We Still Have a Government, Right?: Canadian Politics 2020

Quebec testing most aggressively but also most indiscriminately (i think still the only province with drive thru testing?)

takes a long time for the distancing measures to kick in but im p confident Quebec’s will soon

BC testing is more targeted and had limited community transmission for most of the early stage

optimistic about both provinces’ chances

*the effect of social distancing on spread

We actually had drive-thru testing at one hospital temporarily until they opened a clinic for it at an arena.

which arena? Sorry i forget if u live in van or toronto

i heard they’re turning VCC into a hospital

I live in Ottawa, actually; no worries, it's forgettable. Brewer Arena.

I blame the snowbirds who ignored instructions, went to weddings, etc.

― sean gramophone, Monday, March 30, 2020 1:48 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

also la bise

^ A problem for Italy as well?

I never see that cheek-kissing business in Gatineau. Is it just a Montreal thing? Do I just hang out with too many dudes?

not just a montreal thing

It's definitely more common here than in the ROC but from a Latin European perspective it's a rare occurrence.

I know this hospital pretty well from when my dad was in there 25 years ago.

http://www.toronto.com/news-story/9921011-coronavirus-outbreak-declared-at-mississauga-s-credit-valley-hospital/

http://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/list-essential-businesses-ontario-about-get-shorter/

Thermo summed up the original list perfectly on Facebook: "Congrats everyone in Ontario, your job is now an essential service. Now get back to work!"

(Again, I think Ford's been trying his best to do the right thing for at least the last three weeks.)

Mountainview seniors residence here in Gtown has several confirmed cases in a resident and staff members as of this evening. Very ominous after what happened in Bobcaygeon and other ones. Pretty sure I know people whose parents are in there.

I thought for a second you meant the one the one by the high school--both my mom and grandmother lived there at different times a decade ago. I'm trying to picture the one you're talking about but can't.

Why is it so hard to find information about this in English:

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690442/justin-trudeau-pandemie-coronavirus-mesures-gouvernement-covid-19

I'm consistently baffled by the stark contrast between Radio Canada and the CBC in terms of reporting.

Left my house this morning for the first time in a week to do a frozen food run (we only have the small fridge freezer.) Still a very surprising amount of people going about their business out there.

I've been making delivery runs and Toronto transit is thankfully very sparse.

Wow, I have noticed that as well but... people should be hearing about this issue. (Masks that were meant to be shipped to Canada being possibly diverted and sold to a higher bidder before leaving China, with reports that Americans have already done this wrt France by paying triple the price on the airport.)2xp

Disgusting but I’m not shocked. That kind of thing is why we should still be concerned about the rest of the supposedly secure supply chain.

Over 1,300 new cases today, by far the most yet--usual explanations apply, I'm sure, but still eye-opening. I had to get some water for the Keurig today, was glad to see the pharmacy was asking if I had a prescription, and since I didn't, they went and got it for me. Didn't come close to anyone, in and out in a minute.

+900 cases over the past 24h in Quebec.

There are now 2,642 cases in Montreal alone.

If I understand this right, you are eligible for $2000/mo if you lost 100% of your uninsured employment/self-employed income but are not eligible for anything at all if you merely lost 80-90% of your self-employment income?: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/benefits/apply-for-cerb-with-cra.html

There's yellow caution tape around the playground equipment at the bottom of my street, but this won't be happening here.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/toronto-eaton-centre-barricades/

yeah they put the tape around the playground in the park next to my house a few weeks ago, and this week they taped up the exercise bars too

never saw this story, it's hilarious: https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/06/toronto-illegal-weed-dispensaries-giant-cement-blocks/

Ha, what?

lol

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Wow. Considering our current premier used to sell outta the park in Etobicoke, makes me think he's just jealous. What a waste of money and time.
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Some fucking allies we've got:

https://globalnews.ca/news/6772979/coronavirus-3m-n95-respirators-trump-canada/

Hm, were they asked or ordered? The difference seems significant.

Good question – I don't know. Hopefully more details are forthcoming.

It's excruciating watching the press conference right now where the doctors reveal projections for Ontario. They look as grim as could be as they introduce their models.

12,000 cases by the end of April; 3,000-15,000 deaths at the end of two years, if measures stay in place or even expand.

Just in ON?

Brace yourself--I misheard. That 12,500 figure is if stricter measures are taken. Under the current level of intervention, the model expects 80,000 Ontario cases by the end of April.

Looking at the US numbers, I wonder if it might actually be good for us to stop receiving supplies from them. Maybe Trump is just protecting us.

Heh, that's the kind of 7d chess I can get behind.

I don't know if it's new or if I just noticed it, but the worldometer site includes total tests on their global chart now. Canada's administered 317,972; that's 8,425 per million people, which seems...not bad compared to most of the countries near the top of the total-cases list: a little less than Italy and Germany, more than Spain, almost double the U.S.A., 3.5 times the U.K. (Who knows how accurate these numbers are.) Also, with 13,912 positives, that would mean about one out of every 20 people who get tested register positive. Seeing as only people with suspected symptoms are getting tested...everything seems so dire and grim right now, but that seems like a sliver of good news, unless I'm overlooking something, which I often do trying to make sense of all the statistics.

Yeah, that actually surprised me.

Third day in four (even on a Sunday) where we've had 1,500+ deaths.

total deaths is currently under 300

I continue to see that as a positive sign, but it seems so out line with most countries, I'm trying not to attach too much meaning to it. I remember feeling hopeful when our caseload seemed much smaller too, and that changed.

"out of line"

cases or deaths, clemenza?

yeah i was just responding to your presumed typo

That's now the second time I've done that--honestly, sorry. They should put me in charge of keeping everybody calm.

(The rest of what I said, though, applies; I've been encouraged by our low death total, puzzled by it, but trying not to read too much into it.)

I read an article earlier that said the backlog was pretty much cleared now. Someone on the labs side took initiative without actual authority early on and informally reached out to private labs like lifelabs, so they got some kind of cobbled together, cooperative system going now that’s mostly working. Stuff like that is giving me hope!

Trump's awfulness encroaches:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-monday-online-learning-starts-1.5523011

(misleading URL)

Oof, also questions being raised about a year's worth of N95 masks that were planned for delivery to Quebec this month: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1690961/masques-n95-3m-commande-quebec-compromise-washington-trump

Good to hear about the new production facility being approved, though.