Premier to announce recovery plan today after weeks of COVID-19 restrictions
Higgs says plan will take advantage of 'wide open spaces'
CBC News · Posted: Apr 24, 2020 8:26 AM AT
Premier Blaine Higgs said he'll take New Brunswickers through the different phases Friday afternoon. (CBC)
Premier Blaine Higgs says he will reveal the plan this afternoon to reopen New Brunswick.
Higgs said
this morning that he wouldn't pre-empt the announcement by providing
details but said the plan would include four phases.
"In a
nutshell, it's starting to take advantage of what we love here in New
Brunswick about our wide open spaces," he said in an interview on Information Morning.
Many
aspects of economic life in the province have been shut and people have
been staying mostly at home since March 19, when Higgs declared a state
of emergency because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The coming loosening of restrictions follows few new cases of the respiratory illness in a while and none in the past five days.
Under
the recovery plan, Higgs said the province will still have to keep
borders closed, and he suggested it may even further restrict movement
at the border.
"We need to know exactly where they're going, why they're going, and if it's necessary," said Higgs.
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Wayne Mac
Arthur I
wonder how long it will take the legislature to get back to back biting
,slander,and other political games,rather than running the province as
the people deserve.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Wayne Mac
Arthur: Trust that it never quits in the back rooms particularly after
the politicians get dizzy reading these comment sections
David Amos Methinks Hiiggy and the RCMP should have a long talk with the Crown N'esy Pas?
“September 11th, 2004
Dear Mr. Amos,
On behalf of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson,
I acknowledge receipt of two sets of documents and CD regarding corruption,
one received from you directly, and the other forwarded to us by the Office of
the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
I regret to inform you that the Governor General cannot intervene in
matters that are the responsibility of elected officials and courts of Justice of
Canada. You already contacted the various provincial authorities regarding
your concerns, and these were the appropriate steps to take.
Yours sincerely.
Renee Blanchet
Office of the Secretary
to the Governor General”
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
I can't help but wonder why you might expect folks in figurehead
patronage positions to act in the interests of anyone but themselves?
It's almost as silly as expecting an oil refiner to accurately report
how much they pollute so they can pay taxes on that pollution.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Silly? Why call me names???
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
"wow you were up and at the nonsense early today. Stressing all night
about your missing wiretap tapes and the global conspiring by major
world powers against Mr. Amos again?"
Methinks it should prove interesting to see why you and your buddies have to say this morning N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Mr Amos: are you publically suggesting that you have never done anything, in hindsight, that was silly?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks if you wish to impeach my character you should take up your concerns with the Crown N'esy Pas?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Methinks being so serious, serious enough to ignore the obvious, only "doubles up" on the silly, no?
And to pretend that you have never done something, in hindsight, that
was silly, surely distances you from rest of the human race.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Who are you to judge me? I am who I say I am and you are not the Brit comedian
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: How many times have you run for public office. How many times
have you been falsely Imprisoned? How many lawyers have you sued? Yet I
am silly?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Am I judging you? Doesn't look, or sound, like "judging" to me. Of
course you are right, I am not a Brit comedian, there is only the one of
us two people acting like a comedian, and as you pointed out it isn't
me.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
So, running for public office and not winning, falsely imprisoned, suing anyone you can and becoming a wealthy man?
Next you will be telling me the system is not "rigged"?
We had this discussion before and you still haven't figured it out?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
Methinks you should scroll up to review your friend teasing me about
having wiretap tapes of the mob Trust that it is not even remotely funny
to my Clan that the Governor General and her New Brunswick Lieutenant
admitted receiving a copy of one 16 years ago (BTW Kevin Vickers was
Chaisson's RCMP Aid de Campe at the time in Fat Fred City while Higgy
toiled for the Irving Clan in the loyalist City) This all went down
before I was falsely imprisoned in the USA and over a year after the
Yankees threatened to take me to Gitmo N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks you know that you can't tell me something about rampant
public corruption that I don't already know Perhaps you read the
Governor General's letter again real slow to verify that obvious fact. I
will wager you didn't even bother to look up Rule 55 of the Federal
Court Rules N'esy Pas?
