The Supposed Apocalypse, A Neverending
Heatwave & Continuing Coronavirus Pandemic
June 22, 2020
Phew, we made it through June 21st which marked Father's Day, a birthday for our daughter-in-law, the supposed apocalypse as was supposed to be signified by the total solar eclipse that also occurred yesterday, a grueling never-ending heatwave and so far, (knocking on wood) the Coronavirus as well.
Just hope my garden fares as well, considering it's not raining at all and not even any mist, fog or dew to dampen the ground either. It had better rain tomorrow as the weather people are promising now or I'm going to provide the water to the plants myself, whether the city likes it or not.
But it is excruciatingly hot out there lately. I don't think I'd survive if we didn't have air conditioning. So I wouldn't have to worry about Coronavirus getting me, because the heat would. I just feel sorry for those who are couped up in tiny apartments with no air conditioning, and no place to catch a breeze on days like today.
Now for the continuing coverage about the pandemic:
Florida shatters daily record with 3,207 new coronavirus cases I guess that's what all the beach parties, rioting, rallies and demonstrations will do in a pandemic.
Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon Or are they just using that as an excuse to cut back on trade with Europe?
10,000 Canadians to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies in hopes of understanding immunity Here's a more thorough article about the same story as the one immediately above.
COVID-19 In Sask.: 11 new cases on Saturday, scattered across the province It seems to me that the provinces who had the fewest cases up until now, are suddenly starting to develop more cases as we go along.
Chinese state media says 'unlikely' new coronavirus outbreak was caused by animals Grocery workers should be properly paid during pandemic, Trudeau says Shouldn't they along with everyone else, always be properly paid?
Guaranteed there's privacy concerns, no matter what they say. All software has privacy concerns, because all programmers build backdoors into their software (they claim it's for debugging purposes and tweaking purposes) that can be used for snooping and other purposes.
Coronavirus: 75 staff at Anglesey chicken plant positive More meat processing plant woes, only this time in the UK.
Ethiopian maids dumped outside Beirut embassy Once again, it's the lower echelons of society that get hurt the worst.
Coronavirus: Is the pandemic getting worse in the US? From everything I've been reading, I'd say yes.
Coronavirus: Why US is expecting an 'avalanche' of evictions Here too. I don't think Canada's immune to a similar fallout from the virus. I know here in Quebec, there was a tenant's advocate on the news the other night pleading for a moratorium on evictions to be extended, otherwise a lot of people might find themselves in the streets.
Seniors advocate calls for easing of COVID-19 restrictions on visitors in long-term care This is a call for easing of restrictions in BC.
Scientists fear deforestation, fires and Covid-19 could create a 'perfect storm' in the Amazon Something else being affected by the virus, too.
The pandemic won't fix the climate crisis. This $3 trillion recovery plan could Is this why they collapsed the economies of the world, or one of the reasons maybe?
US vehicle traffic has rebounded to about 90% of pre-pandemic levels as commuters steer clear of public transit, report says Same here I think. The gas prices seem to reflect that as well.
Cheating becoming an unexpected COVID-19 side effect for universities I guess that was pretty much a given. It would probably be true for other levels of school too.
2 Stocks That Could Soar Once a COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives I don't know personally, I think I'd want to invest in the companies making the vaccines given that they'll have plenty of clients for their product.
Hit hard by virus, fine dining finds new ways to serve It takes a pandemic for some snoity restaurants to come down off their self placed pedestals and suddenly realize that take-out and delivery services aren't such bad ideas and not just for the pizza joints. Almost every restaurant in our area no matter the type has always had take out and delivery services combined with their diningroom service. Just the fast food restaurants like McD's, Wendy's & Harvey's didn't they always only had diningroom service couple with drive thru takeout service. Only lately have we started seeing advertisements for their delivery services. But it always astonishes me when I see people in other parts of Canada and the US talking only about going to a restaurant or picking up takeout. I always wonder why anyone who wants takeout doesn't just order it from home over the phone like people in the Montreal region has been doing at least since I was a kid. It's just one more way to serve potential customers and as a result those restaurants in our area, are still in business and doing fine and don't seem to have any intentions of reopening their diningrooms anytime soon.
