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The grocery store I went to last week set up plexiglass between the cashier and customer. They all wore gloves. There was only a tiny slot opening to scan my grocery card (to recieve shopping points) where he scanned the barcode while I held the card. After I paid with my CC, another...

Watched the news this morning and Chiropractors here are claiming on social media that they can 'boost immunity by 200%' by manipulating the spine. :emoji_rolling_eyes: They have been advised to stop the misinformation.

The Mayor of my city is urging people who are able to grocery shop to go to the stores so that ppl who are vulnerable can shop online.

Not much has changed for me either. I've learnt how to cut my own hair from youtube. It turned out pretty nice.

Reported today, almost half of the 884 COVID19 + patients in British Columbia recovered.

Recently Canada has implemented the Quarantine Act: Requires any person entering Canada by air, sea or land to self-isolate for 14 days whether or not they have symptoms of COVID-19. They are forbidden to shop on the way home, they are ordered to go straight home and STAY THERE. The...

Sooooooo yesterday . . .

Our streets in the city are deserted, you can park horizontal.

The latest data is indicating that the mortality rate is higher in men.

It's estimated that one million Canadians flew back to Canada these past few weeks. One elderly women died on the plane from COVID19. The passengers were not properly screened before or after their flight and told to self-isolate when they arrive home. I highly doubt most will...

I donated my (10) N95 masks to my local walk-in clinic yesterday.

A women (mid 30's) was interviewed on CNN last night tested positive for COVID19 and recovered. She had Lyme D and deals with underlying autoimmune issues, she recovered without any complications from the virus.

I don't know if this has already been posted. A clinical drug trial has been set up by the Research Center of the Montreal Heart Institute to determine whether a short-term treatment of Colchicine, an anti-inflammatory that targets the immune system and has been used to treat a few...

A infectious doctor said this morning that 25,000 people died of the flu last year in Italy. Perspective.

Too bad we closed our placebo pharmacy too soon, our unicorn pills would have been a big hit.

Car manufacturers in Canada ready to make ventilators: An interesting business angle on the COVID-19 situation to watch is how business is coming together to help address the crisis. Here’s a great story from FP reporters Emily Jackson and Naomi Powell about how auto manufacturers are looking at...

I received an email from my supermarket informing us that they will be allowing only a certain amount of people at a time for busy stores for distancing, and to allow everyone to get their groceries without stress. They've reassured everyone that the stores are fully stocked up and nothing is...

Top doctors here are now saying to keep stores closed and self isolate for 3+ weeks.

It appears that chicken is now difficult to find in Canada, US and UK supermarkets. I had to buy expensive organic whole chickens last week because everything else was sold out, and regular whole chickens were unavailable 2 weeks prior to that. What is up with that?

Precautionary? If infected delivers etc are placed or dropped on the ground then that could transmit to other surfaces? It can persist up to 9 days on nonporous surfaces.