The spread of the p1 variant and b117 is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT the federal governments fault. There is zero reason for those to be here in the volume they are.

When people can just say "no thanks" to a Nationally implemented Quarantine. Why would anyone pay any heed to a provincial one?

People can also just say "no thanks" to paying any fines. At our very core, our justice and enforcement system is broken. It worked and teetered on when everyone was getting along, but these situations shows we need reform and thats not something you can do with just a pen-stroke.

they better prepare for make shift field hospitals this summer then.


mother fuckers coming to BC for spring break and what not isn't being stopped in the slightest.

The whole Whistler spring break thing just blows my mind as well.

Like, last year one of the big reasons BC wasn't hit as hard as back east was because their spring break happened before ours and our initial closings and restrictions curbed our spring break.

You'd think they would have remembered that for this year, but fucking of course not.

A year and a half later and we are still resorting to Canvas tents as field hospitals..love it

If I understand it correctly, anyone over 50 could book for vaccine as of yesterday (Wednesday) and anyone over 45 can start booking tomorrow. Do we have any RSers over 50 who have booked? Was the process smooth?

Those dates are just to register to get a confirmation number. They will contact you when you are eligible to book a vaccine appointment. They're currently sending booking invitations for people born in 1958 or earlier (63+).

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/getvaccinated.html

I think you better book quick cuz we ain't getting any Modena till after may they said, so were gonna have a shortage again

My wife did it last week book friday shot 3 days later on the Monday. Bit of a line when she showed up about an hour in and out, believe she got pfizer shot.

I I can register tomorrow, see how it goes.

Father in law got his Pfizer shot today, says staff told him that there's a pause next week due to vaccine shortage. VCH.

You can't book until they send you an email allowing you to book. The registration puts you in the queue. MIL is waiting for the booking email. she's 2 years younger than FIL, and couldn't get booked at the same time.

My parents are under FHA, so they booked under the old system they had, not the provincial one, and got their first shots last week.

Despite that it's still a decent experience getting fine dining at home, especially knowing you're supporting struggling restaurants. If anybody's been hesitant, I encourage you to try it.

Over the course of the pandemic I've ordered prix fixe and set menus from Mackenzie Room and say Mercy probably 8-10 times, including their take home kits that they had for awhile through collective goods.

Besides that I've ordered the tasting menu through Pidgin which was fantastic, as well as st Lawrence and l'abbatoir

There are pros as well, especially not worrying about parking or driving home after a full 8 course menu with individual drink pairings.

You can simply roll over to the couch and go straight to Netflix and chill.

A few pics from the Pidgin menu:

https://i.imgur.com/X3Txhz8.jpg

Thailand:

I don't even know where to begin but I doubt healthcare professionals in Alberta want to go to Ontario.

Pretty sure anyone who could would leave Alberta at this point, but considering they are worse off than anyone right now, I don’t think they have the health care workers to spare.

Well Alberta did fire a bunch of nurses like 3 years ago

They aren’t just sitting there with a thumb up their asses waiting to go to Ontario. They are all probably employed in private sector jobs or other parts of the country already. You don’t usually pass up moving for a 100k job to stay in airdrie.

i read an article that there's a shortage of dr's in rural alberta too, gov't over there isn't treating dr's very nicely so they're also leaving it seems

Is that because of the size of your patio, or restrictions? A place around the corner from me had a packed patio yesterday, nothing was spaced out more than normal. It looked weird as hell but I'm not up to date on the restaurant stuff.

I just remembered why I hate going on FB.
Clicked on a news article about the hospitals nearing capacity and the comments.
They hurt my brain.
It's the same comments that my coworker made.
News is fake, think for yourself. Hospitals aren't that busy. They fired a bunch of doctors and nurses to make the hospitals look busy.

I love this comment
Covid has a higher chance of blood cots, dumbass.

I think you’re misunderstanding, they are actually crisis actors in those hospital beds

Wait....did the staff say they were cancelling appointments next week or just put a pause on new appointments? Cause my mom is booked to get her's next week and I'd be royally fucking pissed if they cancelled it.

Yay, finally some more good news from Turd.

https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/04...ne-deliveries/

Canada new agreement to secure additional 8 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine between May and July

Canada getting 4 million additional Pfizer doses in May, another 2 million in June, and 2 million more in July

News of additional Pfizer vaccine doses comes as Canada told incoming Moderna shipments are being cut nearly in half


“For next month alone, this will come out to about double the Pfizer doses we were originally expecting. All told, we’ll be receiving eight million doses in May and almost 12 million in June from Pfizer alone,” Trudeau explained.

“Here’s the bottom line. More doses arriving sooner means more people getting their vaccines faster. And that means more people who are safer and more families that can breathe a sigh of relief,” he added

That’s just coming out even given the moderna shipment was cut in half today lol..

Just depressing all around frankly. If the GOOD news is that we are getting 8 mill doses of Pfizer ... seems to indicate shitty times ahead! Virus is here to stay, annual vaccinations, 5th, 6th, 7th waves, ... oh man!

Your thoughts on this article about the Canadian Medical Association supporting extreme measures to combat the spread of Covid variants?

https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/04...ures-covid-19/

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Canadian Medical Association is calling for extraordinary measures to get the COVID-19 situation under control, as some parts of Canada see a record number of new infections and hospitalizations


CMA says feds should consider reprioritizing vaccine distribution to send doses to provinces in need over per-capita

Medical association calls for provinces to work collaboratively to address pandemic and impacts on healthcare

Sharing of resources and 'acting as one' is what's needed at this critical time, says Canadian Medical Association


Question: If you were Prime Minister for a week, what extreme measures would implement with the help of all Premiers in every province and territory?

How far would you go to protect all Canadians from Covid and its variants?

Examples:

Invoking martial law under the Wartime Measures Act? Immediate ban on all flights to and from all countries with high daily Covid cases? Example: India.

Ban interprovincial non-essential travel?

I am curious to hear your replies to this question. Be armchair PM for a week. LUL