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Most New Coronavirus Patients are Republicans!

 Last weekend we had the Perspective Research Department do a quick survey of a bunch of Americans... and we were amazed to find out that 2/3 of all the coronavirus sufferers were Republicans!

What's more, if you only count the adults between the age of 20 and 60 this jumps up to 3/4 of all patients surveyed. 

SO! The Corollary of these statistics means the while the Republicans have to resort to gerrymandering, voter suppression and all sorts of lying, cheating and stealing to get votes...... all the Democrats have to do is keep telling the republicans not to wear a mask!

The way I see it anyway!

Dr. Fauci Shares "Telltale" Signs Someone Has COVID

Now that everybody and his brother has gone to visit that other brother for the U.S. Thanksgiving the good doctor (Fauci) has come out with some sure-fire signs that you might have COVID-19 in the next week or two... and he is going to share some of the symptoms with you!

fever

dry cough

tiredness

aches and pains

sore throat

diarrhea

conjunctivitis

headache

loss of taste or smell

a rash on the skin, or discolouration of fingers or toes

difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

chest pain or pressure

loss of speech or movement

If you only have one or two then there MAY be something wrong with you... but if you have them ALL... you won't make it to the end of the week!

Just so you know!

The way I see it anyway!

Saturday Morning Confusion About Trump!

 A BIT OF SATIRE FOR A SATURDAY MORNING:

Should Joe Biden suspend his campaign since the president has coronavirus?

Yes, he should!

It’s only fair that there be a level playing field in the election. 

Trump and his fellow Republicans have only shown good sportsmanship so far, and Biden should do the same.

Remember how Republicans honoured Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish to only appoint her successor after the winner of the election is inaugurated? 

Or their efforts to ensure all citizens can safely and easily vote, no matter what skin colour or political alignment? 

Who can forget how through bi-partisan work with congressional Democrats, they ensured all congressional districts were apportioned fairly and equally. 

And how they campaigned to admit Puerto Rico and the Mariana Islands as States, so that all Americans could be represented in the Senate and the House.

They might not always see eye-to-eye with their Democrat colleagues when it comes to policy, but the Republicans’ highest commitment has always been to the American Constitution and the ideals of a fair and equitable government by and for the people. 

Given Trump’s selfless and tireless service to his country, and his quick-thinking interventions that prevented the Covid-19 crisis from being worse than it needed to be, I believe Biden should at least do him the honour of not campaigning against him while he recovers. 

I have no doubt in my mind that Trump would do the same for him.

By Daniel Hungerford:

Confusion About Ttrump!

 We have proof that Drumpf is the leader of the free world.

Starting today he is the leader of the second wave of the pandemic!

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Karma's a bitch!

 There is a word in German called "schadenfreude" which literally means "damage joy" and figuratively translated as finding joy in someone else's misfortune!

So... news of Donald Drumpf's infection with the coronavirus was met with expressions of shock and dismay from most foreign governments and otherwise shouts of undisguised glee from the general population.

Look folks, by not wearing masks and promoting large rallys I estimate that  Donald Drumpf is personally responsible for at least 100 of the 200,000 deaths from the Coronavirus in the United States!

He has killed thousand of people for political reasons and that makes him no better than any tin-pot dictator you care to mention!

Whatever happens to Trump now is in higher hands but it's nice to know his Karma has finally caught up with him!

The way I see it anyway!

Stay away from these places!

 When it comes to spreading COVID-19, not all activities are created equal. That’s according to a fascinating infographic that’s been shared on social media, charting the riskiest activities that encourage the virus to spread.

Club-goers will be sad to see the heat map suggests nightclubs are the ultimate high-risk activity, followed by seeing a concert or play, attending an indoor party, visiting an indoor bar, attending a sporting event and going to church.

Also considered high risk ― but less so than the above activities ― is attending a wedding or funeral, hugging or shaking hands, stopping wearing a face mask, going out with someone you don’t know well, visiting an amusement park and eating at a buffet.