Beijing’s Latest Virus Outbreak Disrupts Tyson Foods and PepsiCo Hey all the more meat and food for us. Their loss is our gain, since the food doesn't seem to be conveying the virus, at least not so far as I can tell from my own grocery shopping habits. We basically only consume fresh fruit and veggies that I buy from the store's produce area (where many people pick up, paw through, and squeeze the produce to make sure it's ripe), and hopefully what is supposed to be passing for fresh meat is, from the meat counter. So it's not canned and preprocessed food from eons gone by, that we're buying and consuming. True we do have some canned goods and frozen food in the house, but mostly we like to eat fresh if we can and so that's what I buy. Neither of us have gotten sick with any form of illness from it yet, let alone the coronavirus. So like I said, all the more for us and since they're paranoid of our food products maybe that'll mean the prices will come down for us.
As Bank of Canada quells sub-zero rates talk, next move may be a hike in 2022 Well that's good to know at least. So we don't have to worry about taking our money out of the bank to hide it under our mattresses.
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit may be a disincentive for some employees to return to the job Especially for minimum wage workers, since I doubt they ever saw so much money in their entire lives as what they're getting now.
6 in 10 Canadians optimistic about inclusive COVID-19 economic recovery, some fear others will be left behind I know without a doubt some are getting left behind, and those are the seniors and the disabled. That's for sure because they're getting left behind now and have been since the beginning.
With no flights, Argentine sails across Atlantic to see parents I'm so glad he made it and was able to get to see his parents!
Germany struggles to impose local coronavirus infections I think that headlines is wrong and should read "impose local coronavirus lockdown measures" or something similar since the article is talking about quarantine.
Fearing second COVID-19 wave, Europe aims to train 'army' of medics Maybe nurses and orderlies would be worth training as well.
RCMP fined 7 Americans last week for stopping to sightsee in Banff National Park Personally, I think all Americans wanting to go to Alaska should be forced to take a boat there or else fly there, but none of this driving through Canada to get there, since they and Brazil have the highest infection rate on the face of the planet and that is something we're trying to cut down on having here.
'Breeding ground for a pandemic': Dog meat still on sale in China, despite new guidelines And a Canadian journalist or politician was recently censured for mentioning this as a fact. I do believe she was a politician and the fact that she was chastised because of it, made me angry since speaking the truth should never be a reason for being chastised or fired or whatever. If it's a fact, it's a fact and firing someone, or demoting them or suspending them isn't going to change that.
U.S. Home-Mortgage Delinquencies Reach Highest Level Since 2011
The Latest: New Zealand reports 2 new coronavirus cases It's coming back again, little by little.
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now The antibody level drop off mentionned in this story is not all that important considering you don't walk around forever with high levels of antibodies in your system for every disease you've ever had or been exposed to or inoculated for. What's enough for your immune system is to have some antibodies which can attack the invading virus while your body ramps up the production of other antibodies in order to fight it. Once your body has learnt the signature of an invading virus and has produced antibodies for it in the past, that's all it needs, because it is now equipped to produce new antibodies against it, if need be in the future. So that's just another fake news, or scare tactic or something to keep people scared and under control here, so far as I can see.
What countries did right and wrong in responding to the pandemic
Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future
Coronavirus: Pub-goers will have to give up personal details to get a pint Don't get excited there fellow QC'ers. This is in the UK. I know a lot of Quebecois would give their left eye right about now if they thought that would get them into a bar for a cold one, especially on hot days like today.
'No-swab' saliva test for coronavirus piloted in Britain
Coronavirus: Extra police enforce German tower block quarantine I think this is probably a further insight into the story about German coronavirus measures being taken.
Are more women dying of Covid-19 in India?
Doctor believes this is why cases are trending up in US, but down elsewhere
Brazil becomes the second country in the world to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases
Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new cases soar Seems like this virus is everywhere.
People with Type 1 diabetes may be at high risk for severe illness related to coronavirus: Study
Strained supply chain for glass vials could delay coronavirus vaccine Is there any sector of society or industry that this virus hasn't impacted in some way?
Monday marks another new phase of Quebec’s deconfinement. Here’s what can reopen and resume The chart posted at the bottom of this article basically is the best news yet!
