Rizzo

...except you are not allowed to be with a friend

wow that is nuts

do you mean because she lives in the states?

awesome! congrats on the first boat she is a beaut!

Personally I am getting used to seeing odd things. I used to laugh when I would see people driving alone in their car with a mask on...now I almost expect it.

I think you were trying to be funny...either way, made me laugh!

true...I am out

...so you just ignore the part when I said ""the cases I have seen"...gotcha. If taking things out of context is all you have, there is no point discussing this.

the question was asked "who said it was ever just taking older people" you referred to me. I did not say that, and so I do not appreciate you implying that I did.

I do not appreciated being mis-quoted. I never said "it only affects the old". I said THE CASES I HAVE SEEN were older people. Never would I say it "only" affects the elderly. What happened in Brampton is a real tragedy and my heart goes out to the family. You should not twist my words to try and prove some point.

crappy

you figure the "other" death would be much better? You know many many many of the older folks end up dying of pneumonia right? In other words, same type of death...lungs filling with fluid. Fortunately, there are ways to keep people comfortable when they go through some very uncomfortable times.

Very sorry Dan, my condolences to your family.

wow you guys are nice! I tell my kids to step on the flat piece just above the prop and pull themselves in. Having said that, we only tube or ski once or twice a year, and I have teenage boys. If it was a regular thing, I might consider a ladder as well

thanks for clarifying. I wonder if they actually searched? or the guy just answered a question honestly

wow! I wonder if they just asked him if he had any fish at home or if they actually went and searched. I can't imagine a search of your home would be legal??

I think this phrase is key. As someone who believes there is more to this life than what we see here and now, I am not afraid of dying. When we get older there are many things that could take our life that younger people would not fear. Covid is just one of them! So when that day comes for me, I imagine I will want to spend as MUCH of my time left as possible with family and other loved ones! I often wonder if you ask Grandma and Grandpa "Would you rather live another 2 years locked away, isolated from loved ones OR would you rather have 1 more year surrounded by the love of your family"...which would they choose? For me, it is a no brainer. I would take quality over quantity any day. I have heard of many people who have pulled family members out of nursing homes for that exact reason, and I applaud them for it (and my family has permission to do the same to me if a time like this happens again when I am older!)

wow

jealous...about the surroundings....and the fact you have hair to cut!

I hope more do as well! I expect more people took early retirement when they saw what was happening, so it is wonderful to hear about your "barber" doing the opposite. Probably means you have long scraggly covid hair now though.

Very impressive Lew. That is selfless right there!

So the US has a higher death rate...how do you know Canada will not catch up? The lockdowns slow things down...at the end of all this the death rates may actually be similar. We all will die some day (unless the world ends first!). In my work have first hand experience with all types of death. Almost every single covid death I have seen has been in people 80 and over...and almost every one of those, the family told me the person was in very poor health as it was. In other words, they were already near the end of their life. I think I have only seen one under the age of 70 (that person was 69, and also in poor health). So I am not "comfortable" with any death, but I do understand that death can not be beaten...it is inevitable. If I saw numerous younger people dying I would change my tune perhaps. But I have not seen that. What I HAVE seen is a ridiculous increase in overdose deaths during this pandemic...and I mean ridiculous...like more than one a week. For instance in the past month we have had one covid death (that person was over 90) but I have seen approx 10 overdose deaths, the oldest of those people was just over 50. THAT is a bigger issue than covid in my opinion. All deaths matter, but for us to think we can "beat" death, especially in people over 80, we are fooling ourselves.

see and i would say this is proof that they DON'T work. If they did, why did we need 3 of them? In my opinion, all lockdowns do is slow the inevitable. These stats prove it. A virus will do what a virus will do. You can't stay locked down forever (unless you are retired!). So THAT is what they should have done...."lock down" the vulnerable, and let others carry on with their lives.

that is an article from 2015. Every current stat I have found puts beds with ventilators over 2000. The bigger issue that I am reading about is the staffing, rather than the equipment (currently). Again, could be wrong, but I think the information in that link is outdated

I am no expert, so just did a google search. The CP24 site that I looked at said 2300 ICU beds...almost double what your source says. Did a second search and also came up with 2300 beds from that site.