Coronavirus

[gaby]

MONTRÉAL---DRE.DROUIN....ce jour,

En date d'hier 844 nouveaux cas et 3 décès---augmentation de 90% de la semaine précédente ----encore variant DELTA dominant MAIS 95 cas OMICRON détecté.....on s'attend à une hausse encore plus importante. Taux de positivité est passé de 5% à 8%.

Moyenne d'âge est jeune soit 32 ans....et 50% des cas sont en provenance des États-Unis !!!!.......suggère fortement de RÉDUIRE les contacts/ partys de bureau/rassemblements collégiaux et universitaires/partys privés....et s'en tenir au télétravail.

Faut se préparer à une hausse importante des hospitalisations.....actuellement 78 hospitalisations et 34 aux soins intensifs.....et les urgences débordent de 127% à 150% ...très mauvais signe en cette période des Fêtes,

VACCINATION....81 % des Montréalais sont doublement vaccinés MAIS seulement 40% des 5-11 ans le sont.....du travail encore à faire.......140 travailleurs de la santé sont atteints de la COVID actuellement.

CANADA...ce jour....le MINISTRE de la Santé DUCLOS déconseille fortement aux Canadiens les voyages non essentiels pour 4 semaines.....craint qu'ils puissent se retrouver en danger/coincés dans des pays ou sévit de facon exponentielle le variant OMICRON.

Ce n'est pas le temps de voyager......statu quo pour les voyageurs étrangers MAIS la situation pourrait vite changer.

 

[wetnose]

Ford losing his shit

 

[gaby]

QUÉBEC , ce jour....2,736 nouveaux cas ....IMPORTANT....LEGAULT va tenir spécialement un point de presse ce soir 18 hres pour annoncer d'importantes mesures ..attachons nos tuques...lol....à suivre.

 

[sene5hos]

Yesterday in USA

+146 k new cases.

2092 dead and total is + 801 k

 

[CLOUD 500]

Lego made his announcement but I am surprised by the measures as I expected them to shut the bars down. Anyhow restaurants and bars will have to cut capacity limits to 50%. Karaoke and dancing on the floor will be banned. Places of worship will have mandatory vaccine passports. Workers will be asked to work from home. Xmas gatherings max 10. But we both know not much people will respect the measures and will host Xmas parties. Cases will keep on going up all in time for when they are pushing 3rd booster shots. Also in some months a 3rd booster shot will be mandatory for the vaccine passport.

COVID updates, Dec. 16: Quebec cuts capacity limits in stores, bars, restaurants to 50% as of Monday

Province reduces interval between doses to three months, speeds up booster shots for people age 60-69, with all adults eligible as of January. Holiday gatherings capped at 10 people.

montrealgazette.com

 

[IamNY]

NYC Covid positivity doubles in 3 days:

‘We've Never Seen This Before in NYC': COVID Positivity Rate Doubles in 3 Days on Omicron Spread

The percentage of people in New York City testing positive for COVID-19 doubled in three days this week, and a top advisor to Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was an indication of the omicron variant evading immunity in a way the virus never had before. Meanwhile, the state of New York reported a...

www.nbcnewyork.com

 

[bonerland citizen]

This really makes one question who runs Canada.
It is like our country is being remote controlled by foreign entities.
G7 consists of the most highly vaccinated countries. Sketchy as F.

G7 brands Omicron 'biggest threat to global public health' and ...https://www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-10318967

 

[sene5hos]

Explosion des cas à la prison de Bordeaux

Les cas de COVID-19 ont quadruplé à la prison de Bordeaux au cours des cinq derniers jours.

www.journaldemontreal.com

COVID-19 cases have quadrupled at Bordeaux prison in the past five days.

The Montreal detention facility now has 160 prisoners and 11 infected staff within its walls, while 37 people were infected with the virus last weekend.

 

[gallantca]

This really makes one question who runs Canada.
It is like our country is being remote controlled by foreign entities.
G7 consists of the most highly vaccinated countries. Sketchy as F.

G7 brands Omicron 'biggest threat to global public health' and ...https://www.dailymail.co.uk › news › article-10318967

The wealthiest liberal democracies with the highest vaccination rate. Sounds fishy to me.

I smell aliens with space lasers being directed by the UN. The same ones that were lighting forest fires.

 

[sene5hos]

Yesterday in USA

+164 k new cases.

2074 dead and total is + 804 k

Imagine 804,000

 

[wetnose]

Yesterday in USA

+164 k new cases.

