Worldwide stats provided by worldometers put the global COVID-19 number of reported cases today at 16,670,538. (Deaths: 657,222 and Recovered: 10,261,544) I emphasize reported because there is a wide variance in testing and manner of reporting from country to country and place to place.
As of 6:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday July 28, 2020:
From Global News, Canada reported 114,554 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The official Province of Ontario website is reporting 38,799 total confirmed cases and 2,764 total deaths. Currently, there are 82 people are in hospital with 30 of those in ICU. 34,461 cases have been resolved.
Quebec continues to have the highest reported cases in the country with 58,728.
The Region of Durham reported 1,796 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The site also reports 1 current outbreak (Hospitals, LTCF's and Retirement Homes) with 34 outbreaks having been "concluded." Currently, Clarington still sits at 102 total cases. (95 are resolved and 7 people have passed away. Hospitalized currently: "Zero")
In international news,
Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter Censor Viral Video of Doctors’ Capitol Hill Coronavirus Press Conference. Breitbart is causing quite a stir in the media industry. Facebook has removed a video posted by Breitbart News earlier today, which was the top-performing Facebook post in the world Monday afternoon, of a press conference in D.C. held by the group America’s Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots. The press conference featured Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and frontline doctors sharing their views and opinions on coronavirus and the medical response to the pandemic. (You can watch the press conference by clicking here.) YouTube (which is owned by Google) and Twitter subsequently removed footage of the press conference as well. The video accumulated over 17 million views during the eight hours it was hosted on Facebook, with over 185,000 concurrent viewers. The event, hosted by the organization America’s Frontline Doctors, a group founded by Dr. Simone Gold, a board-certified physician and attorney, and made up of medical doctors, came together to address what the group calls a “massive disinformation campaign” about the coronavirus. Norman also spoke at the event. “If Americans continue to let so-called experts and media personalities make their decisions, the great American experiment of a Constitutional Republic with Representative Democracy, will cease,” reads the event’s information page.
From Germany, Mandatory airport tests for at-risk German returnees. Germany's health minister has announced plans to make tests mandatory for people returning from at-risk areas. (The initial plan was to provide the tests free, but on a voluntary basis.)
From Taiwan, China destroyed coronavirus 'crime scene' in Wuhan: Hong Kong expert. Microbiologist who investigated Wuhan outbreak accuses China of covering up early evidence.University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung (袁國勇) has accused Beijing of covering up the scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan by destroying physical evidence in early January. In a BBC special titled "Panorama: China's Coronavirus Cover-Up," which aired Monday (July 27), Yuen and several other health experts from around the world shared their knowledge of the deadly outbreak. As one of the leading doctors to investigate coronavirus cases in Wuhan in the early days of the outbreak, Yuen said he believes Chinese officials intentionally delayed responding to clinical findings in order to downplay the seriousness of the situation. He said he had informed the authorities about human-to-human transmission on Jan. 12 after receiving patients in Shenzhen, about 700 miles from Wuhan, but that his warning was not relayed until Jan. 20. Yuen pointed out that the Huanan seafood market, where the coronavirus was believed to have originated, had already been cleaned by the time he and other Chinese experts, including renowned pulmonologist Zhong Nanshan (鍾南山), visited Wuhan on Jan. 17. He compared the aggressive clean-up to a "crime scene" being "disturbed" and said he and his colleagues were unable to identify any animal host of the virus because there was "nothing to see."
In national news,
Out-of-province plates? Take the bus if feeling harassed, B.C. premier advises. British Columbia Premier John Horgan says drivers who have out-of-province licence plates on their vehicles should consider taking public transit or riding a bicycle if they're feeling harassed by people. Horgan also suggested on Monday that drivers change to B.C. plates to avoid trouble from residents who are concerned about the spread of COVID-19. "I would suggest, perhaps, public transit," he said at a news conference. "I would suggest that they get their plates changed. I would suggest they ride a bike." (Not exactly oozing with empathy, is he?) Horgan said he can't tell people how to respond when seeing a different licence plates but judging people by where their vehicle is registered does not often tell a complete story of their circumstances. "We don't know why they would continue to have plates that are not consistent with B.C. and we should act accordingly," he said.
Closed border eh? 1,000 to 5,000 Americans cross into Ontario. Every day. "Essential" Ashleigh Tuite, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto, estimates that the number of people crossing into Ontario from the United States is currently between 1,000 and 5,000 per day. The border is currently closed to non-essential travellers but there are some exceptions for travel that's deemed essential.
