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RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - tomh009 - 05-26-2021

WEDNESDAY 2021-05-26

Waterloo Region reported 31 new cases for today (6.9% of the active cases) and zero more for yesterday for 30; 335 new cases for the week (-7), averaging 9.9% of active cases. 397 active cases, -85 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Friday.

4,677 doses of vaccine administered with a seven-day average of 4,850. At this pace, the dose count will reach 70% of the regional population on 2021-06-22 (+0 days). This date is now trailing the provincial one by 16 days (+0).

Ontario reported 1,095 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,622 (-71). 2,371 recoveries and 23 deaths translated to a decrease of 1,299 active cases and a new total of 17,727. -5,689 active cases for the week and 153 deaths (22 per day). 24,008 tests with a positivity rate of just 4.56%, in spite of the low testing volume -- an excellent data point. The positivity rate is averaging 5.55% for the past seven days, compared to 6.28% for the preceding seven.

672 patients in ICU (-20 today, -63 for the week) and a total of 1,073 hospitalized (-328 for the week).

135,308 doses of vaccine administered, with a seven-day average at 136,473. At this pace, the dose count will reach 70% of the provincial population on 2021-06-06 (+0 day).
  • 123 cases in Durham: 19.0 per 100K
  • 215 cases in Peel: 15.6 per 100K
  • 50 cases in Middlesex-London: 12.4 per 100K
  • 13 cases in Brant: 9.6 per 100K
  • 54 cases in Hamilton: 9.3 per 100K
  • 101 cases in York: 9.1 per 100K
  • 257 cases in Toronto: 8.8 per 100K
  • 36 cases in Niagara: 8.0 per 100K
  • 64 cases in Ottawa: 6.4 per 100K
  • 31 cases in Waterloo: 5.0 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  • 27 cases in Halton: 4.9 per 100K
  • 8 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 4.0 per 100K
  • 13 cases in Windsor-Essex: 3.3 per 100K
  • 18 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 3.3 per 100K
  • 9 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 3.3 per 100K
  • 3 cases in Lambton: 2.3 per 100K
  • 2 cases in Northwestern: 2.3 per 100K



RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - Rainrider22 - 05-26-2021

I did my part, I was fortunate enough to get my second shot today through work....


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - Chris - 05-26-2021

(05-26-2021, 02:48 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I did my part,  I was fortunate enough to get my second shot today through work....

Nice, congrats!



How's the 5G reception now?

/s


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - Rainrider22 - 05-26-2021

strange you say that, my ears turned green !!! kidding......


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - jeffster - 05-26-2021

(05-26-2021, 02:50 PM)Chris Wrote:
(05-26-2021, 02:48 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: I did my part,  I was fortunate enough to get my second shot today through work....

Nice, congrats!



How's the 5G reception now?

/s

I got 5G on my phone (iPhone 12 on Telus) about a week after my shot. Not saying it's the chip, not saying it's aliens, but it's one or the other. Telus doesn't have 5G in Kitchener yet, but I DO have 5G now. That, or the Telus website hasn't been updated, but that would be a strange conspiracy theory. Aliens or 5G embedded chip in my arm seems more feasible.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - tomh009 - 05-26-2021

(05-26-2021, 06:13 PM)jeffster Wrote: I got 5G on my phone (iPhone 12 on Telus) about a week after my shot. Not saying it's the chip, not saying it's aliens, but it's one or the other. Telus doesn't have 5G in Kitchener yet, but I DO have 5G now. That, or the Telus website hasn't been updated, but that would be a strange conspiracy theory. Aliens or 5G embedded chip in my arm seems more feasible.

I think Telus has a roaming agreement with Rogers. They may have extended that to cover 5G. Have you checked whether it's a Telus network that you are connected to?


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - jeffster - 05-26-2021

(05-26-2021, 08:54 PM)tomh009 Wrote:
(05-26-2021, 06:13 PM)jeffster Wrote: I got 5G on my phone (iPhone 12 on Telus) about a week after my shot. Not saying it's the chip, not saying it's aliens, but it's one or the other. Telus doesn't have 5G in Kitchener yet, but I DO have 5G now. That, or the Telus website hasn't been updated, but that would be a strange conspiracy theory. Aliens or 5G embedded chip in my arm seems more feasible.

I think Telus has a roaming agreement with Rogers. They may have extended that to cover 5G. Have you checked whether it's a Telus network that you are connected to?