2074 dead and total is + 804 k

Imagine 804,000

About 66M Americans are sitting ducks for Omicron - never been exposed, never been vaccinated.

 

[Womaniser]

About 66M Americans are sitting ducks for Omicron - never been exposed, never been vaccinated.

Some possibly havre duck brains !

 

[gaby]

La mairesse Valérie Plante---doublement vaccinée---- en isolement depuis Vendredi car testée positive...dit bien se porter....et Jean-Charles Lajoie----animateur sportif bien connu ici---doublement vacciné-----en isolement aussi avec des symptômes sévères et perte du goût/odorat.

Cela porte beaucoup à réfléchir quand des personnalités de chez nous et près de nous sortent publiquement avec de telles déclarations....les 2 nous invitent à la prudence......message bien recu. On va leur souhaiter de bien s'en tirer et un retour rapide à
leurs activités .

 

[wetnose]

Holland going hard:

Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave

Non-essential shops, schools, bars, restaurants and other public venues will be closed until at least mid-January.

www.bbc.com

People are being urged to stay at home as much as possible. Strict limits will be placed on the number of people who can meet - a maximum of two guests aged 13 and over will be allowed in people's homes, and four on 24-26 December and on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Events are not permitted other than funerals, weekly markets selling groceries and professional sports matches with no spectators.
All schools will be closed until at least 9 January, while other lockdown measures will remain in place until at least 14 January.
Restaurants can continue to sell takeaway meals, and non-essential shops can offer click and collect services

 

[sene5hos]

Il Divo Singer Carlos Marin Dies at 53 of COVID Complications

Carlos Marin, a singer in the British opera-pop crossover group Il Divo, died on Sunday. He was 53.

variety.com

Carlos Marin, the ever smiling and sharply dressed baritone powerhouse of multi-national quartet Il Divo, died Sunday of COVID complications. He was 53.

After feeling ill, Marin had been hospitalized on Dec. 8 in the Intensive Care Unit of the Manchester Royal Hospital while on tour in the U.K. His death was announced on Sunday by Il Divo via the group’s Twitter account.

Il Divo, Ave Maria

 

[cloudsurf]

Marin was supposedly vaxxed and healthy. There is no hiding from Mother Nature`s wrath.

 

[wetnose]

Marin was supposedly vaxxed and healthy. There is no hiding from Mother Nature`s wrath.

No vaccine is 100% effective. Still better than 0%.

 

[sene5hos]

Yesterday in Quebec

4571 new cases

397 hospitalizations

 

[Fradi]

Yes and the majority by a large margin are fully vaccinated people.
Break thorough infection is no longer a small percentage.
The gap of likelihood of infection and even hospitalization keeps getting smaller between vaccinated and unvaccinated
Booster shots are only in a small minority. The race between booster shots and omicron is on and our three musketeers with Yo Yo Legault leading the pack have given the full advantage to Omicron.
Got to love politicians, of course they are not in the least to blame Health Canada is lol.

Quebec will continue to lead Canada in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths yet our CAQ is as popular as ever WTF.! !

 

[gallantca]

Yes and the majority by a large margin are fully vaccinated people.
Break thorough infection is no longer a small percentage.
The gap of likelihood of infection and even hospitalization keeps getting smaller between vaccinated and unvaccinated
Booster shots are only in a small minority. The race between booster shots and omicron is on and our three musketeers with Yo Yo Legault leading the pack have given the full advantage to Omicron.
Got to love politicians, of course they are not in the least to blame Health Canada is lol.

Quebec will continue to lead Canada in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths yet our CAQ is as popular as ever WTF.! !

Yes and no. "by a large margin" is open to interpretation.

In number of cases 65% of cases are vaccinated people, but if you prorate it to the number of people vaccinated vs non, you still have a 4x higher chance of catching if unvaccinated. We will see if this evolves, but that was the situation up to Dec 17th

edit after I originally posted. The under 12s are skewing the numbers. They are a big percentage of the cases and a big percentage unvaccinated. Your statement is accurate for the older age groups.

Cloudsurf posted a tidbit that double vaccinated that had a break through infection developed a very high level of immunity. The study was at a small scale but if it pans out, great news. May make some heads explode if they need to get vaccinated to develop their natural immunity LOL.

Antibody Response and Variant Cross-Neutralization After SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infection

This study of fully vaccinated health care workers examines antibody levels and variant cross-neutralization after COVID-19 breakthrough infection.

jamanetwork.com