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Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:56:07 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The latest Ontario numbers for Mar 24, 2022 are out. Number of...
• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 2561 from previous day's 2149.
• tests in last 24 hours fell to 15515 from previous day's 18267.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours fell to 10 from previous day's 13.
• active cases rose to 16831 from previous day's 16270.
• tests in processing backlog rose to 6404 from previous day's 5724.

• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 rose to 661 from previous day's 611.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 165 from previous day's 174.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 was unchanged at 90 from previous day's 90.

• Toronto Public Health rose from 467 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 565 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• York Region Public Health rose from 101 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 148 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit rose from 110 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 146 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Ottawa Public Health rose from 97 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 139 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health rose from 42 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 109 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit rose from 57 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 96 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Niagara Region Public Health rose from 14 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 66 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).
• Lambton Public Health rose from 5 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing) to 44 new cases on the Mar 24 report (Mar 23 testing).

Here is a listing of PHU positive counts on Mar 22 (2nd last number) and Mar 23 (last number) in descending order.

2022-03-24,TOTAL ONTARIO,2149,2561
2022-03-24,Toronto Public Health,467,565
2022-03-24,Peel Public Health,166,163
2022-03-24,York Region Public Health,101,148
2022-03-24,Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit,110,146
2022-03-24,Ottawa Public Health,97,139
2022-03-24,City of Hamilton Public Health Services,111,122
2022-03-24,Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health,42,109
2022-03-24,Durham Region Health Department,129,100
2022-03-24,Windsor-Essex County Health Unit,57,96
2022-03-24,Middlesex-London Health Unit,89,95
2022-03-24,Halton Region Public Health,110,88
2022-03-24,Niagara Region Public Health,14,66
2022-03-24,Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services,57,59
2022-03-24,Northwestern Health Unit,85,56
2022-03-24,Hastings Prince Edward Public Health,48,54
2022-03-24,Algoma Public Health,75,51
2022-03-24,Grey Bruce Health Unit,21,44
2022-03-24,Lambton Public Health,5,44
2022-03-24,Huron Perth Public Health,29,41
2022-03-24,Public Health Sudbury & Districts,55,39
2022-03-24,Southwestern Public Health,17,36
2022-03-24,North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit,14,35
2022-03-24,Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health,43,28
2022-03-24,Brant County Health Unit,24,28
2022-03-24,Eastern Ontario Health Unit,16,28
2022-03-24,Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit,14,27
2022-03-24,Thunder Bay District Health Unit,33,25
2022-03-24,Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit,24,24
2022-03-24,Chatham-Kent Public Health,17,22
2022-03-24,Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit,25,20
2022-03-24,Peterborough Public Health,28,18
2022-03-24,Renfrew County and District Health Unit,6,18
2022-03-24,Timiskaming Health Unit,8,15
2022-03-24,Porcupine Health Unit,12,12

Here are the latest graphs and numbers. Click on graphs to get a full size image.

       Date Tests Positive PcntPos Cases CasePctRise  2022/03/06  9447     1074   11.37 1114284       0.096 2022/03/07 11128     1208   10.86 1115492       0.108 2022/03/08 17571     1947   11.08 1117439       0.175 2022/03/09 14695     2125   14.46 1119564        0.19 2022/03/10 14571     2130   14.62 1121694        0.19 2022/03/11 13005     2015   15.49 1123709        0.18 2022/03/12 11874     1631   13.74 1125340       0.145 2022/03/13  7565     1116   14.75 1126456       0.099 2022/03/14  9698     1076    11.1 1127532       0.096 2022/03/15 15702     2011   12.81 1129543       0.178 2022/03/16 14648     2398   16.37 1131941       0.212 2022/03/17 14198     2502   17.62 1134443       0.221 2022/03/18 12180     2078   17.06 1136521       0.183 2022/03/19 10967     1680   15.32 1138201       0.148 2022/03/20  8644     1217   14.08 1139418       0.107 2022/03/21 10433     1447   13.87 1140865       0.127 2022/03/22 18267     2149   11.76 1143014       0.188 2022/03/23 15515     2561   16.51 1145575       0.224





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Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:33:24 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : Preliminary Ontario numbers for Mar 24, 2022. Number of...

• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 2561 from previous day's 2149.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours fell to 10 from previous day's 13.
• tests in last 24 hours fell to 15515 from previous day's 18267.
• tests in processing backlog rose to 6404 from previous day's 5724.
• active cases rose to 16831 from previous day's 16270.
• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 rose to 661 from previous day's 611.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 165 from previous day's 174.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 was unchanged at 90 from previous day's 90.

More details to follow.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:31:20 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : 7-day rolling average rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population Mar 14, 2022 to Mar 20, 2022 in descending order. I've done 2 graphs including total Ontario (average) and the top 5 PHUs. Click on the graphs to get full size images.

For those of you who want to do their own analysis, I'm including attachment "phuoutput.zip", which is a compressed version of the CSV file I've accumulated back to October 2020. This has the rolling weekly numbers since Ontario first started publishing them. Let me know if you want me to make this an ongoing feature.

