Worldometers is saying that they were getting 2 - 3 cases per day for a few days about a week ago. They're serious about controlling this!
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Worldometers is saying that they were getting 2 - 3 cases per day for a few days about a week ago. They're serious about controlling this!
"Should a guest be unable to provide a physician's exemption, they will be denied travel until clearance is produced."
The last time I was in Manitoba I saw a guy riding without a helmet. My cousin explained if a doctor gives you a letter saying you can't wear a lid you're good to go lidless. I'm guessing there is a doctor that is easy to convince and he gets all the business.
Masks could be the same.
I am a socialist at heart but not willing to die for someone else's problem.
If I got on a plane and saw someone else NOT wearing a mask do I get a full refund if I immediately got off?
What would be the reaction of the airline if half of the others got off?
What if after airborne someone takes their mask off? Can they be placed on a no-fly list?
Why does one person's disability mean others have to be exposed to health risks?
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Doctor Nick.
If someone's arms are paralyzed and they can't remove the mask if they're choking on it, then they have a good case.
Shouldn't be out and about at this time, though.
I dated a girl with fears related to scarves. I thought I was being romantic, helping her with her coat and scarf. The coat went OK but she had a look of fear when I tried to place the scarf. I turned out that her alcoholic father had tried to strangle her once. Masks didn't bother her. She was an O.R. nurse.
I don't see maskaphobia listed nor scarfaphobia.
I suffer from attitudiphonia and assholiphobia and can't be responsible for my actions.
Some people have thinkaphobia, the fear of thinking.
The sum of all fears so far
| A | |
| Achluophobia | Fear of darkness |
| Acrophobia | Fear of heights |
| Aerophobia | Fear of flying |
| Algophobia | Fear of pain |
| Alektorophobia | Fear of chickens |
| Agoraphobia | Fear of public spaces or crowds |
| Aichmophobia | Fear of needles or pointed objects |
| Amaxophobia | Fear of riding in a car |
| Androphobia | Fear of men |
| Anginophobia | Fear of angina or choking |
| Anthophobia | Fear of flowers |
| Anthropophobia | Fear of people or society |
| Aphenphosmphobia | Fear of being touched |
| Arachnophobia | Fear of spiders |
| Arithmophobia | Fear of numbers |
| Astraphobia | Fear of thunder and lightning |
| Ataxophobia | Fear of disorder or untidiness |
| Atelophobia | Fear of imperfection |
| Atychiphobia | Fear of failure |
| Autophobia | Fear of being alone |
| B | |
| Bacteriophobia | Fear of bacteria |
| Barophobia | Fear of gravity |
| Bathmophobia | Fear of stairs or steep slopes |
| Batrachophobia | Fear of amphibians |
| Belonephobia | Fear of pins and needles |
| Bibliophobia | Fear of books |
| Botanophobia | Fear of plants |
| C | |
| Cacophobia | Fear of ugliness |
| Catagelophobia | Fear of being ridiculed |
| Catoptrophobia | Fear of mirrors |
| Chionophobia | Fear of snow |
| Chromophobia | Fear of colors |
| Chronomentrophobia | Fear of clocks |
| Claustrophobia | Fear of confined spaces |
| Coulrophobia | Fear of clowns |
| Cyberphobia | Fear of computers |
| Cynophobia | Fear of dogs |
| D | |
| Dendrophobia | Fear of trees |
| Dentophobia | Fear of dentists |
| Domatophobia | Fear of houses |
| Dystychiphobia | Fear of accidents |
| E | |
| Ecophobia | Fear of the home |
| Elurophobia | Fear of cats |
| Entomophobia | Fear of insects |
| Ephebiphobia | Fear of teenagers |
| Equinophobia | Fear of horses |
| F, G | |
| Gamophobia | Fear of marriage |
| Genuphobia | Fear of knees |
| Glossophobia | Fear of speaking in public |
| Gynophobia | Fear of women |
| H | |
| Heliophobia | Fear of the sun |
| Hemophobia | Fear of blood |
| Herpetophobia | Fear of reptiles |
| Hydrophobia | Fear of water |
| Hypochondria | Fear of illness |
| I-K | |
| Iatrophobia | Fear of doctors |
| Insectophobia | Fear of insects |
| Koinoniphobia | Fear of rooms full of people |
| L | |
| Leukophobia | Fear of the color white |
| Lilapsophobia | Fear of tornadoes and hurricanes |
| Lockiophobia | Fear of childbirth |
| M | |
| Mageirocophobia | Fear of cooking |
| Megalophobia | Fear of large things |
| Melanophobia | Fear of the color black |