20 new coronavirus cases reported in Saskatchewan, majority in the south
The case for and against immigration after coronavirus The government in our time (the time of the seniors having their kids) provided next to no help or support whatsoever. We had to pay for our own child care if we worked and we got a whopping $7 a month per kid in family allowance - which didn't even cover the cost of a package of Pampers diapers and so they wonder why we didn't have kids or that many kids. Who could afford to? Given that the interest rates sky rocketed to 21% and we had a hard enough job paying for whatever mortgages or debts we had we sure couldn't afford extra mouths to feed, bodies to clothe and then babysitters at minimum wage per hour, with no help from the government. So the government has no one to blame but themselves for their own shortsightedness that caused the population to not reproduce itself. We didn't have fancy gov't subsidized daycares with $400 & $500 per month family allowance cheques per kid, along with all kinds of tax write-offs on our income taxes. The most we got was a credit for dependents - depending on how many we had. Now they want to import people to have kids in order to increase the taxpayer base. But is it really worth it? I mean considering the money doled out per kid from birth until they reach 18 years of age in all the allowances and subsidizations, education, medicare and tax write-offs for the parents. I'm wondering how much that comes out to on average per kid per year and then I'm wondering how much money the government could save if they didn't have all these extra kids from imported families to pay for and what they would make on that money if they just invested it. And how much each of those kids will generate in revenue for the country when they get older or are a lot of them going to be a burden on the country (because after all muslims have to pray 5 times a day, which makes it basically impossible for them to have a job as no companies want to allow employees 5 prayer or any kind of breaks per day - half of them have a hard time allowing a 1/2 hour for lunch breaks) and be on welfare for the rest of their lives? Seems to me if you want to import people to increase the population to broaden the taxpayer base, you should be importing people with good work ethics and skills - who will work and pay taxes rather than sitting on their carpets all day praying. But before we get there we have to think about the Canadians that are already here first and foremost and what's the best for them. When you see the head of that organization you will know who their first pick at immigrants will be - it won't be the highly educated German Engineer, nor the distinguished astrophysicist from the UK, instead it'll be some muslims who absolutely need to pray umpteen times a day and thus can't work as a result of it.
Egypt signs deal to receive Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine
Canadians working from home permanently should expect salary changes: experts Oh Suckerburg is the expert is he? The expert at what? Fleecing people alive? Stealing data and selling it? Lying? Cheating? What?
First of all, it's not his f'n business what your cost of living is if he is employing you to do something. Since all work is supposed to be fairly paid, that means that if you live in a location where the rents and mortgages and cost of living outstrip every other location on earth but you do the same job as someone living in Bangladesh, you have a choice, you can pay them both equal pay for equal jobs based on 1 of the 2 locations but I can guarantee you the guy living in the most expensive location is not going to want to work for the same salary you're giving the guy in Bangladesh! That's a given. But as the premise of work pay is that equal pay for equal jobs is the norm, it shouldn't matter where one lives. If you pay X amount per hour, week or month or year (depending on your pay periods) to be a programmer or work in a certain department like say accounting, then whatever the going pay rate is for that job should be what is paid for that job no matter where the person lives. How do you as an employer know the reason why someone lives where they do? Maybe one of your star programmers moved back home to Bangladesh to be closer to their elderly parents and help them out, or maybe they moved to another part of the country (Canada or US) not only because the cost of living is cheaper there, but because of other circumstances, like say the spouse lost their job and they no longer have that extra income to support themselves with or excessive debts that they are trying to get under control. It's not because they work for you that you can determine their budget. If the job pays X amount then everyone doing that job should be getting the same pay regardless of where they live!!!!!! Not only that, how much money will this money grubbing scuzzbucket Suckerberg be saving when he no longer has excessive office space to rent and heat and pay utilities on? Seems to me he'll be saving a ton of money just right there. Besides that, there are labour laws and he can't just breech them because he feels like it!!!!! And lose a "few good people"..... If you insist on going with that method of calculating how much someone should be paid, I hope you lose ALL of your good people and you can never ever find replacements for them ever again.
COMMENTARY: Think a COVID-19 vaccine is months away? It could actually take years Which is precisely what I've been saying too.
An animated journey through the pandemic: RAZOR full episode
More Canadians are refusing work due to COVID-19 — but it's tough to get authorities to agree
Why overuse of antibiotics in COVID-19 could have lasting impact in health care It's the over-use argument again, this time as pertains to COVID19 patients.
There’s No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help I don't know but I think I'd rather have a real seal then that creepy looking one in the picture there. I also can't see myself getting to a point of loneliness in my life where I'd even consider a robot as companionship of any kind. I think I'd rather talk to myself and immerse myself in books, TV, radio, music or anything besides that.