• Northwestern Health Unit 533.3
• Algoma Public Health 294.5
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 245.2
• Porcupine Health Unit 171.8
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 157.3
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 146.4
• Timiskaming Health Unit 138.7
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 135.9
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 114.2
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 106.9
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 98.2
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 93.5
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 92.0
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 90.9
• Huron Perth Public Health 90.3
• Lambton Public Health 89.5
• Niagara Region Public Health 85.7
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 82.1
• Southwestern Public Health 79.5
• Brant County Health Unit 78.1
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 75.6
• Peterborough Public Health 75.6
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 70.0
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 67.8
• Durham Region Health Department 66.5
• Toronto Public Health 65.4
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 64.9
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 64.7
• Halton Region Public Health 61.9
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 58.2
• Ottawa Public Health 57.6
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 57.0
• York Region Public Health 54.7
• Peel Public Health 33.3

Total Ontario (average) was 78.7.



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Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:46:04 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The Ontario CSV file update is delayed again. The PDF file shows 2561 new cases and 7 deaths.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:36:26 EDT

Mont posted :

said by taraf:

said by Mont:

Il now concentrate myself on paying the funeral and doing all the process at the government level since even with the 2500$ it's not enough to cover the funeral. I was told to do a gofundme and perhaps this could help but i don't know.

You might want to consider a direct cremation. That's usually under $1000, and then when circumstances allow you can gather the family & friends for a celebration of life at somebody's home. That's what we did for my mother when she passed away during the 1st lockdown in 2020.

I went with a direct cremation and a one night funeral, bought the urn myself, someone i know will do the ceremony. I know also the director and it costed me 4400$.

I have not much choice of holding it at the funeral home, there's just too much people who will come.

This is what are the fees.

Storage 545$
Professional services 745$
Funeral home, manager and councillor 795$
Truck Transport 795$
Carboard container 215$
Cremation 540$
Ash manutention 95$
Legal documents 150$

The gofundme idea was because people said why don't you try but im not that kind of person and to be honest im not in dire straits, it was more to alleviate the funeral expense and concentrate on the medicals expense who are left to pay since not everything was covered by the insurance.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:21:14 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : Ontario vaccination data as of 8:00 PM Mar 23, 2022 derived from »data.ontario.ca/dataset/ ··· oses.csv

• Doses administered in last 24 hours 10,190 versus previous day's 10,824
• Grand total of doses administered 32,004,466
• Number of individuals with 3 shots 7,150,004
• Number of individuals with 2 shots 4,951,346
• Number of individuals with 1 shot 497,881

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• Portion of individuals with 3 shots 50.7%
• Portion of individuals with 2 shots 35.1%
• Portion of individuals with 1 shot 3.5%
• Portion of unvaccinated individuals 10.7%

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:47:43 EDT

GreenEnvy22 posted : Crossed back into Ontario from Buffalo last night after several days in Tampa, got to the border around 12:30am.
Pulled up to the border, 5 cars in front of me. The first 3 were there almost 10 minutes each, the guard was being very thorough checking all their paperwork, gave at least one of them the diy test kit.
Then at 1am, new guard came and replaced her. The car in front of me was there for less than a minute, then same for me. He didn't ask for my covid test, or canarrive. Happily he also didn't care that I had 3 bottles of whisky.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:43:53 EDT

taraf posted :

said by Mont:

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:15:58 EDT

Mont posted :

said by PX Eliezer:

said by Mont:

I know you don't know all the context and perhaps i should explain but it's too long for now.

Probably best to save that for another time and/or put that particular aspect behind you.

Regarding what your uncle said, as I see it his words could be interpreted multiple ways.

I would suggest viewing it in the best light, that he is doing it for his brother (whom he is mourning as well).

Put this aside, be appreciative of your uncle's help, and get some rest tonight if you can.

Ya well im afraid my half sister got to him again and it will stir ****, she already got 2 of my cousin on her side, good thing though their sister and brother of those 2 cousins are more neutral and told me they support me on whatever decision i take.

I appreciate it a lot for sure, i just hope this won't mean that now that my dad passed away il be again the bad one between my father kids.

Il see next week and tell him thanks again and see what he say.

Il go rest but il keep you updated.

Thanks again.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:29:05 EDT

PX Eliezer posted :

said by Mont:

I know you don't know all the context and perhaps i should explain but it's too long for now.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:17:15 EDT

Mont posted : Thanks guys i appreciate it. I will try to enquire on why the hospital did that even though i know this hospital is in bad shape and was hit hard by Covid. It's the second time they do this as this past summer they did the same thing.

Il now concentrate myself on paying the funeral and doing all the process at the government level since even with the 2500$ it's not enough to cover the funeral. I was told to do a gofundme and perhaps this could help but i don't know.

My dad brother who is now the only one left told me last night, il cover the funeral cost but when i said thank you he told me do not thank me and to be honest im doing this for my brother. I don't understand since we had some family issues 5 years ago and in the last years he told me, let's forget all this but now he tells me that. Let say it hurt quite a lot since this is not something dad would have like to hear.

