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Methinks Higgy is regretting the fact that he did not call a General Election last month before the circus in Fat Fred City began again and the news about Campbellton burst his bubble N'esy Pas?



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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid19-nb-update-june-20-1.5620744

No new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday

There have been 164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic arrived in N.B.

Sarah Morin· CBC News· Posted: Jun 21, 2020 1:13 PM AT



New Brunswick reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. (Narongpon Chaibot/Shutterstock)


The province reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

The number of active cases in the province remains at 27, according to a release from Public Health.

Two patients are in hospital with one in intensive care.

There have been 164 confirmed cases of the virus since the pandemic began in March. Of those, 135 have recovered and two residents at the Manoir de la Vallée long-term care home in Atholville have died.


To date, 40,490 tests have been conducted.

All areas of New Brunswick are in the yellow phase of recovery except for the Campbellton region, which is still in the orange phase because of a cluster of cases.

Under the yellow phase of recovery:

• Visits at long-term care homes are allowed. Only one visitor will be allowed at a time. The name of the visitor must be distributed before hand and visitors are required to wear a mask
  
• Overnight camps are allowed to reopen
  
• Residents who work outside the province don't need to self-isolate upon return, but should monitor for symptoms
  
• Canadian residents can visit family in New Brunswick if they self-isolate for 14 days
  
• Canadian residents who own property in New Brunswick are allowed in, so long as they self-isolate for 14 days
  
• Organized sports are allowed to resume
  
• There is no cap on the number of people gathering in controlled venues, but people must be able to physically distance themselves from others
  

A person now only needs one symptom to be tested for COVID-19.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

What to do if you have a symptom

People concerned they might have COVID-19 symptom can take a self-assessment test on the government website at gnb.ca.

People with one of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
"Canadian residents can visit family in New Brunswick if they self-isolate for 14 days"

I wonder how many cousins I have throughout Canada




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid19-nb-update-june-20-1.5620744

1 new case of COVID-19 in Campbellton region

2 people in hospital, 1 in ICU

Sarah Morin· CBC News· Posted: Jun 20, 2020 1:05 PM AT


Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, announces the province is loosening restrictions at Friday's news conference. All regions except Campbellton have moved into the next phase of recovery. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

Public Health is reporting a new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, one day after the province announced it was moving into its next stage of recovery.

The new case is an individual in their 50s in the Campbellton region. The case is linked to the outbreak at Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville.

There are 27 active cases in New Brunswick.

Two people are in hospital and one person is in intensive care.

New Brunswick has seen 164 confirmed cases across the province since the pandemic began in March. A false positive test was detected in a previously confirmed case, Public Health said in its news release Saturday.

Of the confirmed cases, 135 have recovered from the respiratory illness, including 14 from the Campbellton region.

Two residents at the Manoir de la Vallée long-term care home in Atholville, a community just outside Campbellton, have died.


Premier Blaine Higgs announced New Brunswick’s next steps in the COVID-19 recovery plan. 3:20

As of Saturday, 40,255 tests have been conducted.

A person now only needs one symptom to be tested for COVID-19, Public Health said.

Symptoms of COVID-19 include: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

Loosened restrictions

The province loosened restrictions Friday. All regions except Campbellton have moved to the next stage of recovery.
Under the new phase:

• Visits at long-term care homes are allowed. Only one visitor will be allowed at a time. The name of the visitor must be distributed before hand and visitors are required to wear a mask
  
• Overnight camps are allowed to reopen
  
• Residents who work outside the province don't need to self-isolate upon return, but should monitor for symptoms
  
• Canadian residents can visit family in New Brunswick if they self-isolate for 14 days
  
• Canadian residents who own property in New Brunswick are allowed in, so long as they self-isolate for 14 days
  
• Organized sports are allowed to resume
  
• There is no cap on the number of people gathering in controlled venues, but people must be able to physically distance themselves from others
  

What to do if you have a symptom

People concerned they might have COVID-19 symptom can take a self-assessment test on the government website at gnb.ca.

People with one of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
Methinks Higgy is regretting the fact that he did not call a General Election last month before the circus in Fat Fred City began again and the news about Campbellton burst his bubble N'esy Pas?


Mary MacKenzie
Reply to @David Amos: N'esy isn't even a word.


David Amos 


mabel short
Reply to @David Amos: Chiac is real new brunswick french...we keep hiring high paying quebecers for public service jobs...but why not make Chiac mandatory...not quebec dialect french????...


David Amos 

Bruce Normand
Reply to @Mary MacKenzie: Amos is nearly as ignorant in his use of French as English. If he can't even be right about something so simple, why he wades into more complex matters is anyone's guess. Google indeed. If we expected to find proof of his gibberish, we might do that, but no need! Those who understand both languages can see his understanding needs a lot of work, n'est ce pas?
























Bruce Sanders
And yet, we still continue to force people to isolate when they could simply be tested.



Fred Brewer
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Tests are only about 70% accurate.



























Dan Stewart
I do find it hard to understand what has changed (other than the passing of time) that allows governments to decide some these rule changes. For instance it was almost a month to the day when the first case arrived in Campbellton. Followed shortly by outrage when discovered that a doctor not following the rules may have been the cause. Since then we have had a steady (all be it small) stream of infections detected. Yet as of yesterday the new rule says if resident worked outside of the province you can now come back and NOT self-isolate upon return. Aside from a slight lessening of cases country wide what has changed in a month? Still odder is that while a resident who has worked outside the province need not self isolate on returning "other" Canadians here to visit family or those that own a cottage still must for 14 days. Are New Brunswickers that worked outside the province somehow more immune to this virus than just plain old Canadians in general? Some of these rules just seem at best arbitrary. Its makes no more sense that saying, lets let every third person who asks in and turn the rest away.


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Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dan Stewart:
It might seem that the "rules" are inconsistent, but that is simply because they are, the only thing out of our government that you can count on is no sense.




























David Chiasson
HaHa Psych! People almost believed it! Never mind Covid,Mental Health and Substance abuse is going to kill and destroy more lives than the disease !








https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-new-brunswick-recovery-yellow-atlantic-bubble-1.5618092

N.B COVID-19 roundup: Atlantic travel bubble will have to wait until early July, Higgs says

New Brunswick moves into next phase of its COVID-19 recovery plan

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 19, 2020 7:00 AM AT



New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs expects to see a travel bubble between Atlantic provinces by early July. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

Residents in Atlantic Canada will have to wait a bit longer before they can travel between provinces in the region, Premier Blaine Higgs announced Friday.

At a news briefing on COVID-19, Higgs said he expects a travel bubble to open between New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland in early July.

"We are monitoring activities across the country," said Higgs, who has been in discussions with all three other Atlantic premiers.

"We feel the first phase for us is obviously Atlantic Canada."

Higgs said there will also be advanced notice before the borders open up, to give businesses, such as hotels and restaurants, a chance to accommodate the changes. But businesses should start planning now for the Atlantic travel bubble.



The province, with the exception of Zone 5, entered into a new phase of recovery on Friday. (CBC News)

The Atlantic premiers have said they want to provide safe and efficient travel in the region without the need to self-isolate for 14 days, which would allow for tourism and family visits.

Higgs said last week that the Atlantic premiers were looking at having "at least a three-way bubble," with the goal of allowing access between provinces "sometime this summer."

Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said the Atlantic provinces are fine tuning the details, including what reopening will look like and what measures will be put back in place if there is an outbreak in one province.


Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, announced no new cases of COVID-19 in the province on Friday. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King and Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil are interested in a July start for a regional bubble. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball had been less enthusiastic, but on Friday was more supportive, saying officials are just working out the details.

"We've come a long way in Newfoundland and Labrador," Ball told reporters. "I think people seemingly now are ready to move about more."

Province could open to rest of Canada by mid-July

Premier Blaine Higgs said the province could open to the rest of Canada by mid-July, as long as New Brunswick can continue to manage the spread of COVID-19.

He said this step is important to help New Brunswick's economy and get airports back up and running.

"At the end of the day we want to get back to being a nation," Higgs said. "We want to get back to our friends, our relatives.


Premier Blaine Higgs announced New Brunswick’s next steps in the COVID-19 recovery plan. 3:20

Dr. Jennifer Russsell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said she and the other chief medical officers from across Canada have been monitoring data related to COVID-19 cases across the country.

She said this will help determine the reopening of the province to the rest of Canada.

N.B. loosens restrictions in new phase of recovery

After two days without any new cases of COVID-19, New Brunswick will move into the next phase of its recovery plan starting today, with the exception of the Campbellton region.
Under the new phase:

• Visits at long-term care homes are allowed. Premier Blaine Higgs said not every home will be in a position to allow visits immediately. Only one visitor will be allowed at one time. And the name of the visitor must be distributed in advance. Visitors are also required to wear masks.
• Overnight camps are allowed to reopen.
• Residents who work outside the province will no longer need to self-isolate when coming from outside New Brunswick, but are encouraged to self-monitor. 
• Canadian residents can visit family members in New Brunswick if they self-isolate for 14 days, or for the duration of their visit if it is shorter than 14 days.
• Canadian residents owning property in New Brunswick are allowed into the province if they self-isolate for 14 days.
• All organized sports are allowed with appropriate distancing and sanitizing.
• There is no longer a cap on the number of people gathering in controlled venues, which previously had a limit of 50 people. Participants must be able to physically distance themselves from others. (This does not include close family or friends.) This applies to churches, swimming pools, saunas, waterparks, rinks, indoor recreational facilities and organized sports.

This next phase also includes the gradual reopening of more businesses and activities. Businesses that choose to reopen during this phase must prepare an operational plan respecting Public Health guidelines that can be provided to officials, if requested.

Higgs said venues with indoor events with controlled entry or controlled seating are required to maintain records of users' contact information to allow Public Health to conduct targeted followup should there be a COVID-19 exposure at the facility.

Campbellton region remains in orange phase

The Campbellton region, the site of an outbreak provincial officials have linked to a medical professional who travelled to Quebec and didn't self-isolate, remains at the stricter orange level.
Only two-household bubbles are permitted under the orange level.

In addition, non-regulated health professionals and businesses, such as acupuncturists and naturopaths, and personal services businesses, such as hair stylists and spas, can't operate.



Since March 25, travellers to this province have had to stop at checkpoints like this one on Route 120 between New Brunswick and Quebec. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

As long as there isn't an increase in COVID-19, the Campbellton region will be allowed to move into the yellow phase by next Friday.

This means all remaining businesses can open with appropriate distancing and sanitizing, and operational plans respecting Public Health guidelines. This includes casinos, amusement parks.

• Doctor 'nervous' to work on Campbellton hospital COVID-19 unit, brings own N95 masks

Earlier this week, Public Health said it would no longer advise against non-essential travel to and from the Campbellton region.

"No one should be discriminated against for living in a community where COVID-19 is active," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health.

On Friday, Russell also reminded businesses in other regions that they don't need to ask whether a customer has been in the Campbellton region.

Some businesses have barred entry to people who have been near Campbellton, and Russell said this is wrong.

A COVID-19 outbreak could happen in anyone's community, she said.

"Sometimes customers are turned away because of where they live and that's not OK," she said.
However, hospitals will screen patients arriving from an outbreak area and isolate them from other patients.

27 active cases 

There are currently 27 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick.

New Brunswick has seen a total of 164 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of those, 135 people have recovered from the respiratory illness, including 14 from the Campbellton region.

Two patients are hospitalized with one in an intensive care unit. Two residents at the Manoir de la Vallée long-term care home in Atholville have died.

As of Friday, 39,806 tests have been conducted.

1 symptom for testing instead of 2

Public Health now says a person needs only one symptom to qualify for testing for COVID-19. Lately, two symptoms have been required.

"In order to really be confident in our results we are lowering the number of required symptoms to one, to make sure we're not missing anybody," said Dr. Jennifer Russell. "We want to confirm there is an absence of community spread."

New Brunswick Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

What to do if you have a symptom

People concerned they might have COVID-19 symptom can take a self-assessment test on the government website at gnb.ca.

People with one of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
Methinks Higgy is regretting the fact that he did not call a General Election last month before the circus in Fat Fred City began again and the news about Campbellton burst his bubble N'esy Pas? 



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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
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Methinks the lawyers working with Lou Bell the top spin doctor for Higgy's Police State will read this blog someday N'esy Pas?


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid19-nb-death-long-term-care-1.5611120



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/public-health-no-new-cases-1.5617502

Province no longer advises against travelling to and from Campbellton region

The province will hold a news briefing at 10 a.m. Friday

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 18, 2020 2:44 PM AT





Last week, Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said residents living in the Campbellton area shouldn't travel to other parts of the province unless it's essential. (Government of New Brunswick)


Public Health is no longer advising against non-essential travel to and from the Campbellton region, after no new cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday.

Although government hasn't been restricting people's movements within the province,  Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said last week people in the Campbellton region should only travel to other parts of the province for essential services.

"It is not ideal for people travelling for non-essential reasons," she said.

27 active cases of COVID-19

To date, the number of active cases of COVID-19 is hovering around 27.

The number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick is 164. There have been 135 who have recovered from the virus, including 14 of those related to the outbreak in the Campbellton region.

The Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5, has seen a cluster of COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, after a doctor travelled to Quebec for personal reasons and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.

Two patients are hospitalized with one in an intensive care unit.

As of Thursday,39,300 tests have been conducted.

Province to hold Friday news briefing

The province will hold a news briefing at 10 a.m. Friday about the next phase of the COVID-19 recovery plan.

With the exception of the Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5, the province is in the yellow phase of the COVID-19 recovery plan, which is aimed at the gradual reopening of businesses and activities while working to prevent a resurgence of transmissions.

Zone 5 remains at the orange level of New Brunswick's COVID-19 recovery plan. This means, only a two-household bubble is permitted.



The Campbellton region, Zone 5, remains in the orange phase of the COVID-19 recovery plan, but the rest of the province is in the yellow phase. (Government of New Brunswick)

As well, non-regulated health professionals and businesses such as acupuncturists and naturopaths cannot operate at this time in Zone 5.

Personal services businesses such as barbers, hair stylists, spas, estheticians, manicurists, pedicurists, and tattoo artists also cannot operate at this time.





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Don Smith
Your kidding right? Thats the dumbest thing the Government has to date!


David Amos

























Fred Brewer


SarahRose Werner
I'm still wondering if out-of-province property owners will be able to access summer residences in Zone 5 while it's still in phase orange, or if they'll be asked to hold off for their own protection as well as the protection of community residents there.


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-cases-fredericton-campbellton-1.5615832

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Public Health confirms new case at long-term care facility

The case is a health-care worker in their 20s, who is self-isolating in the Fredericton region

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 17, 2020 3:20 PM AT



Public Health confirms one new case of COVID-19 in New Brunswick on Wednesday. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

A health-care worker at a long-term care facility in the Campbellton region has been diagnosed with COVID-19 after coming into contact with the virus.

