Covid-19
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pabloesqobar
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Coronavirus' return to Beijing disrupts life and rattles nerves
▶ Watch Video: Beijing in lockdown as China confronts second coronavirus wave Beijing — The new outbreak of coronavirus in the Chinese capital prompted authorities to raise their official emergency response back to Level II on Tuesday night, as they race to stem what one called an "extremely...
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tangerinegreen555
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I could have sworn I saw on TV news a month or two ago, all the car movements in certain states on a computer graph from cell phones without any kind of special app.
I kind of think they can trace anybody right fucking now if they want to. Maybe I'm just paranoid but it just doesn't seem that hard.
I kind of think they can trace anybody right fucking now if they want to. Maybe I'm just paranoid but it just doesn't seem that hard.
Laughing Grass
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I bought a 10 pack of kn95 masks from China and they're alright, although I've read about different health organizations rejecting them for not meeting safety standards. I've been mainly using disposable surgical masks for grocery shopping and running errands. The kn95 masks I have are the ones that go around your head instead of your ears. It sucked having to hold it against my face while they cut my hair... sweat dripping off my nose.
I mean no disrespect to Americans, but Canada is coming out of covid in much better shape than the US, we had less than 393 new cases yesterday for the entire country, Ontario alone had over 500 new cases on the 1st of June with most coming from the Toronto area. The support from the population has been good for the most part with only a small fringe group fighting against the safety measures. I think Canadians will be more willing to use a contact tracing app, they're hoping for 40-50% of the population will use it.
But... but it's Blackberry approved!No.
"They" LIE!
shrxhky420
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lokie
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This is best directed to Politics.Ok, so here's a question. I have zero background in public health or manufacturing lab equipment. I have never had a contract with the federal gov't. I might have multiple criminal incidents in my background any check would turn up.
How do I get one of these multi-million dollar contracts to supply lab and medical stuff to the trump admin with no quality checks and no returns? Do I need to belong to some kind of club, or maybe contribute to a particular cause? Because damn, there is a gravy train and I want a ticket!
The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles
The Trump Administration Paid Millions for Test Tubes — and Got Unusable Mini Soda Bottles
The plastic tubes supplied for coronavirus testing by Fillakit, a first-time federal contractor with a sketchy owner, don’t even fit the racks used to analyze samples. And they may be contaminated anyway.www.propublica.org
Singlemalt
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Of course, you are Canadian, land of the congenitally nice and polite
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
If they’d’a had a civil war, the adjective would have been appropriate.
So long as Quebec doesn’t get involved
tangerinegreen555
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I think Canadians were too civil to have a civil war.If they’d’a had a civil war, the adjective would have been appropriate.
So long as Quebec doesn’t get involved
I also wonder why we had to fight England for independence but they just kinda released Canada in 1867?
They made a nice commemorative coin a hundred years later.
My dad once had 5 of those in 1967 but sold them for a handsome profit a couple years later. They were illegal to cross the border with at the time.
I'd love to add one to my collection, just for the family numismatic history. Maybe if we get another covid stimulus check I'll stimulate the numismatic economy.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
‘Til 1910 Canadians were “subjects”.
Americans have always been into rather more instant gratification.
Laughing Grass
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You'd be surprised, I can be a raving bitch when necessary.
The Monarch is still the head of state of Canada. Bills that pass the legislature and senate require royal assent. Since 1937 that's more or less been a rubber stamp. The governor general is selected by the prime minister as the Monarch's representative and is the commander in chief of the armed forces and has several other procedural duties.
Personally I hope we ditch this entire system once the queen passes.
DCcan
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LOL, that's whats contagious. I think it's in the maple syrup.
Takes a couple days to acclimate.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
I used to think it was the “contiguous” 48 states but it’s really “contagious” these days
You're right, it did not.
greg nr
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The app for Ontario is made by Shopify... same guys who do our legal cannabis store.
Ontario rolling out COVID-19 tracing app on July 2, also ending need for faxes
Ontario plans to double the number of contact tracers it employs, roll out a voluntary Bluetooth-powered COVID-19 tracing app and finally do away with public health units manually entering fax printouts into its database as part of a plan to enhance contact tracing and case management as the...www.cp24.com
Blackberry? I didn't know they still existed.
As someone pointed out, the tech already exists to de-anonymize cell phone data publicly available. It is an open secret you can be easily tracked.
All it really takes is following a particular anonymity phone and see where it calls home. If your phone is at 123 smokey way every night, they can now see who lives there. Add where you go to work, and they can narrow it down pretty easily if multiple people live there. Then they have you, all with public anonymity data.
These apps are meant to notify you if you have been near someone who has the illness beyond a certain amount of time. Then you can self isolate and get tested.
Presumably the double bubbas won't opt in. But if enough normal people do, it could help slow spread. Its like contact tracing. Mostly voluntary but not perfect.
As a rule, I keep location services off. For the apps I allow it, I only allow it while using the app.
So if I went to a work site, meeting, or traveled on a public system like a plane, I might turn it on. Normal personal movement, no.
There is a middle ground.