Let's hope natural selection does its work, soon.
Let's hope natural selection does its work, soon.
This will be fun - from Ars:
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2nd US omicron case just traveled to NYC anime convention with 53K attendees
The NYC event reportedly struggled with crowding and had weak vaccination rules.arstechnica.com
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The Omicron variant is in the USA already. Shouldn't the USA be on the travel ban already. Or at least the Republican states.More countries are added to Canada's travel ban list today.
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Canada ramps up against Omicron, puts COVID-19 testing in airports and expands travel ban
Canada is adding Nigeria, Malawi and Egypt to the list of African countries from which it is banning travellers amid concerns about the spread of COVID-19’s Omicron variant.www.thestar.com
From the second link:Quebec over 1000 again, Ontario nearing 1000
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COVID cases in Quebec above 1,100-mark for 2nd consecutive day | Globalnews.ca
Quebec is reporting 1,146 new infections of COVID-19 on Thursday bringing the total caseload since the start of the health crisis to 450,513.globalnews.ca
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Ontario reports 959 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths | Globalnews.ca
Of the 959 new cases recorded, 446 were unvaccinated people, 23 were partially vaccinated, 429 were fully vaccinated and for 61 people the vaccination status was unknown.globalnews.ca
Ontario reported 291 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (down by five from the previous day) with 155 patients in intensive care units (unchanged) and 139 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (unchanged).
A day earlier than my prediction: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ovid-19-ncov-2019.30830/page-684#post-1759386
It's another 1K+ day - so I guess it probably wasn't a Friday blip.
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