Jasmine18
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Trums bans all immigration to the USA
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Jasmine18
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Canada shifts tone, talks about ‘critical need’ for WHO review of response to COVID-19
To date, Ottawa has closesly followed the global health organization’s guidance and been reluctant to criticize performance
www.theglobeandmail.com
Interesting, seems a bit odd right to say this...
Looks like world govts realize after this is over public will be upset and want to get a scapegoat.
Northern Light
Superstar
A video message from Jacinda Ardern.......NZ's PM.
I must confess.....it feels unscripted..........( I have no idea if there's a teleprompter in her bedroom) LOL.........but ..........I like the way she seemed accessible, warm, but factual.
I must confess.....it feels unscripted..........( I have no idea if there's a teleprompter in her bedroom) LOL.........but ..........I like the way she seemed accessible, warm, but factual.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
They’re not all worker drones. Many own small businesses and have employees that depend on them.
Jasmine18
Senior Member
issue people in America are not getting 2000 a month to be at home.
lenaitch
Senior Member
I don't follow NZ politics much at all but the few times I have seen her, I have been impressed. Forthright, plain-spoken and empathetic.
picard102
Senior Member
America has been in 19 conflicts since World War II, not exactly a peaceful period.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
True, but there hadn't been any world-war level conflicts for the past 75 years.
AoD
Admiral Beez
Superstar
28,000 Missing Deaths:
Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...sing-deaths.html?referringSource=articleShare
I wonder if some of this spike is due to people avoiding hospitals.
Tracking the True Toll of the Coronavirus Crisis
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...sing-deaths.html?referringSource=articleShare
I wonder if some of this spike is due to people avoiding hospitals.
AlbertC
Superstar
Likely reality for cities all across North America:
San Jose mayor says large gatherings 'are not realistic' until 2021
April 21, 2020
Businesses across the country may slowly begin to resume operations in the weeks and months ahead, but don’t expect large conferences or sporting events to return until next year, at least in California’s Bay Area.
Speaking to Yahoo Finance, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said the idea of large gatherings of people is “not realistic” until 2021 in the absence of wide scale testing and a vaccine for COVID-19.
“I’m telling folks who are promoting events in the summer and the fall, I wouldn’t invest any money in those right now,” Liccardo said. “We could be in it for the long haul with those kinds of events.”
The assessment from the mayor of California’s third-largest city echoes that of leaders across the state. Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a detailed six-point roadmap to modifying the state’s stay-at-home order, saying mass gatherings would be “negligible at best” without herd immunity.
"Large-scale events that bring in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of strangers all together across every conceivable difference, health and otherwise, is not in the cards based upon our current guidelines and current expectations," he said.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed his city is also unlikely to authorize events such as sports, concerts, and movie premiers until 2021.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
San Jose mayor says large gatherings 'are not realistic' until 2021
April 21, 2020
Businesses across the country may slowly begin to resume operations in the weeks and months ahead, but don’t expect large conferences or sporting events to return until next year, at least in California’s Bay Area.
Speaking to Yahoo Finance, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said the idea of large gatherings of people is “not realistic” until 2021 in the absence of wide scale testing and a vaccine for COVID-19.
“I’m telling folks who are promoting events in the summer and the fall, I wouldn’t invest any money in those right now,” Liccardo said. “We could be in it for the long haul with those kinds of events.”
The assessment from the mayor of California’s third-largest city echoes that of leaders across the state. Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a detailed six-point roadmap to modifying the state’s stay-at-home order, saying mass gatherings would be “negligible at best” without herd immunity.
"Large-scale events that bring in hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of strangers all together across every conceivable difference, health and otherwise, is not in the cards based upon our current guidelines and current expectations," he said.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti confirmed his city is also unlikely to authorize events such as sports, concerts, and movie premiers until 2021.
San Jose Mayor says large gatherings 'are not realistic' until 2021
Businesses across the country may slowly begin to resume operations in the weeks and months ahead, but don’t expect large conferences or sporting events to return until next year, at least in California’s Bay Area.
ca.finance.yahoo.com
gabe
Senior Member
During this Covid shutdown an environmental menace is making a big comeback - the single use plastic bag. I have noticed my garbage cart is full of plastic bags and plastic wrapping. Stores are using more plastic now than they ever have. Most major grocery chains and even my local corner store has banned reusable bags, the cashier kicked a guy out of the store the other day for walking in with rusable bags.
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www.theverge.com
Plastic bags are making a comeback because of COVID-19
Plastic bag bans are on pause.
www.theverge.com
Northern Light
Superstar
During this Covid shutdown an environmental menace is making a big comeback - the single use plastic bag. I have noticed my garbage cart is full of plastic bags and plastic wrapping. Stores are using more plastic now than they ever have. Most major grocery chains and even my local corner store has banned reusable bags, the cashier kicked a guy out of the store the other day for walking in with rusable bags.
Plastic bags are making a comeback because of COVID-19
Plastic bag bans are on pause.
1) That makes no sense
2) No evidence whatsoever of tangible risk of transmission from reusuable bags.
3) A German study suggests virtually no transmissiblity from objects. They tested all sorts of public surfaces including door-knobs/handles and couldn't even find a trace of Covid.
Leading German virologist: “So far, no transmission of the virus in supermarkets, restaurants or hairdressers has been proved.”
RTL Today joined a press conference of virologist Hendrik Streeck on Tuesday and here we provide a recap of his key statements.
today.rtl.lu
4) Sobeys doesn't even have plastic bags, only paper and re-usable.
5) LCBO, and other stores have only suggested that if you bring a re-usable you should expect to do your own bagging. Which while not supported by the evidence is fine with me as precautionary principle/being seen as a decent employer.
gabe
Senior Member
1) That makes no sense
2) No evidence whatsoever of tangible risk of transmission from reusuable bags.
3) A German study suggests virtually no transmissiblity from objects. They tested all sorts of public surfaces including door-knobs/handles and couldn't even find a trace of Covid.
Leading German virologist: “So far, no transmission of the virus in supermarkets, restaurants or hairdressers has been proved.”
RTL Today joined a press conference of virologist Hendrik Streeck on Tuesday and here we provide a recap of his key statements.
4) Sobeys doesn't even have plastic bags, only paper and re-usable.
5) LCBO, and other stores have only suggested that if you bring a re-usable you should expect to do your own bagging. Which while not supported by the evidence is fine with me as precautionary principle/being seen as a decent employer.
Monkey see monkey do. Once one store did it they all copied. I still bring reusable bags, i just keep them hidden in my coat pocket, and i put the items in my reusable bag on the street. The plastic bags aren't durable for walking home form the store.
Jasmine18
Senior Member
A lot of people do things that seem common sense but maybe not supported by science.
I been using plastic bags as I can dispose of them easily and find reusable bags too much of a hassel with current issues.
I been using plastic bags as I can dispose of them easily and find reusable bags too much of a hassel with current issues.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I have only gone to my local Metro grocery store, but they have banned reusable bags. They have reverted back to plastic bags.
The reason I was told by the store manager was because they have a policy where the customers are no longer allowed to self-baggage. The cashiers baggage items, and not using reusable bags reduces risk to cashiers.
The reason I was told by the store manager was because they have a policy where the customers are no longer allowed to self-baggage. The cashiers baggage items, and not using reusable bags reduces risk to cashiers.