Hand Knit posted:

For real? How did I miss this?

upgunned shitpost posted:

"THIS IS CULTURAL MARXISM!!!!" as they repeatedly smash his brain with a hammer.

Dreylad posted:

i believe she's back with her husband, but who the gently caress knows now that they're russian assets

it occured to me a few days ago that jorp, the man who hates the soviet union more than most cold warriors, went to russia to get treatment from doctors who were no doubt educated and trained in the soviet union

DariusLikewise posted:

https://twitter.com/olcarcajou/status/1240288013189439489?s=21

apatheticman posted:

DariusLikewise posted:

theres no way manitoba doesnt have any community transmissions yet, absolutely no way. this whole province is a ticking time bomb

infernal machines posted:

do you think it'll get low enough they'll pay them to put it back in the ground?

COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:

I think the reality is this thing is more or less everywhere to the point where the low overall number of people tested can't be used to guess how prevalent it actually is. We'll need to test everyone and in the time that takes, we'll probably get a better idea of just how widespread it has become.

CrcleSqreSanchz posted:

Yeah, it's just going to magically turn around in the next few weeks.

Health Services posted:

Many people don't have an understanding of what compounding/exponential increases means.

Guest2553 posted:

Just start selling the barrels they come in, they'll make more money that way.

CommonShore posted:

I'd pay $30 for one of those barrels provided it hasn't had oil in it yet. poo poo, I'd buy four.

Helsing posted:

Consider making a donation to the food bank of Canada. They are getting hit hard by this crisis.

quote:

Due to the need to practice social distancing during these uncertain times, many seniors will undoubtedly face challenges with picking up essentials like medications, groceries and other items. These challenges are exacerbated by the new reality of having to wait in line for hours at some stores, which adversely affects some seniors more so than those in other segments of the population.

The team at UHN OpenLab, which is part of Toronto General Hospital, has been researching and designing solutions to support seniors to live independently in Toronto’s vertical communities. The team has organized a group of several hundred volunteers to provide assistance with simple pickups for seniors in public housing. Volunteers help staff the hotline, communicate with seniors who need assistance, triage orders and provide deliveries.

The initial focus is on assisting tenants in the 83 seniors-designated buildings of Toronto Community Housing, totalling 14,000 units.

More info on the initiative webpage: UHNOpenLab.ca/hotline

quote:

The call centre is staffed by individuals who work at the University Health Network. Volunteers are ordinary Torontonians who want to help. All volunteers have been vetted. Vetting includes a review of government-issued ID (e.g. driver’s license, passport) and two references, one of which must be from work, school or another volunteer organization. Those who have passed the vetting process must attend mandatory training before being allowed to assist vulnerable seniors.

The UHN OpenLab team has been working around the clock to establish the processes and procedures of the operation, and consulting with City officials, collaborators, and seniors themselves to ensure that we have a coordinated, effective and safe response.

The Hotline will be opening soon. Visit our Twitter page for daily updates. At this point, the service will only be available to seniors living in low-income housing.

eric ciaramella posted:

dude the community spreads are everywhere. major US states have been comunnity spreading for weeks.

wonder what the lack of testing is about. are we using the same unreliable test the US is using? the US isnt testing because trump is a large pissbaby who thought he could keep number low. what is Justin's excuse?

eric ciaramella posted:

dude the community spreads are everywhere. major US states have been comunnity spreading for weeks.

wonder what the lack of testing is about. are we using the same unreliable test the US is using? the US isnt testing because trump is a large pissbaby who thought he could keep number low. what is Justin's excuse?

Juul-Whip posted:

Based and Breadpilled Bowinn Ma, we love her folks!

DariusLikewise posted:

https://twitter.com/olcarcajou/status/1240288013189439489?s=21

DariusLikewise posted:

she left her husband and kid to start dating this new guy last year

Risky Bisquick posted:

She’s probably got access to the patreon account while he’s in a permanently induced coma

Starks posted:

healthcare is at the provincial level. I don’t like Trudeau but we’ve literally just started doing our own version of “Thanks Obama”. yes he’s an idiot but not solely blame for your lack of weed or hospital beds (I know how transfer payments work but still)

Risky Bisquick posted:

She’s probably got access to the patreon account while he’s in a permanently induced coma

Starks posted:

healthcare is at the provincial level. I don’t like Trudeau but we’ve literally just started doing our own version of “Thanks Obama”. yes he’s an idiot but not solely blame for your lack of weed or hospital beds (I know how transfer payments work but still)

quote:

TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS HARPER GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING FORMULA FOR HEALTH CARE
Brent Patterson
3 years ago

The Trudeau government has struck twelve deals with individual provinces and territories that end the 6 per cent funding escalator for public health care and worsens the risk of services being cut and privatized.

During the October 2015 federal election, Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party promised: "We will negotiate a new Health Accord with provinces and territories, including a long-term agreement on funding."

Given the Liberals had denounced the Harper government's imposed funding formula, many voters not unreasonably read this election promise as the Liberals pledging as a government to have a summit with the provinces and to negotiate a long-term agreement that would cancel the Conservative plan to tie health care transfers to the GDP (with a minimum three per cent annual increase).

But now The Globe and Mail reports, "The deals bring an end to the 6-per-cent annual increases in the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) – the money that Ottawa transfers to provinces and territories to help pay for health care – that have been in place since 2004. The CHT will instead rise by 3 per cent annually, or by a three-year average of nominal GDP growth, whichever is higher."

In other words, the Liberal government has just implemented Harper's funding formula for health care.

Yesterday, Council of Canadians health care campaigner Michael Butler commented in this campaign blog, "This will ultimately mean lower quality health for Canadians from coast to coast."

In addition, rather than reaching agreement through a federal-provincial summit, the government has made twelve individual deals with the provinces and territories. Health minister Jane Philpott says, “This is not about divide-and-conquer."

In January 2012, then-Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page estimated that this funding formula would cost the provinces about $31 billion over a ten year period. In July 2012, the provincial premiers forecast the loss would be closer to $36 billion. In July 2015, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions estimated the loss at $43.5 billion over an eight year period.

Just after the election, Butler wrote the newly appointed health minister and highlighted, "It is our hope that the new federal government reverses the Harper government’s funding model to a per capita Canada Health Transfer model, and implements a 6 per cent escalator for federal transfers to the provinces to reach a minimum goal of 25 per cent federal funding of provincial health care costs."

Unfortunately, the federal health minister has not reversed the Harper government's funding model, has not implemented a 6 per cent escalator, and the federal government's share of health care spending is set to fall to about 14.3 per cent over the next twenty years.

The Harper government's funding formula will be implemented by the Trudeau government starting on April 1.

Starks posted:

healthcare is at the provincial level. I don’t like Trudeau but we’ve literally just started doing our own version of “Thanks Obama”. yes he’s an idiot but not solely blame for your lack of weed or hospital beds (I know how transfer payments work but still)

DynamicSloth posted:

https://twitter.com/natnewswatch/status/1240826052408160256

eric ciaramella posted:

dude the community spreads are everywhere. major US states have been comunnity spreading for weeks.