[PinkLucy]

The problem with a lockdown or any restriction is you can't demonstrate it's effective. If there wasn't one, would cases be double what they are today? We don't know, but looking at the US where restrictions were lifted gives me some idea of what might happen without any.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I mean they do have the best roast beef sandwiches, right? I'm sure there will be many people asking for "delivery".

Or for their specials.

I haven’t partaken in such places since my 20s, but I recall you’d never eat there.

 

[Johnny Au]

The problem with a lockdown or any restriction is you can't demonstrate it's effective. If there wasn't one, would cases be double what they are today? We don't know, but looking at the US where restrictions were lifted gives me some idea of what might happen without any.

Both Dakotas have over 10% of their population with confirmed cases at least once. They are very unsurprisingly deep Republican states.

 

[tiffer24]

#BREAKING: Ontario reports more than 2,200 new cases of COVID-19 as hospitalizations exceed 1,000.

With just 45,000 tests completed over the past 24 hours, the per cent positivity rate is also up to five per cent.

https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-r...19-as-hospitalizations-exceed-1-000-1.5241358

 

[W. K. Lis]

Where does one find the Ontario COVID-19 vaccination counts? Plus the incubation period after the second dose?

Number of first dose vaccination? ?
Number of second dose vaccination? Zero.

 

[W. K. Lis]

***NEWSFLASH****
Latest pictures from the French side of the Channel Tunnel.....

From link.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Ontario government announces off-peak hydro rate cut, one-time payments for older students

From link.

The Ontario government said hydro rates will be fixed at the off-peak rate and parents of high schoolers are eligible for a one-time payment as the province prepares to enter lockdown due to rising coronavirus cases.

Premier Doug Ford made the announcement at a daily briefing on Tuesday.

“It’s just going to show up on your next bill,” Ford said.

The government said electricity prices will be on an off-peak rate of 8.5 cents per kilowatt an hour for all time-of-use and tiered customers starting on Jan. 1, 2021. The rate will be in place all day for the following 28 days.

“The off-peak price will automatically be applied to bills of all residential, small business, and farm customers who pay regulated rates,” the government said.

The move on Ontarians’ hydro bills comes as a provincewide shutdown is set to begin on Boxing Day for 14 days for northern Ontario and 28 days for southern Ontario.

For parents of high schoolers, starting in January those students aged 13 to Grade 12 will be eligible for a one-time payment of $200 per student.

The government said this is to help offset education expenses as high school students in northern Ontario will be on virtual learning starting in the new year until Jan. 11, with southern Ontario high school students learning online until Jan. 25.

“Support will be available for those who attend a public or private school or who are homeschooled,” the government said.

Officials said secondary student applications will be open from Jan. 11 to Feb. 8.

The funding for older students is part of the government’s Support for Learners, which also offered funding to elementary students. The application for children or youth 12 or under, or children and youth aged 21 or under with special needs, is being extended to Feb. 8.

“While Ontario schools remain safe, we won’t take any chances following the holidays — we will pivot to teacher-led online learning to help protect against the spread of COVID-19 in our communities,” said Minister of Education Stephen Lecce. “We are providing direct financial support to parents of elementary and now high school children to help them get through this pandemic.”

 

[lenaitch]

Where does one find the Ontario COVID-19 vaccination counts? Plus the incubation period after the second dose?

Number of first dose vaccination? ?
Number of second dose vaccination? Zero.

I'm not sure they are being published and probably won't be. I'll be happy with 'as soon as they arrive' and 'every last drop'. If you mean immunity period, I get the sense that they don't know that yet, which is understandable given the clinical trials. determining that is a long term study, both of the vaccine(s) and the virus' rate of mutation. The consensus seems to be 'slow', certainly slower than influenza.

 

[gabe]

Covid has now reached every continent on Earth.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341322201849425921

 

[PinkLucy]

An informative site with easy to read graphs. https://howsmyflattening.ca/#/home

 

[PinkLucy]

Where does one find the Ontario COVID-19 vaccination counts? Plus the incubation period after the second dose?

Number of first dose vaccination? ?
Number of second dose vaccination? Zero.

5250 vaccinations to date (first dose only of course at this point). And Moderna was approved.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341761227421310977

 

[W. K. Lis]

5250 vaccinations to date (first dose only of course at this point). And Moderna was approved.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341761227421310977

Would very much prefer to see the number of vaccinations versus the number of new COVID-19 cases, today or whatever day. If there are 2,408 new COVID-19 cases today, the number of vaccination TODAY must be more than that. (Not 5,250 vaccinations since December 14th.)

 

[PinkLucy]

Would very much prefer to see the number of vaccinations versus the number of new COVID-19 cases, today or whatever day. If there are 2,408 new COVID-19 cases today, the number of vaccination TODAY must be more than that. (Not 5,250 vaccinations since December 14th.)

Here you go

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341761688304037888

 

[W. K. Lis]

In Ontario, therefore, 1,841 vaccinations were given versus 2,408 new cases of COVID-19. Still not good.

We want that reversed and better.

 

[PinkLucy]

The Moderna approval today will help the situation