Acceptable Losses

[Darts]

With new infections running at under 100, it appears that this might be as good as it gets. Therefore, we may have to accept 100 just like we have accepted illnesses and deaths caused by the flu and/or auto accidents.

However, we still need to be vigilant and keep up the good habits/practices/policies that got us here. This probably means no non-essential visitors to Canada and no fans in the stand for your favourite sport(s) and mandatory masking.

 

[Darts]

Oh no! Dentists say the mask causes dry mouth which causes cavities.

 

[TeeJay]

For those claiming Trudeau / Ford and all did such a "great" job with lockdowns and restrictions
One needs only look at our overall stats vs rest of the world to see just how poorly we fared in this pandemic

Canada is nearly in the Top10 (latest list shows #13th overall) in total deaths
But our population is way lower (not even Top40 worldwide)

 

[HungSowel]

Using this as the source data, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, and the deaths per million as the metric (which is the best metric), Canada is number 26 with 239 deaths per million

Sweden is #8 with 574 deaths per million.

 

[squeezer]

Using this as the source data, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, and the deaths per million as the metric (which is the best metric), Canada is number 26 with 239 deaths per million

Sweden is #8 with 574 deaths per million.

No use, he's a salesman who spins numbers to fit his narrative.

 

[TeeJay]

Using this as the source data, https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/, and the deaths per million as the metric (which is the best metric), Canada is number 26 with 239 deaths per million

Sweden is #8 with 574 deaths per million.

See that's the problem with statistical averages
Are you claiming that a country such as San Marino (with 42 deaths) is really worse than Canada (9000+ deaths)

Its the same reason say in sports we don't say the goaltender who played 2 games is the best goaltender of the year, even though he has highest save percentage & lowest goals against.

 

[HungSowel]

See that's the problem with statistical averages
Are you claiming that a country such as San Marino (with 42 deaths) is really worse than Canada (9000+ deaths)

Its the same reason say in sports we don't say the goaltender who played 2 games is the best goaltender of the year, even though he has highest save percentage & lowest goals against.

Take out about 4 countries with a population of less than 100k, that would put Sweden at #4 and Canada at #22.

Edit: Made mistake, that would put Sweden at #6 and Canada at #22

 

[TeeJay]

Take out about 4 countries with a population of less than 100k, that would put Sweden at #4 and Canada at #22.

Edit: Made mistake, that would put Sweden at #6 and Canada at #22

I would argue needed to remove at least 12 countries (any place with less than 15 million population is in no way comparable to Canada; Ontario *alone* has nearly 15 million people)

Which puts Canada back into 13th place as per my initial post

 

[squeezer]

I would argue needed to remove at least 12 countries (any place with less than 15 million population is in no way comparable to Canada; Ontario *alone* has nearly 15 million people)

Which puts Canada back into 13th place as per my initial post

 

[Darts]

Public officials are saying that opening schools will increase COVID infection but not opening schools is a worse option. We'll just have to deal with new infections as they occur.

 

[TeeJay]

In our worst month we had all of 22 people in ICU
The fears of hospitals being "overrun" look laughable in hindsight

 

[jalimon]

In our worst month we had all of 22 people in ICU
The fears of hospitals being "overrun" look laughable in hindsight

That's because we succeeded. In Italy many died at home because ICU were full. In China they had to build a 10k hospital...

 

[Darts]

That's because we succeeded.

Old proverb: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

 

[TeeJay]

That's because we succeeded. In Italy many died at home because ICU were full. In China they had to build a 10k hospital...

No i think most people will look at this and say we failed
Not only did we have a very high number of deaths (we ranked 13th in death vs 42nd in population) but vast majority of community never even saw a death

Our old age homes became killing grounds as we thinned our RRSP crowd

 

[shack]

No i think most people will look at this and say we failed

If WE failed, how did U.S.A do?

 

[doggystyle99]

No i think most people will look at this and say we failed
Not only did we have a very high number of deaths (we ranked 13th in death vs 42nd in population) but vast majority of community never even saw a death

Our old age homes became killing grounds as we thinned our RRSP crowd

Incorrect as usual.
You don’t know what failure means.
Canada is ranked 17th with 9,135 total deaths.
Ranked 28th with 242 deaths/Mln

In comparison USA is first with 190,000 total deaths
Ranked 11th with 573 deaths/Mln

Meanwhile Canada has less than 10 deaths per day for over 14 days, USA still has well over 1,000 per day on a consistent basis.
So tell me who failed.

Coronavirus Update (Live): 90,879,233 Cases and 1,946,619 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

Live statistics and coronavirus news tracking the number of confirmed cases, recovered patients, tests, and death toll due to the COVID-19 coronavirus from Wuhan, China. Coronavirus counter with new cases, deaths, and number of tests per 1 Million population. Historical data and info. Daily...

www.worldometers.info

 

[Darts]

Apparently, the physical distancing rule for little people is 3 feet. It kind of makes sense . Little people have little noses and mouths. So, desks in schools can be 3 and not 6 feet apart.

 

[lenny2]

" just because I’m old doesn’t mean I want to die. Do you get that?”

Hospitalized B.C. COVID-19 patient speaks out: ‘Just because I’m old doesn’t mean I want to die’ | Globalnews.ca

Cathy Gibbs was infected after visiting with someone in her six-person bubble who turned out to be ill.

globalnews.ca

 

[basketcase]

If WE failed, how did U.S.A do?

He thinks we failed because we fell for this Chinsese/liberal hoax. I'm sure he thinks that hundreds of thousands of people aren't really dead.

 

[shack]

He thinks we failed because we fell for this Chinsese/liberal hoax. I'm sure he thinks that hundreds of thousands of people aren't really dead.

It is either lying or ignorance at this point for anyone to hold on to this false narrative of a hoax. It has hit the world smack dab in the face and in no way can be denied. And we are not nearly finished yet.

Referring back to the U.S. again, they are constantly blaming the Chinese for unleashing the Chinese virus on them. It still sounds like an epic fail for our cult led neighbour to the south compared to us.