The Fallout from Covid 19

[William]

You know, Kimchi and Vodka solve most of our problems here.   Panic buying is happening in Mississauga, too.  Spaghetti, sauce, sugar, flour, spam, water, and toilet paper were all gone in local supermarket.  I got 5 years supply of toilet paper, so no worry for me.

[ssfc72]

Any bids for some of Williams toilet paper? :-)

[buster]

Just out of interest - WCI oil is selling for $9.19 a barrel! Astonishing. Same as 4 cans of British Ale.

And we have 2 friends who don't seem to be able to get out of Portugal, and are living in an almost empty resort.

[Jason]

You know, Kimchi and Vodka solve most of our problems here.   Panic buying is happening in Mississauga, too.  Spaghetti, sauce, sugar, flour, spam, water, and toilet paper were all gone in local supermarket.  I got 5 years supply of toilet paper, so no worry for me.

5 years supply? How? Have you been squirreling it away over the years? And where do you store it?

[Jason]

And we have 2 friends who don't seem to be able to get out of Portugal, and are living in an almost empty resort.

I thought I saw the government offering Canadians abroad up to $5000 to come home. But I guess the number of available flights has probably dropped sharply. Saw at least one airline that has cancelled all of their flights.

[fox]

I think that the offer is just in the form of a loan, but I'm not sure.

Some pretty good news today. The number of infected people in Peterborough, the county and the two closest reserves is only 2. Number tested negative is 68, and 41 additional cases are under investigation. Locally, no one has died or has been hospitalized for Covid-19 - yet. An article in the Examiner suggested that we are still going to see an exponential rise in cases locally.

[Jason]

I think that the offer is just in the form of a loan, but I'm not sure.

You're likely correct in that summation.

Some pretty good news today. The number of infected people in Peterborough, the county and the two closest reserves is only 2. Number tested negative is 68, and 41 additional cases are under investigation. Locally, no one has died or has been hospitalized for Covid-19 - yet. An article in the Examiner suggested that we are still going to see an exponential rise in cases locally.

I'm not sure that's good news. It depends on how many others those 2 people came into contact with. But from what I'm reading the second person was a close contact of the first. Weren't you in the US recently, Fox? ;-)

If anybody was hospitalized or died on the basis of only two cases, we'd be in big trouble. It looks like the death rate based on a sample of 260 cases is between 3 and 4 percent and 11% were hospitalized. So we'd have to have 10 people with the illness before we saw a hospitalization and 25 people before we saw a death if we're the average. I think we have a higher than average senior population though so it's likely we'll see both occurring before reaching those numbers.

The provincial government recommended not to use transit unless absolutely necessary so I'm avoiding it either getting a ride with a friend who offered for necessary trips or I'm walking. On the bright side, it will make me exercise more.

[Jason]

Here's some good news. For the first time since COVID-19 surfaced, China is reporting no new cases in Wuhan and the surrounding province. The 34 cases they did have the day before were imported form abroad. Looks like China is an importer of it now. Of course, China took even more drastic measures than the West has taken, basically putting the city in lock down.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/wuhan-reports-no-new-virus-cases-offering-hope-to-world-1.4859202

[buster]

My daughter received this from a friend:

"Started home-schooling today, 2 kids suspended for  fighting and I may be fired for drinking on the job."

[Jason]

My daughter received this from a friend:

"Started home-schooling today, 2 kids suspended for  fighting and I may be fired for drinking on the job."

I saw that on Facebook, except that it said at the end that the teacher may be fired for drinking on the job.

[buster]

Reading BBC news and discovered that Vera Lynn is still alive and 103, and she spoke to the nation and asked them to find some joy somehow in these difficult times. For those who don't know who she is, she was British and performed during the Second World War. She had two songs that spread around the free world and were heard often on the radio. Every time these played on the radio, we all listened intently. The most famous came out in 1942, and the broadcasts continued until I was at least 7. My dad was away for 5 or 6 years, and we rented half of our little house to help pay costs. Tough times.

The songs were 'The White Cliffs of Dover' and 'We'll Meet Again'. No need to listen to all the way through, but the originals are on YouTube.

So far we have no popular songs to rally around during these times when, for example, an Italian is dying on average, every 2 and 1/2 minutes from the disease.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAaxkAgVkHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsM_VmN6ytk

[fox]

Another one for Vera Lynn, done in 1995:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpFyDy5CRo

[buster]

Thanks Mike. In 1995 she would have been 78 years old. And she still had an amazing voice, and great stage presence.

[buster]

I believe I mentioned our two neighbours who had returned from Carolina and developed unpleasant symptons. He went to emerg in an ambulance. It seemed it was 'only' pneumonia  Their tests have been processed it has been confirmed that they do not have covid-19. Good news for Cabot St.

[fox]

Still only 5 cases in Peterborough area, with no hospitalizations and no deaths. The two most recent additions travelled in. I know there will be plenty more, but either the social distancing is working or Peterborough is small enough to not get an influx from elsewhere.