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SvennoJ on 20 December 2020
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I wonder how it will go next week. It just came out that everyone has to stay home from the 24th, basically Christmas is cancelled.

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-will-enter-province-wide-lockdown-as-of-christmas-eve-sources-say-1.5239437

These sources, who have direct knowledge of the situation, say the lockdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 24 and will last for 28 days in the southern portions of the province and 14 days in the northern parts.

This lockdown will look similar to the province-wide shutdown back in March, with only essential businesses being allowed to remain open.

The sources say this decision was made based off COVID-19 modelling data. The data has shown that under any scenario, Ontario will see 300 people in intensive care by the end of December. At the current rate of transmission, that number would grow to 700 patients by the end of January.

The province has said that once the number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units (ICU) surpasses 300 supporting other medical needs not related to the disease becomes nearly impossible. There are currently 261 patients infected with the disease in ICUs across the province.

So basically they did F all to increase capacity, 300 ICU beds is the limit for nearly 15 million population in Ontario.


I hope they get our roof finished before Thursday. It would suck if that gets cut off since by the end of the lock down we'll be in the middle of winter. They were working on it today, aiming to be done on Tuesday if the weather cooperates.