Hmmm , ain’t that something eh ?

[TSIPP]

This virus was thousands of miles away and our leaders couldn’t keep it out of North America, it wasn’t just the Chinaman that let it get out of control!! Explanation mark to infinity and beyond!!

[burnt]

This virus was thousands of miles away and our leaders couldn’t keep it out of North America, it wasn’t just the Chinaman that let it get out of control!! Explanation mark to infinity and beyond!!

Could be wrong here, but that strikes me as a kinda funny minimization!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sumdumguy]

Forget “the virus” for a minute. Trudeau promised Greta that he would plant 2 billion trees to fight climate change, only instead of planting 600,000 trees a day, he has not planted one. Oh maybe heplanted a rose bushat the cottage.

[chuckChuck]

https://www.humboldtjournal.ca/news/north-dakota-and-sask-worlds-apart-when-it-comes-to-covid-19-cases-1.24194026

In many ways, Saskatchewan and North Dakota are very much alike. Their economies are similar as both the province and the state rely on agriculture and oil as two of their top industries. Their demographics and population density are also similar.

North Dakota’s population is 760,000, while Saskatchewan’s is 1,182,000, or 422,000 (55.5 per cent) more than North Dakota. North Dakota has around four people per square kilometre, while Saskatchewan has around two.

But when it comes to COVID-19, the border on the 49th parallel might as well make them worlds apart.

On Wednesday, Aug. 26, Saskatchewan had a relatively good day when it came to its daily COVID-19 report from the Ministry of Health. There had been one COVID-related death, bringing the total to 24. But there were only three new cases that day, and 30 recoveries. That high level of recoveries meant the number of active cases in Saskatchewan dropped by 31.8 per cent in one day.

Saskatchewan had seen 1,604 positive cases of COVID-19 until Aug. 26.

North Dakota, on the other hand, also reported one death on Aug. 26. According to the North Dakota Department of Health, the state had 337 new cases on Aug. 26, and its active cases statewide totalled 1,995, or 391 more than Saskatchewan had cumulatively since patient zero. To that date, North Dakota reported 10,800 total positive cases, of which there were 139 deaths.

The Canada-U.S. border remains closed to all but essential traffic until Sept. 21, a status that has been renewed month-to-month since the beginning of the crisis.

[chuckChuck]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/08/as-schools-reopen-north-dakota-has-39-times-more-active-covid-19-cases-than-saskatchewan.html https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/09/08/as-schools-reopen-north-dakota-has-39-times-more-active-covid-19-cases-than-saskatchewan.html

BISMARCK, N.D., REGINA—As Saskatchewan students go back to school on Sept. 8, there’s a stark contrast in the number of COVID-19 cases in this province compared to our neighbours to the south.

On Sept. 7, Saskatchewan had 58 active cases, up from its recent low of 29 cases on Sept. 2, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health.

But North Dakota, whose population of 760,000 is roughly 422,000 fewer than Saskatchewan’s 1,182,000, reported 2,264 active cases of COVID-19. North Dakota has 39 times more active COVID-19 cases than Saskatchewan, for a population that is 35.7 per cent smaller.

On Sept. 7, Saskatchewan reported 11 new cases and one recovery, while North Dakota reported on Sept. 8 it had 75 new cases and 206 recoveries. On Sept. 4, North Dakota had 2,440 active cases, and all-time high, and 778 more cases than Saskatchewan has had since patient zero in this province.

The Canada-U.S. border remains closed to all but essential traffic until Sept. 21, a status that has been renewed month-to-month since the beginning of the crisis.

[Sheepwheat]

I don’t know about you all, but if I was fixing to create some virus to harm my enemies, I would sure as heck make sure it killed everyone it touched, not .001% or whatever the heck the death rate is, no?

They keep harping about cases, yet scarcely any deaths FROM COVID ALONE.

But hey, let’s shut everything down. Exact same thing as climate change alarmist cult. If you don’t go along with it, you are ridiculed as an idiot, anti science, to the point where telling the truth is politically suicidal. So they go along with it to appease the loudmouth scaredy cats who hide in their basements and call the shots.

The virus is real, certainly. But the scare it is made out to be is fake. Just like climate change, which had lost its lustre. Appalling. A grand test drive as well to see just how much influence govnt can get away with. In a society with precious little common sense left, go to Costco and sneeze with no mask, and see where that gets you. Society will look back with a whole lot of embarrassment over this, at how we were taken for a ride. Well, some of us will see it, others will claim the masks helped! Lol

[farmaholic]

Let's just say enough time has passed to know what we're dealing with.

Were measures taken before we knew too onerous?

They might be now.

20-20

[shtferbrains]

Couple of days ago CBC Sask radio read a comment that basically said "why do you only dwell on the scary stuff but never report any of the basic data" ?

I'm sure it wasn't the first time they had a comment like that.

I wonder if they are changing policy or it was a local initiative as it is a change in direction.

The next morning they had an interview with an "expert" who explained the word situation much more realistically.

One part that stood out was Vietnam has very low rates and seems to have some sort of protection.

[Sheepwheat]

Vietnam probably does fine because they have bigger things to worry about...

[jazz]

I see chuck knows as much about the US as he does about solar which is jack. If you think ND and Sask are the same cause cbc said so, you are on crack.