnose]

[URL unfurl = "true"] https://covid19tracker.ca/provincevac.html?p=QC [/ URL]

80K booster shots given out yesterday (Dec 21). 6.67M fully vaccinated.

At that rate, it'd take 84 days (call it 3 months) for the fully vaccinated to get boosted.

Ontario has approx twice the population of Quebec & gave out 230K vaxxs.

 

[gaby]

Good news and major step....FDA authorizes TODAY FIRST ORAL ANTIVIRAL-----PFIZER'S PAXLOVID-- for treatment of COVID-19......mild- to -moderate coronavirus disease....and to avoid hospitalization /death......Available on PRESCRIPTION only.

 

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[bonerland citizen]

OMICRON = MORONIC ?

Weird choice of name. They laughing.

Pharmacies get about 10$ for each test kit given out. They laughing for sure.

 

[oobe]

LEGAULT devrait annoncer ce soir le maintient des rassemblements de 10 personnes VACCINÉES pour le 24 et 25 Décembre.....et la mise en place d'un couvre-feu dès le 26 Décembre.....

Oui et non, pas de couvre-feu apparemment, juste limite des rassemblements à 6 personnes de 2 foyers...