55 In special circumstances, in a proceeding, the Court may vary a rule
or dispense with compliance with a rule. SOR/2004-283, s. 11
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Mr Amos, if I had the opportunity to vote for you I would, your idea of
an accountable government is refreshing. But as you have found out, the
slippery ones are not accountable, and the figureheads can be changed as
often as one's shorts.
No "win" is possible. It's rigged, always was, always will be.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Trust I am not done yet I am about to file 3 more lawsuits and Higgy et al know it
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Perhaps you should check out my Twitter account sometime soon
Methinks you may consider it silly to Tweet the name of Brit comedian to
Higgy as his hero Trump slips in the polls over his virus nonsense but I
don't for obvious reasons found in my blog and the Public Record of
many courts on both sides of the 49th N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
NB'ers have come to
realize how lucky we were to hace the 3 "amigos " backing the
Conservative Budget a few weeks ago ! Imagine the mess we'd have been in
if the " Shediac 5 " and Mortimer had defeated the budget ! Their
annual Lobster show would have been bigger than ever this summer , most
likely with a few Government millions to back it !
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks the 3 "amigos " missed the boat when they backed Higgy''s
budget but much to your chagrin many folks agree that supporting his
Police State and the decimation of small business took the cake N'esy
Pas?
David Amos Welcome back to the circus
Mark Curran Reply to @David Amos: You need a podcast. Im dead serious.
David Amos
Reply to @Mark Curran: Why do you think they called me "The Voice" in YouTube many years ago?
Ray Oliver Reply to @David Amos: I think your confusing being called "the voice" with the half dozen or so in your own head
Mark Curran Reply to @David Amos: First episode you get a Donnie Trump makeover. When was the last time that beard was orange?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Mark Curran: Probably darn near there from the chainsmoking and scribbling on the walls
Bo Zam Reply to @Mark Curran: Which language will it be in??
val harris Austin speaks french some well.. Could he not go take a few lessons hes got lots of time these days
Ray Oliver
Reply to @val harris:
No point in him or Coon wasting their time with that, they're
afterthoughts in the game. Why even have them on stage they should've
invited David Amos. Be about the same valuable input..
Terry Hughes
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Saw the Press Conference. Where was David Coon.......... Planting a tree ?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Terry Hughes: Making a rabid bear analogy first that was spot on. Good for a chuckle I suppose
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Ray Oliver: That was sarcasm. Hard to interpret in type format lol
Lou Bell Reply
to @Ray Oliver: Actually Vickers is the outsider . The 3 amigos are
doin' a great job running the perovince. Meanwhile Rogers and other
unqualified Libs trying to get any sort of recognition they can . So
outta touch !!!
David Amos Reply to @val harris: Methinks I should ask if you agree with Oliver N'esy Pas?
val harris
this is funny look at the 2 clowns in the outside seats ..
David Amos
Reply to @val harris: They are all clowns
Terry
Tibbs So, Toto will be pulling the curtain aside and revealing the great, wise, and wonderful, OZ?
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: No if Toto could and would pull back the curtain you would
probably see Irvings. Higgs is the smoke and mirrors guy making all the
demands!
Amajor Hall
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: Truth is lit!!
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks that was my idea N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: YUP
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister:
"Higgs says plan will take advantage of 'wide open spaces'"
Reporters, they just can't complete a sentence............
They left off the ending which should have been: between my ears.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks Higgy and I will likely cross paths on our motorcycles
in the wide open spaces of our neck of the woods N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks Higgy can't deny that we live not to far from
each other or the fact that we both eat out on occasion and of course
our bikes have to have gas N'esy Pas?
"To relax, the premier also spent part of the weekend on a springtime
ritual, removing the battery from his motorcycle to charge it and
checking the tires.
