That’s also within the incubation period for Covid and they could very well have been already infected when they had their shot without knowing it . That would be the more likely scenario and the shot would not have helped them at that point. Still extremely sad nonetheless and I’m sorry to hear that.I have no evidence except that I know someone personally who had their FIRST jab and is now on their death bed in the ICU. It was two weeks post shot that they came down with it. Based on what our PHO said, one shot should have been enough to keep away severe cases and hospitalization. Obviously that’s not true
La Ronde in Montreal was open and are opening soon again. Not sure about Wonderland this year. Have a feeling it won't be opening again.
We went to Toronto late last summer for our 25th Anniversary (instead of the epic British Isles cruise we had planned) and that was at a time when things were as "open" as possible. There still wasn't really that much to do; no festivals, no museums, no live theater or movies, no baseball, no Wonderland and the hotel pools and spas were closed. I'd check to see what is actually open and available before I went if I were you.
Here in Alberta we have not been permitted to have any type of indoor social gatherings since last fall and of course the weather hasn't really allowed outdoor gatherings (allowed for 10 or less). Drive-by birthday parties and Zoom weddings are getting pretty old. We are DESPERATE to get back together.
I live in southern Ontario and it's been in some state of closed for almost the whole year. We got a bit of a reprieve from say July to October but that was it. Restrictions started going into place again in October and we went full stay at home orders for the second time on December 26. We managed to start opening (I'm stressing that heavily because places like Toronto never opened again) in February only to be told we were under stay at home orders again easter weekend. Now we have emergency orders in place and all non emergency surgeries are cancelled and the hospitals are allowed to transfer patients without consent because our icus are filling up quickly. For those of us in the hardest hit areas it does not seem like there is qn end in sight.We went to Toronto late last summer for our 25th Anniversary (instead of the epic British Isles cruise we had planned) and that was at a time when things were as "open" as possible. There still wasn't really that much to do; no festivals, no museums, no live theater or movies, no baseball, no Wonderland and the hotel pools and spas were closed. I'd check to see what is actually open and available before I went if I were you.
As for Covid fatigue, having gone through our second Easter with on-line church and no way to have celebrations or feasting with friends and family was a big, big blow to our morale.
We don't have any. While we certainly did enjoy our time there and in Ottawa and Niagara Falls, we won't be back until entertainment and recreation safely resumes. We were looking forward to a long weekend in Fairmont Hot Springs, BC, next weekend - the weather there is lovely and the golf courses are already open. BC's latest round of restrictions have put the kibosh to that though.
I understand that. My sister and her family drove 8 hours from Niagara Falls to Montreal go to LA Ronde due to Wonderland being closed. I plan on doing the same this summer as they will open well before Wonderland opens.
That's how I feel. If I'm going to risk the travel I may as well go to Disney.
Absolutely, feel exactly the same.Some days I'm full of hope and happiness, but today I'm feeling frustrated and discouraged. I think it's especially hard when you are seeing friends around the world (USA, Australia) living their lives fairly normal and we can't do much of anything here
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The 100% is referring to how well the vaccines are protecting against serious symptoms, hospitalizations & death NOT 100% efficacy, because as you pointed out that's not possible. The claims are that in people who have been vaccinated, ALL of them, 100% of them, will not get ill enough to need medical attention. I posted a link to a video in the vaccine thread that explained the difference between the 2 numbers because efficacy isn't what we're actually aiming for at the moment. I'm afraid what we'll start seeing is the fall-out from the variants compared to the "wild" COVID-19 that vaccines were developed to fight. It just makes sense that the more we allow the lil bugger to mutate the further behind we'll be and why we need as many people as possible to roll up their sleeves, stay home as much as possible & mask up when they do go out. I'll need to take some time and do some research into the sobering thoughts that we're moving further from the desired outcome of 100% not needing medical interventions
This video doesn't talk about the AZ specifically because it was produced in the states and it's not approved for use there yet but the information is easy to understand. Just thought I'd drop it here in case someone is interested, not implying that you don't get the difference between the 2 numbers.
Which Vaccine is Best?
Yes! At this point in the pandemic for sure. We are 100% not trying from live with it, unless live just means existing.
And she interrupted my work to impart that bit of wisdom to a woman twice her age and twice her life experience. Somebody's parents and grandparents failed right there. Women need to be physically independent if at all possible and particularly need to be financially independent. Keeping costs down and saving is freedom. I don't even want to start on teenagers who won't pick up a snow shovel and won't push a lawnmower. These are lifelong skills. Being a Jill or Jack of all trades is critical and physical work and exercise is such a big boost for mental and emotional health. The pandemic has highlighted our need to be in control of at least the small things in our lives.
