Looks like the new lockdown was more than warranted:

"The confirmed cases identified are from a couple from Durham Region with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health, said in a news release on Saturday. Durham Region is east of Toronto.

[...]

The variant has now been detected in multiple countries beyond Britain, including Denmark, Belgium, Australia and the Netherlands."


While this variant seems to spread more easily it doesn't seem to be more severe & the vaccine still works on this strain:

"While early data suggests that these new variants may be more transmissible, to date there is no evidence that they cause more severe disease or have any impact on antibody response or vaccine effectiveness," the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said in a statement on Saturday.


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Stay home & stay safe everyone!

Jay

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Warpslide wrote to All <=-

"The confirmed cases identified are from a couple from Durham Region
with no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts, Dr.
Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's associate chief medical officer of health,
said in a news release on Saturday. Durham Region is east of Toronto.

Dispatcher was angry at me yesterday when I refused to pick up a nurse
from Sunnycrest nursing home where there is a massive outbreak. I don't care
her test from 7 days ago is negitive. I'm not willing to chance it.

Thankfully being self employeed I can't be forced to do anything I don't
want to.

Shawn

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Hello Tiny!

** On Sunday 27.12.20 - 09:02, Tiny wrote to Warpslide:

Dispatcher was angry at me yesterday when I refused to pick
up a nurse from Sunnycrest nursing home where there is a
massive outbreak. I don't care her test from 7 days ago
is negitive. I'm not willing to chance it.

Are there any stats on how many cab drivers develop covid-19
infections?


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On 12/26/2020 9:22 pm Warpslide said...

While this variant seems to spread more easily it doesn't seem to be more severe & the vaccine still works on this strain:

I'd say, on the whole, at least it's 'good' news in that the vaccine will still likely work on this strain...



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