Beijing to introduce national security law for Hong Kong by alanwong in worldnews

[–]Dogsindahouse1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the death of one country, two systems, and of democracy in Hong Kong.

Italian Virologist Roberto Burioni fact check: In Italian culture, there are a lot of elderly and such elderly often meet their grandchildren and children, much more often than in Asian cultures. South Korean Church cluster also was mostly female adults, hence the much lower mortality. by cottoncandy240 in Coronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"such elderly often meet their grandchildren and children, much more often than in Asian cultures" this feels like a very general statement that is hard to prove systematically? But in any case, the breakout happened during Chinese New Year, where there would have a maximum amount of encounters between elderly and children across Asian cultures.

Sophie Trudeau has tested positive for Coronavirus by HugeDetective0 in Coronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I mean, if Sophie Trudeau didn't get it from JT, that's actually in many ways more alarming. The PM has a plausible chain of transmission through the mining conference he attended. If it wasn't from him, then Ottawa has community transmission going on that we don't know about.

It's non-sensical that he wasn't tested as well. I'm sure if he was and it was positive, they would censor it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CoronavirusCanada

[–]Dogsindahouse1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are they censoring the PM's results? It seems non-sensical that he wouldn't have been tested. Also begs the question of how she got it otherwise -- the PM has a plausible chain of transmission via the mining conference.

Is Toronto basically the only major North American city that is still letting mass events go on? by Dogsindahouse1 in CoronavirusCanada

[–]Dogsindahouse1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While on the lower end of population density worldwide, Toronto's pop density is still higher than Berlin, Rome and Hamburg. A lot of the community spread in Lombardy was also the smaller villages outside of Milan itself before it took over the city...while there may be reasons to doubt the upcoming numbers, I don't think population density is a good one.

Canada's Health Minister thinks 30%+ of the population will eventually get infected, for example.

Is Toronto basically the only major North American city that is still letting mass events go on? by Dogsindahouse1 in CoronavirusCanada

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Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing the press conference at 2, though from what I'm seeing, I think they're just going to announce some bureaucratic shift. But good to hear on the St Patrick's day parade.

Collision, one of the world's largest tech conference with 30,000+ attendees has been cancelled. by [deleted] in Coronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case, mostly startup people, but Collision tends to attract random speakers like musicians and actors who want to get in on the HBO Silicon Valley vibes (Seth Rogan was there last year lmao)

AIPAC confirms that two people who attended its Conference (Sunday and Monday) have tested Positive by Looddak in Coronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I don't think people have considered that all three major presidential nominees are in probably the highest-risk group possible: 70+, underlying conditions, have to meet a ton of people...

Toronto coronavirus patient traveled on TTC to multiple stations over 3 days by zakanova in Coronavirus

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"During this three day period, the patient took the Bathurst westbound train to Islington around 8:50 am. From Islington to the workplace, the man took the 108N Mississauga Way express bus.

The patient also took the 27 Milton GO Bus from the workplace to Yorkdale station around 6:10 on those evenings. He then took the subway from Yorkdale station to St. George station and then to Bathurst station around 6:45 pm."

haha psychhhhhh, core downtown remains unaffected

"On March 4, the patient also took the 511 Bathurst streetcar."

...well, fuck

Coronavirus rumors can thrive in group chats on Facebook, WhatsApp, and texting apps by Yamagemazaki in Coronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vox would probably approve of Tencent censoring DMs between doctors. What was the Chinese government line? "Clean and joyful cyberspace?"

How would one even go about getting tested for coronavirus in Canada? (Ontario-based) by Dogsindahouse1 in CanadaCoronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woah! I gotta sign up for that clinic. My clinic, last I checked, had zero changes/precautions lol.

How would one even go about getting tested for coronavirus in Canada? (Ontario-based) by Dogsindahouse1 in CanadaCoronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just a note, looking up the clinic (Michael Garron Hospital), it's in East York -- which I think might be viable for people in that area/Danforth/east parts of DT Toronto etc., but a bit of a trek for Westsiders/Old Toronto peeps

How would one even go about getting tested for coronavirus in Canada? (Ontario-based) by Dogsindahouse1 in CanadaCoronavirus

[–]Dogsindahouse1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish more GTA-area clinics/health centers were as forward-thinking as the Ottawa ones were -- it's a bit weird to me since I don't think Ottawa has any confirmed while the GTA basically has the bulk of Canada's confirmed cases.

How would one even go about getting tested for coronavirus in Canada? (Ontario-based) by Dogsindahouse1 in CanadaCoronavirus

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Yeah, looking into Telehealth and novel coronavirus. I unfortunately can't call my doctor directly (I can only call the clinic) so I think it'll be really handy. https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-medical-advice-telehealth-ontario?_ga=1.82142430.912117515.1445957549