The trips home also give him a chance to eat better than he does during the week in Fredericton.
"Let's just say that it's good that fast food restaurants are still open," he says.
Michael Hunt Thank God Blaine Higgs put a stop to all the money that was going to be wasted on those French Games
Rob Sense
Reply to @Michael Hunt:
Good to see the intolerance was not affected by the shelter at home.
Reply to @Rob Sense: Intolerance was 'enhanced' by the stay-at-home!
Reply to @Rob Sense: that's not intolerance it's common sense
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Michael Hunt: What date last week did that happen?
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Go Figure
“Mr. David R. Amos Jan 3rd, 2004
153Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA U.S.A. 02186
Dear Mr. Amos
Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to
my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety.
I apologize for the delay in responding.
If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only
suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any
evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their attention since the
police are in the best position to evaluate the information and take action
as deemed appropriate.
I trust that this information is satisfactory.
Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan”
David Amos
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: Methinks it was this past week that Higgy should have become
concerned about you and I Anyone can Google your name and mine to verify
N'esy Pas?
SarahRose Werner I
like PEI's approach to dealing with people who arrive by air for
non-essential reasons. They're required to fly right back out on the
next available flight - on their own dime.
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: NOPE
Matt
Steele Great
news as the economy needs to get rolling again . The wild card is
Quebec with nearly 22,000 cases of Covid-19 as of yesterday , which is
half of all cases for all of Canada . Keep those borders locked down
tight to recreational travel , and N.B. should be fine . I wonder how
many folks will actually return to work with all the Billions of dollars
that Justin Trudeau has been giving folks for them to stay home . I
suspect that for many folks , it is better to stay home on govt.
handouts than it is for them to work . Time will tell I guess
Ian Scott
Reply to @Matt
Steele: I would hope the rules are you go back to work as soon as
removed from non essential closure. It should not be a voluntary issue
.Its those that require daycares that are a problem.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Ian Scott:
I'm not sure that can be done. When you get laid off, that cuts the
connection between you and your former employer. They don't have to
hire you back, they can choose to hire someone else. Likewise, you
don't have to go back to work for them. Also, certainly parents should
not be penalized for being unable to return to work because schools and
daycares are closed.
Rob Sense
Reply to @Matt Steele:
What about NS? or is their virus more palatable to you?
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Welcome back to the circus
Roger Markus-Laundry Reply to @David Amos: and you are the clown
David Amos Reply
to @Roger Markus-Laundry: Nope but methinks you and your noname buddy
Robby "No" Sense no doubt are a couple Higgy's favourite clowns N'esy
Pas?
valmond
landry @TERRYHUGHES agree! and wash your hands and keep the distance
David Amos
Reply to @valmond
landry: Methinks many folks would prefer that he keep his distance
forever whether his hands be clean or not N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Methinks most of NB can think of a great permanent place for you N'esy Pas?
Roger Markus-Laundry
Reply to @Ray Oliver: that’s the sad part about a virus, they hang out and play the wounded cheesy
David Amos Content disabled Reply
to @Ray Oliver: Be I a "wounded Cheesy"or methinks your buddies in the
RCMP would consider your comment to be a veiled threat. I have no
doubtwhatsoever that your hero Higgy and his many cohorts would not
appreciate such things being posted about them N'esy Pas?
Gerry Ferguson Good news indeed. Time to lift the stay-at-home order and set NB free!
Terry Hughes
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: Agree but keep the borders closed for now.
Marc Bourque
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: but as a precaution still keep the 2 meter rule in place for at least another 4 weeks minimum...
David Amos
Reply to @Gerry Ferguson: Dream on
Methinks many would agree that Higgy holds his Police State too dearly to set us free so quickly N'esy Pas?
There are only 14 active cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick. (NIAID-RML/The Associated Press/The Canadian Press)
COVID-19 might be on the verge of disappearing in New
Brunswick, but that doesn't mean life can go back to normal, an Ontario
epidemiologist says.
