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mimico_polak said:
You live out towards Prince Edward County right?

www.thestar.com

Stay away! Prince Edward County health unit says tourists aren’t welcome at local vineyards

Belleville area bans bookings from tourists amid warnings Ontario is poised to repeat the mistakes of the past by easing COVID-19 restrictions on a region-by-region basis with the province more vulnerable from highly contagious new strains.
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I read that a few days ago.

This is what was happening, and will happen, next week. HALTON is opening up, PEEL isn't. Winston Churchill is the line that is the divider b/w the two. Last time we had this issue, restaurants were open west of WC, but everything was shut down east of WC. Guess where everyone went? Guess what happened next? Yup....back to lockdown.
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Yes. PEC is 40 mins away. Lovely place but I’m not going to visit until they want visitors again. I respect where they are coming from. Many months ago when we were open and the GTA was closed I chatted to a restaurant owner there. She said she was glad of the business but at the same time worried about the visitors coming in.
 
GreyGhost said:
The section 22 order is weird. Basically, you can open but can only offer limited service to people from other zones (unless they are essential like two thirds of the population). Again, politicians pushing problems onto people entirely ill-equipped to deal with them. Is a hair dresser supposed to be checking your license? What if you have been quarantining at your cottage for a year and you have a Toronto license?
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Wife's hairdresser is partly screening via phone numbers and also asking them straight up. Asking to call them back for appointments. Works for gta but not Ottawa.
 
jc100 said:
A few things that I’ve seen lately.

1. They just had a coup in Myanmar and there are huge protests but every single protester has a mask on. I tried to see if there were any without but I couldn’t find one. That shows the difference between different cultures I think.

2. Students here were just told their homecoming will be virtual in 2021. They think this is a mass conspiracy by the locals to stop them having fun. They haven’t stopped to consider that vaccination schedules are running late and students are well down the list anyway.

3. Our community is one of three I think in Ontario that is in the green zone as of today. One of the other communities is enacting some obscure legal procedure to try to stop visitors from coming. They have received threats along the lines of “as tourists we will remember this when lockdowns are over”. Our own town is worried. My wife's hairdresser has already received calls from people in Toronto (over 2.5 h away) looking for bookings (which he has denied!). Sad state of affairs.
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Re #3 The thought flashed into my head, I need a haircut and I wondered how many others thought the same and would do the drive. (I'm not coming)

Breaking the rules is little different than the black marketeers of war times. "I want more than my ration. So what if the troops run short. It's only a few strips of bacon" ignoring the collective effect.

There are some very valid reasons for breaking the rules. We all have one. Don't use your "I'm special" card and be truly special.

"As tourists we'll remember..." yeah right, I'm never going back to that bar again.........until I'm thirsty.

Actually if PEC does the right thing I would be more likely to visit when things open up again because they did the right thing. How about rewarding the ones that are doing the right thing instead of focusing on the ones that aren't.
 
nobbie48 said:
Re #3 The thought flashed into my head, I need a haircut and I wondered how many others thought the same and would do the drive. (I'm not coming)

Breaking the rules is little different than the black marketeers of war times. "I want more than my ration. So what if the troops run short. It's only a few strips of bacon" ignoring the collective effect.

There are some very valid reasons for breaking the rules. We all have one. Don't use your "I'm special" card and be truly special.

"As tourists we'll remember..." yeah right, I'm never going back to that bar again.........until I'm thirsty.

Actually if PEC does the right thing I would be more likely to visit when things open up again because they did the right thing. How about rewarding the ones that are doing the right thing instead of focusing on the ones that aren't.
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Agreed. I tentatively have a hair cut booked next week. Odds are high it will get cancelled as province won't allow it to open. That will be my 2nd haircut in a year. I need to look at least slightly respectable in video meetings. If she is closed, I will wait. On the small chance someone comments, they are closed, too bad. Kids have had one haircut last summer when my mom came to visit.
 
GreyGhost said:
I wonder if some of the unofficial private medical clinics have started securing their own supplies for their "members". That would be the type of service that they like to provide as their members are obviously people that aren't interested in waiting around for the gov't. I haven't seen any restrictions on privately acquiring vaccines, just people getting in trouble for taking the public stock and treating it as a private supply. Even if you charged per shot, lots of people would line up. I suspect you'd have a long line at $1000 and it would get exponentially longer if the price was lower.

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Followup on symptoms. Wife is feeling much better. Still not 100% but not terrible. For her it was ~72 hours of suck after the 2nd shot.
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Wifey is due for #2 on the 16th I believe. She’s not looking forward to it lol
 
jc100 said:
A few things that I’ve seen lately.

1. They just had a coup in Myanmar and there are huge protests but every single protester has a mask on. I tried to see if there were any without but I couldn’t find one. That shows the difference between different cultures I think.

