MERs/Coronavirus - watching? Will it change your behaviour if it shows up in Canada?

[fishfood]

Why did Quebec have such a spike in cases snowbirds returned ?

Same will happen in muskoka and other cottage country towns. Many retirees that head south for the winter. They are home early this year with snow on the ground still.

Oh and Quebec has added its presumably cases as the the total of cases that's what I heard .

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[Species8472]

Oh and Quebec has added its presumably cases as the the total of cases that's what I heard .

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This is correct. Prior to Monday Quebec was requiring confirmation of presumptive positives before adding them. The result was a backlog of test results that needed confirmation. They looked at all the previous confirmed cases and discovered that every test that came in presumptive positive was eventually positively confirmed - decided there is no point waiting on the confirmations and presumptive positives are now just added as positive.

[trimmer21]

NY is just insane. Aside from health issues in the US that might skew numbers. I can’t help but wonder how many people won’t seek treatment

Thousands,if not hundreds of thousands who can't afford health insurance and have no employer-based group medical. A two-week stay in a US hospital can set someone back $50-$100K. Once the "shelter-in-place" and "self isolation" is lifted,I wouldn't be surprised,in the least, they'll start to find people who have passed away at home and alone,not to mention the millions of homeless who were sick and undiscovered.

[410001661]

Thousands,if not hundreds of thousands who can't afford health insurance and have no employer-based group medical. A two-week stay in a US hospital can set someone back $50-$100K. Once the "shelter-in-place" and "self isolation" is lifted,I wouldn't be surprised,in the least, they'll start to find people who have passed away at home and alone,not to mention the millions of homeless who were sick and undiscovered.

But by god their economy will be saved..........so much for calling them a civilized society

[canadaman30]

Wifey was talking to one of our neighbors who moved here from China a decade ago. She said in her home town back around when the virus broke out, her town went into a total lockdown immediately. All people were enforced to stay in their home buildings. A select group of people were used to deliver food that was set in the lobbies of buildings and residents were allowed to come to get their groceries and back to their units. She said it lasted for 2 months. They were successful at stopping the spread. Pretty sad to think they could stop the spread in 2 months, where will we be in 2 months..

[js4fn]

American government officials inside Donald Trump’s White House are actively discussing putting troops near the Canadian borders in light of U.S. border security concerns around the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Global News.


Few people cross from Canada into the United States at an unofficial point each year but the goal of the policy would be to help border guards detect irregular crossers, the sources said.

While the White House is pushing for this, no decision has been made. It’s not clear if Canadian officials have been officially briefed but informal conversations are ongoing.

[fishfood]

Wifey was talking to one of our neighbors who moved here from China a decade ago. She said in her home town back around when the virus broke out, her town went into a total lockdown immediately. All people were enforced to stay in their home buildings. A select group of people were used to deliver food that was set in the lobbies of buildings and residents were allowed to come to get their groceries and back to their units. She said it lasted for 2 months. They were successful at stopping the spread. Pretty sad to think they could stop the spread in 2 months, where will we be in 2 months..

And and soon as they thought they were cleared new cases started to appear. Last seen before they updated Canada today they had 64 new cases. Its growing slowly but has been on the rise.

Heard from a doctor in the news that we will be over 10 thousand cases by April 9th ...

The warm weather we need to break the virus is still 2 months away. Other reports from a science teacher says we can expect to socially distance for the next 12 to 18 months.


Did another run to grocery store and man was it a mess still many empty shelves. Lines to back of the store only every other cash is open to keep the distance. Tape on the floors to keep people spaced ,many people wearing gloves and masks . started to stock up for Easter lol. Still see no signs of people out and about slowing down.

We are stocked up for a bit now and wont need to go out till next week lol.


People need to learn how to use a garbage can. I see many gloves and masked littered all over the place . Instead of the all the take out garbage it's all gloves and masks all over the place . [emoji107]

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[fishermccann]

FF . Another run to the grocery store? ???

[fishfood]

With our boarder closed it will be interesting to see if the illegal guns and drugs will be impacted. If not we will know where the majority of the problem will lie lol. Is it the pedestrian traffic or the big companies running the show .

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[severn don]

I haven't heard of any shootings in gta in the last couple of days