The Toronto Eaton Centre is now boarded-up and surrounded by barricades

[canada-man]

Toronto's Eaton Centre has been closed for about a week now and it appears that extra measures have been put in place by way of boarding and cement barricades stationed in front of its doors.

A photo posted to Reddit shows the entrance near Yonge and Dundas blocked off with the barricades, while the entrance to H&M has been covered with boarding.

According to a statement from Cadillac Fairview, who owns and operates the Eaton Centre and several other malls in the province, the barricades were put in place as an "additional safety measure" that's being applied "around the perimeter of all of our shopping centres in Ontario."

To account for H&M's storefront being boarded up, the statement notes that "we did not make any changes to store fronts" and the decision to modify it would be at the discretion of the retailer.

https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/toronto-eaton-centre-barricades/

 

[lenny2]

The Zombie Apocalypse has arrived.

No one is left in Italy except "The Walking Dead".

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/walking-dead-where-did-the-zombie-virus-come-from/1100-6473052/

 

[Smallcock]

They know that once the unwashed masses grow hungry, tired, and angry, that it's going to be Armageddon on every retail building standing. The hordes will steal everything from clothes to stereo equipment, smashing every window in their wake.

 

[canada-man]

They know that once the unwashed masses grow hungry, tired, and angry, that it's going to be Armageddon on every retail building standing. The hordes will steal everything from clothes to stereo equipment, smashing every window in their wake.

i mentioned this fact in another thread. people will not tolerate being locked up in their homes like caged animals. Italians in southern Italy are now calling for a revolution they are running out of food and have no income and no jobs,

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

They know that once the unwashed masses grow hungry, tired, and angry, that it's going to be Armageddon on every retail building standing. The hordes will steal everything from clothes to stereo equipment, smashing every window in their wake

Thats not a matter of if, but a matter of when

 

[canada-man]

Singing stops in Italy as fear and social unrest mount

A few days into Italy’s lockdown, people across the country sang and played music from their balconies as they came together to say “Everything will be alright” (Andrà tutto bene). Three weeks on, the singing has stopped and social unrest is mounting as a significant part of the population, especially in the poorer south, realise that everything is not all right.

“They are no longer singing or dancing on the balconies,” said Salvatore Melluso, a priest at Caritas Diocesana di Napoli, a church-run charity in Naples. “Now people are more afraid – not so much of the virus, but of poverty. Many are out of work and hungry. There are now long queues at food banks.”

There have been far fewer coronavirus deaths in Italy’s south compared with the worst-affected northern regions, but the pandemic is having a serious impact on livelihoods.

Tensions are building across the poorest southern regions of Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia as people run out of food and money. There have been reports of small shop owners being pressured to give food for free, while police are patrolling supermarkets in some areas to stop thefts. The self-employed or those working on contracts that do not guarantee social benefits have lost salaries, and many small businesses may never reopen.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fear-social-unrest-mount-coronavirus-lockdown

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Singing stops in Italy as fear and social unrest mount

A few days into Italy’s lockdown, people across the country sang and played music from their balconies as they came together to say “Everything will be alright” (Andrà tutto bene). Three weeks on, the singing has stopped and social unrest is mounting as a significant part of the population, especially in the poorer south, realise that everything is not all right.

“They are no longer singing or dancing on the balconies,” said Salvatore Melluso, a priest at Caritas Diocesana di Napoli, a church-run charity in Naples. “Now people are more afraid – not so much of the virus, but of poverty. Many are out of work and hungry. There are now long queues at food banks.”

There have been far fewer coronavirus deaths in Italy’s south compared with the worst-affected northern regions, but the pandemic is having a serious impact on livelihoods.

Tensions are building across the poorest southern regions of Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia as people run out of food and money. There have been reports of small shop owners being pressured to give food for free, while police are patrolling supermarkets in some areas to stop thefts. The self-employed or those working on contracts that do not guarantee social benefits have lost salaries, and many small businesses may never reopen.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fear-social-unrest-mount-coronavirus-lockdown

Unrest will start over here also if people are locked down for too long. Its inevitable

 

[canada-man]

a possible future

 

[jcpro]

Unrest will start over here too if people are locked down for too long. Its inevitable

And yet, you think(in another thread) that a lock down is a good idea. It's not. This virus spreads like a common cold. It cannot be contained without putting the WHOLE population into a solitary confinement. That means no movement outside of the doors of people's homes. Even with that in place- Italy being the example- the results are not promising as the Chinese virus spreads too easily. The answer is simple. Put all the healthcare resources into seniors and the people with the underlying conditions and let everyone else get back to work.

 

[Smallcock]

Singing stops in Italy as fear and social unrest mount

A few days into Italy’s lockdown, people across the country sang and played music from their balconies as they came together to say “Everything will be alright” (Andrà tutto bene). Three weeks on, the singing has stopped and social unrest is mounting as a significant part of the population, especially in the poorer south, realise that everything is not all right.

“They are no longer singing or dancing on the balconies,” said Salvatore Melluso, a priest at Caritas Diocesana di Napoli, a church-run charity in Naples. “Now people are more afraid – not so much of the virus, but of poverty. Many are out of work and hungry. There are now long queues at food banks.”

