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

[Anonymous]

There are so many new rules. Here's a summary.

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[Anonymous]

We are 706 (about average for past 2 weeks) & 4 today



We remain well below  average in deaths / case over last 10 weeks at 1 in 188 cases



I'm not getting cocky as this beast can bite hard at times



While best in the west, our cases total per day are close to ON & QB

I don't understand why so many people are getting so sick in this 4th wave. We were consistently above 2000 cases a day in the third, but people weren't getting as sick. Saskatchewan has more cases per day on average than we have, but they're not getting as sick. Florida has more cases per capita, but they're not getting as sick.

That was mentioned on Global Calgary two nights ago.....very strange.

[Anonymous]

A Saskatchewan requirement for proof of vaccination or negative COVID test will be also be implemented Oct. 1 for public access to several establishments, businesses and event venues that include:



indoor dining at restaurants;

nightclubs, bars, taverns and other licensed establishments;

event and entertainment venues, including conference centres, casinos, movie theatres, concert venues, live-music venues, museums and indoor facilities hosting ticketed sporting events; and

indoor fitness centres and gyms.



The government said the proof of vaccination will not be required for the following:

retail businesses, including grocery stores;

places of worship;

fast food restaurants offering takeout and delivery;

health-care services, professional services, or personal services;

hotels or other lodging;

facilities hosting non-ticketed amateur sporting events, including youth athletics and recreational leagues;

business meetings and places of business closed to the general public, unless otherwise directed by the business or employer; and

private gatherings held at an indoor public residence.

Children under the age of 12 are exempt from the proof of vaccination or negative test requirement, according to government officials.



Moe said Saskatchewan's verifiable vaccination record will be launched on the week of Sept. 20 and protocols regarding proof of negative test requirements are currently under development.

[Anonymous]

A Saskatchewan requirement for proof of vaccination or negative COVID test will be also be implemented Oct. 1 for public access to several establishments, businesses and event venues that include:



indoor dining at restaurants;

nightclubs, bars, taverns and other licensed establishments;

event and entertainment venues, including conference centres, casinos, movie theatres, concert venues, live-music venues, museums and indoor facilities hosting ticketed sporting events; and

indoor fitness centres and gyms.



The government said the proof of vaccination will not be required for the following:

retail businesses, including grocery stores;

places of worship;

fast food restaurants offering takeout and delivery;

health-care services, professional services, or personal services;

hotels or other lodging;

facilities hosting non-ticketed amateur sporting events, including youth athletics and recreational leagues;

business meetings and places of business closed to the general public, unless otherwise directed by the business or employer; and

private gatherings held at an indoor public residence.

Children under the age of 12 are exempt from the proof of vaccination or negative test requirement, according to government officials.



Moe said Saskatchewan's verifiable vaccination record will be launched on the week of Sept. 20 and protocols regarding proof of negative test requirements are currently under development.

It's like ours.

[cc]

Actually, Florida & Texas are "now" (using current 10 weeks data only) having about double the deaths / case as BC & Alberta for same "current" time period  



Only UK & Israel is lower than BC for that recent time period

[Anonymous]

I encountered a problem on a trip to Kenora, Ontario yesterday. A restaurant I went to wouldn't accept my Manitoba vaccine passport.

[Anonymous]

I encountered a problem on a trip to Kenora, Ontario yesterday. A restaurant I went to wouldn't accept my Manitoba vaccine passport.

Provincial vaccine passports aren't recognized outside one's home province?

[cc]

That's true everywhere as of now



Provinces had better get together and work something out

[Anonymous]

That's true everywhere as of now



Provinces had better get together and work something out

I usually bring food from home and warm it up or cook it in the bunk house kitchen. I didn't bring food yesterday. I was caught off guard when my vaccine passport was rejected.

[Anonymous]

Alberta spends more per capita than any other province on health care. This province budgets $25 billion a year on health care. How the fuck can 215 people in ICU out of population of 4.4 million collapse a system. Same in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and all over the country, we are told that a tiny percentage of the population being in the ICU was unsustainable.



How can a province spend billions on healthcare, make it the biggest proportion of all government spending, and then warn of 'collapse' when a few hundred people are in intensive care?



Covid has exposed the woefully inadequate state of Canada's healthcare system. Alberta, in particular, somehow only has less than 300 ICU beds with a pop. of 4.4 million.



We spend a huge amount of money on a system that has proven to be unable to manage even a minor spike in ICU admissions??



Let me put it another way. This is the current percentage of Alberta's population that is in the ICU with Covid: 0.00004954545%



Think about that for a moment. The system is about to collapse because 0.00004954545 of the population is in the ICU? We spend $25 billion a year and this is the best we can do. We NEED A PRIVATE HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE.

[Anonymous]

Alberta spends more per capita than any other province on health care. This province budgets $25 billion a year on health care. How the fuck can 215 people in ICU out of population of 4.4 million collapse a system. Same in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and all over the country, we are told that a tiny percentage of the population being in the ICU was unsustainable.



How can a province spend billions on healthcare, make it the biggest proportion of all government spending, and then warn of 'collapse' when a few hundred people are in intensive care?



Covid has exposed the woefully inadequate state of Canada's healthcare system. Alberta, in particular, somehow only has less than 300 ICU beds with a pop. of 4.4 million.



We spend a huge amount of money on a system that has proven to be unable to manage even a minor spike in ICU admissions??



Let me put it another way. This is the current percentage of Alberta's population that is in the ICU with Covid: 0.00004954545%



Think about that for a moment. The system is about to collapse because 0.00004954545 of the population is in the ICU? We spend $25 billion a year and this is the best we can do. We NEED A PRIVATE HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE.

hmmm

 ac_umm

[Odinson]

They are exaggerating.



Our hospital people have not used those terms.



Just complaining about long hours.

[Anonymous]

They are exaggerating.



Our hospital people have not used those terms.



Just complaining about long hours.

You have a public/private hospital mix?

[Odinson]

They are exaggerating.



Our hospital people have not used those terms.



Just complaining about long hours.

You have a public/private hospital mix?

There are private clinics and public clinics.



Private hospitals and public hospitals.

[Anonymous]

Alberta spends more per capita than any other province on health care. This province budgets $25 billion a year on health care. How the fuck can 215 people in ICU out of population of 4.4 million collapse a system. Same in Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and all over the country, we are told that a tiny percentage of the population being in the ICU was unsustainable.



How can a province spend billions on healthcare, make it the biggest proportion of all government spending, and then warn of 'collapse' when a few hundred people are in intensive care?



Covid has exposed the woefully inadequate state of Canada's healthcare system. Alberta, in particular, somehow only has less than 300 ICU beds with a pop. of 4.4 million.



We spend a huge amount of money on a system that has proven to be unable to manage even a minor spike in ICU admissions??



Let me put it another way. This is the current percentage of Alberta's population that is in the ICU with Covid: 0.00004954545%



Think about that for a moment. The system is about to collapse because 0.00004954545 of the population is in the ICU? We spend $25 billion a year and this is the best we can do. We NEED A PRIVATE HEALTH CARE ALTERNATIVE.

COVID has exposed the gaping holes in our public only delivery of primary health care. The model is unsustainable.