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OT: Coronavirus Resources - and other things to not worry about

Looks like Alberta's Phase 2 is a fairly aggressive reopening.



Interesting to see how that goes. Most of those things I still wouldn't go to, I think.
 
What can open with restrictions
  • K-12 schools, for requested diploma exams and summer school, following guidance
  • Libraries
  • More surgeries
  • Wellness services such as massage, acupuncture and reflexology
  • Personal services (esthetics, cosmetic skin and body treatments, manicures, pedicures, waxing, facial treatment, artificial tanning)
  • Indoor recreation, fitness, and sports, including gyms and arenas
  • Movie theatres and theatres
  • Community halls
  • Team sports
  • Pools for leisure swimming
  • VLTs in restaurants and bars
  • Casinos and bingo halls (but not table games)
  • Instrumental concerts
The 50 per cent capacity limit for provincial campgrounds is also being lifted. Over the coming days, the online reservation system will be updated and sites will come online in phases. By July 1, all camping sites will be open for reservations. First-come, first-served sites may open sooner. Information on additional sites will be added to alberta.parks.ca when they become available.
Events and gatherings can be larger in stage two
Maximum 50 people:
  • Indoor social gatherings – including wedding and funeral receptions, and birthday parties
Maximum 100 people:
  • Outdoor events and indoor seated/audience events – including wedding and funeral ceremonies
No cap on the number of people (with public health measures and physical distancing in place):
  • Worship gatherings
  • Restaurants, cafés, lounges and bars
  • Casinos
  • Bingo halls
There is more flexibility for ‘cohort’ groups – small groups of people whose members do not always keep two metres apart:
  • A household can increase its close interactions with other households to a maximum of 15 people
  • Performers can have a cohort of up to 50 people (cast members or performers)
  • Sports teams can play in region-only cohorts of up to 50 players (mini leagues)
  • People could be part of a sports/performing and household cohort
Everyone is encouraged to follow public health guidelines and notify others in the cohort(s) if they have symptoms or test positive for COVID-19. If they do test positive or have symptoms, mandatory isolation is required.
Still not approved in stage two
  • Social gatherings that exceed above listed maximums
  • Regular in-school classes for kindergarten to Grade 12. Classes will resume September 2020
  • Vocal concerts (as singing carries a higher risk of transmission)
  • Major festivals and concerts, large conferences, trade shows and events (as these are non-seated social events and/or vocal concerts)
  • Nightclubs
  • Amusement parks
  • Hookah lounges (permitted for food and drink only)
  • Major sporting events and tournaments
  • Non-essential travel outside the province is not recommended. This recommendation will not be lifted until stage three of the relaunch strategy.
 
Will be interesting to see what this all means.

I am guessing with restos not much has changed - to maintain the distancing it would be pretty hard to be above 50% capacity
 
Edmonton saw its active cases triple this week and with things opening up and half of the population not following guidelines Im not confident with things going well.

Suspect by the end of June we see a big spike in Edmonton and Calgary
 
Artnes said:
Edmonton saw its active cases triple this week and with things opening up and half of the population not following guidelines Im not confident with things going well.

Suspect by the end of June we see a big spike in Edmonton and Calgary
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yep

112 active cases
almost caught up to calgary 210
 
An outbreak of one of the psychiatric hospitals here today. Isolated to 4-6 staff and no patients but they are waiting on more results

Hopefully they can contain it but that could be bad
 


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zeke said:
ya know, they kept talking about warm weather curing the disease.

except as it gets hotter down there, everybody stays inside with the windows closed and AC cranked.
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It gets inhabitable down there. Indoors is often the only option. Similar to our winters.
 
We’re not even at the worst time of year yet. July-Sept = brutal. Those of you that have been here will remember the heavy air you breathed coming out of the airport and the humidity that makes you need multiple daily showers if outside for awhile.

Summer in Florida is disgusting weather wise.
 
Habsy said:
We’re not even at the worst time of year yet. July-Sept = brutal. Those of you that have been here will remember the heavy air you breathed coming out of the airport and the humidity that makes you need multiple daily showers if outside for awhile.

Summer in Florida is disgusting weather wise.
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Southern Ontario definitely has some of those days in the summer too. So hot and excessively humid that even being outside in the shade while doing nothing is extremely uncomfortable.

Yesterday afternoon was the first time this season where we started approaching those kind of conditions. Feels like you’re trying to breathe through a hot, wet blanket.

I’d go nuts if it was like that for months at a time.
 
LeafGm said:
I’d go nuts if it was like that for months at a time.
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I went to Florida at the end of mother fucking September last year for the first time in about 20 years and it was fucking torture. I have no idea why people go there to retire. It's like hell on earth for the majority of the year.
 
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