Public Health said the individual is in their 20s and is an employee at the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville.

The individual is self-isolating in the Fredericton region, also known as Zone 3, where they live. The individual is also being monitored by Public Health.

27 active cases in Campbellton region

There are currently 27 active cases of COVD-19 in the Campbellton region, according to Public Health. And two other cases outside Zone 5.

Out of the 164 confirmed cases, 133  individuals have recovered. Twelve people have recovered since the first case in the Campbellton cluster was reported May 21.

There have been two deaths at the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville this month. Four patients are hospitalized with one in an intensive care unit.

The cluster began after a doctor travelled to Quebec for personal reasons and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.

As of Wednesday, 38,714 tests have been conducted.

"It is important to understand that COVID-19, just like many other chronic illnesses and diseases, has not impacted all people in the same way," Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said in a news release.

"Due to societal factors, some populations are significantly more susceptible and affected by this disease and by the public health measures put in place to try to prevent the spread of the virus. When it comes to COVID-19, we are all only as safe as those members of our community who are most at risk; we are all in this together."

Closure of Campbellton ER 'a difficult decision'

Ten health-care workers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital  have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

The Campbellton Regional Hospital's emergency room has been closed until further notice because of the spread of illness in the region, the Vitalité Health Network says.


Ten health-care workers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital have been diagnosed with COVID-19. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

Visits to the hospital are also prohibited, and all non-emergency services are cancelled until further notice as well.

At a news briefing Wednesday, Gilles Lanteigne, president and CEO of Vitalité Health Network, said it was a difficult decision to close the emergency room, but necessary to protect the people living in Restigouche County.

"We are in a cluster situation and we needed to do something," Lanteigne said in French.

In the event of an emergency, residents in the area are asked to call 911 or contact their family doctor.

Virus spread to employees not working on COVID unit 

Lanteigne said the virus spread to health-care employees who did not work on the COVID-19 unit.

He believes a number of factors contributed to this, including health-care workers taking breaks together throughout their shifts.

"Not being much on their guards as they should be," he said.

He said the hospital has health-care measures in place to protect the safety of employees against the virus.  


Gilles Lanteigne, president and CEO of Vitalité Health Network, said retired health-care workers have been asked to work at the Campbellton Regional Hospital while many staff are self-isolating at home. (Michel Corriveau/Radio-Canada)

"Obviously it's an area of risk and an area of concern."

There was also a possibility the virus could've been in the area before workers were even aware it was there.

"Health-care workers are under great stress," he said. "They're tired. At time they just go back to their normal habits and put down their guard. It happens and we have seen that in the Campbellton area."

Call out for retired employees to help at hospital

In a status report, Vitalité Health Network, the governing body that oversees the Campbellton hospital, said 711 hospital employees have been screened for the respiratory illness since Saturday.

Forty-one employees at the Campbellton hospital are currently self-isolating at home and 31 others are self-isolating as a precaution while they await their test results.

Although it's not mandatory, Vitalité has asked retired employees across the province to return to work at this time to help with the number of people off work.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

 



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Tony Mcalbey
Methinks zone 5 should be open for all business like rest of us N’esy Pas?




JoeBrown
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: BC and AB have 3 each clusters in n homes pop up this week. It never ends so lock down and collecting cerb is unsustainable. Taxes will need to double to cover all the paranoid shuttering of industry over a virus that is 2 hc setting in?


JoeBrown 

Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Has the " party of 4 Me Party " got a leadership convention planned in the offing ? Tony may want your job !


David Amos 


Jake Quinlan
Reply to @JoeBrown: One is a regional hospital..,.an indoor facility .. hundreds and hundreds of rotating staff...open 24\7--365. End users of the service number in the hundreds..most sick already...caring for them is not by Skype or using droids from Star Wars....it's direct human contact. You can appreciate the concern some may have.


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Mary Smith
I do have some questions: are the health care workers that have gotten sick, are they caring directly for those sick in hospital and the ICU? Or are these workers dealing with a cluster among themselves, with no direct contact to those Covid-19 patients who are in hospital currently? I'm not sure what hospital those ill with Covid-19 are in, but I would assume it's the Campbellton hospital, but I don't know.

If these workers are caring for those who are ill, and they are falling ill themselves, it suggests that we may not be up to par with PPE and such for front line workers, and it may forecast a bad situation should we get hit with a second wave, suggesting that those caring for those in hospital will likely fall ill themselves.

How are they getting sick? From patients, or from each other due to the outbreak? What line of work are these healthcare workers working in? Directly with sick patients, or other roles in the hospital?


Chantal LeBouthi



























Chantal LeBouthi
How are they going to deal with a second wave?

Vitality need a major overhaul


Johnny Almar


Rob Sense
Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi:
everything in NB needs a major overhaul


Rob Sense 






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-campbellton-region-zone-five-1.5614077

Public Health confirms 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Campbellton region

2 health-care workers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital have been diagnosed

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 16, 2020 2:15 PM AT



Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, said residents need to remain vigilant until a vaccine is found for COVID-19. (Government of New Brunswick)

Public Health has announced three new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton region Tuesday, bringing the total number of active cases in New Brunswick to 30.

Two of the cases are health-care employees at the Campbellton Regional Hospital, and the other case is linked to a close contact of a case, the province said in a news release Tuesday.

Since the Restigouche County outbreak, 10 health-care workers at the hospital have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness.

"As we navigate through the pandemic, we will need to continue to learn from our experience, adapt, and prepare as best we can for what is next," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health in a statement.


The Campbellton Regional Hospital's emergency room has been shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

"With each challenge we overcome, we are building resilience as individuals, as communities, and as a province."

The new cases are an individual in their 20s and two individuals in their 50s.

Over the weekend, Vitalité Health Network announced the closure of emergency room at the Campbellton Regional Hospital, to prevent the spread of the virus.

1 patient still in intensive care unit 

There have been a total of 163 cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick since March, 131 of those cases have recovered. This includes 11 cases related to the outbreak in the Campbellton region.

There have been two deaths related to COVID-19 since the virus broke out more than three months ago. Both individuals were residents of the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville, where the virus broke out.


Two residents living at the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville have died after being diagnosed with COVID-19. (Serge Bouchard/Radio-Canada)

There are also three temporary foreign workers in the Moncton area who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are in self-isolation.

Four patients are hospitalized with one in an intensive care unit.

As of Tuesday, 37,843 tests have been conducted.

Campbellton remains in orange phase

Most of the province has been in the yellow phase since the end of May. The Campbellton region remains in the orange phase of the province's COVID-19 recovery plan.

This means a two-household bubble is permitted. Non-regulated health professionals and businesses such as acupuncturists and naturopaths cannot operate at this time. Personal services businesses such as barbers, hair stylists, spas, estheticians, manicurists, pedicurists, and tattoo artists cannot operate.

Summer camps must have operational plans in place 

As summer approaches, the province is reminding operators of day and overnight camps that they're required to prepare an operational plan respecting Public Health guidance.

In a news release, the province said day and overnight camps do not need to be inspected before opening, but they must have an operational plan that can be provided to officials.

"The goal is to create a safe and healthy environment for staff and children by making the necessary adjustments to help limit the risk of exposure to COVID-19," the news release said.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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Murray Brown
"As we navigate through the pandemic, we will need to continue to learn from our experience, adapt..." Adaptations they have apparently failed at... Testing, tracking and isolating those who have become infected, otherwise there would be no new infections. There appears to be serious problems with the 'stay at home and isolate' orders given to those who have been infected in the Campbellton area. Maybe this is why Higgs wanted to start arresting people without reason. The 'please stay at home' orders are obviously being ignored up there.