The graphic, produced by Information Is Beautiful, the brainchild of London-based designer and writer David McCandless, sourced the information from 500 epidemiologists and experts quoted in the media.

Medium-risk activities, as suggested by the graph, include: staying at a hotel, hosting a small indoor dinner party, using a public pool, visiting a shopping center, getting a haircut, going on a plane, and sending kids to school or nursery.

Low-risk activities, however, include eating a takeout, exercising outdoors, playing tennis, playing golf, having a friend use your bathroom, going to a petrol station, older kid playdates and camping.

Other relatively low-risk activities, according to the heat map, include: going to the beach, food shopping, outdoor dining, visiting a library or museum, going away for one night (if driving), visiting your doctor, going on vacation with another family and walking in a busy town (outdoors).

The chart caveats there are factors to consider in addition to the activities. These include: how many people there are, how close the contact is between these people, how long they are exposed to each other, whether they’re indoors or outside, the surfaces (is there lots to touch?), how many cases there are in the local area and how likely they are to comply to COVID-19 rules in that area.

While the heat map is certainly intriguing to look at, Simon Clarke, an associate professor of cellular microbiology at the University of Reading in the UK, reiterates there are many factors that may determine where activities lie on the risk spectrum. “The positioning of different activities [on this map] is quite absolute,” he says.

So, it’s important to remember the factors that might make an activity more, or less, risky. An empty flight is lower risk than a full one, for example, so this could change where it sits on the chart.

Quentin Leclerc, a PhD researcher in mathematical modeling of infectious disease, previously told HuffPost UK being indoors, having people in close proximity, poor ventilation and environments that are relatively cold, seem to facilitate greater transmission of the virus. This can help explain why visiting a nightclub, for example, could be more problematic than camping ― you have lots of people crowded into a poorly ventilated space, as opposed to fewer people spread out in their own tents in an outdoor (and well-ventilated) space.

It might also be helpful to remember the three Cs, which are popular in Japan: avoiding closed spaces with poor ventilation, crowded places with lots of people nearby, and close contact settings such as close-range conversations.

In July, doctors from the Texas Medical Association (TMA) shared a similar graphic charting high and low-risk activities. Low-risk activities included opening the mail, getting a takeout, getting gas, playing tennis and camping. High-risk activities included going to the gym, eating at a buffet, going to an amusement park, going to the movies, attending a concert, visiting a sports stadium, attending a religious service with 500+ people and going to a bar.

An analysis by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) found care homes, bars, religious settings and workplaces were associated with more clusters of cases. There have also been some incidences at weddings, sporting events and conferences where large numbers of people became ill.

This post originally appeared in HuffPost UK. By Natasha Hinde.

Second Wave of COVID-19?

 Here we are smack dab in the middle of September and our local health unit is reporting a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases that resulted from university homecoming festivities and increased traffic at the local bars catering to university students.

Gone are those hopeful days of a few weeks ago when Ontario had fewer than 100 cases a day. The statistic that should rattle everyone is that 67 per cent of Friday’s provincial caseload were people younger than 40.

That’s sobering, given that so many students who arrive here for a top-notch post-secondary education are from Toronto, the GTA and Ottawa. We’ve watched COVID-19 disasters unfold at schools in the U.S.

“The key thing in all of this is that as we look across the province at where outbreaks are happening and we see people moving across the province and as we see people returning to campus or preparing for those fall parties with friends, we have to be vigilant,” associate medical officer of health Alex Summers said.

I’ve tried to be optimistic as we head into the fall and back indoors. I’ve confidence that our elementary and secondary school students, with parental support, can be safe and healthy. But, I’m not so sure about the university and college folks.

Last weekend, a chagrined Delta Upsilon fraternity cancelled its Faux Week 2020 event after realizing planning a bash was a “tone-deaf” in a pandemic. Western and Fanshawe have excellent safety protocols, but they won’t make any difference if off-campus behaviour goes off the rails.

