Canadian COVID-19 News

[davil]

Originally Posted by Montanan

Doctors are warning that you should stop using ibuprofen and acetaminophen before getting your COVID vaccine.

The University of California Irvine warns that "taking over-the-counter medications such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen before receiving a COVID vaccine may reduce its ability to work and blunt your immune response to the vaccine." That's because "these Over The Counter medications work as anti-inflammatories and block a pathway called the cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) enzyme," says Ashley Ellis, PharmD, director of clinical operations for Compwell. These enzymes are necessary for your body to be able to produce a high volume of "B-lymphocytes, which downstream make antibodies to COVID, the flu, or whichever pathogen the vaccine is trying to protect against
Ibuprofen is sold under brand names like Advil and Motrin, while acetaminophen is sold under the brand name Tylenol, among others.

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thank you Montanan for bringing this article to our attention and like everything related to Covid subject to interpretations and different opinions.
It prompted my interest as I take Ibuprofen on a daily basis as an anti inflammatory.
Did a Google search ( source of human wisdom) and then called my daughter,we are both physicians,she practices and I sail been retired for over 20 years.
Here is our take on this.
First although is presented as "The University of California Irvine warns..." actually is a paper presented by "Ashley Ellis, PharmD, director of clinical operations for Compwell" and for what I gather Comwell is a long term facility??,not sure just did not put much effort on it just confirm is not The University.
There are two populations to consider,those on current therapy taking Ibuprofen and those who are not and will consider to take either as preventive for discomfort or because they develop discomfort.
It is true,Ibuprofen is an antinflamatory and will diminish the inmuno response and we don't want that,actually we like to have the system react to the vaccine.
I think will make sense for those like me on Ibuprofen will stop it day or two before the vaccine and return a few days after the injection to give my system the capacity to react to the vaccine, in fact I will just stop and start again after the second shot,I like my inmumo system to work its magic!!!!
For the second group,those NOT on the Ibuprofen may like to play by ear,if the discomfort (transient fever,muscle aches general malaise etc) are mild I will just take them as a blessing as the vaccine is working,if the symptoms become intolerable because intensity etc,then will certainly call my family physician for directions (I never self medicate).
This article is inconclusive and certainly lacks depth and control studies etc etc BUT that does not make it less than possible and will merit more attention as the logic is there.

Disclaimer: these are my personal thoughts and non-medical advice.
Take care and thank you again for posting

[Montanan]

So a Quebec woman walked her husband on a leash to get around strict COVID curfew rules, but they were caught and fined $1,500 EACH after she walked him on a leash at 9 p.m., an hour after the region's COVID-19 curfew was implemented Saturday night.

When they were stopped by the police, the woman argued people are allowed to walk dogs on a leash within a kilometer of their homes after 8 p.m., per the rules. The woman argued to police that she was simply following curfew rules which allow dogs to be walked on leashes within one kilometer of their home after 8 p.m. When the police pointed out her husband isn't a dog, she continued to protest and said she would not pay the fine.

"One of them had the other on a leash, and she said she was taking her dog, pointing to her partner, out on a walk, as allowed under the exceptions provided by Quebec’s premier under its curfew law,” said Isabelle Sehrdon, a spokesperson for the local police department.

The couple are from Sherbrooke, Quebec. The woman is 24 years old and her partner is 40, according to the Toronto Sun.

When confronted by officers, the couple said it would be a “pleasure” to receive the fines and “it would not stop them from breaking the rules in the future and they would see how many tickets they could get,”

[Montanan]

Ontario has declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order that will take effect Thursday in response to surging COVID-19 infections that threaten to overrun the health-care system.

Residents will be required to stay home, leaving only for essentials like work, food, health-care services, work or exercise, for at least 28 days.

The state of emergency gives police and bylaw officers authority to enforce the public health rules with tickets.

Here’s what the new restrictions are:

Gatherings and services
— Indoor social gatherings and events barred except among people in the same household.

— Outdoor gatherings limited to five people, with “limited exceptions.”

— Religious services, weddings, funerals and other ceremonies limited to 10 people with physical distancing and face coverings.

Workplaces
— Employers should ensure all employees work remotely, unless their jobs can only be done on site.

— The government says it will provide up to 300,000 rapid COVID-19 test per week to open workplaces, including long-term care homes, schools, manufacturing, warehouses and food processing.

Masks
— Masks recommended outside when physical distance of more than two metres can’t be maintained.

— Businesses open for sales must require people to wear masks inside.

Retail
— Retails stores deemed non-essential and those offering curbside pickup and delivery must limit hours of operation to between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.

— Food stores, pharmacies, gas stations, convenience stores and restaurants selling takeout are exempt from the limit on hours.

— Retailers allowed to open for in-person shopping — including supermarkets, convenience stores, box stores that sell groceries and discount stores _ must be able to maintain physical distance between people, and require face coverings.

— Retailers limited to curbside pickup can only sell items a customer ordered before arriving.

