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

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US is on a wild accelerating ride of late - almost 3/4 million new cases this week & 3,400 deaths - & up 1/4 million from previous week .. with Florida again leading the way .. while 1 in every 8 persons has been infected at some time



UK is coming back down last 2 weeks



Canada up a fair bit again for 3rd week (as expected)

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US is on a wild accelerating ride of late - almost 3/4 million new cases this week & 3,400 deaths - & up 1/4 million from previous week .. with Florida again leading the way



UK is coming back down last 2 weeks



Canada up a fair bit again for 3rd week (as expected)

In Alberta and BC, about 95 per cent of new infections are among the unvaccinated..



I assume it's the same in all provinces.

[Thiel]

Manitoba is moving to yellow level on Pandemic Response System this weekend. The mask mandate will be removed when kids go back to school next month.

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Travel changes are on the way for Canadians returning from abroad and for foreign travellers to Canada.



Canada loosening more travel restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers on Monday



For more than a year and a half, Canada has kept its doors closed to most non-essential foreign travellers. But that will change on Monday when the federal government opens our border to fully vaccinated Americans.



The government will also loosen several travel restrictions that apply to Canadians returning home from abroad.



Here's what travellers can expect at the Canadian border, starting Monday.



The Americans are coming

For more than a month, fully vaccinated Canadian travellers have been allowed to skip quarantine when returning home from abroad.



In a continuation of its phased reopening of the border, starting Monday, the government will allow fully vaccinated Americans to both enter Canada and skip the mandatory 14-day quarantine.



But before eager Americans pack their bags, they should make sure they meet all requirements, said Denis Vinette, vice-president of the Canada Border Services Agency's COVID-19 border task force.



"People need to know what their obligations are," he said.



First, to be considered fully vaccinated, Americans must have received all required doses of a Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccine 14 days prior to entering Canada.



Second, only U.S. citizens and permanent residents residing in and travelling from the United States will be permitted entry.



And, just like Canadian travellers, Americans must submit their travel information — including vaccination documents — using the ArriveCAN app or by registering online within 72 hours before their arrival.



Travellers entering Canada on Monday, however, should wait until that day to submit their information, because the government is launching a new version of the app at 12:01 a.m. ET on Monday.



Testing requirements

Although they get to skip quarantine, all fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada must still provide proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test taken within 72 hours of arrival.



However, come Monday, vaccinated travellers will get to skip the government-administered post-arrival COVID-19 test — unless they're randomly selected to take it.



"It will be a mandatory random-testing regime," said Vinette. "This surveillance program will allow us to be able to determine, based on the sampling of a pool size, what are the potential risks ... in terms of travellers who've been vaccinated who may still be carrying COVID."



Fully vaccinated travellers who test positive for COVID-19, or who fail to meet Canada's vaccination requirements, have two choices: They can either quarantine for 14 days or return to the country from which they departed.



"If you drove into Canada, [you can] drive back out of Canada, back into the United States," Vinette said.



More reopenings in September

The government plans to reopen Canada's borders to fully vaccinated travellers from all other countries on Sept. 7, but that rule and others may change if Canada gets hit with a serious fourth wave of COVID-19.



This week, Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam announced that the country's COVID-19 infections are ticking upward. Vaccinated travellers are considered low risk, she said, but the government will continue to monitor the situation.



"We're taking a precautionary, phased approach to the border reopening," Tam said Thursday. "If we see any significant concerns, of course, we can adjust accordingly."

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OK. So how does this all work for a Canadian resident visiting the US (once that is allowed) upon their return to Canada .. once US lets us in?



How about being over there a cpl of hours & returning (was and will be very common for those of us living very near the border) ... proper vaccination assumed

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People who have recovered from COVID-19 retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, according to a new study.



Findings of the study, which is the most comprehensive of its kind so far, have implications for expanding understanding about human immune memory as well as future vaccine development for coronaviruses.



For the longitudinal study in Cell Reports Medicine, researchers looked at 254 patients with mostly mild to moderate symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection over a period for more than eight months (250 days) and found that their immune response to the virus remained durable and strong.