I know you don't know all the context and perhaps i should explain but it's too long for now.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:08:22 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : THIS POST IS BASED ON UNADJUSTED PHU DAILY DATA. Adjustments in the next 3 days will change the numbers somewhat, especially in lower-population PHUs where a change of a few cases can significantly affect the per-100K result.

Preliminary Ontario new cases by PHU per 100,000 for the 7-day period Mar 16, 2022 to Mar 22, 2022. This calculation uses the most recent 7 days' daily-cases-per-PHU numbers from the Ontario daily epidemiological summary. A graph from August 1st onwards is attached, including the 5 PHUs with highest numbers. It'll differ from the provincial-data 7-day graph, due to ongoing adjustments. The data for this graph leads the provincial data by 3 days, so the end of the graph is the most interesting part.

• Northwestern Health Unit 691.2
• Algoma Public Health 303.2
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 222.8
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 152.7
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 147.8
• Timiskaming Health Unit 146.8
• Porcupine Health Unit 142.6
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 142.2
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 114.7
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 113.2
• Huron Perth Public Health 103.8
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 102.2
• York Region Public Health 98.7
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 97.1
• Niagara Region Public Health 94.6
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 93.3
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 90.8
• Brant County Health Unit 90.8
• Peterborough Public Health 86.5
• Toronto Public Health 83.2
• Lambton Public Health 83.2
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 82.4
• Southwestern Public Health 80.4
• Durham Region Health Department 79.0
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 75.1
• Halton Region Public Health 73.8
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 69.0
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 68.7
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 67.2
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 65.7
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 63.5
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 59.4
• Ottawa Public Health 58.6
• Peel Public Health 48.4

• TOTAL ONTARIO 90.6

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:55:38 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The latest Ontario numbers for Mar 23, 2022 are out. Number of...
• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 2149 from previous day's 1447.
• tests in last 24 hours rose to 18267 from previous day's 10433.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours rose to 13 from previous day's 7.
• active cases fell to 16270 from previous day's 16283.
• tests in processing backlog fell to 5724 from previous day's 6386.

• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 fell to 611 from previous day's 639.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 174 from previous day's 179.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 fell to 90 from previous day's 93.

• Toronto Public Health rose from 322 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 467 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Peel Public Health rose from 101 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 166 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Durham Region Health Department rose from 49 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 129 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit rose from 54 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 110 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Halton Region Public Health rose from 29 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 110 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Ottawa Public Health rose from 38 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 97 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Middlesex-London Health Unit rose from 43 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 89 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Northwestern Health Unit rose from 8 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 85 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).
• Niagara Region Public Health fell from 95 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing) to 14 new cases on the Mar 23 report (Mar 22 testing).

Here is a listing of PHU positive counts on Mar 21 (2nd last number) and Mar 22 (last number) in descending order.

2022-03-23,TOTAL ONTARIO,1447,2149
2022-03-23,Toronto Public Health,322,467
2022-03-23,Peel Public Health,101,166
2022-03-23,Durham Region Health Department,49,129
2022-03-23,City of Hamilton Public Health Services,100,111
2022-03-23,Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit,54,110
2022-03-23,Halton Region Public Health,29,110
2022-03-23,York Region Public Health,95,101
2022-03-23,Ottawa Public Health,38,97
2022-03-23,Middlesex-London Health Unit,43,89
2022-03-23,Northwestern Health Unit,8,85
2022-03-23,Algoma Public Health,54,75
2022-03-23,Windsor-Essex County Health Unit,58,57
2022-03-23,Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services,27,57
2022-03-23,Public Health Sudbury & Districts,32,55
2022-03-23,Hastings Prince Edward Public Health,18,48
2022-03-23,Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health,16,43
2022-03-23,Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health,77,42
2022-03-23,Thunder Bay District Health Unit,31,33
2022-03-23,Huron Perth Public Health,7,29
2022-03-23,Peterborough Public Health,17,28
2022-03-23,Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit,10,25
2022-03-23,Brant County Health Unit,16,24
2022-03-23,Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit,15,24
2022-03-23,Grey Bruce Health Unit,19,21
2022-03-23,Southwestern Public Health,20,17
2022-03-23,Chatham-Kent Public Health,2,17
2022-03-23,Eastern Ontario Health Unit,10,16
2022-03-23,Niagara Region Public Health,95,14
2022-03-23,North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit,18,14
2022-03-23,Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit,7,14
2022-03-23,Porcupine Health Unit,31,12
2022-03-23,Timiskaming Health Unit,9,8
2022-03-23,Renfrew County and District Health Unit,8,6
2022-03-23,Lambton Public Health,11,5

Here are the latest graphs and numbers. Click on graphs to get a full size image.

