Canada- COVID-19 Success

[mskl]

fyi:

My wife just got tested yesterday (Ontario) and got her result (negative) less than 24 hours later. No lineup at the hospital - no waiting - just one phone call to pre register which took about 2 minutes.

Hopefully we continue to see good results

 

[SanMiguel]

French culture and population disparities within the french culture. Also, a large percentage of the Quebecois do not see itself as part of Canada...a historical problem from the Guerre de la Conquête (French Indian Wars). In some ways, many feel they don't need to integrate with Canada.

Our attitude is just different...good and bad. Also, I saw early in the Pandemic when Québec was patting itself on the back with low Covid-19 cases...I knew it won't last long and that we'll soon be the leading (worst performance) province in Covid-19 cases.

The French culture, the way we greet people...its more intimate than other cultures. That alone makes it very easy to spread diseases especially airborne diseases.

• Also, a less known incident within here in Québec. We actually re-open our schools early (too early).

I think it was early April (disconnect from the rest of Canada) but within days had to lockdown again the school systems. Teachers, bus drivers, cafeteria employees, administration and children were becoming Covid-19 positive...some becoming hospitalized.

That scared the hell out of the government.

We also have the largest number of long-term care facilities that's very integrated with the rest of society in comparison to other provinces along with the fact that its a system that's privatized and not manage properly.

In addition, Québec has the largest connection to the USA borders in the NorthEast and via the Saint Lawrence river. The Indigenous communities closed their borders before Canada/USA closed their borders to each other.

In fact, Montréal (Covid-19 epic center in Canada) has strong connections to New York and France...both of which hit badly by Covid-19. I think Montréal alone makes up about 5% of Canada's population but has about 20% of Covid-19 cases...

Essentially, Montréal is the New York / Florida of the USA or the Paris of France via its Covid-19 cases.

wrbtrader

There were some Google studies (tracking) at the beginning actually showing Quebecers were following the rules more than any other province. Numbers also jumped due to a statistics rule. Didn't they suddenly count everyone who had been on vacation as having covid-19 even if they weren't tested (back in April)

 

[wrbtrader]

There were some Google studies (tracking) at the beginning actually showing Quebecers were following the rules more than any other province. Numbers also jumped due to a statistics rule. Didn't they suddenly count everyone who had been on vacation as having covid-19 even if they weren't tested (back in April)

Yeah, in the beginning of the Pandemic...people were proud here in Québec that we had such low numbers while the other provinces were climbing higher very fast.

I even gave in to my young teenager that if he stays away from the parties and beach parties on the Saint Lawrence...I'll take him to a special place to learn Pheasant / Duck hunting.

He stayed away from the large gatherings / parties with friends and has now had two Pheasant / Duck hunting lessons from me and his grandpa.

Yet, along the way, I started seeing the Quebec number move higher and higher...very fast. More stories on TV showing crazy crowed night life, waterfront beach parties and many Quebecois became over confident. Seriously, my teenager made a comment that he and his friends think they most likely have herd immunity because they have not been sick.

Oh boy, time for some more education.

Simply, there was a lot of over-confidence going around, misinformation, disinformation and then Canada / Québec allowed in people (snowbirds) returning back from the USA...

The disbelievers won and now Covid-19 is out of control.

Recently, there's the new face mask wearing mandate, more public TV education and parents talking to their teenagers and young adults. Hopefully will regain control.

Unfortunately, they're not taking it serious and that over-confidence attitude has spread to other areas of life. More people are swimming lakes in lakes and the Saint Lawrence without knowing any thing about that particular water...more drownings already than the entire prior year.

Also, more forest fires here so far than last year due to more inexperience campers / hikers in forest. More suicides in the Indigenous communities due to more difficulty having access to services while other communities do not have the same access difficulties...Pandemics tend to result in these situations...very little to do with a lockdown.

We should start seeing some positive results by mid August with these new mandates in place, more public education announcements of TV to counter the escalation on Covid-19 cases.

Heck, I even got an alert warning about Covid-19 on my cell phone yesterday like those warnings you get in the mid-west USA for a tornado warning. The crazy thing is this...my cell phone service is not from Canada...its via a company in South Dakota.

Same thing happen with an Amber Alert about 2 weeks ago. Obviously Canada and USA sharing cell connections.

There's a chart, currently can't find it that I downloaded yesterday...more young people here in Québec becoming Covid-19 infected but the recovery numbers are slowly getting smaller as in more hospitalization...that in itself is alarming to me.

wrbtrader

 

[Pekelo]

fyi:

My wife just got tested yesterday (Ontario) and got her result (negative) less than 24 hours later. No lineup at the hospital - no waiting - just one phone call to pre register which took about 2 minutes.

Bill Gates just said today (and he is right) if it takes 7 days or longer, it is worthless. At this point they should just reboot the system, throw out everything older than 3 days and start over.

All the backlog would disappear and we would have fairly new results.