Want to live in Barbados? Barbados offers work visa program to encourage Canadians to work from home, from Barbados. Island nation launches one-year working visa giving foreigners right to live, work in Barbados during pandemic. The government of a Caribbean island has a tantalizing suggestion for quarantine-weary Canadians: Working from home is a lot more palatable when you're doing it remotely from a tropical paradise. The Island nation of Barbados has launched something it's calling a Barbados Welcome Stamp, a one-year working visa that gives foreigners the right to live and work in Barbados while they ride out the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting now, applicants can send in their personal information at a portal website. The application will be processed within 72 hours, at which point they may be approved to come live and work in Barbados. There's a non-refundable fee of $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 for families, but once that's paid, a successful applicant is all set.
In Ontario,
Ford blasts 'yahoos' who held huge party in Brampton. Ontario’s premier has slammed more than 200 "reckless and careless" people who attended a massive party in Brampton, Ont., saying the full extent of the law needs to be thrown at these "yahoos." Peel Regional Police say they were called to a home in the area of Countryside Drive and Goreway Road on Saturday night for a report that a house party was taking place inside, with parked cars all over the yard and the surrounding area. Officials said the homeowner or party organizer hired security to park cars and also erected barriers above the home's backyard fence so people could not see inside.
Photos of crammed Toronto beach spark more overcrowding concerns. (Yahoos?) Video and photos have emerged on social media of a popular Toronto island beach packed with party-goers this past weekend despite calls from health officials urging people to keep physical distance even when outdoors. The photos and video posted onto Twitter show what appears to be hundreds of people on Hanlan's Point Beach not wearing masks and not keeping physical distance. “We had quite a discussion about [this issue] at our sort of emergency command table,” Mayor John Tory told reporters at a news conference on Monday. “We are on top of it. We are going to use the marine unit and other resources at our disposal to better address some of these crowd scenes on the beaches.”
In local news,
Hockey soon to exit the penalty box in Clarington. Sports questions answered for those ready to play despite the pandemic. So, when can hockey start? (or not) From George Acorn, “In Stage 2 there was the ability to offer up recreation facilities for training and skill development… We met with our minor ice users yesterday (July 13), our local MPP (member of provincial parliament), the mayor, myself and some skill development businesses that provide services in Clarington. We advised that our staff was putting together a game plan for ice to be in place, probably in South Courtice Arena in mid-August. The hockey organizations would encourage their players (that as of yesterday morning were not allowed on the ice in any organized fashion other than for skilled development) to take the ice with that program. However… with announcement of Stage 3 there has been restrictions lifted when it comes to arenas… There’s a lot of moving parts to that announcement and the regulations. Our staff are working through what is actually in the regulations and what we can do. We’re obviously going to have to put together a subsequent plan moving forward. At this point it’s probably something that could be allowable in Stage 3 (the shinny hockey drop-in) but at this time I couldn’t guarantee when that’s going to happen."
Sports, Sports, Sports,
Jays beat Washington last night. Blue Jays’ Nate Pearson is set to make his big-league debut Wednesday vs. Nationals. Grichuk (CF) and Giles (closer) are both on the DL. Sportsnet is carrying tonight's match up.
In NHL pre-season action, the Leafs take on the Habs in Montreal at 8:00 tonight. (SN1 is carrying the game) The NHL announced zero positive COVID-19 tests in final week of Phase 3 camp. "Regular" season games begin on saturday at 12:00.
Musing,
How come whenever the media interviews Patrick Brown (Mayor of Brampton) he always looks like he just woke up?
The media is increasingly becoming controlled by YouTube and Facebook. This is not good for democracy, or an open society. It's all part of the grand scheme to open the company store for the world.
Remember all the meat processing plant closures from outbreaks? Thank goodness that trend has discontinued; for now.
"Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future." (SENECA)
On this day in history in 1868, 14th Amendment adopted in the U.S.A.
Following its ratification by the necessary three-quarters of U.S. states, the 14th Amendment, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—is officially adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Secretary of State William Seward issues a proclamation certifying the amendment.
On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi, opens in U.S. theaters. Produced with an estimated budget of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and became part of pop-culture history with such memorable lines as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”
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Today is – NATIONAL MILK CHOCOLATE DAY – BUFFALO SOLDIERS DAY – NATIONAL WATERPARK DAY
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