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WEEKLY LOOK at the OVERALL PICTURE



Canada is increasing at a moderate+ rate since easing of regulations



US has been rising for 7 consecutive weeks and last week - from almost 1/2 million cases previous  week to  3/4 million new cases this past week & 3,300 + deaths



Florida has also been rising for several months and had 24,000 new cases past week (135,500 new cases for past week and rising)  .. in fact are rebuilding several hospitals converting meeting rooms and cafeterias into covid victim areas. No doubt operations are very minimal



UK came  down from rapid rise and remains at about 27,000 / day



Notable is that UK's post vaccination "last 10 week death / case rate"  remains amazingly low at 0.19% while US rates including Florida remain close to where they have been all along around 1.4 %. Obviously AZ is very good at preventing severity



Canada shows considerably reduced  rates in that area albeit not as dramatic as UK

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Here's Alberta's numbers for the previous three days.



244 Cases on August 8

375 Cases on August 7

398 Cases on August 6

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/covid-vaccine-moderna-canada-agree-on-building-manufacturing-plant.html">Moderna reaches deal with Canada to build 'state-of-the-art' Covid vaccine manufacturing plant after shortages



Moderna said Tuesday it has reached a deal with the Canadian government to build a "state-of-the-art" manufacturing plant in Canada to make Covid vaccines and potentially shots for other respiratory viruses after the country was plagued by supply shortages earlier this year.



The plant aims to provide Canadians with access to domestically manufactured mRNA vaccines against respiratory viruses, including Covid, seasonal influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and possibly other vaccines, pending licensure, the U.S. drugmaker said.



It is also intended to be used on "an urgent basis" to support the country with direct access to vaccines during health emergencies, the company said.

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1,079 over past 3 days here. 60 % are from Okanagan in the Interior



Numbers rising fast everywhere now - Here we go again

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https://server9.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sllyo/sklm/p2/2021/08/10/covid-vaccine-moderna-canada-agree-on-building-manufacturing-plant.html">Moderna reaches deal with Canada to build 'state-of-the-art' Covid vaccine manufacturing plant after shortages



Moderna said Tuesday it has reached a deal with the Canadian government to build a "state-of-the-art" manufacturing plant in Canada to make Covid vaccines and potentially shots for other respiratory viruses after the country was plagued by supply shortages earlier this year.



The plant aims to provide Canadians with access to domestically manufactured mRNA vaccines against respiratory viruses, including Covid, seasonal influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and possibly other vaccines, pending licensure, the U.S. drugmaker said.



It is also intended to be used on "an urgent basis" to support the country with direct access to vaccines during health emergencies, the company said.

This is a terrific announcement.

 

[Odinson]

I have had my doubts about taking this vaccine..





But this video from the white house convinced me to take the jab.

[Anonymous]

I have had my doubts about taking this vaccine..





But this video from the white house convinced me to take the jab.

[Anonymous]

I expected this.



Amid a bevy of COVID-19 vaccine mandates being handed down by governments and businesses, there has been an explosion of fabricated vaccination cards, according to researchers.



"As a segment of the population tries to avoid the new measures, the darknet reacts to the real market and thus demand gives birth to offers," said Dmitry Galov, a researcher at cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, referring to the fake vaccine cards.



Forged vaccine cards that claim to be issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been proliferating on Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and other online marketplaces, according to reports.

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https://server9.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sllyo/sklm/p2/2021/08/10/covid-vaccine-moderna-canada-agree-on-building-manufacturing-plant.html">Moderna reaches deal with Canada to build 'state-of-the-art' Covid vaccine manufacturing plant after shortages



Moderna said Tuesday it has reached a deal with the Canadian government to build a "state-of-the-art" manufacturing plant in Canada to make Covid vaccines and potentially shots for other respiratory viruses after the country was plagued by supply shortages earlier this year.



The plant aims to provide Canadians with access to domestically manufactured mRNA vaccines against respiratory viruses, including Covid, seasonal influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and possibly other vaccines, pending licensure, the U.S. drugmaker said.



It is also intended to be used on "an urgent basis" to support the country with direct access to vaccines during health emergencies, the company said.

This is a terrific announcement.

 

Yes. Not sure when production but there is a rush on it. Maybe they will use and modify an existing facility to get it rolling



We will control out own destiny much better