       Date Tests Positive PcntPos Cases CasePctRise  2022/03/05 12119     1787   14.75 1113210       0.161 2022/03/06  9447     1074   11.37 1114284       0.096 2022/03/07 11128     1208   10.86 1115492       0.108 2022/03/08 17571     1947   11.08 1117439       0.175 2022/03/09 14695     2125   14.46 1119564        0.19 2022/03/10 14571     2130   14.62 1121694        0.19 2022/03/11 13005     2015   15.49 1123709        0.18 2022/03/12 11874     1631   13.74 1125340       0.145 2022/03/13  7565     1116   14.75 1126456       0.099 2022/03/14  9698     1076    11.1 1127532       0.096 2022/03/15 15702     2011   12.81 1129543       0.178 2022/03/16 14648     2398   16.37 1131941       0.212 2022/03/17 14198     2502   17.62 1134443       0.221 2022/03/18 12180     2078   17.06 1136521       0.183 2022/03/19 10967     1680   15.32 1138201       0.148 2022/03/20  8644     1217   14.08 1139418       0.107 2022/03/21 10433     1447   13.87 1140865       0.127 2022/03/22 18267     2149   11.76 1143014       0.188





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Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:28:38 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The Ontario CSV file was late updating today.

Preliminary Ontario numbers for Mar 23, 2022. Number of...

• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 2149 from previous day's 1447.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours rose to 13 from previous day's 7.
• tests in last 24 hours rose to 18267 from previous day's 10433.
• tests in processing backlog fell to 5724 from previous day's 6386.
• active cases fell to 16270 from previous day's 16283.
• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 fell to 611 from previous day's 639.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 174 from previous day's 179.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 fell to 90 from previous day's 93.

More details to follow.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:13:44 EDT

Mark posted : My condolences Mont, hopefully you will follow up with the lack of testing, that sounds negligent. An old friend up here just lost his wife of 60+ years to what the coroner labeled as starvation, she was LTC and needless to say he is devastated and asking tough questions and I know Quebec experienced similar outcomes so I hope you find it within yourself to inquire.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 11:07:44 EDT

Mark posted :

said by g121:

So sorry Mont .. loved ones may no longer be physically present but they are always still with you.

These covid domino side effects makes it all that much harder to not to be angry with the selfish "but my freedoms" lot ..

God. You've lowered your bar below grade with this post, I'd ask why but that would be like asking the scorpion why it stung the frog. Shame about the company you keep here, otherwise you'd be called out in the harshest terms for using his father's death to take yet another swipe at those who don't even have peripheral involvement in Quebecs substantial health care failures.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:53:35 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : 7-day rolling average rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population Mar 12, 2022 to Mar 19, 2022 in descending order. I've done 2 graphs including total Ontario (average) and the top 5 PHUs. Click on the graphs to get full size images.

• Northwestern Health Unit 561.7
• Algoma Public Health 286.0
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 250.9
• Porcupine Health Unit 165.9
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 151.6
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 145.2
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 135.4
• Timiskaming Health Unit 118.0
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 108.6
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 101.2
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 92.0
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 92.0
• Huron Perth Public Health 90.3
• Lambton Public Health 90.2
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 86.0
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 85.8
• Niagara Region Public Health 81.0
• Peterborough Public Health 79.7
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 77.4
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 76.6
• Southwestern Public Health 73.1
• Brant County Health Unit 71.6
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 71.3
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 66.7
• Durham Region Health Department 65.4
• Toronto Public Health 63.5
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 63.4
• Halton Region Public Health 61.4
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 60.3
• Ottawa Public Health 58.5
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 57.1
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 53.7
• York Region Public Health 52.1
• Peel Public Health 31.7

Total Ontario (average) was 76.3.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:31:03 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The main CSV Ontario file has not updated yet. The PDF file shows 2149 new cases and 14 deaths.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:46:24 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : Ontario vaccination data as of 8:00 PM Mar 22, 2022 derived from »data.ontario.ca/dataset/ ··· oses.csv

• Doses administered in last 24 hours 10,824 versus previous day's 8,377
• Grand total of doses administered 31,994,276
• Number of individuals with 3 shots 7,145,303
• Number of individuals with 2 shots 4,953,265
• Number of individuals with 1 shot 499,614

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• Portion of individuals with 3 shots 50.7%
• Portion of individuals with 2 shots 35.1%
• Portion of individuals with 1 shot 3.5%
• Portion of unvaccinated individuals 10.7%

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:41:29 EDT

PX Eliezer posted : Very sorry for your loss, Mont.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:21:54 EDT

g121 posted : So sorry Mont .. loved ones may no longer be physically present but they are always still with you.

These covid domino side effects makes it all that much harder to not to be angry with the selfish "but my freedoms" lot ..

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 01:12:57 EDT

LastDon posted : There isn't much to say Mont, but sorry for your loss :(

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:42:56 EDT

Mont posted :

said by Mont:

said by Hydraglass:

said by Mark:

Still waiting for the surge, either A) Vaccines work, B) Omicron isn't ICU material, or C) It is coming.

Wait 2 weeks? Is that what the usual suspects here are saying, once again?

The problem is no longer ICU - it's regular admissions and er capacity. Most omicron stays are 2-3 days and do not make it to ICU. Some hospitals are seeing a 3x to 4x influx of people at the ER doors compared to a month ago - most with non-ICU level illness - they just need O2, iv anti inflammatory drugs, and for the worse a few doses of antivirals, and they go home. ICU and ventilator are pretty stable and generally only reflecting remaining Delta cases still existing moving through primarily the unvaxxed... ER and regular beds however are running out in a lot of areas, people are being transferred and turned away. That's bad for people with regular non COVID problems like appendicitis, kidney problems, gall bladder, heart problems, bleeding ulcers, car accidents, and other typical users of ERs that can't get in the door.

