Are people still catching colds, and flus, this year?
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Lastpointe
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Apparently less colds and flu. I assume because people are not crowded together and wearing masks. Makes you think that if you don’t want to get colds and flu you should always wear a mask
Mendalla
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That sounds like a rapid test . Maybe one did get passed?
Maybe it did here. She got it done at a dedicated covid testing clinic.
Except people can still catch colds and flu from their kids in the house.
Mendalla
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Has to be approved federally by Health Canada so it can't be just one province. I am thinking it got passed by HC but not all provinces have it in wide use. I think Ontario had one they were going to use in LTC but I am not sure how fast it is.
Maybe it was the 90 minute one. I can't remember how long but she said she didn't have to wait long for the results (maybe it was next day or later in the day).
New gargle COVID-19 test expanded for use in B.C. adults
There is a new option for many B.C. adults who are going through the nerve-fraying ordeal of having a COVID-19 test.
www.google.ca
It doesn't say how long results take. Maybe when she said quick she meant within 24hrs? I'm not sure. I know she was happy she didn't need to get the nose one - and that the testing process was efficient.
ChemGal
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Yes, the pilot was just at just Calgary and has expanded. There were still some restrictions on the travelers regarding an isolation period and it wasn't catching all cases. They are being used in the province more now too, but for those who are symptomatic, as if testing too soon they are more likely to give a false negative.
Northwind
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I don't think it's a rapid test, just a different way of collecting the sample. They've been working on that on BC through this time.
KayTheCurler
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My daughter flew in to Calgary from the US some time back. She was tested at the airport and self isolated for several days. Then she got retested to know whether she was free to live her life or do quarantine.
My son works at a distant site and does one week on and one week off. His employer bought testing kits and upon returning to the work site they get tested. Probably not 100% accurate but it helps a bit.
My son works at a distant site and does one week on and one week off. His employer bought testing kits and upon returning to the work site they get tested. Probably not 100% accurate but it helps a bit.
KayTheCurler
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Sorry - I meant to add - my feisty niece in the UK heard the news about the stricter requirements around Covid and responded -"Well! Doesn't that just piss on your turkey!!"
ChemGal
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There's been comments about if COVID-19 affected the young seriously more might follow the restrictions.
I think it is though
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
I think it is though
Stollery pediatric ICU to take critical adult patients as part of surge capacity reorganization
The young patients of the Stollery Children's Hospital's ICU will be moved to a cardiac intensive care unit as the Edmonton medical zone works to find extra beds.
edmonton.ctvnews.ca
Not sure I understand what's going on here.....are you saying they're bringing Covid Patients into a children's hospital?There's been comments about if COVID-19 affected the young seriously more might follow the restrictions.
I think it is though
Stollery pediatric ICU to take critical adult patients as part of surge capacity reorganization
The young patients of the Stollery Children's Hospital's ICU will be moved to a cardiac intensive care unit as the Edmonton medical zone works to find extra beds.
ChemGal
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Right, the Stollery is the Children's Hospital of the University of Alberta Hospital. The main hospital and the Stollery are part of the same building. The 7 children ICU patients are being moved into the ICU within the Heart Institute Hospital (the Mazankowski), it's a bit separate from the main hospital, although it is connected, it's an add on and both adult and pediatric patients go there. The Stollery ICU has private rooms which means 2 visitors are allowed. There is a couch, so parents can spend the night and sleep right in the ICU room.
Here's a picture of a Stollery ICU room with the couch -
The Heart Institute does not have private rooms for the pediatric patients. This means each child now can only have 1 parent visit, not both. There isn't even necessarily a chair for a parent to spend significant time there, let alone something that allows for sleeping, like a couch.
Adult COVID ICU patients will be taking over the Stollery's ICU.
KayTheCurler
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Today I heard of a local death from Covid. Someone I knew but wasn't close friends with. The children, grandchildren and extended family are greatly saddened.
Mendalla
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Good piece from Scientific American on the new variant. Bottom line is that it makes our infection control protocols all the more important until vaccine rollout.
www.scientificamerican.com
The U.K. Coronavirus Mutation Is Worrying but Not Terrifying
There is evidence the new variant could be more transmissible, yet vaccines work very well against it
Lastpointe
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Absolutely stunning article in the globe today about our public health issues. Investigative journalism article. Long so can’t post it. Well worth reading about how we had a good warning system and it was sort of turned off two years ago. How the government has replaced scientists in the health department with civil servants. How is 2018 we sent a civil servant to a WHO pandemic meeting rather than the epidemiologist that needed to go
what a mess
sorry I can’t get it posted
what a mess
sorry I can’t get it posted