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jdubnyce said:
nikka get the vaccine.

With the loosening of restrictions, not worth the risk of not being protected


You boosted? Symptoms?
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trick said:
just sleep as much as you can breh.


let's be real though - there's probably lots of positive in that mall already, they just don't know it. it's a giant petri dish out there.

@Wise I think you're in Scarborough right? I may have confused you with @richtree

If you're in Scarborough, it's easier than ever to get a vaccine now. no need to get an appointment - you just walk in to get it. i would get it, especially if you wanna travel and different countries have different rules.

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Not to mention they have vaccine clinics at a lot of TTC stations now. i know for sure there's a clinic at Union Station.

On another note, they're opening 4th dose appointments on the provincial portal tomorrow for 60+. so if any of you wanna book for your parents, you can do it tomorrow and book it for 5 months after their last shot. i think i'm not gonna go through the portal though, it's always a shyt show on those sites. just gonna book em at a city clinic or pharmacy, or if walk in still exist in May, gonna just bring em to one of these walk ins.
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Maybe you guys can convince me. I'm not an anti-vaxxer by any means and I find the vast majority of anti-vaxxers to be dumb people (not regarding the vaccine- just in general)

Albeit I am hesitant to get it for a number of reasons

- I've got it twice already. As recent as Christmas. I'll be the first to admit it's not a regular cold
- Initially two doses was enough. You were allowed to mix, then you weren't, etc. What the hell ever happened to AstraZenca?
- Every couple of months there are new variants coming out? When does this shyt end?
- Every couple of months there are new booster we have to take... when does that end?
- Always hearing of these stories about blood clots and these people dying post vaccine

Like I said - I'm not against it. If I don't get the vaccine, I won't die. I'm young and healthy. So convince me on why I should as I'm genuinely interested. The only reason I'm really thinking of getting it is to get on the plane and because the vast majority of those who are really against it are morons

On a final note, I've never seen the world more divided before than they have on this whole covid/vaccine stance. Religion, politics, whatever - nothing was this bad in my opinion
 
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Wise said:
Maybe you guys can convince me. I'm not an anti-vaxxer by any means and I find the vast majority of anti-vaxxers to be dumb people (not regarding the vaccine- just in general)

Albeit I am hesitant to get it for a number of reasons

- I've got it twice already. As recent as Christmas. I'll be the first to admit it's not a regular cold
- Initially two doses was enough. You were allowed to mix, then you weren't, etc. What the hell ever happened to AstraZenca?
- Every couple of months there are new variants coming out? When does this shyt end?
- Every couple of months there are new booster we have to take... when does that end?
- Always hearing of these stories about blood clots and these people dying post vaccine

Like I said - I'm not against it. If I don't get the vaccine, I won't die. I'm young and healthy. So convince me on why I should as I'm genuinely interested. The only reason I'm really thinking of getting it is to get on the plane and because the vast majority of those who are really against it are morons

On a final note, I've never seen the world more divided before than they have on this whole covid/vaccine stance. Religion, politics, whatever - nothing was this bad in my opinion
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astrazeneca was causing blood clots

it will never end
I just took the two doses and that's it
 
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Ontario is likely seeing upwards of 100,000 new cases of COVID-19 each day, with roughly five per cent of its residents currently infected, the head of the province’s science table says.

Peter Jüni made the comment in an interview with CP24 on Wednesday afternoon as he discussed a resurgence in COVID activity, which has now seen the number of people hospitalized with the virus increase by 40 per cent week-over-week.

“Based on our wastewater analysis, we just reached the peak we were at in early January and at that time, we were at about 100,000 to 120,000 new cases per day,” he said. “What it basically means is that roughly five per cent of the population of Ontario right now has an active infection.”


Paramedics wheel a gurney out from the emergency department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Jüni told CP24 last week that the actual number of daily infections in the province was likely 35,000 to 40,000 but since then, positivity rates have spiked and wastewater surveillance has pointed to even higher levels of COVID-19 in the community.

