As of Thursday morning, there have been more than 100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death from the virus in Canada. Nine people have recovered from the illness so far.
“There are a range of estimates, but I would say that it is safe to assume that it could be between 30 per cent of the population that acquire COVID-19 and 70 per cent of the population,” she told the committee.“I think all of us around this table would agree that this is a national emergency and crisis and that we need to actually make every effort as Canadians and as leaders to be informing the people who are listening to us,” Hajdu said.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Knock away some ppl less money given. As well as all the mo eyes being given people think the government is being nice.... I think they are gonna suck back every penny and more when this is done and leave ppl even worse then they are now
O well honestly. Ppl still swarm together places are still opened. Reasons why more ppl get sick daily China did it and did it for a reason so might as well let each other get sick and let it take us out one by one I think the govern wants ppl sick to so they can
Are You Getting The Message Yet?
Australia has 10 million less people than us & their government has already allocated 2.4 billion for the Pandemic and they have created a 17.6 billion dollar economic stimulus package. How about less fear mongering & a lot more real support for health care and the economy.
Where did our Health Minster, PattyHajdu get her Medical Degree?
Purely irresponsible leadership. More leftist fearmongering. Sickening...
JustinTrudeau Time to consider following the US’s lead in closing our borders to Europe and elsewhere. Where do you think all the passengers are filtering through to get to the US?!
This is irresponsible leadership. The Government should be reassuring Canadians with their action plan not fear mongering!
What is the percentage for the flu?
30-70% are already infected with a mild case that will pass before they even know they have it. Stop scaring people. Take precautions, wash your hands, don’t take unnecessary risks and for god sakes enough with the run on toilet paper!
The Trudeau government is PARALYZED...they have done NOTHING PROACTIVE...spending a billion is REACTIVE and telling us what we already is REACTIVE. The US has BLOCKED flights from ALL Hotspots while Trudeau has done NOTHING!!!!
Percent*
Prevent is one word
The plan now is to create more panic between people To enforce them following maximum restrictions
This was brought up earlier and I’ll repeat ... how come China, where the virus originated, doesn’t have a 30-70% infection rate? And if they did .... the virus is far less deadly that all the panic ..... worth thinking about!
pretty big gap there bud
michael_house9 So that is why you are doing fuck all ? You as in the minority government comprised of Liberals, NDP, Greens and BLOC as you have the CPC shuttered out even though the majority of Canadians voted for them
hanyamikhail1 that is a huge range. you could simply say.. ' we don't know'
michael_house9 Well gee, maybe time to try and slow that down, no? Stop flights maybe?
How dare you say that the risk to Canadians remains low?
Large gap of 40% so really no idea
So the prediction has a margin of error more than 100%?
She actually has no idea. None of us do.
Why not just say between 1% and 100%? Simply put, she doesn't know.
In the meantime our PM is home running the Country in his PJ's and colourful socks.
In Canada, as of February 29, 2020 there have been 35,356 confirmed cases of seasonal influenza. 500 people die every season in BC alone. OK how many died of the coronavirus in Canada so far? 1 yes that's right ONE COVID19
At least she didn’t say from 3 to 90 percent!
Might as well just state you don’t know 🙄. 30%-70% is a huge range and provides no real estimate.
What is this 30-70% number based on?What predictors are being used? What is the current rate of transmission?How many people (if any) have the virus that haven’t travelled or been in contact with someone that has? Basic questions she should be able to answer.
Add in the margin of error & you're talkin roughly 0-100%! No need 4 concern though, we're on top of it, all is under control! Nothing of value is at stake! As we enter the post-human world, the loss of 0-100% of the humans is a risk we believe the planet can easily absorb!🤔
Could you give any more of a vague press conference that provides little or no real information....well done well done If 70 percent is a real possibility...what are you doing to try and stop that number from being reached....real plans, not vague generalities....
a deer in the headlights?
Too wide a range for any number that is scientifically arrived at!
So close the fucking boarders...
I'm guessing between 0 and 100%
Why do you keep retweeting this? It's hardly helpful. I've seen enough of this face in any case
Well done. Create more panic so people can hoard everything in sight, creating shortages and endless circle of panic.
We wouldn’t be here if the most incompetent PM in Canadian history had shut down flights from early infected country’s!FFS. Now it’s spreading people are panicking!! Trudeau you useless POS you will have blood on your hands and real Canadians will make you pay for your weakness!!
