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comment_492491
4 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

SOme additional info.

Ah ****, over 100 new cases in Winnipeg. 

15 Additional deaths... 2 in males in their 40's (*gulp*) and a lot of seniors- man, those care homes need some serious intervention- been going on too long.

 

What sort of intervention would you suggest?  Care homes are a reflection of what’s going on in larger society.  It’s not like people can stop going in and out of care homes, unless you’re going to have employees live there 24/7.  This was bound to happen as soon as we started seeing those high case numbers. 

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comment_492492
1 minute ago, Mark H. said:

What sort of intervention would you suggest?  Care homes are a reflection of what’s going on in larger society.  It’s not like people can stop going in and out of care homes, unless you’re going to have employees live there 24/7.  This was bound to happen as soon as we started seeing those high case numbers. 

We could adopt the Australian model, which has been dramatically effective.

comment_492493

When I was working in the healthcare system, I had occasion to speak to administrators who were responsible for geriatric service. They told me that about a third of patients in hospitals and residents in care facilities could do better (have fewer medical crises/needs, report feeling more comfortable and cost the system less) in their own homes. The problem is that there would have to be a boost in resources in home care immediately until the patient crest moved from the hospitals and care hofacilities. This would take about two years where the number of healthcare workers would be sharply higher and then there would be a reduction in hospital and care facility staffing as home care service assumed more of the load. But that would mean significantly greater funding for that two year period, and therein lies the rub.

Its like the Guaranteed Annual Income program that was introduced in Dauphin some time back. It worked well and reduced operating costs of service delivery as well as overall costs, but politicians did not know how to get past the perception of "the government is giving away free money" and it was scrapped despite its success.

comment_492497
32 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Are you referring Australian care homes?  If so, the opposite is true, look it up. 

 

The Australian statistics were skewed by a several private for-profit care homes in one province who were not following government regulations. The care homes who were either government-run or not-for-profit or were for-profit and following regulations were much, much better. The rules are very simple: one resident per room, a two-week total  lockdown as soon as COVID was reported in the area, strict PPE adherence and absolutely no staff working in more than one facility. 

comment_492508
54 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Good plan, but not simple at all. Especially not when a good number of the staff have to isolate themselves. 

Yet, Australia did it. I have no doubt that the cost to the country (not to mention the cost in human suffering) was much lower because of the apparently harsh measures. The staff who were affected were compensated, BTW.

comment_492523
1 hour ago, Tracker said:

Yet, Australia did it. I have no doubt that the cost to the country (not to mention the cost in human suffering) was much lower because of the apparently harsh measures. The staff who were affected were compensated, BTW.

Oh, I don’t consider the measures harsh, they would just be difficult in situations where a large number of staff have to isolate. 

comment_492604

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comment_492609

There was no reason to believe that it wouldn't be found here, in all probability it was here before they found it in the UK, at this point all they know it that is spreads easier and isn't any worse, haven't really read anything about the vaccine's effectiveness positive or negative against this particular strain.

comment_492611
24 minutes ago, bustamente said:

There was no reason to believe that it wouldn't be found here, in all probability it was here before they found it in the UK, at this point all they know it that is spreads easier and isn't any worse, haven't really read anything about the vaccine's effectiveness positive or negative against this particular strain.

yeah but I have my doubts, I want to believe that we wouldn't have anything to worry about with this new variant, but to me this comes off as this is what happens if you don't control it fast enough

comment_492618
2 hours ago, bustamente said:

There was no reason to believe that it wouldn't be found here, in all probability it was here before they found it in the UK, at this point all they know it that is spreads easier and isn't any worse, haven't really read anything about the vaccine's effectiveness positive or negative against this particular strain.

The developers of the Moderna vaccine have said they believe that their vaccine will be equally effective. This is far from a guarantee, though.

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