So, to the students, let me be the adult in the room. We’re glad you’re here, but if you think you’re immune to the virus, you’re wrong.

I know we’re all weary, but as tempting as it is to go to a party or social gathering this fall, it’s just too risky. That’s a recipe for outbreaks. Physical distancing, hand washing, masks, social circle of 10 and no large gatherings is the mantra.

“The success we’ve had is because we’ve done our job and we’ve done our part,” Summers said.

Just remember folks, they can lose that success at any moment because university students have an amazing lack of critical thinking!”

The way I see it anyway!

To Mask, or Not To Mask!

 They held a big rally in Montreal today and all sorts of people were protesting the fact that they had to wear surgical masks when they went out in public!

They claimed it was an infringement of their rights!

Well no..., if they had any sense at all they would know that not wearing a mask infringes on OUR rights!

Ya don't wear a mask to protect yourself against COVID-19 kids... you wear it to protect OTHER people. (If you got the bug it prevents you from spreading it!)

What this boils down to folks is that if these assholes want to kill themselves then that it their God-given right.... but by not wearing a mask they put you and me at risk!

The people of Taiwan, who number about 25 million, have only had 10 deaths since this whole pandemic thing started!

Why? You ask!

BECAUSE THEY FOLLOW THE RULES!

Let me suggest that a first offence for not wearing a mask should be a $100 fine!

A second offence is a $500 fine!

A third offence... you're thrown in jail!

The way I see it anyway!

Natural Immunity!

 It was disturbing to find out that blacks in the States were far more likely to die of COVID-19 than white people or Latinos... until you realize that a combination of poor health care and nutrition among the poorest of the population was the major cause of these deaths.

BUT!

The Coronavirus pandemic seems to have spared a large percentage of the population of Africa... and I think I know why!

Africa has got so many weird, wild and deadly diseases floating around compared to other places on the Globe that a large percentage of the people there have a better immunity to the Corona viruses. (COVID, SARS, MERS, etc.)

This is about the same as letting a child play outside to develop their natural immunity to all the nasty stuff floating around!

The way I see it anyway!

Don the Con strikes again!

 The White House has just announced that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready around the end of October!

Gee, that's just a few days ahead of the U.S. election on November 3rd folks!

According to reliable scientific sources there WILL NOT be a vaccine ready by then.  This means that Donald Drumpf is going to do one of two things in the week before the election!

A. Don the Con will announce the vaccine (?) but delay distributing it until after the election. 

OR:

B. Donald will use a vaccine that has not been properly tested yet. This will be widely distributed putting every man, woman and child's health, and perhaps even life, at risk!

Either way, it's another big con job for Drumpf!

The way I see it anyway!

School Daze!

 Most of our students are either back at school, or will be back, within the next week or so. 

The elementary school kids in both Canada and the U.S. will either be home schooled and/or attend classes where they will have a certain amount of social distancing... and wear face masks... to keep them safe. (I can say this with a fair amount of confidence since these kids are still young enough to follow rules that keep them relatively safe!)

However: Kids in the upper grades such as high school and college/university are at an age where they have gone through puberty and entered a mysterious realm where they are expected to behave like adults. 

BUT: they will still lack any form of critical thinking until they are well into their twenties! (This is especially true for the young men since they seem to have a slower development of what we call 'common sense' than the ladies do!)

Armed with physical prowess but lacking maturity these apprentice adults will sow chaos and destruction across the land since they are not totally capable of self control yet! (This naturally includes a disregard for any precautions to  keep themselves safe from COVID-19.)

This, my friends, is what will foster continued hot spots of plague around any college or University town. This is what will continue to put the population in general at peril! 

Your ever cautious servant sees no end in sight until someone comes up with a vaccine folks!

The way I see it anyway!

This ain't the land of the free. It's gonna cost ya!