How NYC’s hottest sex club is doing socially distanced orgies And yet another kinked angle on this virus.
High levels of stress hormone could be killing COVID-19 patients, study suggests And of course the governments and society in general is doing everything in it's power to stress everyone out during this pandemic.
Fear mounts Trump may pressure FDA to rush Covid-19 vaccine by election Except the FDA aren't the ones making the vaccines. The vaccine makers are. The FDA just approves of them, but first in order for them to approve of one, there has to be one already made.
U.S. home sales tumble to 9-1/2-year low; price growth slows
Canada needs targeted response for future COVID-19 waves to avoid large setback: BoC
Two Trump campaign staffers who attended Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus
WHO warns of 'accelerating' pandemic as Brazil reaches 50,000 deaths Considering how it's coming back everywhere even the places it was eradicated from, and the acceleration of it, I wonder if reopening society now is a wise decision or one we'll regret.
As Coronavirus Cases Rise in Arizona, New Mask Rules Spark a Fight
Apple introduces new Covid-19 features: Hand washing guides and a mask-wearing emoji So in other words Apple has found a way to not only make itself intrusive but also annoying. Good to know, so I can avoid their products with those features in them.
Take it easy! Too much strenuous exercise may shorten your lifespan, study suggests So this should be good news for those of us stuck at home under lockdown (or as is the current case - due to unrelenting heat waves) and who've developed a more sedentary lifestyle as a result.
Super-potent antibodies show potential for vaccine-like prevention of COVID-19 This really is good news and goes against the story posted earlier that talks about diminishing antibodies over time. Just another example of the confusion and conflicting information about this virus.
MMR vaccine may provide protection against COVID-19 complications Wondering if that also applies to those of us who contracted those diseases naturally and thereby acquired our immunity to them that way? Because some of us were around long before those vaccines were.
Spike in flu deaths among cities with pro sports teams may spell trouble for COVID-19 That's an interesting statistic I never knew about before.
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for HajjCoronavirus: Shepreth Wildlife Park staff record life during lockdown
Coronavirus: Confirmed cases in UK fall to pre-lockdown level
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak Which of course affects the prices & food security.
Reunited donkey and owner cry together Just heart wrenching. It's moments like this that proves just how much our animals do care for us.
9 brands of hand sanitizer may be toxic, FDA warns I'm not sure any of these were sold in Canada, but just to make sure, you should check your brand/s in case. In any case, there's also a video there that shows you how to make your own hand sanitizer, as well.
Trump to expand sweeping immigration restrictions, targeting work visas in new order I think the Canadian government should've done the same, since Quebec cut back on the amount of farm workers allowed in but there were still over 2,000 out of work Quebecers who applied for those jobs.
So there's a good chance a lot of other Canadians in other provinces would've too, if the government cut back on amount of TFWs allowed into the country.
U.S. restaurants toil to stay open, including in city hosting GOP convention
Minority small business owners harder hit by pandemic closures: "A total nightmare" I'm not sure if it's the same or anywhere near that on this side of the border. If not, I hope it doesn't get to be like that either.
Coronavirus outbreak at German meat packing plant drives virus reproduction rate back up
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on confronting a "frightening" pandemic, and thoughts on his political future I'm only posting this here, because he struck me as a genuinely honest and caring politician (at least as far as the pandemic is concerned) when I saw him on the Daily Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. A rareity in the political world for sure. Though, I will credit Francois Legault the premier of Quebec with some of that as well.
Coronavirus stokes consumer demand for disposable pee bags After one of our most recent trips out to do errands I can certainly understand why. Though, I still don't know how or where you're supposed to use them as there is no privacy other than in a bathroom (which you're not allowed into), in order to use them.
Food scarcity is on the rise in America as the economy reels
Disneyland workers push back against plan to reopen next month I know LaRonde in Montreal isn't anywhere near what Disneyland is, and is only an amusement park, but here it's still closed with no opening date announced and the people there are hoping they can open soon, contrary to the sentiments expressed by the people at Disneyland.
COVID-19 in Canada: B.C. and Toronto enter new phases of reopening, Canada to remain closed to international travel Well at least that's one right decision made.