Like me who can't send my dad to the hospital with a Bronchitis.

In the end all this ended costing the life of my dad, he passed away on the 11th of March, nobody came for a while doing blood test or urine test and as for the other tests everything was on a backlog.

The story, is that on Sunday March 5th i tried to tell my dad to come to the table but he decided to come by himself without waiting for me, he then lost his balance and fell on the bedside and hit his clavicle.

The next day we called the ambulance and they brought him to the hospital but not the one we wanted. We got a call from the doctor in the afternoon asking me what i should she do with my dad, i told her to look and his shoulder since he fell and also to do blood test and urine test, i also mentioned he was swollen on his left side.

We got a call at night saying everything is ok beside is clavicle being fractured and he will be released soon, we refused since it was past 10pm and that time it would be impossible to have help to bring him up the stairs.

They released at 9am the next morning and came home via transport, he was talking and was fine. He fell asleep we then woke him up and he seem lost but still conscious we fed him at night. Then on the Wednesday we still fed him but he was barely conscious but we were told it's the effect of the pills.

We see nothing changed on the Thursday and he is breathing heavily so we call the ambulance at night and they transport him to a different hospital which is the one who treated him the last time a few month ago. They tried everything but it was too late the fungus infection from his bladder got to the other organs and he had two heart attack in the night so the next morning at 6am when we got the call to inform us that we needed to go the hospital since not much time was left we just decided there was no point and we decided to pull the plug.

Il continue this in my own topic since im still in tears writing this and to be honest i feel like i got my dad stolen from me and at the same time i have other things to mention.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:58:49 EDT

Artwebb1986 posted :

said by GreenEnvy22:

Got another free NAAT covid test today in Florida, head back home tomorrow.
I'm hoping this is the last time I need to get one.

I had my free pcr tests booked for my Di's ey trip in May, but cancelled them now that it won't be needed.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:24:15 EDT

GreenEnvy22 posted : Got another free NAAT covid test today in Florida, head back home tomorrow.
I'm hoping this is the last time I need to get one.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:50:31 EDT

koira posted :

said by PX Eliezer:

said by AppleGuy:

Some 35 year-old cougar yelled at me calling me a 'f***ing sheep' -- I told her that "I'm not interested in her personal hobbies". That got a chuckle from the other people in the self-serve check-out line...

Great response but is age 35 now considered cougar territory??

Good response, would have been epic if you had done it with the Austin Powers international man of mystery accent

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:33:41 EDT

Mark posted :

said by NCRGuy:

said by Mark:

Yep. Some are already pining for exactly that, so they can spew their vitriol as disguised virtue, but it will only fool the usual suspects and today was a good start on the path to normalcy. Metro scoured their floors, no more arrows, no more signs, no real trace of the last 2 years.

So only your vitriol is virtuous….

From yesterday to today, even more masks coming off...local kids at the high school down the street have doffed them en mass, and my lunchtime foray into the mall was heartening as more employees were maskless than yesterday...the timmies still passive aggressively has one sign from the PHU about wearing a mask hanging prominently at the front counter, and I've heard that their corporate is still forcing their employees to mask irrespective of mandates ending.

Meanwhile, some here are already talking about the next round! Ha. Whatever it takes, just get over it and move along.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 14:21:11 EDT

g121 posted :

said by AppleGuy:

nd, maybe TMI, but I started having dreams again where I am running around without pants in public

said by HiVolt:

OMG, is that bizarre or what. I've had so many dreams over the years where i'm doing exactly that, walking without pants. WTF is with the brain. And no I'm not a flasher or exhibitionist lol...

*chuckles* i was unaware that "donoreo envy" was a thing : )) ..

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:39:23 EDT

AppleGuy posted :

said by PX Eliezer:

said by AppleGuy:

Great response but is age 35 now considered cougar territory??

Had a 15-year old in tow, so, yeah, cougar.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:28:15 EDT

Styvas posted : That was my first thought too. lol

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:25:50 EDT

PX Eliezer posted :

said by AppleGuy:

Great response but is age 35 now considered cougar territory??

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:15:10 EDT

HiVolt posted :

said by AppleGuy:

And, maybe TMI, but I started having dreams again where I am running around without pants in public, and totally embarrassed about it. I am sure it's related to the prospect of me being maskless.

OMG, is that bizarre or what. I've had so many dreams over the years where i'm doing exactly that, walking without pants. WTF is with the brain. And no I'm not a flasher or exhibitionist lol....

And yes, I've actually had a few dreams of being in places crowded with people and thinking hmmm nobody is wearing masks anymore...

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:12:58 EDT

AppleGuy posted :

said by Hydraglass:

The store staff were all still wearing theirs except the woman working behind the deli counter in the back.