This article first appeared in Business Insider and was written by Kelly McLaughlin. 

I think it's interesting enough that you should read it too!

A man from Kentucky is facing a $750,000 fine after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he violated COVID-19 travel rules in the country.

John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was arrested and charged in connection to a June trip he took to Banff in Alberta, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Tammy Keibel told NPR.

Pennington, who entered Canada from Alaska, was first fined $1,200 on June 25, when staff at the Rimrock Hotel in Banff called police, voicing concerns that he may have been breaching quarantine. (Americans can drive through a direct route if they're going to and from Alaska, but aren't allowed to stop at tourist locations or national parks along the way.) 

If they plan to stay at a hotel, they must undergo a quarantine.

Upon fining Pennington, staff and police ordered him to stay in his hotel room until he continued his journey from Alaska to the lower 48 states the next day, Keibel told NPR.

Banff Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sgt. Michael Buxton-Carr told CBC News that Pennington did not listen, however, and instead visited a local tourist attraction.

Officials found him at Sulphur Mountain after someone reported a car with an Ohio license plate in the area, which ended up being Pennington's vehicle.

"Investigators determined Mr. Pennington had not left town as required on the morning of June 26 but had chosen to visit a popular tourist site," Buxton-Carr told CBC News. "There are amenities available for essential needs, food and lodging, at the hotel. There was no legitimate reason to go up to Sulphur Mountain."

Pennington was arrested and charged with breaching the federal Quarantine Act in Canada... again. 

He's scheduled to appear in court in November. (He faces a $750,000 fine or six years in prison if he's convicted... but will probably just end up being deported!)

The way I see it anyway!

To Flu, or not to Flu?

I'm not sure if this pandemic thing is starting to settle down a bit or just catching its breath for an autumn onslaught.

Either way we are not through with it yet and after three months of wind-up... and six months of delivery... this might be a good time to review our situation and talk about what we know so far!

Here is some of the latest poop from Dr. Jose-Luis Jimenez

It is critical to have a clear physical description of the ways in which COVID-19 is transmitted, so that individuals and institutions are able to visualize it and will understand how to protect themselves. 

Contrary to public health messaging, I, together with many other scientists, believe that a substantial share of COVID-19 cases are the result of transmission through aerosols. The evidence in favor of aerosols is stronger than that for any other pathway, and officials need to be more aggressive in expressing this reality if we want to get the pandemic under control.

There are three possible ways the virus is transmitted, of which two have been emphasized by the WHO and the CDC. 

The first is through “fomites,” objects that are contaminated with the virus such as counter tops, door handles and any other surface where the little virus buggers seem to settle!

The second possibility for how COVID-19 spreads is through droplets, small bits of saliva or respiratory fluid that infected individuals expel when they cough, sneeze, or talk. Droplets—which the WHO and CDC maintain is the primary means of transmission of COVID-19—are propelled through the air, but fall to the ground  after traveling 3-6 feet.

However, droplets are less important than the third potential pathway: aerosols.

This is turning out to be the real culprit for a lot of the infection folks! 

“Aerosol” (airborne) transmission is similar to droplet transmission, except that the bits of fluid are so small that they can linger in the air for minutes to hours. 

To understand the scale of aerosols, the diameter of a human hair is about 80 microns, and aerosols smaller than about 50 microns can float in the air long enough to be inhaled.

The WHO and CDC both state that aerosols could lead to transmission under highly specific situations, but, both organizations maintain that they are less important. 

NOW COMES THE KICKER FOLKS: Dr. Jose-Luis Jimenez says: "I believe this is a significant mistake and on July 6 I, along with 239 scientists, appealed to the WHO to reevaluate their stance. WHO updated its position in response, but the agency’s language continues to express skepticism of the importance of this pathway."

Well boys and girls, whatever the circumstances are... keep a mask on your face and your hands to yourself and you should be O.K!

The way I see it anyway!