“China eats weird animals disease”

Ontario is reporting 1,699 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 31,100 tests completed. Locally, there are 500 new cases in Toronto, 318 in Peel 155 in York Region and 114 in Hamilton.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 1,553,040 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) March 22, 2021

AstraZeneca vaccine trials in U.S. confirm shot is safe, highly effective

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.

AstraZeneca said its experts did not identify any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including finding no increased risk of rare blood clots identified in Europe.

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But… European trust in AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine plummets after blood clot reports

Confidence in the safety of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has taken a big hit in Spain, Germany, France and Italy as reports of rare blood clots have been linked to it and many countries briefly stopped using it, poll data showed on Monday.

The polling firm YouGov said it had already found in late February that Europeans were more hesitant about the AstraZeneca vaccine than about those from Pfizer Inc /BioNTech and Moderna Inc, and that the clot concerns had further damaged public perceptions of the AstraZeneca shot’s safety.

A couple of weeks ago, Cardinal Thomas Collins — the influential Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto — called on the Ontario government to revise its capacity rules for places of worship.

“This makes no sense,” Cardinal Collins wrote, in reference to the rules governing Toronto and Peel Region that capped attendance at 10 persons regardless of the size of the facility. He pointed out how the 10-person limit applies to his own St. Michael’s Cathedral despite the fact the grand facility can hold 1,500 persons, and yet nearby liquor stores are much smaller but can welcome more than 10 customers.

Lockdowns are a limited means of defense. They can slow but not eliminate covid spread. That’s great if you need to shore up old age homes. Used as a bludgeon they do far more harm than good. The economic and mental health devastation will far outweigh any benefit.

Ontario reports more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases for third straight day

TORONTO — Ontario health officials are reporting more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row.

The province confirmed 1,791 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday. The case count comes after officials logged 1,745 more infections on Friday and 1,829 more infections on Saturday.

The case numbers reported over the past three days represent a significant increase from the 1,553 cases recorded on Thursday and the 1,508 recorded on Wednesday.

Big news: I got a haircut yesterday.

I had to leave TO to get one. I’m a covid refugee!

One place I called said they weren’t serving anyone from other more infected zones!

I’m oppressed by the colour of my zone!

Not a bad cut I admit. The place was packed and business was non-stop.

How bizarre to have to travel for a cut.

I feel bad, the guy who has cut our hair for 20 years still can’t open.

I will go in for a trim no matter when he is allowed to open up.

Things were a lot easier when mom or dad just gave you a kitchen brushcut.