| Microphobia | Fear of small things |
| Mysophobia | Fear of dirt and germs |
| N | |
| Necrophobia | Fear of death or dead things |
| Noctiphobia | Fear of the night |
| Nosocomephobia | Fear of hospitals |
| Nyctophobia | Fear of the dark |
| O | |
| Obesophobia | Fear of gaining weight |
| Octophobia | Fear of the figure 8 |
| Ombrophobia | Fear of rain |
| Ophidiophobia | Fear of snakes |
| Ornithophobia | Fear of birds |
| P | |
| Papyrophobia | Fear of paper |
| Pathophobia | Fear of disease |
| Pedophobia | Fear of children |
| Philophobia | Fear of love |
| Phobophobia | Fear of phobias |
| Podophobia | Fear of feet |
| Pogonophobia | Fear of beards |
| Porphyrophobia | Fear of the color purple |
| Pteridophobia | Fear of ferns |
| Pteromerhanophobia | Fear of flying |
| Pyrophobia | Fear of fire |
| Q-S | |
| Samhainophobia | Fear of Halloween |
| Scolionophobia | Fear of school |
| Selenophobia | Fear of the moon |
| Sociophobia | Fear of social evaluation |
| Somniphobia | Fear of sleep |
| T | |
| Tachophobia | Fear of speed |
| Technophobia | Fear of technology |
| Tonitrophobia | Fear of thunder |
| Trypanophobia | Fear of needles or injections |
| U-Z | |
| Venustraphobia | Fear of beautiful women |
| Verminophobia | Fear of germs |
| Wiccaphobia | Fear of witches and witchcraft |
| Xenophobia | Fear of strangers or foreigners |
| Zoophobia | Fear of animals |
I haven't been to Manitoba recently. What's the percentage of riders wearing helmets? I'm thinking it's pretty high, even though people could get a doctor's-note exemption from that sketchy doctor.
In Ontario, now, you don't even need a doctor's note ... just a turban. The percentage of riders wearing helmets is still very high. Technically, you need to have a certain religious background ... but the police aren't allowed to ask that question.
The other thing is that if a particular doctor gets a reputation for writing mask-exemption notes, there is a fair chance that they would end up getting investigated. My profession is different, but you don't want to end up being investigated by the licensing authority. I won't do things analogous to writing doctor's notes (and yes, I've been asked if I would). It takes years for the investigation to figure out situations like that - by that time, the pandemic will be over. I still would not want my name associated with a mess like that.
Fear of the colour purple? Really? That's a thing? Shouldn't that just go under generic mental health issues? As least much of the list is rooted in things that could be considered dangerous.
Wandering back to the topic at hand ... I just checked Ontario's case numbers, they just hit the website.
Yesterday may have been a spike over 100 cases, but today went the other direction ... just 33 cases. Keep at it, we are generally going in the right direction.
Yesterday may have been a spike over 100 cases, but today went the other direction ... just 33 cases. Keep at it, we are generally going in the right direction.
Kablammo. Here comes the leading edge of the economic fallout. Vaughan just whacked 1100 out of ~1750 staff. I'm not sure why the trigger was pulled now. It would seem to me that they should either have pulled the trigger many months ago or ridden it out at this point. I think many municipalities were continuing to hope for a golden gift from above to cover all of their expenses (including full pay for all employees that did no work for six months) and are coming to the realization that they have screwed themselves by forgetting that incoming money is not unlimited.
www.cp24.com
City of Vaughan lays off 1,100 workers due to pandemic
The City of Vaughan says it is temporarily laying off 1,100 workers due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cp24.com
I haven't been to MB in 5-6 years and this years plans are dead. I only saw one lidless rider so it's not a helmetademic.
The physical risk of the lid is to the rider unlike the mask which theoretically protects the community.
Perjury is nasty.
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“has trouble breathing” = highest risk category for complications due to COVID ...ie Russian roulette anyway if you go out. Surgeons must routinely pass out due to hypoxia during those 6h surgeries if they prevent breathing properly. I can only imagine how incredibly difficult it must be for the 20mins you need to wear one in a grocery store. What about a face shield in that case?