Alison Jackson








https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-outbreak-roundup-1.5612408

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Public health to share virus update after 2nd death

Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell will be speaking at 2:30 p.m. in Fredericton

 
Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 15, 2020 12:51 PM AT



Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, will be speaking with reporters Monday afternoon in Fredericton. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

Public Health is holding a news conference Monday following the second death of a resident at a long-term care facility near Campbellton from COVID-19.

The individual, a resident of the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville, was in their 80s. The person is the second in New Brunswick to die from the virus.

Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, will be speaking with reporters in Fredericton at 2:30 p.m.


The Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville has seen a cluster of COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks. (Serge Bouchard/Radio-Canada)

A news release sent out by public health over the weekend did not confirm the identity of the person who died, but said the individual had been admitted to hospital.

• Canada's airlines ease into expanded summer service with added safety protocols

An 84-year-old long-term care home resident was the first person in New Brunswick to die of COVID-19.

Daniel Ouellette was a resident at the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville. He died earlier this month. 

26 active cases of COVID-19

A cluster of cases in the Campbellton region surfaced in mid-May, after a doctor travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.

There are 26 active cases in New Brunswick, most of which are in the Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5.

Four people are in hospital and one person is in ICU.


Daniel Ouellette, 84, died from COVID-19 at the beginning of June. (Submitted by Michel Ouellette)

Many of the cases are linked to Manoir de la Vallée.

To date, 37,072 tests have been conducted, 157 cases have been confirmed and 129 people have recovered.

Campbellton's emergency room closed until further notice

The Campbellton Regional Hospital's emergency room is closed until further notice because of the spread of COVID-19 in the region, the Vitalité Health Network announced via a news release Saturday.

Visits to the hospital are also prohibited, and all non-emergency services are cancelled until further notice as well.


Last week, Vitalité Health Network announced that the Campbellton Regional Hospital will open its emergency department, but it was closed again over the weekend. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

The closure comes after the New Brunswick hospital announced it was reopening last week.

The hospital's emergency department has been closed since the end of May, and all non-urgent or elective health-care services were cancelled due to the high risk of transmission of COVID-19.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
Oh My My 


Dutch Diefenbaker 

Rob Sense
discrimination is alive and well here.


David Amos 


Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Rob Sense:
Against who? Our government proves daily that inclusion is not just limited to our schools.


























Buddy Best
How many others were affected getting here with these workers? Pay a decent wage and these FW would not be required. Billionaires paying scab labour nothing!!!


Dan Stewart 


Terry  Tibbs
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
Come on up to Heartland/Florenceville/Centerville/Grand Falls.


Justin Gunther
Reply to @Buddy Best: If we believe and trust our farmers, it's not so much an issue of pay as it is an issue of tight deadlines and the TFWs genuinely being that much better at the job than anybody we can train on the spot here in NB.

























Rick Firth
Well, with 3 cases now I guess Higgs will taking Moncton back under orange for the time being. Of course not, it's part of the golden triangle.


Evan Day 




David Amos
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Reply to @Dan Stewart: Methinks words such as yours help to prove my point about how bad things truly are. I suspect that you know why I feel honoured by the fact that you hate me N'esy Pas?





















Bob Smith
Sad to see the cases originate with the TFW's. That said, the farmers and fish processors wanted Higgs to let them all in from the beginning rather than a delay. That could have meant a huge spike in the numbers of infections.


Lou Bell 

Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks Yethinks Methinks I care ! Methinks iI don't ! Surprise ! Surprise !!! Y'es eh pas !!!


Tony Mcalbey



























David Amos
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Welcome back to Higgy's circus 


Paul Estey
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Reply to @David Amos: Higgy´s got us through very nicely up until the problem from the maker of this last cluster....maybe you should read a book or two on the art of being positive.... 


David Amos
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Reply to @Paul Estey: I repeat are you the dude who was dismissed from Fat fred City's Finest not long after they stole my Harley?


Mike Bookman
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Reply to @David Amos: Why is this Higgy's problem? The doctor did this all on his own. Also why are you using this forum for some kind of personal agenda?


Tony Mcalbey 


Marco Bernardo
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Reply to @David Amos: David, I am still convinced that you and Tony Mcalbey are the same person, just different accounts. Also, of all the regions in North America, Premier Higgs has done the best to contain and control the pandemic. Perhaps if you were in Montreal, you would feel more at home with the infected there?


Tony Mcalbey
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Reply to @Marco Bernardo: methinks not N’esy Pas? 


Marco Bernardo
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Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Ok, then you are identical twins. N'esy Pas?




















Johnny Almar
Prepare for a scolding about how we have to be compassionate towards the guy who caused this.

Meanwhile in China, second wave has started in another wet market and it’s larger in scope than Wave Wuhan.

Over 100,000 infections that walked around unchecked. This one is going to lock us all down within 60 days or so unless all transportation from China is banned and from any country that allow China to transport people to them.



David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: For the record I have been falsely accused of posting comments in the two names found above by spin doctors who support Higgy et al and their actions against me.

Methinks it should prove interesting to see how anyone replies to this simple statement N'esy Pas?


David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Methinks I know the score for sure now N'esy Pas?


Dan Stewart 

JJ Carrier
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Reply to @Dan Stewart: Just ignore him brudda... Blocked him months ago...Problem is he has multiple accounts on the boards...Let him fester in his self-made egobubble...


JoeBrown  

Mathieu Laperriere
Reply to @David Amos: it's n'est-ce pas, not n'esy pas. thanks :) 


David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Dan Stewart: Methinks many would agree that you and your brudda JJ deserve each other N'esy Pas? 


Dan Stewart
Reply to @David Amos: Hmm, again Dave, have no idea what your talking about... Do you? 


Buddy Best
Reply to @JoeBrown: CNN? LOL 


David Amos
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Reply to @Dan Stewart: Yes and I republished everything that went "Poof"





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid19-cases-campbellton-recoveries-1.5611635

No new cases of COVID-19, Public Health announces

Most of the province's active cases are concentrated in the Campbellton region

Sarah Morin· CBC News· Posted: Jun 14, 2020 12:23 PM AT



Four people are in hospital because of COVID-19 and one person is in ICU. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

Public Health announced and no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a day after the province's second death from the virus.

To date, 37,072 tests have been conducted, 157 cases have been confirmed and 129 people have recovered.

There are 26 active cases in New Brunswick, most of which are in the Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5.  

Four people are in hospital and one person is in ICU.

Many of the active cases are connected to Manoir de la Vallée, a long-term care facility in Atholville.

Two residents at the facility have died from COVID-19.
Public Health announced three new cases of the virus on Saturday, including two health-care workers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital and an employee at Manoir de la Vallée.

A cluster of cases in the Campbellton region surfaced in mid-May, after a doctor travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.

Nine people connected to the outbreak in the Campbellton region have recovered.

Campbellton ER closed

Campbellton Regional Hospital's emergency room is closed until further notice because of the spread of COVID-19 in the region, the Vitalité Health Network announced via a news release Saturday.

Visits to the hospital are also prohibited, and all non-emergency services are cancelled until further notice as well.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
Methinks Higgy et al and the police in Fundy Royal should read all the comments and their emails ASAP N'esy Pas? 








David Amos
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Methinks Higgy et al know why they will be hearing mostly crickets in this forum today N'esy Pas?