There have been far fewer coronavirus deaths in Italy’s south compared with the worst-affected northern regions, but the pandemic is having a serious impact on livelihoods.

Tensions are building across the poorest southern regions of Campania, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia as people run out of food and money. There have been reports of small shop owners being pressured to give food for free, while police are patrolling supermarkets in some areas to stop thefts. The self-employed or those working on contracts that do not guarantee social benefits have lost salaries, and many small businesses may never reopen.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fear-social-unrest-mount-coronavirus-lockdown

I never thought it was a good idea to expend energy singing and dancing while a government is oppressing me and curtailing my freedom. These worldwide government actions are a call to arms for The People.

 

[luvyeah]

a possible future

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

And yet, you think(in another thread) that a lock down is a good idea. It's not. This virus spreads like a common cold. It cannot be contained without putting the WHOLE population into a solitary confinement. That means no movement outside of the doors of people's homes. Even with that in place- Italy being the example- the results are not promising as the Chinese virus spreads too easily. The answer is simple. Put all the healthcare resources into seniors and the people with the underlying conditions and let everyone else get back to work

I'm okay with that

 

[Gooseifur]

It's not like the common cold or normal flu. The death rate is much higher. If they actually did a full shut down for 3-4 weeks I think you can get rid of it. It's fine if you think everything should be opened up and it's survival of the fittest but eventually it will kill someone you care about or that you are close to. If you are willing to make that trade then fine. It might even take you or damage your lungs to the point where you are never the same. I would be willing to give up life as I know it for 3-4 weeks to possibly save the ones I love. I don't agree with what's going on now, it's half assed, you either do a full lockdown or just let everyone loose, there is no in between. Wow, none of you guys could sit home for 3-4 weeks?

 

[canada-man]

It's not like the common cold or normal flu. The death rate is much higher. If they actually did a full shut down for 3-4 weeks I think you can get rid of it. It's fine if you think everything should be opened up and it's survival of the fittest but eventually it will kill someone you care about or that you are close to. If you are willing to make that trade then fine. It might even take you or damage your lungs to the point where you are never the same. I would be willing to give up life as I know it for 3-4 weeks to possibly save the ones I love. I don't agree with what's going on now, it's half assed, you either do a full lockdown or just let everyone loose, there is no in between. Wow, none of you guys could sit home for 3-4 weeks?

no i am not a caged animal.

 

[jcpro]

It's not like the common cold or normal flu. The death rate is much higher. If they actually did a full shut down for 3-4 weeks I think you can get rid of it. It's fine if you think everything should be opened up and it's survival of the fittest but eventually it will kill someone you care about or that you are close to. If you are willing to make that trade then fine. It might even take you or damage your lungs to the point where you are never the same. I would be willing to give up life as I know it for 3-4 weeks to possibly save the ones I love. I don't agree with what's going on now, it's half assed, you either do a full lockdown or just let everyone loose, there is no in between. Wow, none of you guys could sit home for 3-4 weeks?

It's not about sitting at home, it is about what is being done to our country. If you can guarantee that the lock dow will last 30 days, that's one thing. But, you cannot and nobody else can either. It certainly did not work in China and they don't fuck around. And Europe is looking grim. I won't even dwell on the New York State.

 

[lenny2]

Italians in southern Italy are now calling for a revolution

What? Anyone have links to this alleged news?

 

[superstar_88]

3 weeks and people are running out of money to buy food?

 

[jcpro]

3 weeks and people are running out of money to buy food?

Yep, there are a lot a people out there who are not as fortunate as us.

 

[GameBoy27]

And yet, you think(in another thread) that a lock down is a good idea. It's not. This virus spreads like a common cold. It cannot be contained without putting the WHOLE population into a solitary confinement. That means no movement outside of the doors of people's homes. Even with that in place- Italy being the example- the results are not promising as the Chinese virus spreads too easily. The answer is simple. Put all the healthcare resources into seniors and the people with the underlying conditions and let everyone else get back to work.

Except it's not just seniors.

Many New York Coronavirus Patients Are Young, Surprising Doctors.

Younger adults in New York City are being hospitalized with Covid-19 infections at surprisingly high rates, said doctors and other health-care workers treating them, undermining earlier assumptions about who’s most at risk from the new coronavirus.

New York has more confirmed cases than anywhere else in the U.S., and about 1 in 5 hospitalizations are occurring in people under age 44, according to data released by the city’s health department. Globally, moderate-to-severe cases have occurred in 10% to 15% of adults under age 50, according to the World Health Organization.

On Friday at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a previously healthy 32-year-old male patient turned to doctor Kaedrea Jackson and asked: “Am I going to die?”

The young man, who had no underlying medical conditions, was short of breath with a fever, and his oxygen levels were dropping rapidly. He’d come to the hospital’s emergency department four days earlier but was told to go home, drink water, take Tylenol and self-isolate. Now he was back and his condition was deteriorating. “The level of fear in his eyes stood out to me,” Jackson, an emergency medicine physician, recalled in an interview Tuesday. “He was extremely scared. And he was so young.”

Con't.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/coronavirus-in-young-people-ny-patients-skew-younger-some-die

 

[canada-man]

What? Anyone have links to this alleged news?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fear-social-unrest-mount-coronavirus-lockdown

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...grip-in-south-with-fears-of-looting-and-riots