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Cue "Abide with me".Why is it that public policy in this province always take a on a "deck chairs on the Titanic" tinge?
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Cue "Abide with me".Why is it that public policy in this province always take a on a "deck chairs on the Titanic" tinge?
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It's large, but it has limitations which really show when you try to go to one outside of Toronto. Even the older GTA cities have extremely car-centric LCBO locations spread very far apart. My parents live in the old City of Hamilton and the nearest LCBO is a significant drive away, at least 12 minutes in the car, so it's a commitment to go there unlike here in Tornoto where I pass 4 LCBOs on my 10 minute streetcar commute home. There's lots of grocery stores and Drug Stores in between though, and most of those open earlier and close later than any LCBO location. Out in the outer suburbs they build mega LCBO's that cover a 5 km radius around them. Not sure it's great to go to a store packed with 80 customers to pick up a test to see if you have COVID as you have a decent chance of picking it up while you are there.
Try to stay hopeful (I know, easier said than done). Vaccines are still seen as very effective. Even if you do get COVID, the illness is usually very mild if you're vaccinated. If it keeps people out of the hospital, that's still a win.At this point vaccines hardly seem effective at preventing breakthrough cases, even with 3 doses (see calgary flames) I have no idea what the answer is but I'm losing hope and desire to keep persevering rapidly.
Try to stay hopeful (I know, easier said than done). Vaccines are still seen as very effective. Even if you do get COVID, the illness is usually very mild if you're vaccinated. If it keeps people out of the hospital, that's still a win.
Yup, I think the best course is to moderate the spread so that it doesn't spike so badly as to create problems at hospitals/ICU while triple vaxxing everyone fast - you probably can't put Omicron back into the box.
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Honestly, this thing is spreading like wildfire. I would not be surprised to see us top 10000 daily cases after new years.
That being said, vaccines are seemingly ineffective against the Omicron variant. Even those who are fully vaccinated with boosters are still testing positive which is a telltale sign of problems to come.
At some point however, we will need to accept the fact Covid-19 is here and learn to live with it. That is unless we want to be dealing with a pandemic for the next 20 years.
Don't forget that consuming far-right "news" media on a regular basis may be a mental disorder:This province and country needs an army of mental health workers. Mental health services (counselling and psychotherapy) should be 100% covered by OHIP for all Ontarians. Having a therapist is great and sure helped me. But a lot of people either can't afford it or don't have benefit plans to cover the fee. And the suffer without help. That's needs to change! I too have lost many amazing people to suicides. It's one of the hardest thing to go through.
It's not just kids suffering, work from home is doing a number on people's mental health too. I actually know a few people who have become alcoholics because they are stuck at home so much. It's taking a toll on everyone. Young and old.
I know substance-abuse overdose deaths are way up. A lot of those could be counted as suicides? Not sure if they are or not.
It still seem to be effective against severe disease, which is the most important thing.
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This is the most important thing. The vaccines were never about preventing you from getting the virus, just to keep people who get it out of the hospital system.
Honestly, this thing is spreading like wildfire. I would not be surprised to see us top 10000 daily cases after new years.
Wasn't that what they said in spring?You definitely aren't wrong with that guess:
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Model projects 10,000+ COVID-19 cases daily by January in Ontario without more boosters and public health measures
Ontario could see 5,000 to more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases per day and swamped hospitals by January without immediate indoor capacity restrictions and a rapid expansion of the third dose rollout, new provincial modelling suggests.www.cp24.com
The speed at which this shot up is insane. Guess I am switching to N95 masks when I do have to go out until I get my 3rd shot.
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This is significantly different than spring. Spring they were forecasting a worst case scenario which never happened due to lockdowns causing a drastic cut in transmission.Wasn't that what they said in spring?