Lou Bell
@ TerryTibbs To your question asking when Funerals can be held again . If you've been paying attention , they can ! Limit on the number of persons allowed to attend , but they have been allowed . You and dave haven't been paying wery close attention as you both seem unaware of this. So go ahead and with your plans .


David Amos 




























Michael Guravich
Ah geez, CBC. You’re still singling out “the doctor who travelled” even though he, as everyone should know by now, may or may not have been the start of anything. New information has come out, not yet settled as to reliability, but no less credible than anything else at this point. And it has been credibly suggested that there are ways the virus could have been spread by other people. Nevertheless, you still include this line in your reportage: “A cluster of cases in the Campbellton region surfaced in mid-May, after a doctor travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.” You’ve run this line for days now. It should be removed. It strongly infers a direct connection between the doctor and the outbreak. (Actually, it screams: “He’s Patient Zero!”) There is also no mention anywhere else in the article of any other possibility, further suggesting he, and only he, is the one we should all still be looking at. Given that it is no longer certain the doctor is Patient Zero, which means it’s possible that he is not, to continue to publicly point him out in this manner is unwarranted and unconscionable.


David Amos 

Lou Bell
Reply to @Michael Guravich: The " credible " info you refer to is a " private Eye " hired by the Doctor came up with a bunch of scenarios where it inferred other POSSIBLE scenarios where it could have started . Misrepresented and false responses from the Doctor when reentering the province suggest where and how and by whom the latest set of cases started are most likely correct. Any questions otherwise would most likely result in a change in the provinces narrative ! I suspect upon the 1st death happening the P. I. was hired and any and all scenarios developed , solely in looking ahead to possible Lawsuits ! Like hiring someone to declare the world is still flat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


























Bruce Sanders
Why is the Emergency closed? If there is a multiple vehicle car crash just outside the hospital, with life-threatening injuries, where do these people go?


David Amos 

Lou Bell
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: I suspect the ER is closed to the 90 % of patients who appear daily with a case of the sniffles . Most accident victims arriving by ambulance don't come through the front doors of the ER !























Terry Tibbs
This old man is left scratching his head here. There was a smell of burning wood, but that is done now.................
We have a crop of sick folks up Campbellton way and the "official" response is to close the hospital?
Does anyone else see the irony in that?


David Amos 


Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
The ONLY thing I can *think* of (that burning smell again) is the hospital is staffed with temporary/part time Quebec workers to make the books look good. Different line item from "salaries".


David Amos 

David Amos

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Here is just one of several replies i made to you about Health Care 6 months ago

Minister directs health authorities to solve service interruptions at hospitals

New Brunswick's health minister says ‘everything is on the table’ in terms of solving health care ‘crisis’
Political Panel · Posted: Nov 28, 2019 9:33 PM AT

Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Graeme Scott:
The political will does not exist to fix this.
We have seen how fast, and to what length, our government is willing to go to mandate vaccinations, but this is a non-starter for them.

David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: BINGO































Terry Tibbs
So Mr Higgs, still no word when the tax paying, law abiding, residents can hold a funeral for their deceased loved ones, but we can host tourists from Quebec?


David Amos
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Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Please let me know if and when you manage to hold a funeral for your loved one in order that I may turn up to pay my respect to another man who is not fond of Higgy's nonsense


Tony Mcalbey 
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Please let me know when and where you hold the funeral for your lady


Lou Bell
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Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Actually Funerals can be held ! Just liimits to how many can attend ! For the past couple of months reasonable people have been delaying " celebrations of life " till the virus subsides ! Then there are those naysayers who want to hold " end your life ' celebrations 


David Amos

David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: POOF


Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Lou Bell:
When the kids are grown and gone, when those of our generation have left for greener pastures, when siblings have scattered across Canada, tell me wise Lou how practical is a funeral under the police state measures of The Great And Wise Higgs?
Not to worry, the wait will soon be over, shortly we will be flooded with folks who don't give a tinkers toss fur Mr Higgs' rules.






























Lou Bell
Keep the out of province Locums just that ! Outside ! No more cross border Docs ! I don't care which way they're going , in or out ! The Seniors Home is proof as to what can happen ! Once it gets into the Hospital we're in deep trouble !


Tony Mcalbey 


David Amos
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Reply to @JoeBrown: Please explain your comment real slow


Lou Bell
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: They're supposed to be there to help prevent the disease and the spread , NOT promote it !!! 




https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid19-nb-death-long-term-care-1.5611120

Resident at long-term care facility dies from COVID-19, province announces 3 new cases

Death is the second in New Brunswick related to virus

Sarah Morin· CBC News· Posted: Jun 13, 2020 2:21 PM AT



Another resident at Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville has has died from complications related to COVID-19. (Serge Bouchard/Radio-Canada)

Another resident at a long-term care facility near Campbellton, N.B., has died from complications related to COVID-19, Public Health announced Saturday.

The individual, a resident of the Manoir de la Vallée in Atholville, was in their 80s. The person is the second in New Brunswick to die from the virus.

"I was deeply saddened to learn of a death related to COVID-19 in our province," Premier Blaine Higgs said in a news release.

The news release does not confirm the identity of the person who died, but said the individual had been admitted to hospital.

Public Health also reported three new cases of the disease in the Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5, on Saturday.

The three new cases include two health-care workers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital and an employee at Manoir de la Vallée.

Their ages of the three new cases are as follows:

• An individual in their 20s
• An individual in their 30s 
• An individual in their 50s

A cluster of cases in the Campbellton region surfaced in mid-May, after a doctor travelled to Quebec and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area.

There are 29 active cases in the province. Four people are hospitalized and one person is in intensive care.


Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, offered condolences to the family and friends of the second person to die from COVID-19 in the province. (Government of New Brunswick)

Many of the cases are linked to Manoir de la Vallée.

To date, 36,605 tests have been conducted. Of the 157 confirmed cases, 126 people have recovered from the virus.

Campbellton Regional Hospital closes ER

The Vitalité Health Network announced its emergency room is closing effective 8 p.m. until further notice.

Visits to the Campbellton Regional Hospital are also now prohibited, and all non-emergency services offered by the facility are cancelled until further notice.

"The Network has no choice but to take these measures immediately given the evolution of the spread of COVID-19 in Region 5," Gilles Lanteigne, president and CEO of the network, said in a press release sent out on Saturday.

Emergency services at the hospital are still open, but people with "mild symptoms" are being asked to contact their family physician, nurse practitioner or Tele-Care 811 before going to the emergency department.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos

Methinks little Lou and her buddy Ray should find it interesting that the tally of comments has climbed back up to where it was last night N'esy Pas? 








 


David Amos
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Methinks the RCMP members who do receive my emails should agree that the desperate spin doctors who tap on their keyboards night and day supporting Higgy's Police State post too much N'esy Pas? 


Ray Oliver
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Reply to @David Amos: Awww the big bad bully from Fundy Royal cant take a little of his own medicine... methinks


David Amos 


Ray Oliver
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Reply to @David Amos: Not even close.


David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Methinks the boss of the RCMP in the Fundy Royal Area since 2015 who took a promotion and a transfer back out west in lieu of retiring is well are that most Maritimers are in bed or finishing their last Saturday night beers on a nice evening in June rather than wasting their precious time posting mindless vitriol on the web about Byron Prior and I. However Inspector Morgan must admit its still early in Alberta and BC for the RCMP shills Ray and Durnford and everybody knows they live on the Internet 24/7 Anyone can Goggle their names and mine N'esy Pas?


