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29 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

This should be seen on the same level as sending up jets to force the craft down. Aren't there treaties that govern the open nature of civilian flight above intersecting nations?

About that... 

Damn that sounds like a nice truck. 

International airport maybe. The majority of the population lives in cities though. You don’t think ICU numbers have peaked yet?

2 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Canada currently has 1,332 people in ICU beds -- this compares to 575 at the peak of the first wave and 881 at the peak of the second.

They are coming down -- which is in part due to vaccination -- and in part, in the GTA at least, accompanied with the most strict lockdown we've seen during the pandemic.

b.1617 has also be found in Ontario, and based on some recent studies is 60% more contagious than b.117 that cause the third wave.

We’re already beginning to reduce lockdown restrictions in Saskatchewan. 

2 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

A single dose provides 80-90% protection against getting the virus, and two doses provide 80-95% protection. There is almost no meaningful difference in herd immunity.

 

However, if that is the hill you want to die on, Canada is going to also pass the US for full vaccinations sometime in July, count on it. And we will pass Israel in August or September, at the latest. But by then it won't matter—70-75% of the pop having a single dose is going to stop the pandemic better than 60% having two doses.

I hope you’re right.

1 minute ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

We're at 4% vaccinated -- we can't pass the US or catch-up with Israel by mid-June.  If we used all of our doses for second doses (at our current rate, which is the highest of any large country) we could catch up to where they are today (~37%) by Mid-June.  Catching up to Israel would require us to ~triple our vaccination rate.

Considering we’re already seeing drops in ICU and hospitalization, I’m optimistic that even getting to 70% of 12+ with one shot will create enough herd immunity that we can have things mostly open.

If I can’t go watch a football game in August Imma burn this whole city down.  

Ok not really but I’m going to be really sad. 

That’s good news. 

Trump’s not going to jail.

So like if it did land in your backyard/house/apartment, could you keep the wreckage? Sell it on ebay? 

8 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Guess what's already banned in the US.

I had to do a mini intervention because my mom was going HAM on the ecigs and getting twitchy like a meth addict soooooo I can’t really say I’m all too enthused about ecigs. Fortunately she started using vape juice with a lower concentration of nicotine after that.

They banned menthol cigarettes in Canada a few years ago. It made my parents mad because that was the flavour they smoked. But then my mom moved onto ecigs with weird fruity flavours. 

My wild ass guess on that collision is that the front door wouldn’t open because of structural damage due to the collision so the driver crawled into the back seat to open that door, which also wouldn’t open. Though I have seen videos of people setting the autopilot and then crawling into the back seat, it doesn’t seem likely it happened in that scenario based on where they were — the videos i’ve seen are always people on the highway. 

16 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

I'm surprised India is still exporting vaccines. 

2 minutes ago, mclumber1 said:

 

~2024ish.  I don't think that's a stretch for an unmanned test landing, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first actual human mission is a year or two after that. 

Damn that's quick. 

What's the timeline supposed to be on this? 

It’s good the government is getting something out of it, but they really should have gotten a bigger equity stake. 

I hope this actually happens.

1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Beats the dumb elbow shit

I never got the elbow thing. You’ve got to get even closer to do the elbow tap! 

Two years would make sense. If it was every year then a two term president could almost completely stack the court. 

I don’t even answer my phone anymore unless I recognize the number or am expecting a phone call from a new number. I just let it go to voicemail.

1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

This is what GG has to say about the male author (who didn't get the QT and trolling that the one female reporter did)

 

Snitches lmao ok dude tell me how reality winner is doing

Was that Greenwald that was responsible for that???

9 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

In local news, my city is on further lockdown after it is now assumed that almost all cases are B.1.1.7. Looks like we are the variant hotspot for North America, now. Private gatherings now forbidden inside homes, and restaurants closed except for takeout/order. Churches are still allowed with 30 people, of course!

Yeah we’re doomed. 

Damn. Things are pretty bad in my city as @CitizenVectron can confirm. Sucks it’s becoming the same in the USA.