4-day work week with fewer hours, same pay could become a reality in some workplaces post-COVID-19
COVID-19 taught Canada a costly lesson — that early border closures can work Anyone who spent a half hour in med school knows that! But you can't expect snowboard instructors, art teachers and double agents masquerading as health officers to know that, I guess. But even most people with even a modicum of commonsense or a thimble full of brains would know that. The fact that the 3 stooges at the helm didn't doesn't speak very highly of their intelligence. Unless like my husband said, they knew and they knew very well, but they didn't want to do it, because then they'd have no reason to crash the economy like they did, and impose draconian measures like lockdowns etc... He has to be right and I have to be wrong, because otherwise if I'm right that means that collectively the 3 of them Tam, Haggydo & Trudeau are dumber than a bucket of shrimp. So it was planned in order to do what my husband said. The only question is "why?" Which I keep asking all the time. Why would the bozos at the helm want to do that to their own country and citizens?
'Breeding ground for a pandemic': Dog meat still on sale in China, despite new guidelines And a Canadian journalist or politician was recently censured for mentioning this as a fact. I do believe she was a politician and the fact that she was chastised because of it, made me angry since speaking the truth should never be a reason for being chastised or fired or whatever. If it's a fact, it's a fact and firing someone, or demoting them or suspending them isn't going to change that.
U.S. Home-Mortgage Delinquencies Reach Highest Level Since 2011
The Latest: New Zealand reports 2 new coronavirus cases It's coming back again, little by little.
What you need to know about the coronavirus right now The antibody level drop off mentionned in this story is not all that important considering you don't walk around forever with high levels of antibodies in your system for every disease you've ever had or been exposed to or inoculated for. What's enough for your immune system is to have some antibodies which can attack the invading virus while your body ramps up the production of other antibodies in order to fight it. Once your body has learnt the signature of an invading virus and has produced antibodies for it in the past, that's all it needs, because it is now equipped to produce new antibodies against it, if need be in the future. So that's just another fake news, or scare tactic or something to keep people scared and under control here, so far as I can see.
What countries did right and wrong in responding to the pandemic
Pandemic propels old-school bond traders towards an electronic future
Coronavirus: Pub-goers will have to give up personal details to get a pint Don't get excited there fellow QC'ers. This is in the UK. I know a lot of Quebecois would give their left eye right about now if they thought that would get them into a bar for a cold one, especially on hot days like today.
'No-swab' saliva test for coronavirus piloted in Britain
Coronavirus: Extra police enforce German tower block quarantine I think this is probably a further insight into the story about German coronavirus measures being taken.
Are more women dying of Covid-19 in India?
Doctor believes this is why cases are trending up in US, but down elsewhere
Brazil becomes the second country in the world to surpass 1 million coronavirus cases
Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new cases soar Seems like this virus is everywhere.
People with Type 1 diabetes may be at high risk for severe illness related to coronavirus: Study
Strained supply chain for glass vials could delay coronavirus vaccine Is there any sector of society or industry that this virus hasn't impacted in some way?
Monday marks another new phase of Quebec’s deconfinement. Here’s what can reopen and resume The chart posted at the bottom of this article basically is the best news yet!
20 new coronavirus cases reported in Saskatchewan, majority in the south
The case for and against immigration after coronavirus The government in our time (the time of the seniors having their kids) provided next to no help or support whatsoever. We had to pay for our own child care if we worked and we got a whopping $7 a month per kid in family allowance - which didn't even cover the cost of a package of Pampers diapers and so they wonder why we didn't have kids or that many kids. Who could afford to? Given that the interest rates sky rocketed to 21% and we had a hard enough job paying for whatever mortgages or debts we had we sure couldn't afford extra mouths to feed, bodies to clothe and then babysitters at minimum wage per hour, with no help from the government. So the government has no one to blame but themselves for their own shortsightedness that caused the population to not reproduce itself. We didn't have fancy gov't subsidized daycares with $400 & $500 per month family allowance cheques per kid, along with all kinds of tax write-offs on our income taxes. The most we got was a credit for dependents - depending on how many we had. Now they want to import people to have kids in order to increase the taxpayer base. But is it really worth it? I mean considering the money doled out per kid from birth until they reach 18 years of age in all the allowances and subsidizations, education, medicare and tax write-offs for the parents. I'm wondering how much that comes out to on average per kid per year and then I'm wondering how much money the government could save if they didn't have all these extra kids from imported families to pay for and what they would make on that money if they just invested it. And how much each of those kids will generate in revenue for the country when they get older or are a lot of them going to be a burden on the country (because after all muslims have to pray 5 times a day, which makes it basically impossible for them to have a job as no companies want to allow employees 5 prayer or any kind of breaks per day - half of them have a hard time allowing a 1/2 hour for lunch breaks) and be on welfare for the rest of their lives? Seems to me if you want to import people to increase the population to broaden the taxpayer base, you should be importing people with good work ethics and skills - who will work and pay taxes rather than sitting on their carpets all day praying. But before we get there we have to think about the Canadians that are already here first and foremost and what's the best for them. When you see the head of that organization you will know who their first pick at immigrants will be - it won't be the highly educated German Engineer, nor the distinguished astrophysicist from the UK, instead it'll be some muslims who absolutely need to pray umpteen times a day and thus can't work as a result of it.