Lou Bell
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: Tha " Dave whiner line " . Home of the Tony's and James and Joe's and Paul's ! the conspiracy theorists and their unfounded , uninformed , and ignorant rants from social media experts with no education no honest facts , just anything they can grab off the other uneducated experts .


Lou Bell 

Lou Bell
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: I'd say Dave'll be here till the " cows come home " but apparently the cows are " on a planet , far , far away ," and not sure when Scotty's gonna beam them back down to planet earth !


David Amos 

David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks when the cows do come perhaps you should ask them to tap Tim Hortons Hampton RCMP so they can get a good laugh at your malicious nonsense last night N'esy Pas? 


Lou Bell
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Reply to @David Amos: Huh ? 


Ray Oliver
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Hes trying to intimidate you as he saves all these back and forths on his blog for his future cases hes busy building in some guy near Frederictons tool shed. Booooo 


David Amos

Lou Bell
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: If the Liberals had gotten in I would have gotten a 130 Million Dollar bill for some " Phonie Games " ! And NO Butter Tarts to boot !


David Amos 

Ray Oliver
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: I live in your beloved Fundy Royal riding. You aren't doing much to win my vote next time around methinks




















A G
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Has the doctor who started this cluster been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter yet?


David Amos 

























David Amos
Methinks all the usual suspects who argue every issue within the Crown's forum 24/7 should consider investigating matters for themselves instead of attacking folks trying to inform them of what they know about Higgy's Police State N'esy Pas?


Ray Oliver

Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Ray Oliver: David is a great contributor in a democracy. Refreshing to read his logical views.



David Amos
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Methinks rather obvious that if your buddy "Ray" truly thought I was you he would not have spent all day arguing you about a virus N'esy Pas?


Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: No when someone makes a ridiculous point I feel I can chime in. Again.. this isnt all about you big shooter


David Amos
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: How much do you know about what your buddy "Ray" is referring to?

"Check his blog where hes gonna do some light bounty hunting for Whitey Bulger. Or his cows being killed by laser beams. Or his wire tap tapes he found in an FBI dumpster that could take down a sitting president. LOGICAL. LOL."


David Amos 

Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Didnt an officer say he spotted Bulger in Nfld? Yet he had been living in California in the same condo for 16 years. Can you get any further from Nfld in North America than that? Alaska maybe? LOL. Bounty Hunter what a good laugh. You know it's illegal in Canada right? 


David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks the RCMP in Alberta should do a wellness check on their shill Dean Roger Ray N'esy Pas? 


David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks the RCMP in BC should also pay a visit on Bryon Prior's other buddy Dana Durnford as well N'esy Pas?


Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks that anyone can read your blog pull out the goodies then fire it out here. Anyone can do this the way you refer people to it.


Lou Bell
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Can't stop laughing ! You and Dave !!!


David Amos 

Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: CRY ME A RIVER. Sound familiar famous amos the bounty Hunter extraordinaire??


David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks its interesting that you claim to not follow "social media" but claimed something else to another dude yesterday N'esy Pas?

Reply to @Matt Steele: Dave has a social media fan I see ! A couple , you and Terry .




























Tony Mcalbey
Covid19 is right up there as the hoax the WMD’s in Iraq was. I know no one who knows anyone with or had covid19.


Lou Bell 



























Terry Tibbs
So Mr Higgs, still no word when the tax paying, law abiding, residents can hold a funeral for their deceased loved ones, but we can host tourists from Quebec?


James Smythe 




























James Smythe
Here are your CDC statistics from the US (population 330 million), where I'm sure we can all agree handled Covid much worse than we did in Canada, breaking down mortality per age group, current as of June 6, 2020: (2.11 million cases to date)

mortality as % of positive case #
Under 1 year old: 5 0.000237
1 - 4: 3 0.000142
5-14: 13 0.000616
15-24: 116 0.005498
25-34: 640 0.0303
35-44: 1649 0.782
45-54: 4588 0.217
55-64: 11,439 0.542
65-74: 19,857 0.941
75-84: 25,520 1.21
85+: 31,778 1.51

What you may notice from the data set, is that older people are more likely to pass away. And this holds true for natural causes, and all other infectious diseases. You can all calm down now. We've handled it better in Canada, your risk is likely lower than the chart presented. Can't wait for all the confirmation bias displays below this comment.


Bob Smith

Lou Bell
Reply to @James Smythe: Your uninformed figures say nothing about those who will suffer from the long term affects of having COVID. All you have is the deaths , not including what is speculated to be thousands more who died and are now suspected to have had COVID ! You're the expert , tell us how many who had the virus and are now being revealed as having damage done to multiple organs ! C'mon Jimmy tell us !!!


Fred Brewer



























Paul Milner
This headline is so misleading. 80 and 90 year old are not dying of CV. They are dying of old age/ complications. CV is the straw that broke the camel's back, that's all. All these ridiculous headlines do is stoke irrational fear. Comorbidity should be reported as its own statistic. Meanwhile in NB over 3000 people have died of other causes this year.




Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Ray Oliver: methinks you’re jealous


Fay Briggs 

Tom Campbell
Reply to @Paul Milner: Without the restrictive measures, the numbers would have been much higher. Everyone should knot this by now.


Tom Campbell 

Tom Campbell
Reply to @Fred Brewer: That's the case in Hamilton.


Lorne Allen
Reply to @Justin Time: The 8 years figure is an average, some will live 1 more day, some will live 12 more years or longer. It is most likely that those who die with covid were on the short side of that statistic. it is a good argument though if not looked at critically.   
 .

Johnny Almar
Reply to @Jackie Barrett: He is 100% responsible. The only thing he has told the truth about was not being patient zero. His daughter was.


Justin Time 


























Bob Smith
A few days ago, there were several comments saying, among other things, that Covid was only contracted by the elderly or already sick. Sad to see an article like this which shows otherwise. I hope this pandemic doesn't lead to more deaths in NB.


JoeBrown 


























Lou Bell
Very disturbing are the continuing cases with the Healthcare workers at the Hospital . May need to be addressed by Vitalite' . Their " different strokes for different folks " re Locums appears to be not working .


SarahRose Werner

JoeBrown
Reply to @Paul Milner: Easy to spread in homes, because virus is invisible and dementia patients are hard to take care of. They don't understand anything but need to be fed, get sick, make messes, won't stay still, some yell all the time, and need to be washed etc.


Johnny Almar


























Lou Bell
So sad and so avoidable .


Tony Mcalbey 

Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Ray Oliver: you should know by now you’re wrong




Ray Oliver
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: You haven't been on as long as I've been calling out the "fierce political animal" as he calls himself. Yet you know so much. Hmmmm. Not hard to figure that out Dave Amos 2.0


David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: "you should know by now you’re wrong"

Methinks you should finally explain to me why you have allowed my political foes to falsely claim that I am you for so long N'esy Pas?


Johnny Almar
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Lol. South Korea super spreader post lockdown. Google it.


Johnny Almar 






https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-virus-pandemic-roundup-1.5609379

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province confirms new case at Campbellton hospital

The new case involves a health-care worker in their 40s who works at the hospital

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 12, 2020 12:45 PM AT



Public Health has confirmed one new case of COVID-19, a health-care worker at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

Public Health has confirmed one new case of COVID-19 at the Campbellton Regional Hospital after announcing two health-care workers tested positive for the virus on Thursday.

The new case is an individual in their 40s, who is also a health-care worker at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. Vitatlié Health Network confirmed a health-care worker at the hospital was diagnosed with the virus on Wednesday.