He told CP24 that while the more transmissible BA.2 sub variant is driving some of the resurgence, it is not the primary factor behind the rise in transmission.

He said that behavioural changes, brought about by the lifting of mask mandates for most settings, are, in fact, helping to push caseloads higher than were anticipated when the science table released its last modelling forecast three weeks ago.

At the time, it said that hospitalizations would likely rise to around 800 by May.

But as of Wednesday morning, there were 1,074 people in Ontario hospitals with COVID-19, with the strain on the healthcare system showing no signs of easing anytime soon.

“BA.2 is a bit more transmissible than the original Omicron for sure, but what we are doing, and this is in line with the provincial communication, people just have changed their behaviour dramatically,” Jüni said. “So it doesn’t correspond to what we presumed in our last projections when we assumed a moderate change in behaviour.”

Premier Doug Ford has insisted that the uptick in COVID-19 activity is not unexpected given the lifting of many public health restrictions and has expressed confidence that Ontario’s hospitals will be able to manage the increased patient volumes.

Some epidemiologists have, however, warned that the rapid rise in transmission could put vulnerable individuals at risk and ultimately lead to avoidable deaths.

They have also questioned whether there are sufficient healthcare resources to staff the extra beds the province has claimed it has created.

“Mask up. We are not through this yet. This wave will go high. It doesn’t mean we will see the same amount of hospitalizations necessarily, at least not if we have the same level of infection but remember we are still going up and we are already at the peak we were at last time,” Jüni warned on Wednesday.

UHN infectious diseases specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy said masking should be reinstated in the province.

"I think that removing the mask mandate was a mistake to begin with, because really, not only was it a very visible symbol for everybody to recognize and remind themselves that we were still in the throes of a pandemic. But it really was the simplest tool that was widely accessible to everyone really, regardless of their means or privilege to help protect themselves and those around them from transmitting this virus," he said.

"There has to be a sense of awareness that the simplest tools that are at our disposal need to be exercised."

While the province claims that it can ramp up resources if the need arises, Sharkawy noted that additional beds will not matter if hospitals do not have healthy staff to look after them.

"If these numbers continue to go in the trajectory that they're going for the next few weeks, that could spell real trouble for anybody who needs help in an emergency room," he said.

Sharkawy added that the province should also prioritize third-dose vaccinations as there are still many people who have not received their shots.

"I think it speaks to the importance of making sure that we deliver as many vaccines as possible to as many populations within the community as we can and not allow these variants to continue to spawn in different parts of the world," he said. "Until we do that, this is going to be a recurring theme and we're not going to get to that endemic part of this pandemic that we keep talking about."



Please mask up...
 
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Honestly they can't scare people with this shyt anymore especially if people have had it already. I'm still outchea unvaccinated already had the shyt once and had a fever for a few days and lost my taste and smell back in September. Was around the Omicron wave where alot of vaccinated people were catching and still didn't catch shyt. The strains are getting weaker and if you've had it already your body should do well fighting it if your not immunocomprimised.

Most people that are shook are the one's that haven't caught it yet.
 
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TradePascalSiakam said:
just did the test today im positive :beli:
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Heal up brudda. Been coughing all fukking morning. I work with this a$$hole at CBC who thinks this is fake and all for Trudeaus pocket. He was coughing like a motherfukker the whole time I was working with him on Tuesday, and he wasnt wearing a mask. 50ish white guy, total conspiracy theory nut. Do have to thank him though. I got hired because he had to take time off of work for refusing his Covid shot.
 
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SNG said:
Honestly they can't scare people with this shyt anymore especially if people have had it already. I'm still outchea unvaccinated already had the shyt once and had a fever for a few days and lost my taste and smell back in September. Was around the Omicron wave where alot of vaccinated people were catching and still didn't catch shyt. The strains are getting weaker and if you've had it already your body should do well fighting it if your not immunocomprimised.

Most people that are shook are the one's that haven't caught it yet.
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...or in regular contact with people who are at a serious risk if they caught it.
 
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