Egypt signs deal to receive Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine
Canadians working from home permanently should expect salary changes: experts Oh Suckerburg is the expert is he? The expert at what? Fleecing people alive? Stealing data and selling it? Lying? Cheating? What?
First of all, it's not his f'n business what your cost of living is if he is employing you to do something. Since all work is supposed to be fairly paid, that means that if you live in a location where the rents and mortgages and cost of living outstrip every other location on earth but you do the same job as someone living in Bangladesh, you have a choice, you can pay them both equal pay for equal jobs based on 1 of the 2 locations but I can guarantee you the guy living in the most expensive location is not going to want to work for the same salary you're giving the guy in Bangladesh! That's a given. But as the premise of work pay is that equal pay for equal jobs is the norm, it shouldn't matter where one lives. If you pay X amount per hour, week or month or year (depending on your pay periods) to be a programmer or work in a certain department like say accounting, then whatever the going pay rate is for that job should be what is paid for that job no matter where the person lives. How do you as an employer know the reason why someone lives where they do? Maybe one of your star programmers moved back home to Bangladesh to be closer to their elderly parents and help them out, or maybe they moved to another part of the country (Canada or US) not only because the cost of living is cheaper there, but because of other circumstances, like say the spouse lost their job and they no longer have that extra income to support themselves with or excessive debts that they are trying to get under control. It's not because they work for you that you can determine their budget. If the job pays X amount then everyone doing that job should be getting the same pay regardless of where they live!!!!!! Not only that, how much money will this money grubbing scuzzbucket Suckerberg be saving when he no longer has excessive office space to rent and heat and pay utilities on? Seems to me he'll be saving a ton of money just right there. Besides that, there are labour laws and he can't just breech them because he feels like it!!!!! And lose a "few good people"..... If you insist on going with that method of calculating how much someone should be paid, I hope you lose ALL of your good people and you can never ever find replacements for them ever again.
COMMENTARY: Think a COVID-19 vaccine is months away? It could actually take years Which is precisely what I've been saying too.
An animated journey through the pandemic: RAZOR full episode
More Canadians are refusing work due to COVID-19 — but it's tough to get authorities to agree
Why overuse of antibiotics in COVID-19 could have lasting impact in health care It's the over-use argument again, this time as pertains to COVID19 patients.
There’s No Cure for Covid-19 Loneliness, but Robots Can Help I don't know but I think I'd rather have a real seal then that creepy looking one in the picture there. I also can't see myself getting to a point of loneliness in my life where I'd even consider a robot as companionship of any kind. I think I'd rather talk to myself and immerse myself in books, TV, radio, music or anything besides that.
How NYC’s hottest sex club is doing socially distanced orgies And yet another kinked angle on this virus.
High levels of stress hormone could be killing COVID-19 patients, study suggests And of course the governments and society in general is doing everything in it's power to stress everyone out during this pandemic.
Fear mounts Trump may pressure FDA to rush Covid-19 vaccine by election Except the FDA aren't the ones making the vaccines. The vaccine makers are. The FDA just approves of them, but first in order for them to approve of one, there has to be one already made.
U.S. home sales tumble to 9-1/2-year low; price growth slows
Canada needs targeted response for future COVID-19 waves to avoid large setback: BoC
Two Trump campaign staffers who attended Tulsa rally test positive for coronavirus
WHO warns of 'accelerating' pandemic as Brazil reaches 50,000 deaths Considering how it's coming back everywhere even the places it was eradicated from, and the acceleration of it, I wonder if reopening society now is a wise decision or one we'll regret.
