Canadian COVID-19 News

[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by kmacdonald

A very popular singer, songwriter in the US said that the Covid Vaccine can cause impedance. Do any studies in Canada support that?

Impedance to what? Further infection? There's some scientific evidence to back that up.

[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by GordMay

I haven’t heard of Covid-19 effecting people’s electrical characteristics.
Impedance [Z], a vector quantity of resistance and reactance, is an expression of the opposition that an electronic component, circuit, or system offers to alternating and/or direct electric current.

But, I’ve read that COVID-19 can cause erectile dysfunction (ED).

As early as June 2020, studies showed a link between COVID-19 and erectile dysfunction [ED]. This was an unexpected finding, since people who were sick with COVID-19 were mainly having lung and respiratory symptoms.

Ongoing research demonstrated that the COVID-19 virus attacks the endothelium. The endothelium is the lining of all blood vessels, like veins and arteries, in the body.
The process is complex, but basically, when the endothelium is damaged, blood vessels don’t work properly and can’t deliver oxygen and other nutrients to the body’s organs. Without them, organs can’t function as well.

And since all organs have blood vessels, the COVID-19 virus could cause damage to any organ in the body this way — including the penis.

“Addressing male sexual and reproductive health in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak” ~ by A. Sansone et al
“... Despite being a trivial matter for patients in intensive care units (ICUs), erectile dysfunction (ED) is a likely consequence of COVID-19 for survivors, and considering the high transmissibility of the infection and the higher contagion rates among elderly men, a worrying phenomenon for a large part of affected patients ...”
➥ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355084/

“Love in the time of COVID-19: a scoping review on male sexual health” ~ by Jahanzeb Malik et al
“... One such reported sequelae of COVID-19 is sexual dysfunction in males even after recovery from the disease ...”
➥ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34211656/

““Mask up to keep it up”: Preliminary evidence of the association between erectile dysfunction and COVID-19" ~ by Andrea Sansone et al
“Erectile dysfunction (ED), as the hallmark of endothelial dysfunction, could be a short- or long-term complication of COVID-19. Additionally, being ED a clinical marker and predictor of non-communicable chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular, subjects with ED could potentially have a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 ...”
➥ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/andr.13003

It appears Covid causes IMPOTENCE (not impedence), not the vaccine.

[Stu Jackson]

Originally Posted by kmacdonald

What is the economic cost of that?

Less death.

[Pelagic]

Originally Posted by Scorpius

Actually, it's a worldwide pandemic. So, by your logic we should give the WHO authority to manage the response in every country in the world - including Canada and the US.

Yes, logically that would have been even better including the distribution of vaccinations

[sv_pelagia]

I think KMD is referring to the (fully debunked) idea suggested by Nikki Minaj that she had a friend (of a friend?) who becane infertile after covid-19 vaccination

[kmacdonald]

Originally Posted by Pelagic

Yes, logically that would have been even better including the distribution of vaccinations

Yes. It would have saved lives and slowed the spread. In the US the supply of vaccinations exceed the demand while a lot of countries the opposite is true. It is truly shameful the way it was and is being handled.

[AKA-None]

Originally Posted by Scorpius

It appears Covid causes IMPOTENCE (not impedence), not the vaccine.

Now there’s something that could fit on a t shirt

Is viagra or similar something covered under CA medical?

[sv_pelagia]

Originally Posted by AKA-None

Now there’s something that could fit on a t shirt

Is viagra or similar something covered under CA medical?

In general, prescription medications are not covered under Canada's medicare (Don't confuse this with USA Medicare).

However "treatments" requiring drugs in hospitals, even very expensive ones, are often covered (which ones are covered differs between the Provinces).

National "Pharmacare" has been on and off the political discussion - - let's not go there - - and with the current minority government, there is a small chance it will return to the discussion. (But not before "$19/day Daycare".)

[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by AKA-None

Now there’s something that could fit on a t shirt

Is viagra or similar something covered under CA medical?

Under it's generic name (sildenafil), under the BC Medical Plan, it can be prescribed by specialists (and paid for under the province's Pharmacare program for low-income residents) for certain heart conditions.

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/h...into%20a%20CPA.

[sv_pelagia]

Will Canadians with mixed-vaccine doses be blocked from U.S. flights?

Interesting opinion piece in Globe & Mail (written by a research fellow at Harvard).

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opin...om-us-flights/

On a different issue, the author suggests reason behind US allowing Canadians to fly into USA may be due to pressure from US airlines.

[kmacdonald]

Originally Posted by sv_pelagia

Will Canadians with mixed-vaccine doses be blocked from U.S. flights?

On a different issue, the author suggests reason behind US allowing Canadians to fly into USA may be due to pressure from US airlines.

One thing for sure is that it was a fact free decision.

[NaClyDog]

Ladies and gents, I hate to say it but... it may just be better to ask to have this thread closed in lieu of allowing it to be used by trolls, misinformation specialists and outright liars.


It's been made abundantly clear we will not be able to have a thread here about Canadian COVID-19 News.


The inmates are running the asylum.


I'm out.

[Midnight Son]

Originally Posted by NaClyDog

Ladies and gents, I hate to say it but... it may just be better to ask to have this thread closed in lieu of allowing it to be used by trolls, misinformation specialists and outright liars.


It's been made abundantly clear we will not be able to have a thread here about Canadian COVID-19 News.


The inmates are running the asylum.


I'm out.

I just put the trolls on my ignore list. Instant dead air.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by NaClyDog

Ladies and gents, I hate to say it but... it may just be better to ask to have this thread closed in lieu of allowing it to be used by trolls, misinformation specialists and outright liars.

It's been made abundantly clear we will not be able to have a thread here about Canadian COVID-19 News.

The inmates are running the asylum.

I'm out.

Don't leave. Just don't respond to them ... at all. Put them on ignore if you must, but all they want is attention and conflict. So if we ignore them, they'll go somewhere else.

[NaClyDog]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Don't leave. Just don't respond to them ... at all. Put them on ignore if you must, but all they want is attention and conflict. So if we ignore them, they'll go somewhere else.

Mike, based on your posting history alone from the time I've been on this forum, I have a great deal of respect for you.



They have all been put on ignore but the feeding just shows their posts anyway (as the reply). This is a boating forum, I hate to see it being used as a platform for those kinds of people to spread their poison.