Construction
— Construction deemed non-essential closed.

— Land surveying and demolition services permitted.

Sports and recreation
— Concert venues and theatres closed, including for drive-in or drive-thru events.

— Some outdoor recreation spaces can open with conditions, including parks, baseball diamonds, batting cages, sports fields, skate parks, horse-racing facilities, trails, toboggan hills, ice rinks and shooting ranges.

[GordMay]

Canada surpasses 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as provinces revisit vaccine plans
➥ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...ltc-residents/

[deblen]

I presume each Canadian Province & Territory has similar legislation. / Len


https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/d...dLeT0MP8iI427Q

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by deblen

I presume each Canadian Province & Territory has similar legislation. / Len
https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/d...dLeT0MP8iI427Q

Yes.
The various Legislation(s), and Covid-19 Declarations, are listed under each Province:
State of Emergency Declarations
As of April 17, 2020 ➥ https://cna-aiic.ca/en/coronavirus-d....6qj4rlLi.dpuf

[sv_pelagia]

Originally Posted by deblen

I presume each Canadian Province & Territory has similar legislation. / Len


https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/d...dLeT0MP8iI427Q

Yes.

However, each province has quite different regulations (in BC, they are called "health orders").

For example, in British Columbia almost all businesses are open, restaurants have indoor dining, bars are open. All with reduced seating and regulations. Masks are required everywhere indoors (except in home). There is no "stay at home" order, only a very strong discouragement against travel outside local area. Biggest current provincewide limitation is prohibition against any gatherings, indoor or outdoor, with anyone from outside of your household unit.

[desodave]

I believe that there may be significant differences in workplace regulations and inspections between provinces. BC has been aggressive re the establishment of covid plans in workplaces and also follow-up inspections to ensure that plans are actually being followed. Our stores have all restricted the numbers of people in the stores for months. The big box retailers have all posted guards outside to restrict the numbers of people in those stores, also for months. I think this together with mask mandates has allowed relatively more stores and restaurants to remain open in BC.

[Montanan]

"European Union countries kicked off a debate on Monday on whether people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine should have greater freedom to travel and interact [e.g., dine / shop] in the summer than those not immunized."

An interesting read, much to consider.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/e...155702128.html

[GordMay]

“Variants of Concern (VOC) petition by virologists, epidemiologists, doctors and public health officials”
The recent emergence internationally of several Variants of Concern has made reinforcing border controls to prevent COVID importation even more urgent. The "Canadian Shield report" recommends to: “Significantly strengthen internal and, especially, international borders to prevent COVID transmission while maintaining trade and service flows.”
VOC Petition ➥ https://covidstrategicchoices.ca/petition

“Building the Canadian Shield"
A New Strategy to Protect Canadians From COVID and From the Fight Against COVID
➥ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEe...VYQEy-ME1/view

[GordMay]

Spartan Bioscience Receives Health Canada Authorization for Made-In-Canada Rapid COVID-19 Test ~ January 23rd, 2021
"Spartan Bioscience announced today it has received approval from Health Canada and is now authorized to sell the Spartan COVID-19 System, a rapid, on-site molecular diagnostic test for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19 ..."
More ➥ https://www.spartanbio.com/company/n...ade-in-canada/

[GordMay]

Here's a look back at some of the comments in the days before and after the discovery of Canada's first case, on January 25/20:

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"The system is on alert, all the things are in place and we're monitoring. If it's a false alarm for Canada, so be it." -- Dr. David Williams, Ontario chief medical officer of health, in an interview with The Canadian Press on Jan. 22.

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"We've seen this movie before. Our infection-control game is better than it was. But we still have this problem with the physical plant of our hospitals, with our emergency rooms, where people are stuck together cheek-by-jowl, and that creates vulnerability." -- University of Toronto epidemiologist Dr. David Fisman, discussing potential risks from the then emerging virus on Jan. 23.

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"If a case comes here, and it is probably likely that we will have a case here, it will still be business as normal." -- Dr. Peter Donnelly, then president of Public Health Ontario, discussing the prospect of mass quarantines on Jan. 24.

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"There's no reason for fear because sometimes the epidemic of fear is greater than what is going on." -- Quebec director of public health Dr. Horracio Arruda, on Jan. 24.

Video: The challenges of vaccinating the vulnerable in Canada’s North (cbc.ca)
Current Time 1:07
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Duration 3:05
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The challenges of vaccinating the vulnerable in Canada’s North

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"The risk to Ontarians is still low and things are managed and well-controlled. As I hoped, the system is operating as it should." -- Williams at the Jan. 25 news conference in which he announced that Canada's first COVID-19 case had officially been diagnosed in Toronto.

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"The patient has been managed with all appropriate infection and prevention control protocols, so the risk of onward spread in Canada is low. Nevertheless it would not be unexpected that there will be more cases imported into Canada in the near-term given global travel patterns." -- Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, speaking at Jan. 26 news conference held in reaction to the previous day's diagnosis.