"When outbreaks occur, it reminds us that we need to continue our efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health in a news release.

"We need to maintain physical distancing and practise good hygiene everywhere we go to avoid new outbreaks. We can be kind and continue to support each other through this pandemic."

28 active cases of COVID-19

There are 28 active cases in the province.

The first in a cluster of cases was reported May 21 in the Campbellton region, also known as Zone 5, after a doctor travelled to Quebec for personal reasons and did not self-isolate after returning home to the area. Many of the cases have been found at Manoir de la Vallée, a long-term care facility in Atholville.


Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, is reminding residents to wash their hands and continue physically distancing themselves from others. (Government of New Brunswick/Submitted)

One resident of the Manoir has died. Five people from the region are in hospital, one of them in intensive care.

There have been 154 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick, with 125 who have recovered from the respiratory illness.

As of Friday, 36,125 tests have been conducted.

There could be more unknown cases lurking, epidemiologist says

An epidemiologist is warning New Brunswickers that there might be more cases of COVID-19 across the province.

The province has seen a cluster of new cases of the respiratory illness over the past two weeks in the Campbellton region, but Dr. Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, said some people could be asymptomatic or only have a minor case of the virus.

"It would surprise me if we tested everyone in New Brunswick right now if we got zero positive cases," said Furness.

"Even if somehow there's zero circulating COVID we have to remember it's only a car ride or a plane ride away from a new case landing in the community and that's the new normal for a little while."


Colin Furness, an infection control epidemiologist and assistant professor at the University of Toronto, says there are likely more cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick. We just don't know about them. (University of Toronto)

Furness is warning New Brunswickers not to be cavalier about the COVID-19 virus, even if it looks like the outbreak is waning.

"COVID isn't gone, it's in the background," he said.

"And if we let it, it will come back. And it will come roaring back. And that's something that we're going to be coping with for some time."

Furness recommends maintaining physical distancing and wearing masks while out in public, even advocating for making them mandatory for stores.


This Fredericton entrepreneur from Dubai knew she’d have to shift her hijab business’s plan in order to survive the pandemic, so she started selling face masks. 2:26

"My gut tells me that masks will prove to be important," he said, "And just by way of reminder, they're important because they help you keep your droplets to yourself so that you protect others and that others wearing masks protects you."

Last week the province announced that masks would be mandatory in all indoor public environments, before backtracking on the decision within 24 hours.

Furness said early studies have indicated that the virus is acting similar to other coronaviruses, meaning that there will likely be a lull of cases during the summer months.

But that could also mean the potential of a second wave, which New Brunswickers will have to guard against.


Furness says masks help people keep droplets to themselves during the COVID-19 era. (Elizabeth Fraser/CBC)

"The good news is that even if we're not being disciplined we will have, I believe, pretty substantial protection this summer," said Furness.

"The downside is that if we convince ourselves over the next three months that we've won and that we don't need to be vigilant we will set the conditions for a very vicious second wave in mid to late autumn."

Furness said there are promising signs that a vaccine could be developed within two years, but cautions that you still need to manufacture about seven billion doses.

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In the meantime, governments will have to balance between implementing too many restrictions, which could lead to people not following any, and implementing too few, which could open us up for even more cases.

Furness is also hopeful Ottawa will keep the Canada-U.S. border closed in coming months.

"I think come the fall it's going to get awful," he said. "And I think this is going to be easily the largest loss of life in American history."

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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Lou Bell
Conspiracy theorists in full swing tonight ! RCMP goin' after Timmie coffee drinkers ! Aliens , cows , UFO's ! Must be a full moon tonight !!!


David Amos 



























Dave Corbin
Will the RCMP allow us to have our Tim Horton coffee sitting in our own truck in the parking lot now or is it just the Tim Horton's in Hampton that we are not allowed?


Tony Mcalbey 


Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: As I understand it, If it's a family member it's ok, ,but a non family member would have to be in the back seat, if you have a back seat. Re other Tim's stuff, in some places you're allowed inside, now can sit at a table etc., as long as you keep 6' distance.


David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: FYI They both were sitting alone in their vehicles


JJ Carrier
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Some Tim's are requesting you stay six feet away from David Amos...Something about hot air with no substance or coherent presentation besides his own 'egobubble' that causes your TimBits to explode...



David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Go Figure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XoJJF7ImcM

"I have an incredible update to the story of Walter Matheson. He's the Hampton, New Brunswick resident who was ticketed almost $300 by police for failure to comply with emergency measures in a Tim Hortons parking lot while he ate his muffin and finished his coffee, completely alone in his car."


David Amos
Reply to @JJ Carrier: Methinks its not surprising that a lot of your nasty friends use fake names but at least I know that you don't N'esy Pas?


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James Smythe
What about the Great Wave of Kanagawa? Why is nobody talking about that?!




Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Some , not mentioning any names , have no clue about what they're criticizing , just wanna hear themselves complain .




























JoeBrown
"My gut tells me that masks will prove to be important," he said, "And just by way of reminder, they're important because they help you keep your droplets to yourself so that you protect others and that others wearing masks protects you."
This is why the virus will never go away despite the fact this simple solution exists to cut spread. Most people don't care about others so won't mask up.




JoeBrown
Reply to @Tristin Time: If she did believe that, she would have said that.


























Michael Guravich
Hey, CBC, you need to separate yourselves from that lynch mob that wanted to crucify the doctor “that travelled to Quebec”. If you don’t know by now, there’s credible information that he may have had nothing to do with the recent Region 5 cluster. Get yourselves caught up and stop peddling that Higgs hysteria. There were lots of others going back and forth across that bridge, every day.


Tony Mcalbey 


SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Monsieur Rioux: According to Dr Ngola, as reported by the CBC June 2, he was contacted on May 25 and told that one of his patients had tested positive. He then had himself and his daughter tested. They too both tested positive. However, the first case of COVID in the outbreak, the case of a child who'd attended two different daycares, was reported May 21. Therefore this child was not the doctor's daughter, because she wasn't tested until the 25th or 26th (assuming that the doctor is telling the truth re: her testing date, but he'd be foolish to lie about something so easily verifiable). It *might* be that the child in the first case was another child of the doctor's, but I've never read this in any reliable source.



Monsieur Rioux
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: When the child's positive test was announced, it came with "both parents are health care workers at the hospital" and then when it was announced that a health care worker at the hospital had previously been out of NB and back without isolating and had returned with his daughter, one didn't need to be too cynical to assume that the child was his.

However, a key factor is that with each announced subsequent positive test and contact tracing in the early cases, before it took hold in the care home, it was stated that each person testing positive had contact with the person reported previously who had failed to isolate upon returning to the province.

My newspaper and CTV have reported one child only in this batch of positive results.


John Oliver





https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/covid-19-cases-campbellton-region-1.5608069

N.B. COVID-19 roundup: 2 employees at Campbellton hospital test positive

There are 29 active cases of the respiratory illness in New Brunswick

Elizabeth Fraser· CBC News· Posted: Jun 11, 2020 4:28 PM AT |



Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health, has said there will be more cases of COVID-19 in the future and residents need to remain vigilant. (Government of New Brunswick)

The province will extend its state of emergency for another two weeks after Public Health announced two new cases of COVID-19 in the Campbellton region Thursday.

The new cases are two employees at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. One person is in their 30s and the other is in their 40s.

"All of the stakeholders at the Campbellton Regional Hospital are mobilized to ensure that everything is in place to provide quality care and ensure the safety of patients and staff," said Gilles Lanteigne, chief executive officer of Vitalité Health Network.