It is Telus. I think roaming agreements are generally used outside cities if the other has a poor signal. Literally prior to my shot, everywhere was LTE, now it's 5G. As we learned a few weeks ago, these roaming agreements don't work in the city (when Rogers went down nationwide). It's likely just aliens, I prefer not to spread conspiracy theories about the vaccine.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - plam - 05-27-2021

(05-26-2021, 08:26 AM)jamincan Wrote: I suspect there are actually quite a lot of people like her. When I went and got vaccinated, there were a lot of people my age, but there were still people getting vaccinated who were clearly eligible months ago. I was prepared to get vaccinated the day that Health Canada approved the Pfizer vaccine, but other people are going to take longer to come round. I do think one thing that has been lost in the communication to the public is that while we are individually vaccinated and individually benefit, it is also an act that benefits the whole community. It was something I constantly reminded myself as someone who was farther to the back of the queue of eligible people - that even though I wasn't getting my shot just yet, I'm also benefitting from every single other person getting a shot. The corollary is that by getting the shot, I'm benefitting the people around me too. Often times, more outward-focused community-minded motivations like that can resonate with some people/cultures more than the more individual-focused ones.

I think many people can be convinced, especially in Canada. The US is probably more tricky due to radicalization. In the end I'm medium-term optimistic about Canada.

Prof. Tara Moriarty from U of T has been running Zoom Q&A sessions: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/daily-zoom-sessions-u-t-researcher-answers-people-s-questions-about-covid-19-vaccines, may be useful; the link at the end still seems to work.

Here's a first-person piece in CBC where it talks about someone convincing their parents to get vaccinated: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/first-person-vaccine-hesistancy-1.6036728

I don't think there's a mass media Ontario ad. Here's the New Zealand vaccine ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcIQATtAkS0

(and in how to lie with statistics, NZ's fully-vaccinated rate at 3.82% is close to Canada's 3.99% as of yesterday; of course the first dose counts are way apart)

Quebec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfKl40Hi3pc

I've been meaning to write something comparing the different ads, I have a collection of them. I heard that in Switzerland ads just wouldn't fly.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - jeffster - 05-27-2021

(05-26-2021, 08:54 PM)tomh009 Wrote:
(05-26-2021, 06:13 PM)jeffster Wrote: I got 5G on my phone (iPhone 12 on Telus) about a week after my shot. Not saying it's the chip, not saying it's aliens, but it's one or the other. Telus doesn't have 5G in Kitchener yet, but I DO have 5G now. That, or the Telus website hasn't been updated, but that would be a strange conspiracy theory. Aliens or 5G embedded chip in my arm seems more feasible.

I think Telus has a roaming agreement with Rogers. They may have extended that to cover 5G. Have you checked whether it's a Telus network that you are connected to?

I read an article in “Barrie Today” and it was how 5G was now available in that town from Bell Upgrades. It had also said that Bell (which shares towers with Telus) also updated in other towns, including Guelph, Kitchener and Waterloo. Cambridge was not on the list.

I still say it’s aliens though.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - tomh009 - 05-27-2021

(05-27-2021, 12:14 AM)plam Wrote: I don't think there's a mass media Ontario ad. Here's the New Zealand vaccine ad:

We received some (paper!) mailers about vaccines, as I recall. But it might have been the region sending them out? I can't remember any more. Sad


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - danbrotherston - 05-27-2021

(05-27-2021, 08:38 AM)tomh009 Wrote:
(05-27-2021, 12:14 AM)plam Wrote: I don't think there's a mass media Ontario ad. Here's the New Zealand vaccine ad:

We received some (paper!) mailers about vaccines, as I recall. But it might have been the region sending them out? I can't remember any more. Sad

I definitely recall getting a number of flyers from the region. It makes sense, the province has delegated virtually all on the ground activities to regional agencies.

I mean, vaccine registration is different in all the regions anyway, what would a provincial flyer even say.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - Bjays93 - 05-27-2021

I suspect that there will be a continual flow of people getting vaccinated even amongst eligible groups as time goes on. I knew many many people who were not anti vax but were hesitant to get the covid vaccine right away. 

I myself will not be getting till the fall likely because I have some underlying health issues and my doctor agrees that it's best to wait until theres more trial data for people my age particularly with underlying conditions like I have. 

I fully intend to get it, I'll just be a little behind the curve and I imagine I'm not the only person in this position.


RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - tomh009 - 05-27-2021

10-day averages for key regions in Ontario, plus the weekly trend as of 2021-05-27 (posting this every two days).

RegionCases todayper 100K10-day averageper 100KWeekly trend
Peel
271
19.6
347
25.1
-44%
Hamilton
66
11.4
84
14.5
-59%
Toronto
316
10.8
417
14.2
-49%
Durham
25
3.9
90
13.9
-31%
Middlesex-London
35
8.6
50
12.3
-57%
York
75
6.8
123
11.0
-42%
Brant
14
10.3
13
9.9
-32%
Niagara
22
4.9
40
9.0
-48%
Halton
14
2.6
49
9.0
-63%
Windsor-Essex
24
6.2
35
8.9
-68%
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph
16
5.9
23
8.4
-57%
Waterloo
44
7.1
46
7.5
-27%
Ottawa
37
3.7
71
7.1
-54%
Simcoe-Muskoka
47
8.7
38
7.0
-38%
Huron Perth
2
2.0
5
5.3
-89%
Southwestern Ontario
9
4.5
10
4.8
-54%
Lambton
1
.8
6
4.3
-80%
Eastern Ontario
2
1.0
7
3.6
-103%
Northwestern
6
6.8
3
3.5
-32%
Leeds, Grenville & Lanark
3
1.8
4
2.5
+14%
Ontario total
-38%



RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - tomh009 - 05-27-2021

THURSDAY 2021-05-27

Waterloo Region reported 54 new cases for today (13.6% of the active cases) and one more for yesterday for 32; 324 new cases for the week (-11), averaging 9.9% of active cases. 403 active cases, -98 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Friday.

5,052 doses of vaccine administered with a seven-day average of 4,778. At this pace, the dose count will reach 70% of the regional population on 2021-06-23 (+1 days). This date is now trailing the provincial one by 17 days (+1).

Ontario reported 1,135 new cases today with a seven-day average of 1,441 (-182). 2,302 recoveries and 19 deaths translated to a decrease of 1,186 active cases and a new total of 16,541. -6,485 active cases for the week and 145 deaths (21 per day). 37,705 tests with a positivity rate of just 3.01%, the lowest since mid-March. The positivity rate is averaging 5.23% for the past seven days, compared to 6.20% for the preceding seven.

650 patients in ICU (-22 today, -71 for the week) and a total of 1,072 hospitalized (-248 for the week).

143,748 doses of vaccine administered, with a seven-day average at 136,296. At this pace, the dose count will reach 70% of the provincial population on 2021-06-06 (+0 day).
  • 271 cases in Peel: 19.6 per 100K
  • 66 cases in Hamilton: 11.4 per 100K
  • 316 cases in Toronto: 10.8 per 100K
  • 14 cases in Brant: 10.3 per 100K
  • 47 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka: 8.7 per 100K
  • 35 cases in Middlesex-London: 8.6 per 100K
  • 44 cases in Waterloo: 7.1 per 100K (based on provincial reporting)
  • 6 cases in Northwestern: 6.8 per 100K
  • 75 cases in York: 6.8 per 100K
  • 24 cases in Windsor-Essex: 6.2 per 100K
  • 16 cases in Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph: 5.9 per 100K
  • 22 cases in Niagara: 4.9 per 100K
  • 9 cases in Southwestern Ontario: 4.5 per 100K
  • 25 cases in Durham: 3.9 per 100K
  • 37 cases in Ottawa: 3.7 per 100K
  • 14 cases in Halton: 2.6 per 100K
  • 9 cases in Sudbury: 2.3 per 100K



RE: The COVID-19 pandemic - jeffster - 05-28-2021

(05-27-2021, 01:59 PM)tomh009 Wrote: THURSDAY 2021-05-27

Waterloo Region reported 54 new cases for today (13.6% of the active cases) and one more for yesterday for 32; 324 new cases for the week (-11), averaging 9.9% of active cases. 403 active cases, -98 in the last seven days.

Next testing report on Friday.

5,052 doses of vaccine administered with a seven-day average of 4,778. At this pace, the dose count will reach 70% of the regional population on 2021-06-23 (+1 days). This date is now trailing the provincial one by 17 days (+1).

Not good that the region is getting further and further behind Ontario. I’m having a hard time understanding why we’re struggling at getting enough vaccines (as this seems to be be issue). It seems we’re not advocating for ourselves enough.

We could end up being one of the last areas to open up.