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"Be careful, be vigilant, but you don't have to change your life at the moment." -- Toronto Mayor John Tory on Jan. 27.

—

"Transmission of the virus is occurring among family members who have close and prolonged exposure to sick individuals. Canadians should not be concerned that they can pick up the virus from an infected individual by any casual contact, such as walking through the airport or another public place." -- Tam, speaking on a Jan. 27 teleconference hours after officials had confirmed the original patient's wife had also tested positive for COVID-19.

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"The World Health Organization's global emergency status is really ... about helping countries that do not have the same level of sophistication as Canada, or perhaps the United States, to protect their citizens if in fact they have a citizen who returns from China who is ill, or has been close to someone who has returned from China who is ill. You know this has been working very well in Canada, because we have actually been able to detect cases very quickly, support those people to get better and prevent the spread of disease." - federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu at a news conference on Jan. 30.

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"If we do not take all the measures that we can take right now to make sure that we eradicate this virus from human populations, then we may end up with yet another ongoing endemic infection like influenza that we will have to deal with every year that causes severe illness and some death." -- British Columbia health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, speaking on Jan. 31 days after confirming the province's first case of COVID-19.

[hpeer]

Thanks Gord for that perspective.

[Scorpius]

Originally Posted by GordMay

Here's a look back at some of the comments in the days before and after the discovery of Canada's first case, on January 25/20:

—

"The system is on alert, all the things are in place and we're monitoring. If it's a false alarm for Canada, so be it." -- Dr. David Williams, Ontario chief medical officer of health, in an interview with The Canadian Press on Jan. 22.

—

"We've seen this movie before. Our infection-control game is better than it was. But we still have this problem with the physical plant of our hospitals, with our emergency rooms, where people are stuck together cheek-by-jowl, and that creates vulnerability." -- University of Toronto epidemiologist Dr. David Fisman, discussing potential risks from the then emerging virus on Jan. 23.

—

"If a case comes here, and it is probably likely that we will have a case here, it will still be business as normal." -- Dr. Peter Donnelly, then president of Public Health Ontario, discussing the prospect of mass quarantines on Jan. 24.

—

"There's no reason for fear because sometimes the epidemic of fear is greater than what is going on." -- Quebec director of public health Dr. Horracio Arruda, on Jan. 24.

Video: The challenges of vaccinating the vulnerable in Canada’s North (cbc.ca)
Current Time 1:07
/
Duration 3:05
0
The challenges of vaccinating the vulnerable in Canada’s North

—

"The risk to Ontarians is still low and things are managed and well-controlled. As I hoped, the system is operating as it should." -- Williams at the Jan. 25 news conference in which he announced that Canada's first COVID-19 case had officially been diagnosed in Toronto.

—

"The patient has been managed with all appropriate infection and prevention control protocols, so the risk of onward spread in Canada is low. Nevertheless it would not be unexpected that there will be more cases imported into Canada in the near-term given global travel patterns." -- Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, speaking at Jan. 26 news conference held in reaction to the previous day's diagnosis.

—

"Be careful, be vigilant, but you don't have to change your life at the moment." -- Toronto Mayor John Tory on Jan. 27.

—

"Transmission of the virus is occurring among family members who have close and prolonged exposure to sick individuals. Canadians should not be concerned that they can pick up the virus from an infected individual by any casual contact, such as walking through the airport or another public place." -- Tam, speaking on a Jan. 27 teleconference hours after officials had confirmed the original patient's wife had also tested positive for COVID-19.

—

"The World Health Organization's global emergency status is really ... about helping countries that do not have the same level of sophistication as Canada, or perhaps the United States, to protect their citizens if in fact they have a citizen who returns from China who is ill, or has been close to someone who has returned from China who is ill. You know this has been working very well in Canada, because we have actually been able to detect cases very quickly, support those people to get better and prevent the spread of disease." - federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu at a news conference on Jan. 30.

—

"If we do not take all the measures that we can take right now to make sure that we eradicate this virus from human populations, then we may end up with yet another ongoing endemic infection like influenza that we will have to deal with every year that causes severe illness and some death." -- British Columbia health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, speaking on Jan. 31 days after confirming the province's first case of COVID-19.

Note that all these quotes are from January 2020 (last year) at the very beginning of the pandemic, not this January {2021). And thank heavens we have, here in BC, Dr. Bonnie Henry and a very strong and capable Workers Compensation Board (OSHA) which moved very quickly to impose, and which rigorously enforces anti-Covid regulations in publicly accessible workplaces like stores, etc. - ostensibly to protect employees, but in practice protecting everyone.

[Midnight Son]

Unsettling forecast for the spring if we don't get our act together'
Dr. Campbell, always documents his discussions, with reference, to reputable sources.

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

Open the video in a new tab, to see the full documentation in the description.

This is the link to the Simon Fraser University study. A little chilling.



https://www.sfu.ca/magpie/blog/high-...modelling.html


Best wishes, stay safe