As Coronavirus Cases Rise in Arizona, New Mask Rules Spark a Fight
Apple introduces new Covid-19 features: Hand washing guides and a mask-wearing emoji So in other words Apple has found a way to not only make itself intrusive but also annoying. Good to know, so I can avoid their products with those features in them.
Take it easy! Too much strenuous exercise may shorten your lifespan, study suggests So this should be good news for those of us stuck at home under lockdown (or as is the current case - due to unrelenting heat waves) and who've developed a more sedentary lifestyle as a result.
Super-potent antibodies show potential for vaccine-like prevention of COVID-19 This really is good news and goes against the story posted earlier that talks about diminishing antibodies over time. Just another example of the confusion and conflicting information about this virus.
MMR vaccine may provide protection against COVID-19 complications Wondering if that also applies to those of us who contracted those diseases naturally and thereby acquired our immunity to them that way? Because some of us were around long before those vaccines were.
Spike in flu deaths among cities with pro sports teams may spell trouble for COVID-19 That's an interesting statistic I never knew about before.
Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for HajjCoronavirus: Shepreth Wildlife Park staff record life during lockdown
Coronavirus: Confirmed cases in UK fall to pre-lockdown level
Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak Which of course affects the prices & food security.
Reunited donkey and owner cry together Just heart wrenching. It's moments like this that proves just how much our animals do care for us.
9 brands of hand sanitizer may be toxic, FDA warns I'm not sure any of these were sold in Canada, but just to make sure, you should check your brand/s in case. In any case, there's also a video there that shows you how to make your own hand sanitizer, as well.
Trump to expand sweeping immigration restrictions, targeting work visas in new order I think the Canadian government should've done the same, since Quebec cut back on the amount of farm workers allowed in but there were still over 2,000 out of work Quebecers who applied for those jobs.
So there's a good chance a lot of other Canadians in other provinces would've too, if the government cut back on amount of TFWs allowed into the country.
U.S. restaurants toil to stay open, including in city hosting GOP convention
Minority small business owners harder hit by pandemic closures: "A total nightmare" I'm not sure if it's the same or anywhere near that on this side of the border. If not, I hope it doesn't get to be like that either.
Coronavirus outbreak at German meat packing plant drives virus reproduction rate back up
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on confronting a "frightening" pandemic, and thoughts on his political future I'm only posting this here, because he struck me as a genuinely honest and caring politician (at least as far as the pandemic is concerned) when I saw him on the Daily Distancing Show with Trevor Noah. A rareity in the political world for sure. Though, I will credit Francois Legault the premier of Quebec with some of that as well.
Coronavirus stokes consumer demand for disposable pee bags After one of our most recent trips out to do errands I can certainly understand why. Though, I still don't know how or where you're supposed to use them as there is no privacy other than in a bathroom (which you're not allowed into), in order to use them.
Food scarcity is on the rise in America as the economy reels
Disneyland workers push back against plan to reopen next month I know LaRonde in Montreal isn't anywhere near what Disneyland is, and is only an amusement park, but here it's still closed with no opening date announced and the people there are hoping they can open soon, contrary to the sentiments expressed by the people at Disneyland.
COVID-19 in Canada: B.C. and Toronto enter new phases of reopening, Canada to remain closed to international travel Well at least that's one right decision made.
4-day work week with fewer hours, same pay could become a reality in some workplaces post-COVID-19
COVID-19 taught Canada a costly lesson — that early border closures can work Anyone who spent a half hour in med school knows that! But you can't expect snowboard instructors, art teachers and double agents masquerading as health officers to know that, I guess. But even most people with even a modicum of commonsense or a thimble full of brains would know that. The fact that the 3 stooges at the helm didn't doesn't speak very highly of their intelligence. Unless like my husband said, they knew and they knew very well, but they didn't want to do it, because then they'd have no reason to crash the economy like they did, and impose draconian measures like lockdowns etc... He has to be right and I have to be wrong, because otherwise if I'm right that means that collectively the 3 of them Tam, Haggydo & Trudeau are dumber than a bucket of shrimp. So it was planned in order to do what my husband said. The only question is "why?" Which I keep asking all the time. Why would the bozos at the helm want to do that to their own country and citizens?