The deli person is one person I want to be wearing a mask, regardless if we have covid or not.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:11:44 EDT

AppleGuy posted : The demographic of this Zehrs (where most of the females were not wearing masks) is middle to middle upper income. Close by is a FreshCo and No Frills where lower income folks shops. As I noticed a FreshCo, only a couple females not wearing. But at Zehrs, only a couple older females had masks on. Even the employees were only chinning it.

I'll have to check out Farm Boy, but my guess is that over the next few days more and more people will stop wearing masks. I don't like wearing masks, to be honest, but I now feel naked if I don't wear one. And, maybe TMI, but I started having dreams again where I am running around without pants in public, and totally embarrassed about it. I am sure it's related to the prospect of me being maskless.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:55:37 EDT

taraf posted :

said by AppleGuy:

For sure I would have thought I'd see more male then female not wearing a mask. But in total, I saw 5 guys without masks, and maybe 50 females without masks. Some 35 year-old cougar yelled at me calling me a 'f***ing sheep' -- I told her that "I'm not interested in her personal hobbies". That got a chuckle from the other people in the self-serve check-out line...

Was she wearing an inverted bob with a fading bleach job? ;)

I can't speak to which demographics I've seen throwing tantrums about masks, but our experiences at the grocery stores yesterday were very similar. Most people are still masking. Coincidentally, we noticed a big difference in economic status vs. masking: that is that at the Farm Boy in a wealthy neighbourhood that's part of our usual rotation, it was about 50/50 for masking. At Metro in a poor neighbourhood, it was 95% wearing a mask. Almost as if a degree of privilege impacts how much you've personally been affected by the pandemic, and that this informs your attitude towards preventive health measures....

As a female between the ages of 28-45 however, I can say that both me and the wife are still wearing masks, and greatly appreciate it when businesses we frequent still have mandates in place.

Re: Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:47:35 EDT

Hydraglass posted :

said by AppleGuy:

I went out yesterday and did some shopping, taking my mother with me. Here is what I noticed:

I treated her to Sunset Grill: it appeared that everyone had worn a mask until a father/son came in.
I took my mom to Giant Tiger: everyone but one man (he looked like a grifter) was wearing a mask.
I then did some shopping a FreshCo for my daughter: it appeared that everyone was wearing masks except for a couple white females in their 30's.
I then did a quick stop at Zehrs: everyone was wearing a masking, except for the male troll salesperson for PC Financial, and every female between 20 and 50 was maskless. Every female.

For sure I would have thought I'd see more male then female not wearing a mask. But in total, I saw 5 guys without masks, and maybe 50 females without masks. Some 35 year-old cougar yelled at me calling me a 'f***ing sheep' -- I told her that "I'm not interested in her personal hobbies". That got a chuckle from the other people in the self-serve check-out line...

So far that's the exact same demographic I've seen over 2 days. Female 28-45... And I don't want to sound rude but I'm going to - from a rough glance they appeared to be the ones of lower income from their dress/appearance/etc.. Back in the grocery store again for lunch and again the only maskless person I saw was a late 20s female wearing sweat pants and a baggy t-shirt with her hair up in a pony tail. The older gentlemen, ladies, and all the high school age type kids in getting lunch snacks were all still wearing theirs. I have mine on for work anyway - so I don't see any reason to bother taking it off to walk over and go in to get lunch at the store. The store staff were all still wearing theirs except the woman working behind the deli counter in the back.

Regarding dropping of mask mandate

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:40:36 EDT

AppleGuy posted : I went out yesterday and did some shopping, taking my mother with me. Here is what I noticed:

I treated her to Sunset Grill: it appeared that everyone had worn a mask until a father/son came in.
I took my mom to Giant Tiger: everyone but one man (he looked like a grifter) was wearing a mask.
I then did some shopping a FreshCo for my daughter: it appeared that everyone was wearing masks except for a couple white females in their 30's.
I then did a quick stop at Zehrs: everyone was wearing a masking, except for the male troll salesperson for PC Financial, and every female between 20 and 50 was maskless. Every female.

For sure I would have thought I'd see more male then female not wearing a mask. But in total, I saw 5 guys without masks, and maybe 50 females without masks. Some 35 year-old cougar yelled at me calling me a 'f***ing sheep' -- I told her that "I'm not interested in her personal hobbies". That got a chuckle from the other people in the self-serve check-out line...

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:09:13 EDT

genetakovic posted :

said by HiVolt:

At my work we never wore them, not many people and we sit and work far enough apart. All vaccinated (by choice) and only put on the mask when we had customers inside, which is not often at all nowadays as everything is sent via email or dropbox/gdrive, and finished products are either picked up at the door or shipped.

I'm not in Ontario and the situation here is quite similar to HiVolt's. Everyone has been back in the office and we sit more than 2 metres apart so we didn't have to wear masks at our desks. We used to have to wear a mask when we left our desk but that has been dropped now. Yesterday there were only a couple of people with N95 masks in the office out of over a 100. We even had a staff chilli cook-off at lunch and almost everyone attended without a mask. Time to move on...

