Mountain Man
Senior Member
A lockdown seems to be the only solution if numbers don't start coming down very soon...
It's framing like this that has been happening throughout this pandemic that is maddening. "Virtual lockdown"? Even excluding the antivaxxers with fake documentation and the businesses not complying, the "virtual lockdown" allows the unvaccinated to access (unless the business itself has implemented requirements beyond what the government requires):With the unvaccinated under virtual lockdown, I gotta admit the problem is enforcement. Outside of the big cities covid wasn't really taken seriously, and now the lack of compliance is showing in case rates.
Who will step up?
So now I see this tweet:
Not sure how credible this source is but could be an announcement imminent for a return to "lockdown" in AB...![]()
this tweet already proven wrong as Kenney is now having a press conference at 330 pm. (the tweeter here said Kenney won't speak until Sunday at earliest.)So now I see this tweet:
So I guess we just play the wait and see game now...![]()
Kenney's reduced restrictions, so like clockwork, the next spike will come.Anyone else expecting to see a massive spike in cases a few weeks from now?
I'm not a rocket scientist by any means, but it doesn't take a rocket science to see where we are going. Def will be a spike after Christmas.Anyone else expecting to see a massive spike in cases a few weeks from now?
Kenny is a textbook definition of an ideologue. Willfully ignoring anything that doesn't agree with his preconceived idea of what a political leader should do - even if that means ignoring logic. He was never educated in critical thinking, he was kicked out of college in his first year for being anti-abortion at a religious college (imagine what that takes). He's been a career politician ever since.I'm not a rocket scientist by any means, but it doesn't take a rocket science to see where we are going. Def will be a spike after Christmas.
Agreed. Vaccination levels will be the story of the next outbreak. So far the numbers are showing that ICU cases and deaths are largely disproportionate to the unvaccinated. Those are the people who will need to worry about Omicron, as its super high level of contagiousness and timing of Christmas is going to make it kind of a perfect storm and will be very dangerous for those who aren't vaccinated. I'm vaccinated, and so is everyone in my family, so I'm not losing sleep over it right now, but still very concerning.I mean there will probably be a spike, but let's be real, no one was following the household gathering rules in the first place. I doubt them tweeking that rule will result in more cases than would have otherwise happened.
I've noticed the numbers skyrocketing in Quebec and Ontario, and even BC. This virus really spreads incredibly fast.Kenny is a textbook definition of an ideologue. Willfully ignoring anything that doesn't agree with his preconceived idea of what a political leader should do - even if that means ignoring logic. He was never educated in critical thinking, he was kicked out of college in his first year for being anti-abortion at a religious college (imagine what that takes). He's been a career politician ever since.
The speed of Omicron's spread took me a little while to actually comprehend; I feel like I'm just so desensitized at this point. Here's what really made it click for me: Omicron was introduced into Ontario on Nov 22. Three and half weeks later, it now makes up >80% of all new cases [ Source: Public Health Ontario, Ontario Covid-19 Dashboard ].
This variant spreads insanely quickly. 7.7x faster than Delta, which was already 50% faster than Alpha, which was 50% faster than the Original. Even if it is "mild,' which it isn't, the volume of cases alone are enough to cripple the health care system. Especially considering how effectively it spreads to people without a 3rd dose.