There have been no COVID-19 cases detected
in New Brunswick over the past four days, keeping the number of
confirmed cases at 118. Only 14 active cases of the virus remain.
"It
seems to be pretty much done as far as New Brunswick is concerned,"
said Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist at the University
of Toronto
But many provinces across Canada don't yet have the virus under control.
To
date, there are close to 21,000 confirmed cases of COVID‑19 in Quebec.
In neighbouring Nova Scotia, there are close to 800 cases of COVID-19
and in the state of Maine, there are more than 900.
This means
New Brunswick will have to continue to take a cautious approach,
especially once the province eases up on its emergency measures, which
could be as early as the first week of May.
"The moment we let
our guard down, more cases are going to start walking into the province,
driving into the province, flying into the province," said Furness.
The total number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick remains at 118, with no new cases announced on Wednesday. (CBC)
Furness said China saw many days without new cases, started to open up travel, only to see new cases because of that travel.
"How are we going to manage travel? That's a national conversation that hasn't happened yet."
Here's a roundup of other developments.
Province to share virus update Thursday afternoon
Premier
Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical
officer of health, will be providing an update on the COVID-19 outbreak.
Higgs and Russell will be speaking with reporters in Fredericton at 2:30 p.m.
One person is still in an intensive care unit, and four other people are also in hospital.
Premier Blaine Higgs updates the public on the coronavirus in New Brunswick weekdays at 2:30 p.m. (CBC)
At a briefing Wednesday afternoon, Russell said no one has been admitted to hospital since April 12.
New Brunswick has seen 13 people hospitalized since the outbreak began.
UNB nursing students graduate early to help fight COVID-19
A
total of 92 fourth-year nursing students from the University of New
Brunswick's Saint John and Fredericton campuses, graduated early this
year to help fight against COVID-19.
The Nursing Association of
New Brunswick has provided these graduates with a temporary
licence, meaning they can be immediately hired to work in the
health-care system.
Nursing students from the University of New Brunswick
graduated early this year so they could join the health-care system in
its fight against COVID-19. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
"We are extremely proud of our nursing graduates who have
joined healthcare workers on the front lines to assist in keeping New
Brunswickers safe during this crisis," Dr. Paul Mazerolle, president and
vice-chancellor of the University of New Brunswick, said in a news
release.
Because of the pandemic, university campuses in New Brunswick were effectively closed, operating under essential services only.
However, students continued to learn online. For nursing, components of clinical learning were delivered virtually.
UNB
is in discussions with the province about what kind of supplies it can
offer at this time, including gloves, goggles, masks, face shields,
gowns and alcohols.
Newcomers struggle for groceries, medication in pandemic
The Multicultural Association of
Greater Moncton is calling on residents to support newcomers who are
struggling during the pandemic.
Myriam Mekni, executive
director of the association, said the COVID-19 outbreak has been
challenging for newcomers on many different levels.
"It's a really difficult time for them," she said. "Especially for the reason they are newcomers to the region."
Some
newcomers don't have enough money for food and medication or have
no access to transportation, while others who only recently arrived had
to go into quarantine and were unable to leave home.
"They were alone here."
Mekni
said international students are also struggling, and are trying to
figure out what kind of funding they can receive from the federal and
provincial governments.
"They really had a hard time to navigate this. Not just financially, even on a mental health level."
Mekni said her team of volunteers started out as a group of nine, but has expanded to 20 people delivering food.
She
said the association is looking for financial help for its food
program, a small vehicle to transport food and money for craft supplies
for parents to entertain their children.
"We don't know how long this is going to be."
Golf industry could take a hit from COVID-19
Golf courses in New Brunswick are trying to find ways to maintain physical distancing once businesses start opening up again.
Wade
LePage, manager of golf operations at the Covered Bridge Golf and
Country Club in Hartland, expects to see clarification in the next 10
days about when and how the province will let courses like his resume
operations.
LePage has been looking at other jurisdictions, including British Columbia, which have kept courses open with restrictions.