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:07:25 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : 7-day rolling average rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population Mar 11, 2022 to Mar 18, 2022 in descending order. I've done 2 graphs including total Ontario (average) and the top 5 PHUs. Click on the graphs to get full size images.

• Northwestern Health Unit 544.4
• Algoma Public Health 285.1
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health 253.3
• Porcupine Health Unit 195.3
• Thunder Bay District Health Unit 156.0
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts 141.3
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health 141.2
• Timiskaming Health Unit 121.0
• Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 103.3
• North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit 102.1
• Huron Perth Public Health 98.5
• Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit 96.9
• Grey Bruce Health Unit 95.4
• Lambton Public Health 92.5
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 90.5
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services 87.2
• Niagara Region Public Health 84.7
• Chatham-Kent Public Health 77.8
• Renfrew County and District Health Unit 77.4
• Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health 76.3
• Peterborough Public Health 74.9
• Southwestern Public Health 72.2
• Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit 70.8
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit 67.2
• Brant County Health Unit 66.4
• Durham Region Health Department 66.1
• Toronto Public Health 64.0
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services 63.0
• Halton Region Public Health 60.9
• Ottawa Public Health 59.0
• Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 54.5
• York Region Public Health 51.1
• Eastern Ontario Health Unit 51.0
• Peel Public Health 30.6

Total Ontario (average) was 76.7.

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:00:47 EDT

El Quintron posted :

said by HiVolt:

At my work we never wore them, not many people and we sit and work far enough apart.

We're (eventually) restarting in a completely new office. So I have no idea what it's going to look like. Arguably the quads in the old office weren't distant enough, but I'm hoping our new digs, along with reduced daily attendance are going to be distant enough.

Who knows? We were supposed to go back for one day a week in March and it was pushed back to June.

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:50:14 EDT

HiVolt posted : At my work we never wore them, not many people and we sit and work far enough apart. All vaccinated (by choice) and only put on the mask when we had customers inside, which is not often at all nowadays as everything is sent via email or dropbox/gdrive, and finished products are either picked up at the door or shipped.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:47:02 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : The latest Ontario numbers for Mar 22, 2022 are out. Number of...
• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 1447 from previous day's 1217.
• tests in last 24 hours rose to 10433 from previous day's 8644.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours rose to 7 from previous day's 4.
• active cases fell to 16283 from previous day's 16405.
• tests in processing backlog rose to 6386 from previous day's 3430.

• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are 639.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 179 from previous day's 181.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 fell to 93 from previous day's 94.

• Toronto Public Health rose from 264 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 322 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Peel Public Health rose from 60 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 101 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• City of Hamilton Public Health Services rose from 44 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 100 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Niagara Region Public Health rose from 51 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 95 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health rose from 48 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 77 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Algoma Public Health rose from 28 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 54 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Porcupine Health Unit rose from 2 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 31 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).
• Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services fell from 58 new cases on the Mar 21 report (Mar 20 testing) to 27 new cases on the Mar 22 report (Mar 21 testing).

Here is a listing of PHU positive counts on Mar 20 (2nd last number) and Mar 21 (last number) in descending order.

2022-03-22,TOTAL ONTARIO,1217,1447
2022-03-22,Toronto Public Health,264,322
2022-03-22,Peel Public Health,60,101
2022-03-22,City of Hamilton Public Health Services,44,100
2022-03-22,York Region Public Health,95,95
2022-03-22,Niagara Region Public Health,51,95
2022-03-22,Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health,48,77
2022-03-22,Windsor-Essex County Health Unit,55,58
2022-03-22,Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit,63,54
2022-03-22,Algoma Public Health,28,54
2022-03-22,Durham Region Health Department,46,49
2022-03-22,Middlesex-London Health Unit,54,43
2022-03-22,Ottawa Public Health,48,38
2022-03-22,Public Health Sudbury & Districts,23,32
2022-03-22,Thunder Bay District Health Unit,21,31
2022-03-22,Porcupine Health Unit,2,31
2022-03-22,Halton Region Public Health,38,29
2022-03-22,Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services,58,27
2022-03-22,Southwestern Public Health,21,20
2022-03-22,Grey Bruce Health Unit,10,19
2022-03-22,Hastings Prince Edward Public Health,29,18
2022-03-22,North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit,9,18
2022-03-22,Peterborough Public Health,15,17
2022-03-22,Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health,34,16
2022-03-22,Brant County Health Unit,19,16
2022-03-22,Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit,15,15
2022-03-22,Lambton Public Health,7,11
2022-03-22,Eastern Ontario Health Unit,21,10
2022-03-22,Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit,13,10
2022-03-22,Timiskaming Health Unit,1,9
2022-03-22,Renfrew County and District Health Unit,5,8
2022-03-22,Northwestern Health Unit,3,8
2022-03-22,Huron Perth Public Health,9,7
2022-03-22,Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit,6,7
2022-03-22,Chatham-Kent Public Health,2,2

Here are the latest graphs and numbers. Click on graphs to get a full size image.