"Our processes are in place, our staff are trained and have the personal protective equipment they need to do their jobs. I am confident that we will get through these difficult times."

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Three people have recovered from COVID-19 in the Campbellton region, keeping the total number of active cases in New Brunswick at 29.

Since March, there has been 153 cases of COVID-19 in the province, including one death.


Two staff members at the Campbellton Regional Hospital have been diagnosed with COVID-19. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

"This is an evolving situation at the Campbellton Regional Hospital and everyone must watch for symptoms since COVID-19 is going to be with us for a long time," said Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical officer of health.

As of Thursday, 35,753 tests have been conducted for the respiratory virus.

Red Cross tries to help seniors feel less isolated

The Red Cross is starting a program to help seniors feel less isolated during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Friendly Calls program will see isolated seniors matched with volunteers from the Red Cross.
Volunteers will regularly call seniors to check in and talk. The goal is to reduce feelings of isolation in a group that is particularly at risk of COVID-19 and who might already have felt isolated.

"It's just someone to talk to for those folks who have no one to talk to," said Bill Lawlor, provincial director of the Red Cross.

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"They don't have family around, at least in the Atlantic provinces. Or they don't have family at all. No one to provide that type of support."

Seniors or their families can call the Red Cross and go through a short introductory interview to make sure they're a good fit for the program.

After that, seniors are matched with a volunteer.

"We find a volunteer who can meet the schedule, try to see if we can meet some similar personality traits as much as possible, and then we'll give it a trial run," said Lawlor.

"If it continues to work well then they'll just carry on … if not, that's ok. We can switch out."


Provincial Red Cross director Bill Lawlor said the new Red Cross program will help seniors feel less isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shane Fowler/CBC)

While the goal of the program is to ease feelings of isolation, Lawlor said similar programs in the past have helped in other ways, such as detecting early stages of memory loss.

"In the course of a conversation, you can start to pick up things that might suggest that someone is not feeling well, but they haven't made an appointment with their physician," said Lawlor.

Lawlor doesn't have concrete numbers for how many volunteers are needed but is urging anyone interested to call the Red Cross.

He also urges family and friends to talk to seniors about joining the program, particularly those who are shy

"There's those folks who could really benefit from this interaction who you know they won't call," said Lawlor.

"They don't feel they will benefit from it even though clearly they could."

New Brunswickers encouraged to renew licences

The province is urging people to renew licences, registrations, certificates and permits that had their expiration dates extended until the end of June due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Waiting until the end of June could cause delays, particularly for driver's licences, which take two weeks to process and be mailed out.

The province said Service New Brunswick has been increasing the number of services it offers online and through Teleservices, especially for some of its most requested renewals, such as driver's licences.

"Online and Teleservices are the most accessible, safe and convenient service methods," said Service New Brunswick Minister Sherry Wilson in a news release

"Based upon the significant increase in these methods, we believe New Brunswickers are embracing them."

Twelve centres offer in-person services, by appointment only, for things that cannot be completed online or through Teleservices.

What to do if you have symptoms

People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on the government website at gnb.ca.

Public Health says symptoms shown by people with COVID-19 have included: a fever above 38 C, a new cough or worsening chronic cough, sore throat, runny nose, headache, new onset of fatigue, new onset of muscle pain, diarrhea, loss of sense of taste or smell, and difficulty breathing. In children, symptoms have also included purple markings on the fingers and toes.

People with two of those symptoms are asked to:

• Stay at home.
  
• Call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor.
  
• Describe symptoms and travel history.
  
• Follow instructions.
  

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David Amos
Methinks as the stock market go down again all the MLAs, bureaucrats, unions and teachers etc regret allowig Higgy to put their money into a shared risk pension plan but at least my fellow taxpayers should be grateful that we no longer have to make for their losses like Victor Boudreau did with his budget in 2009 N'esy Pas? 



David Peters
Reply to @David Amos:
What's with NB Power sending so many ppl home at Pt Lepreau and Coleson Cove? Warehousing patronage appointments all of a sudden has become unsafe?









David Amos
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Methinks the RCMP and their Fed bosses are beginning to figure out that Higgy cannot corner a virus and better than he can herd the cats in the legislature notwithstanding the fact that Cardy is now willing to share his butter tarts with anyone except Bruce Northrup N'esy Pas? 


Terry Tibbs
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Reply to @David Amos:
We shut our entire economy down, lost all of our jobs and put ourselves in astronomical amounts of debt for a “disease” that kills less people than daily life does.
It's past time to get back to normal and let the cards fall as they might.










David Amos
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Methinks the RCMP and Higgy et al will enjoy their email tomorrow N'esy Pas? 


Ray Oliver
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks they've been blocked from you for many many years. No one cares.











David Amos
Content disabled
Methinks a critic who does not obey the rules of this forum and have the sand to use a real name is even more annoying N'esy Pas?  


Tony Mcalbey
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Reply to @David Amos: big time annoying








David Amos
Content disabled 
Methinks Higgy is beginning to figure out that he cannot corner a virus and better than he can herd the cats in the legislature notwithstanding the fact that Cardy is now willing to share his butter tarts with anyone N'esy Pas?








Joe Doe
Cleaning up the trash

















Roy Kirk
How do his private investigators know that they identified all of his contacts in Quebec? What incentive did he have to identify every contact. Could he even remember every contact? And even if this is accurate, how does it excuse his failure to isolate after his trip?


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June Arnott
Hang in there CAmpbelton , New Brunswickers Do care.


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David Amos
Content disabled 
Methinks Higgy is beginning to figure out that he cannot corner a virus and better than he can herd the cats in the legislature notwithstanding the fact that Cardy is now willing to share his butter tarts with anyone N'esy Pas?


Joe Doe
Content disabled 
Reply to @David Amos: N’est-ce pas offensive to NB citizen. So annoying.


David Amos
Content disabled 
Reply to @Joe Doe: Methinks a critic who does not obey the rules of this forum and have the sand to use a real name is eve more annoying N'esy Pas?





























Albert Wade
Flew to Florida earlier in the week. Just back in NB, what's this about a border closure.


David Amos 

Joe Doe
Reply to @David Amos: yes. Great point. It begins.































Peter Smith
Decreasing, n'est pas? Erasing is fun.


David Amos 

Joe Doe
Reply to @David Amos: so I do.


David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Joe Doe: You changed names again I see but you smell the same 


Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Nope I'm still here but your fan club is growing. You are such a mo r on.
























Glen Roberts
Guess the border being closed is not really working ...even with your new authoritarian government...




Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Glen Roberts:
Well you see Glen, you close the border, then you invent reasons to let a select few in, than your buddy down the street needs TFWs, so you let them in too, so finally you end up with a border that is closed to only the law abiding taxpayers, but no one else.
























David Amos
Content disabled 
Methinks Higgy is beginning to figure out that he cannot corner a virus and better than he can herd the cats in the legislature notwithstanding the fact that Cardy is now willing to share his butter tarts with anyone N'esy Pas?


Tony Mcalbey 


David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Peter Smith: Methinks its not nice to make fun of Axis 2 disorders Hence you must be a Higgy supporter just like your buddy Oliver N'esy Pas? 


Ray Oliver
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: Nice? Your behavior on here to pester people has gotten you your own taste of it. It's not nice of me at all. Trust that it's fun though LOL!! 


























Johnny Almar
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But the good doctor wants an apology. He’s a victim. : /


Ian Scott