"We've
kind of looked at other courses and seen what they've done, so we're
kind of ready for when the day does come, [with some] systems that will
work to keep social distancing on the golf course," said LePage.
New
Brunswickers will now be able to access their COVID-19 test results
online, said chief medical officer of health Jennifer Russell on
Tuesday. 1:50
Restrictions
could include one person per cart, not touching flags along the greens
and limiting the number of people inside the pro shop.
LePage said the course will be ready to open, once the province lifts restrictions.
Although
many golf courses typically open around the middle of May, LePage said
restrictions could force his golf course to lose money this summer.
"Probably 50 per cent of our revenue is driven by our cottages and our stay and fly packages," said LePage.
"So
the odds of being able to put four golfers in a cottage this summer,
and having them golf for three days, you know is quite remote right now,
looking at it. So it could be real bad for us."
Before the
province issued its state of emergency last month, the Carmen Creek Golf
Course was filled with bookings. Many of those have been cancelled or
postponed after the restrictions were announced.
Terry
Avery, owner of the Fredericton golf course, said the holes aren't
ready to open just yet because the course is on a floodplain and still
under water.
However, the driving range would've been open for about 20 days by now.
"We're
basically just doing mechanical work in the shop," Avery said. "We have
one person in the shop, where normally we'd have a couple."
Avery said the Fredericton course would implement whatever measures the province asks so it can open safely.
"The last thing we want is somebody getting [COVID-19] on a golf course in New Brunswick."
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos HMMMM
"At a briefing, Higgs was asked about one caller to the line who said
nothing was done about her neighbour — despite making three calls.
When asked to explain the followup process, Higgs said, "Well, there's
certainly a followup, or why would we ever put it in place?"
He invited the woman to contact him directly by email and promised to follow up on her case.
"I appreciate the individual making a concerted effort in this case here ... but it's more than a spreadsheet."
While the information does help identify trends in the community, Higgs said complaints are addressed."
Methinks Higgy has had lots of time to read my emails and find my old
Harley and reinstate my Medicare Card before I sue the Crown again N'esy
Pas?
Anyone recall when he said the following?
"It was a fully isolated weekend," Higgs said, "You've got to do what you ask others to do."
To relax, the premier also spent part of the weekend on a springtime
ritual, removing the battery from his motorcycle to charge it and
checking the tires.
The trips home also give him a chance to eat better than he does during the week in Fredericton.
"Let's just say that it's good that fast food restaurants are still open," he says.
The premier sees his role as keeping tabs on what urgent issues need
high-level decisions, including changes to the emergency order
regulating behaviour."
David Amos Content disabled Methinks
Higgy has had lots of time to read my emails and find my old Harley and
reinstate my Medicare Card before I sue the Crown again N'esy Pas?
Anyone recall when he said the following?
"It was a fully isolated weekend," Higgs said, "You've got to do what you ask others to do."
To relax, the premier also spent part of the weekend on a springtime
ritual, removing the battery from his motorcycle to charge it and
checking the tires.
The trips home also give him a chance to eat better than he does during the week in Fredericton.
"Let's just say that it's good that fast food restaurants are still open," he says.
The premier sees his role as keeping tabs on what urgent issues need
high-level decisions, including changes to the emergency order
regulating behaviour.
Lou Bell Content disabled Reply to @David Amos: Obviouisly he was busy LOOKING AFTER THE NEEDS OF THE OTHER 759,999 CONSTITUENTS !!!
Ray Oliver
Content disabled Reply to @Lou Bell:
Hes sooo important. Such a valued contributor to our province. I bet
Higgs worries night and day about the welfare of our annoying friend on
here.
Ray Oliver
Content disabled Reply to @David Amos:
Hopefully the bike hes preparing to ride around is your allegedly
"seized" one. Him just grinning ear to ear on it hahah
BruceJack Speculator
Content disabled Reply to @Ray Oliver:
not unusual for an older Harley which the annoying friend talks about
to be "seized". That's why most Harley riders also own a pickup truck.