Unconscious....not sure about you but I find it hard to enter a grocery store when unconscious.
Unable to remove the cover without assistance....I’m thinking you’re very likely to have assistance with you in that case since you most likely couldn’t put it on unassisted anyway. What about a face shield in that case?
Costco sells face shields for $20. Reusable. Washable. Any manufactured excuses as to why those can’t be worn?
Positive after arriving. How did they get on the plane?
If the airlines want passengers coming back they need to up their game.
Eight flights arriving in Toronto from international destinations since the start of August have had people on board with COVID-19.
According to the federal government, the flights landed in Toronto between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4. They all had passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Canada.
The international flights include:
If the airlines want passengers coming back they need to up their game.
Eight flights arriving in Toronto from international destinations since the start of August have had people on board with COVID-19.
According to the federal government, the flights landed in Toronto between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4. They all had passengers who tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Canada.
The international flights include:
- Air Transat flight TS831 from Punta Cana to Toronto on Aug. 1
- Pakistan International Airlines flight PK797 from Lahore to Toronto on Aug. 2
- Etihad Airways flight EY141 from Abu Dhabi to Toronto on Aug. 2
- Air Canada flight AC992 from Mexico City to Toronto on Aug. 2
- United Airlines flight UA3488 from Newark to Toronto on Aug. 3
- Air Canada flight AC7682 from Chicago to Toronto on Aug. 4
- Air Canada flight AC849 from London to Toronto on Aug. 4
- Air Canada flight AC879 from Switzerland to Toronto on Aug. 4
Face shield doesnt comply with the by-law in some municipalities. Also doesnt comply with public health mask guidelines (at least two layers of cloth iirc). Probably better than nothing and I agree that for the very very very few that cannot wear a mask and must be inside with others maybe that's as good as it gets. You could use a positive pressure shield which could be better but those are expensive.
There are the extremists that wash, disinfect, distance, mask-up, glove-up and more power to you but I'm not a club member.
There are the moderates that take it seriously and follow protocols. Kudos.
There are the ones that follow protocols only because it is politically correct. Thanks for the effort.
There are the self righteous unmasked guardians of freedom oblivious to the rights of others. No insult is sufficient.
There are the critical mass wannabes that use mob numbers to make themselves feel like they're a member of some group (Obviously not Mensa). Sheep to the slaughter.
Kablammo. Here comes the leading edge of the economic fallout. Vaughan just whacked 1100 out of ~1750 staff. I'm not sure why the trigger was pulled now. It would seem to me that they should either have pulled the trigger many months ago or ridden it out at this point. I think many municipalities were continuing to hope for a golden gift from above to cover all of their expenses (including full pay for all employees that did no work for six months) and are coming to the realization that they have screwed themselves by forgetting that incoming money is not unlimited.
City of Vaughan lays off 1,100 workers due to pandemic
The City of Vaughan says it is temporarily laying off 1,100 workers due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
so here’s the thing....
I get playing devils advocate in a discussion but sometimes that doesn’t help. This is one of those times. Whether you believe that coronavirus is dangerous/not dangerous/conspiracy etc the effects are real. People are dying, people are losing livelihoods, families are being pushed into extraordinarily stressful situations. An entire generation faces an uphill struggle the likes of which we couldn’t imagine only a few months ago.
Why the **** wouldn’t you do anything to try to get past this as fast as possible? If you’re still obfuscating then you’re actively trying to delay the date where we get back to normal. People that do this make me quite angry.
Wear a ******* mask/ face shield. Wash your ******* hands. Stay away from people. I want to get back to normal.
I've cancelled the already-postponed-once trip to Spain that was to start at the end of August.
IMTBike is giving me a credit for a future bike rental with no expiry date. Kudos.
B&B Hotel Jerez is giving me a credit that I have to use before 31 Dec 2021 despite me having originally made a non-refundable non-changeable reservation (because it was cheaper). I can work with that. Kudos there, too.
Getting a flight credit from Air France may take a while; they did send me a notification that they had received the request.
One hotel to go; their website is being cranky. To be honest, given that I've gotten credits from everywhere else, I'm not that worried about it at the moment.
Hopefully 2021 will be a better year.
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I remember reading ages ago that Humans have only 2 instinctive fears, and those are Heights and Getting eaten by a larger animal. Everything else on that list is learned/conditioned. Also LMAO at Fear of phobias.
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