       Date Tests Positive PcntPos Cases CasePctRise  2022/03/04 14264     1930   13.53 1111423       0.174 2022/03/05 12119     1787   14.75 1113210       0.161 2022/03/06  9447     1074   11.37 1114284       0.096 2022/03/07 11128     1208   10.86 1115492       0.108 2022/03/08 17571     1947   11.08 1117439       0.175 2022/03/09 14695     2125   14.46 1119564        0.19 2022/03/10 14571     2130   14.62 1121694        0.19 2022/03/11 13005     2015   15.49 1123709        0.18 2022/03/12 11874     1631   13.74 1125340       0.145 2022/03/13  7565     1116   14.75 1126456       0.099 2022/03/14  9698     1076    11.1 1127532       0.096 2022/03/15 15702     2011   12.81 1129543       0.178 2022/03/16 14648     2398   16.37 1131941       0.212 2022/03/17 14198     2502   17.62 1134443       0.221 2022/03/18 12180     2078   17.06 1136521       0.183 2022/03/19 10967     1680   15.32 1138201       0.148 2022/03/20  8644     1217   14.08 1139418       0.107 2022/03/21 10433     1447   13.87 1140865       0.127





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Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:40:53 EDT

El Quintron posted :

said by Hydraglass:

I think it's going to be a long slow burn to see significantly reduced usage - my workplace still requires them through "July 1st at minimum".

Indoor spaces, combined with the possibility of decimating your workforce right after bringing them back in the office are considerations being thrown around with regards to masks in the workplace.

I'd have to check my own rules, but on top of the vaccine mandate, we're going to have a "wear it when you leave your desk" system in place.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 10:13:24 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : Preliminary Ontario numbers for Mar 22, 2022. Number of...

• new cases in last 24 hours rose to 1447 from previous day's 1217.
• deaths reported in last 24 hours rose to 7 from previous day's 4.
• tests in last 24 hours rose to 10433 from previous day's 8644.
• tests in processing backlog rose to 6386 from previous day's 3430.
• active cases fell to 16283 from previous day's 16405.
• *************************************************************************
• patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are 639.
• patients hospitalized in ICU with COVID-19 fell to 179 from previous day's 181.
• patients hospitalized in ICU and on ventilators with COVID-19 fell to 93 from previous day's 94.

More details to follow.

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:59:09 EDT

hlo207 posted :

said by digitalfutur:

Covid public policy has to reflect conditions in the wild. Right now, mask optional for most public settings is the correct policy, just as mask mandatory was until today.

Stopped by Walmart today to pick up a few things...without a mask, as I've decided to stop wearing one where it is not required. All the employees were wearing them and 95% of customers were as well.

If conditions change in the fall and winter and mask wearing again becomes mandatory, I'll support that. But that's then, not now.

Not sure about the other provinces but we all know Ontario election is approaching fast, unless any of the indexes of hospitalization, ICU, deaths, new cases are still "off the roof"; DF and gang will lift as much of the mandates as possible before the election.

I won't be surprised some of the pandemic mandates will come back if there is a sizeable wave again. Enjoy it while you can.

Re: Prep for Coronavirus

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:44:22 EDT

Walter Dnes posted : Ontario vaccination data as of 8:00 PM Mar 21, 2022 derived from »data.ontario.ca/dataset/ ··· oses.csv

• Doses administered in last 24 hours 8,377 versus previous day's 5,281
• Grand total of doses administered 31,983,452
• Number of individuals with 3 shots 7,139,930
• Number of individuals with 2 shots 4,955,956
• Number of individuals with 1 shot 501,171

===========================================

• Portion of individuals with 3 shots 50.7%
• Portion of individuals with 2 shots 35.2%
• Portion of individuals with 1 shot 3.6%
• Portion of unvaccinated individuals 10.5%

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:21:29 EDT

Hydraglass posted :

said by LastDon:

I support whatever anyone is comfortable with.

I heard the odd few voices " you can take it off " at a grocery store today.
but
most had them on.

Went to the grocery store to pick up lunch yesterday around 12:15p - there were about 25 people in the store that I saw, one woman in her early 30s with a young child (under 2) was the only one I saw without a mask. Wife went to pick up some books at the library after supper - she said they still have their mask mandate in place and big signs out front that said "we still require masks here!" - so obviously everyone there was. I think it's going to be a long slow burn to see significantly reduced usage - my workplace still requires them through "July 1st at minimum".

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:12:46 EDT

LastDon posted : I support whatever anyone is comfortable with.

I heard the odd few voices " you can take it off " at a grocery store today.
but
most had them on.

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:57:58 EDT

digitalfutur posted : Covid public policy has to reflect conditions in the wild. Right now, mask optional for most public settings is the correct policy, just as mask mandatory was until today.

Stopped by Walmart today to pick up a few things...without a mask, as I've decided to stop wearing one where it is not required. All the employees were wearing them and 95% of customers were as well.

If conditions change in the fall and winter and mask wearing again becomes mandatory, I'll support that. But that's then, not now.

Re: Ontario mask mandates: You do you

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:06:20 EDT

g121 posted :

said by NCRGuy:

said by Mark:

So only your vitriol is virtuous….

Well he has had 2 years of practice spewing his "virtuous" vitriol ..