Dumped Masks
After all the snow has melted so many face masks are along sidewalks. Quebec and Prince Edward Island are the only two provinces extending their mask mandates only until the end of this month. Other provinces such as Ontario have resisted to reimpose public health restrictions including mask mandates. Unfortunately we are now in the 6’th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Omicron BA-2 subvariant. Regrettably, rapid antigen testing now only works 37% and most people can’t access hospitals PCR testing that’s restricted. So, we can’t actually determine the number of active cases. However, sewer water testing in our province just reported between 100,000 and 120,000 new active cases of the virus each day, a far cry from 4,224 officially reported yesterday due to the limits of PCR testing.
Vaccination rates vary across the country, but research has shown the shots help reduce severe outcome’s especially in older (70+) individuals and people with co-morbidity. Our Health Unit recommends all over 60 get the 4’th booster. They also referenced the current severity of the new variant with the most deaths in the past 3 months compared to the last 2 years when COVID-19 started.
Fortunately me and my family have yet to catch the virus’s but the risk has surged so it might happen if I stop masking. Obviously working I have to continue wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
So I won’t dump my masks!
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Dumped Masks
After all the snow has melted so many face masks are along sidewalks. Quebec and Prince Edward Island are the only two provinces extending their mask mandates only until the end of this month. Other provinces such as Ontario have resisted to reimpose public health restrictions including mask mandates. Unfortunately we are now in the 6’th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Omicron BA-2 subvariant. Regrettably, rapid antigen testing now only works 37% and most people can’t access hospitals PCR testing that’s restricted. So, we can’t actually determine the number of active cases. However, sewer water testing in our province just reported between 100,000 and 120,000 new active cases of the virus each day, a far cry from 4,224 officially reported yesterday due to the limits of PCR testing.
Vaccination rates vary across the country, but research has shown the shots help reduce severe outcome’s especially in older (70+) individuals and people with co-morbidity. Our Health Unit recommends all over 60 get the 4’th booster. They also referenced the current severity of the new variant with the most deaths in the past 3 months compared to the last 2 years when COVID-19 started.
Fortunately me and my family have yet to catch the virus’s but the risk has surged so it might happen if I stop masking. Obviously working I have to continue wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
So I won’t dump my masks!
Stay safe Flickr contacts 🙏