2. Students here were just told their homecoming will be virtual in 2021. They think this is a mass conspiracy by the locals to stop them having fun. They haven’t stopped to consider that vaccination schedules are running late and students are well down the list anyway.

3. Our community is one of three I think in Ontario that is in the green zone as of today. One of the other communities is enacting some obscure legal procedure to try to stop visitors from coming. They have received threats along the lines of “as tourists we will remember this when lockdowns are over”. Our own town is worried. My wife's hairdresser has already received calls from people in Toronto (over 2.5 h away) looking for bookings (which he has denied!). Sad state of affairs.
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Colleague is from Malaysia.

when someone there wants to travel they file it with the government/police. They get an email with a barcode once approved. If they get stopped by police they scan the barcode. “Why are you travelling west instead of heading north as you filed for?” Fine/Jail. When you get to your shop they also scan the barcode, doesn’t check out? Denied service.
 
GreyGhost said:
Agreed. I tentatively have a hair cut booked next week. Odds are high it will get cancelled as province won't allow it to open. That will be my 2nd haircut in a year. I need to look at least slightly respectable in video meetings. If she is closed, I will wait. On the small chance someone comments, they are closed, too bad. Kids have had one haircut last summer when my mom came to visit.
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I’m beyond due, holding out for them to open. As a last resort the wife can give me #2 with the clippers if needed.
 
Evoex said:
Colleague is from Malaysia.

when someone there wants to travel they file it with the government/police. They get an email with a barcode once approved. If they get stopped by police they scan the barcode. “Why are you travelling west instead of heading north as you filed for?” Fine/Jail. When you get to your shop they also scan the barcode, doesn’t check out? Denied service.
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But the oppression!!!! Muh Freedumbs!!!
 
so glad I'm bald....razor every few days, and trim the beard when wife says 'enough'. Easy.
 
GreyGhost said:
Agreed. I tentatively have a hair cut booked next week. Odds are high it will get cancelled as province won't allow it to open. That will be my 2nd haircut in a year. I need to look at least slightly respectable in video meetings. If she is closed, I will wait. On the small chance someone comments, they are closed, too bad. Kids have had one haircut last summer when my mom came to visit.
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I could pull together a 4" ponytail but usually go sheepdog. It is somewhat amusing most of the time but showering is a PITA. My wife could cut it but I don't trust her skills.

Last fall I was visiting my daughter and she was trimming her dog and doing a really decent job of it. She has the skills but I know her sense of humour and that isn't going to happen.

But if I get it cut off will I miss it?

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A friend in a lockdown area ran into his barber and commented "I'd sit in a chair in your garage" The barber said "You have my phone number." The black market thrives.
 
mimico_polak said:
so glad I'm bald....razor every few days, and trim the beard when wife says 'enough'. Easy.
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i'm forbidden to remove the beard. she already hates the fact that she's 6 months older then me, and i have a baby face.
 
Evoex said:
i'm forbidden to remove the beard. she already hates the fact that she's 6 months older then me, and i have a baby face.
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I’m forbidden to shave the beard also. Had to grow it doe the wedding 8 years ago and still have it.

shaved my head after a few whiskeys following my sons baptism. Haven’t had hair since.

tempted to shave the beard as kids have never seen me without it. Just for kicks. She’ll throw me out of bed until it grows back which works out as basement is set for gaming and Netflix.
 
mimico_polak said:
I’m forbidden to shave the beard also. Had to grow it doe the wedding 8 years ago and still have it.

shaved my head after a few whiskeys following my sons baptism. Haven’t had hair since.

tempted to shave the beard as kids have never seen me without it. Just for kicks. She’ll throw me out of bed until it grows back which works out as basement is set for gaming and Netflix.
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dont play Valheim. i'm addicted :(

www.pcgamer.com

Valheim is making me love survival games again

It balances a harsh world with forgiving systems and slowly adds complexity. Plus, lo-fi graphics don't stop it from being beautiful.
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good overview.
 
Canadian study on severity of covid vs influenza.

TL: DR Covid is worse.

www.cp24.com

Toronto, Canada & Global Breaking News – CP24

Most recent News News business news stories and video from CP24
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Highlights:

A study published Wednesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) found the risk of death from COVID-19 was 3.5 times higher than from influenza.

Most patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had few other illnesses, and 21 per cent were younger than 50 years of age. People younger than 50 also accounted for 24 per cent of admissions to the ICU, the study found.

Verma says the figures may be “magnified” by low levels of immunity to the COVID virus, compared to that of the seasonal flu. He adds that COVID vaccines should help decrease severity of the infection over time.

“There is, unfortunately, also the possibility that variants of the virus could be even more severe,” he added.
 
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