COVID-19 >>"True and Helpful" Covid Information Thread

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Travel band only make sense.

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Ontario, after rising numbers by 1,000 / day  a  week ago, now has now has steady higher numbers than before ... Saturday upwards to today



3,266

3,128

3,270

2,964

3,363

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Travel band only make sense.

This is one restriction all East Asian countries implemented..



Canada and the US have travel bans, but there are so many exemptions, it's rendered them useless.

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Agreed. Exceptions kill the good done by bans



I fail to understand that if travel is deadly for many people travelers can affect, how can there be even a single exemption / exception??

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Agreed. Exceptions kill the good done by bans



I fail to understand that if travel is deadly for many people travelers can affect, how can there be even a single exemption / exception??

Everybody agrees.

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Ontario is reporting 3,266 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 200,626.



The province first reached 100,000 total cumulative cases on Nov. 20 after seven months since the pandemic was declared in mid-March. In just a month and a half Ontario accumulated another 100,000 reported infections surpassing 200,000.

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Alberta had 1,123 new cases, and twenty five deaths today..



Children are heading back to school next week, but plans could change depending on Alberta's top doctor's advice.

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TORONTO -- https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/early-plasma-therapy-may-help-prevent-severe-covid-19-in-patients-over-age-65-study-1.5255678">A new study has found that administering convalescent plasma with a high concentration of antibodies against COVID-19 early on in mildly ill older adults may help reduced the progression of the disease.



The study, conducted by Argentina-based non-profit Fundación Infant, found that convalescent plasma therapy could "significantly reduce" the need for oxygen support among COVID-19 patients over 65 years old if administered within 72 hours after the onset of symptoms.



Lead investigator of the study, Dr. Fernando Polack, said in a press release the findings suggest a new approach for the treatment of older COVID-19 patients and could help address an "important gap" in the therapies currently available.



"There is a paucity of therapies today to prevent progression of mild cases to severe illness and no clear pathway for keeping these patients out of hospitals, where capacity continues to be stretched. Our results provide a roadmap for an early intervention among individuals at higher risk, allowing us to expect a better prognosis for patients while reducing the need for oxygen support and hospitalization," Polack said.



The findings were published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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TORONTO -- A new study has found that administering convalescent plasma with a high concentration of antibodies against COVID-19 early on in mildly ill older adults may help reduced the progression of the disease.



The study, conducted by Argentina-based non-profit Fundación Infant, found that convalescent plasma therapy could "significantly reduce" the need for oxygen support among COVID-19 patients over 65 years old if administered within 72 hours after the onset of symptoms.



Lead investigator of the study, Dr. Fernando Polack, said in a press release the findings suggest a new approach for the treatment of older COVID-19 patients and could help address an "important gap" in the therapies currently available.



"There is a paucity of therapies today to prevent progression of mild cases to severe illness and no clear pathway for keeping these patients out of hospitals, where capacity continues to be stretched. Our results provide a roadmap for an early intervention among individuals at higher risk, allowing us to expect a better prognosis for patients while reducing the need for oxygen support and hospitalization," Polack said.



The findings were published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.

I like that better than lock downs.

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Quebec will impose an 8 pm to 6 am curfew for one month.

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Two more cases of the UK variant have been discovered in Alberta.

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Alberta will probably extend the lovk down until January 21.

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Two more cases of the UK variant have been discovered in Alberta.

We got one who flew here & spread it to 2 others



They are under heavy quarantine & they think they have stopped further from it



Dunno .. so long as people are allowed to fly, our great "leaders" are  obviously are playing a losing game and it will ultimately spread  and  I expect it will become rampant unless they stop ALL flights in

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Two more cases of the UK variant have been discovered in Alberta.

We got one who flew here & spread it to 2 others



They are under heavy quarantine & they think they have stopped further from it



Dunno .. so long as people are allowed to fly, our great "leaders" are  obviously are playing a losing game and it will ultimately spread  and  I expect it will become rampant unless they stop ALL flights in

Banning all, but essential travel, especially international travel makes more sense than shutting down restaurants.

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Alberta had 964 new infections today for test positivity rate of 6.4 per cent..



Schools will reopen Monday, but other restrictions will remain in place until January 21.