Canadian hospitals, airports preparing for possible arrival of SARS-like coronavirus from China

[RangeBob]

We KNOW that it's the high amplification rate coupled with widespread testing of individuals with no symptoms that produce false positives, even if the author of the article misstated it.

Yep.
and here's an article with 10x the details on the same topic
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/...alse-positives

The POINT is now that Trump is out of the way, you're going to see them change their tune respecting the severity of Covid. The excuse they use isn't terribly relevant, though it's somewhat predictable.

Could be.

Given that recently they've discovered that an indication of if you end up in ICU is more about how big an initial viral load you get, the american feds may use that to STRONGLY recommend to set the Ct to 25, which would drop the new cases by 2^5.

Not to mention that the elephant in the room is still that PCR testing shouldn't used in this fashion in any case.

Yep.
That's how Flu was measured.
That's how "case" used to be defined. (someone has symptoms, do a test to find out what they've got)
The CDC, and others, have long suggested that it should be used this way -- and both were shot down internationally.

[RangeBob]

Ontario

New Cases
Dec 23 : 2408
Dec 24 : 2447
Dec 25 : 2159
Dec 26 : 2142 <- lockdown begins (Saturday)
Dec 27 : 2005
Dec 28 : 1939
Dec 29 : 2553
Dec 30 : 2923
Dec 31 : 3328
Jan 1 : 2127
Jan 2 : 2655 <- lockdown 1 week (Saturday)
Jan 3 : 2964
Jan 4 : 3270
Jan 5 : 3128
Jan 6 : 3266
Jan 7 : 3519
Jan 8 : 4249
Jan 9 : 3443 <- lockdown 2 weeks (Saturday)
Jan 10 : 3945
Jan 11 : 3338
Jan 12 : 2903
Jan 13 : 2961
Jan 14 : 3326 <- lockdown increased (Thursday)
Jan 15 : 2998
Jan 16 : 3056
Jan 17 : 3422
Jan 18 : 2578
Jan 19 : 1913
Jan 20 : 2655
Jan 21 : 2632 <- lockdown increased 1 week (Thursday)

Active cases:
Jan 01 : 21,617
Jan 02 : 22,847 <- lockdown 1 week (Saturday)
Jan 03 : 23,611
Jan 04 : 24,778
Jan 05 : 25,840
Jan 06 : 26,064
Jan 07 : 26,718
Jan 08 : 28,203
Jan 09 : 28,691 <- lockdown 2 weeks (Saturday)
Jan 10 : 30,079
Jan 11 : 30,632
Jan 12 : 30,141
Jan 13 : 29,636
Jan 14 : 29,307 <- lockdown increased (Thursday)
Jan 15 : 28,825
Jan 16 : 28,618
Jan 17 : 28,893
Jan 18 : 28,621
Jan 19 : 27,615
Jan 20 : 26,467
Jan 21 : 26,063 <- lockdown increased 1 week (Thursday)

[awndray]

Ontario barbershop reopens despite provincial lockdown using loophole

Crome Artistic Barber in St. Catharines is cutting hair again after they said they revamped their salon to become a production and film studio.


Owner Alicia Hirter set up cameras, lights and microphones in her shop and said people who come in for haircuts are now auditioning for a part in a future TV show or podcast.

Under Ontario's provincial lockdown laws, which came into effect on Dec. 26, film and television productions are allowed to continue operating.

"We're not offering haircut appointments, we're offering full auditions," Hirter told CTV News Toronto on Thursday.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/on...hole-1.5276668

[awndray]

Ontario lockdown 'not supported by strong science,' says former chief medical officer of health

The province's top doctor for most of the '90s says the Ford government's COVID-19 response is 'misguided'

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...0ffb03491/amp/

[RangeBob]

Ontario

New Cases
Dec 23 : 2408
Dec 24 : 2447
Dec 25 : 2159
Dec 26 : 2142 <- lockdown begins (Saturday)
Dec 27 : 2005
Dec 28 : 1939
Dec 29 : 2553
Dec 30 : 2923
Dec 31 : 3328
Jan 1 : 2127
Jan 2 : 2655 <- lockdown 1 week (Saturday)
Jan 3 : 2964
Jan 4 : 3270
Jan 5 : 3128
Jan 6 : 3266
Jan 7 : 3519
Jan 8 : 4249
Jan 9 : 3443 <- lockdown 2 weeks (Saturday)
Jan 10 : 3945
Jan 11 : 3338
Jan 12 : 2903
Jan 13 : 2961
Jan 14 : 3326 <- lockdown increased (Thursday)
Jan 15 : 2998
Jan 16 : 3056
Jan 17 : 3422
Jan 18 : 2578
Jan 19 : 1913
Jan 20 : 2655
Jan 21 : 2632 <- lockdown increased 1 week (Thursday)
Jan 22 : 2662

Active cases:
Jan 01 : 21,617
Jan 02 : 22,847 <- lockdown 1 week (Saturday)
Jan 03 : 23,611
Jan 04 : 24,778
Jan 05 : 25,840
Jan 06 : 26,064
Jan 07 : 26,718
Jan 08 : 28,203
Jan 09 : 28,691 <- lockdown 2 weeks (Saturday)
Jan 10 : 30,079
Jan 11 : 30,632
Jan 12 : 30,141
Jan 13 : 29,636
Jan 14 : 29,307 <- lockdown increased (Thursday)
Jan 15 : 28,825
Jan 16 : 28,618
Jan 17 : 28,893
Jan 18 : 28,621
Jan 19 : 27,615
Jan 20 : 26,467
Jan 21 : 26,063 <- lockdown increased 1 week (Thursday)
Jan 22 : 25,263

Data above, and Graphs for each province
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...nada-1.4852102