It’s the “island effect”. New Zealand has nearly eradicated the virus. Unfortunately I learn from a resident that they plan to take tourists again (for the economy). The virus will come right back, unless they insist on quarantine and testing.
Tourism is pretty much what spread this virus around the world.
I’ve got an online friend in NYC. It’s the epicentre in the US. She’s a bit younger than me but closing in on 65. High risk.
It’s hitting plants in Canada and the US. My project for today is to try figure why Covid is so extensive in these places. I found an article (at the reliable Financial Times) with photos. I don’t eat meat often, fortunately.Omg! One more reason to go back to being vegetarian. I don’t want to support companies like this no matter where they are...but sweatshops like this should not exist in Canada. (Plus, it looks disgusting in there.)
A quote from the company president:
“If we need to feel the need to apologize, absolutely, we will apologize. We're a very humble organization, we feel bad about what happened but at the same time we're very confident in how we run our businesses, how we run our processes.”
Who even says stuff like that (besides Trump and terrible people)? “ If we need to feel the need to apologize”...wtf? Not only is it heartless, it doesn’t even make sense.
As it does all viruses. I think we just need to travel carefully when it's safe to, not stop tourism for good.
Without reading it, I would guess it's because people are working and living in close quarters with people who travelled, or whose families and housemates travelled or know someone who did and came into contact with them....who can't quarantine properly due to their socioeconomic circumstances. Through word of mouth, people who know each other get jobs in the same industry... Viruses always spread in closed conditions packed with people. And, at Cargill it sounds like the employer didn't employ good safety measures and equipment to protect the staff.
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That is pretty much what the articles are saying. They’ll have do something now.
There’s really not much on the Island...yet.I find this article misleading. It looks like it’s saying there are 74 cases in hospital in the Island region. There are only 2. One person died between yesterday and today...yesterday, there were 3 hospitalized here, all in ICU (sadly, one of those 3 died). When the article stresses the provincial total numbers, then closes with a paragraph about where the Island Health region is, but mentions really small towns that people likely don’t readily know the physical location of - if not read really carefully (and even if read normally), it misleads to the conclusion that the numbers are on the Island, not in all of BC, imo.
B.C. reports another death on Vancouver Island due to COVID-19
B.C. health officials report one death but no new COVID-19 in the Island Health region on May 5.
There may not be much. It can’t come from somewhere where no one has it. It has to be brought to people who don’t have it by people who do. With only 12 active cases in home recovery out of a 794K population, and only essential travel on the ferry allowed, that risk is low. I am worried about opening tourism more broadly. That’s the health officials’ last priority, I think. I hope it is.
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