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Artemis wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 10, 2021 6:47 pm

Got my first dose today- hooray! I was expecting to get Astra Zenica because of my age(under 60) but got Pfizer. My appointment was at a hospital clinic and they don't use AZ there. The person who vaccinated me said that the AZ was being used in community clinics and pharmacies. There's been a lot of negative news about AZ which made me feel a little nervous. Dose#2 is at the end of July.

Things aren't looking so good here right now. ICU admissions are up almost 25% from last week and and new variant cases have doubled in a week too. I think we have 3 variants circulating at the same time right now.

chaos wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:30 am

How are you feeling? Did you have any side effects from your 1st dose? (My arm was sore and I was pretty tired for a day. I go back again on 4/30.)
How is your mom doing?

Pandemonium wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 16, 2021 7:04 pm

Wow, never thought I'd hear about these kind of measures in Canada....

Ontario gives police authority to stop people, vehicles, ask purpose of travel

TORONTO -- The Ontario government is giving police temporary powers to enforce its stay-at-home order and allowing them to stop individuals and vehicles and ask their reasons for leaving their homes.

Solicitor General Sylvia Jones made the announcement Friday afternoon as part of the new measures introduced by Premier Doug Ford's government to stop the further spread of COVID-19.

"We have made the deliberate decision to temporarily enhance police officers' authority for the duration of the stay-at-home order. Moving forward, police will have the authority to require any individual who is not in a place of residence to first provide the purpose for not being at home and provide their home address," Jones said.

It will be effective as of Saturday, Apr. 17.

Jones said the decision was made as some people continue to leave their residences for non-essential reasons. She added the government needs to take action to address non-compliance.

"I cannot stress this enough. It is imperative that everyone limit their trips outside of the home to permitted purposes only, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, medical appointments, outdoor exercise, or for work, that cannot be done remotely," she said.

Those who will not comply will be issued a ticket, Jones said. The province has not provided further details on possible fines, but she said under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, penalties for non-compliance are set at a minimum of $750.

Full article here:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-give ... -1.5390805

mockbee wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:31 am

Japan has about 10,000 deaths
USA has about 566,000 deaths.

We are only 3 times the population of Japan.

Maybe that's why they are not concerned. Asia and much of the developing world is pequiliar, hardly effected by COVID.

I think there is way more to comorbidity/general health and BMI than people are aware of.

guysmiley wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 18, 2021 1:47 am

Like 99% of people wear masks here, but not much has changed. A few early closures thus winter for restaurants. But I still see people out partying at night. The subway on my way home is always crammed and packed. It's odd. And yeah, I guess it's the general health of the average population. Not as many fat people....