“Can” not “could”. It is not over yet.Just starting actually...and what happened to “risk to Canadians is low”?Since we finally agreed on the high risk (30-70%), what is the plan? Flight restrictions? Screening at airports?Anything other than “wash your hands”?
dont tell vankayak he is posting today its low risk to canadians
PANIC PANIC PANIC!!!! BUY ALL THE TOILET PAPER!!!! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!! Or some people might get a mild cough.....
They didn’t get this numbers in China, why here?
So if it infects 30% of all Canadians and the mortality rate is 3% we will have a minimum of 300,000 in Canada and if it infects 70% we will have 700,000 deaths . That makes sense . Give your head a shake and stop scaring everyone
Could you do something so we could keep that number closer to 30% ?
If it reaches 30% and the death rate stays around a global average of 3%+ that will workout to well over 350,000 deaths across Canada. If it reaches 70% infected at a 3%+ death rate, that will be over 750,000 dead Canadians. Yet they let travel continue & keep borders open..
What are the actual up to date numbers in Canada? The Government site is not updated.
“But don’t worry, the risk is very low and it isn’t worse than flu” , “It only kills elderly and people with serious health conditions” says ignorance people who don’t want to admit the seriousness of the matter🙄 Wake up and protect yourself y’all
Fuckin Chinese
Aka pneumonia blown out of proportion
Or not, she has no clue & won’t be held accountable for anything said anyways so why pay attention pray tell?
But just last week they were telling us not to panic
Need to shutdown the country for 3 weeks amid this craziness. Let’s wait till it gets worse then take action! What’s wrong with you people! You don’t see what’s happening all over the world. We are not immune! everyonestayhome
If it reaches 30% and the death rate stays around a global average of 2% that will workout to around 225,000 deaths across Canada. If it reaches 70% infected at a 2% death rate that will be over half a million dead Canadians. Yet they leave the borders and travel open..
If this prediction happens country is fucked . Done.
If that’s the case. When will our leader JustinTrudeau and the liberal_party of Canada stop all international travel, and close our borders? It’s not being xenophobia? cdnpoli
40% is quite the margin gap, so in other words you are just plain dumb about the subject.
NOOOOOOOOO
She didn't mention that when she flooded Canada with infectious Chinese in January.
When will the federal government do SOMETHING Stop flights from HOTSPOTS!!!!
You are repeating what mad cow Merkel said as is idiot health minister aka interior decorator.
Please review timelines for spousal sponsorship! 12 months is too long to be kept away from loved ones. So much of life happens in 12 months, so many holidays pass alone without enjoying with family. Trudeau please review this.
This is such an irresponsible set of numbers to put out. She will be proven wrong by a seriously wide margin. Creating hysteria when it isn't necessary. China going back to normal and case load majorly diminished. We will be back to almost normal I bet in 3 weeks tops.
HarmlessYardDog No great loss
HarmlessYardDog Those are very wide ranging percentage
If the health minister is correct in projections (very likely but I'm more inclined to believe they're over stating so to mentally prepare Canadians but actual outcome will be closer to 15-25%)... we'd be looking at ~393750 deaths at the current mortality rate of 3.5% (mainly 60+
Don't panic ? .... 30 -70 % of 36 million = PANIC . Didn't a flu outbreak in the early 1900's kill 30 million ? ... ( Advice ) ... Go out once , get what you need for a month or more , go home and stay there !!! Hopefully it will slow down very soon .
More accurately 1 to 99 per cent 🙄
lookner
lookner Panic is getting real. Walmart here in eastern WA, aisles were bare. No tp, water, cleaning supplies, soap, bleach, rubbing alcohol, med supplies, etc. They stocked this morning, already gone this afternoon. Worker said this morning was like Black Fri when they stocked
lookner What happened to all the 'risk is low, risk is low, risk is low, blah, blah, blah'
lookner Tell it like it is... how much toilet paper do I need
lookner Good thing they didnt do anything to even try and stop it or slow it down.
this is some fear mongering 30 to 70 what.
Well we're gonna see what our health system can handle soon, we've had a broken system for awhile. God speed, I pray for all Canadians and ppl around the world.
Can I be one of the ones that refuse it?
If and when that happens why do we need a health minister?
Please stop showing pics of the Trudeaus non-stop.
oh yeah, here we go.
If you give range of 40% you’ll probably end up right 🙄
Over what period of time is what I am concerned about.
0.0058% of China's population has been infected and it is already slowing down. This type unnecessary fear mongering is why there is no toilet paper left.
Not gonna lie I’ve been sick with multiple colds within the last 4 months on and off so maybe I had the virus and it passed.
I’ve been “social distancing” long before it was cool.
Those are some wild margins
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