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Let's have some data on US-UK-Canada CFR: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/canada?country=CAN~GBR~USA#the-case-fatality-rate https://ourworldinda

Let's have some data on US-UK-Canada CFR: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/canada?country=CAN~GBR~USA#the-case-fatality-rate https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/canada?countr... Which, yup, Canada and the US aren't that far apart, and the UK has a higher CFR. And Canada…it's worth noting that Canada is a bunch of city-states bound loosely together by Tim Horton's, and the responses varied quite a bit by province. British Columbia bent their curve early, and made some really key decisions in regards to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities that made a big difference versus Ontario and Quebec. (Last I checked 81% of COVID deaths here were in such facilities. If we'd managed to secure nursing homes and figure out protections for farm workers, there'd be far fewer deaths. ICUs never, ever hit anywhere near capacity, at least in Toronto.) And pure off-topic anecdote: testing has gone very well for me. My local hospital here on the east side of Toronto was on top of this early, and my tests have all come back in less than 24 hours. (Though I live with a front-line healthcare worker, which makes me think they're giving me just a little extra speed.)

microcolonel 6y ago
> If we'd managed to secure nursing homes and figure out protections for farm workers, there'd be far fewer deaths. Yeah, it was sad to watch. It seems like it was a mistake made by a lot of places up here in the north. The States and Provinces which had more time got to see it working out poorly ahead of time seem to have been able to change course. > My local hospital here on the east side of Toronto was on top of this early, and my tests have all come back in less than 24 hours. I've heard good things about that area, yes. A lot of places were having long delays earlier on because they were overflowing to the regional labs, or somesuch. > Though I live with a front-line healthcare worker, which makes me think they're giving me just a little extra speed The answer to that is understandably yes It has been mercifully mild here in Hamilton, most of the patients in the hospitals are still elderly people from LTC facilities, as far as I'm aware. The panic has been minimal. One thing here in Hamilton is the handful of people who don't care much about anything in life (Hamilton has a high concentration of such people, being a hub for social services), who will gladly pretend to cough indoors near you just to make you uncomfortable.

microcolonel 6y ago

> If we'd managed to secure nursing homes and figure out protections for farm workers, there'd be far fewer deaths. Yeah, it was sad to watch. It seems like it was a mistake made by a lot of places up here in the north. The States and Provinces which had more time got to see it working out poorly ahead of time seem to have been able to change course. > My local hospital here on the east side of Toronto was on top of this early, and my tests have all come back in less than 24 hours. I've heard good things about that area, yes. A lot of places were having long delays earlier on because they were overflowing to the regional labs, or somesuch. > Though I live with a front-line healthcare worker, which makes me think they're giving me just a little extra speed The answer to that is understandably yes It has been mercifully mild here in Hamilton, most of the patients in the hospitals are still elderly people from LTC facilities, as far as I'm aware. The panic has been minimal. One thing here in Hamilton is the handful of people who don't care much about anything in life (Hamilton has a high concentration of such people, being a hub for social services), who will gladly pretend to cough indoors near you just to make you uncomfortable.