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @Lou Bell: So you want me to sue your hero Higgy?
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: What do you know about my bike being seized?
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: Did you listen to the Yankee wiretap tapes in its saddlebag?
Michel Forgeron Content disabled Reply
to @Ray Oliver: I've asked him several times how come he doesn't have a
Medicare card. To my knowledge, he's never explained it here, instead
he refers us to a few of his 5,000 blog posts, which few people have
time to read.
Lou Bell
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos:
YES !!! Please do ! Get it to court , thrown out , and end OUR MISERY
of having to listen to it daily !!!!
Carlson MacKenzie
Content disabled
Reply to @Ray Oliver:
No point in feeding, (place unacceptable word describing under bridge
dweller here), the likes of that, it just encourages more of the same.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: BS
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Lou Bell: Your hero words
At a briefing, Higgs was asked about one caller to the line who said
nothing was done about her neighbour — despite making three calls.
When asked to explain the followup process, Higgs said, "Well, there's
certainly a followup, or why would we ever put it in place?"
He invited the woman to contact him directly by email and promised to follow up on her case.
"I appreciate the individual making a concerted effort in this case here ... but it's more than a spreadsheet."
While the information does help identify trends in the community, Higgs said complaints are addressed.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Lou Bell: Should I mention you in the lawsuit?
Michel
Forgeron
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: Finally an explanation, so the Medicare card issue is all BS, right?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: Would you like me to give the doctor who lives in Higgy's and
Teddy's neighbourhood a call and explain the problem to her real slow?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: Furthermore how can I explain why Higgy et al would act with
such malice against my irrefutable right to Health Care every other
Canadian has other than to say they hate me? If you had bothered to skim
just one blog that you admit exists then you would not have attacked me
unless you hate me as well.
Michel Forgeron Content disabled Reply
to @David Amos: I have no need or wish to attack you. I just want an
answer to a simple question - what is the reason you do not have a
Medicare card?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Higgy HATES me Just like you do
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Higgy's minions won't give me a reason Get it yet?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: How many people do you know who cannot file with the CRA in order to get their GST back???
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply
to @Michel Forgeron: Years ago Higgy laughed at my troubles when I
could not collect MY CPP He quit laughing when I sued the Queen in 2015
and ran for a seat in Parliament again where he lives. Need I say I got
my CPP and later my old age pension as well?
Ray Oliver
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos: Not just him we all do
Michel Forgeron Content disabled Reply
to @David Amos: No, I don't hate you at all. I would just like you to
give us an answer to something you mention in almost all your tweets.
It's very difficult to believe what you are saying. Did you apply for a
card, do you have it in writing that you were refused7 I'm sure you know
lawyers with all the court cases you talk about, surely one of them
would take this case pro bono. If you a resident of NB you have an
absolute right to a card, unless there is something you're not telling
us.
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @Michel Forgeron: After all that has gone "Poof" Methinks you need a lawyer N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @Michel Forgeron: I presume that you are the lady doctor in Teddy's riding
David Amos
Content disabled Reply
to @Michel Forgeron: Methinks even your buddy Ray Oliver and his pal
Higgy are wondering how you can continue to attack me within a thread
that has already gone "Poof" N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell Continue manning the Provincial borders , AND NO BEER RUNS !! People found do so need to be fined BIGLY !!!
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Say Hey to Higgy for me will ya?
Mike Arsenalut
Reply to @David Amos: I'm not a Conservative, but my hats off to Higgs. He's done a great job on this
David Amos
Reply to @Mike Arsenalut: Oh My My another brand new Tr o ll with a fake name
Rob Sense Reply to @David Amos:
You could call out a lot of fake names....most people here. You on the
other hand are all too surreal. you exist but not your reality.
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense:
Fake names such as yours are against the rules of this domain
Furthermore without a real one you are less than nobody just another tr o
ll
Joe Rootliek Life
has to go back to normal. --- We have to have festivals, get
togethers, gather around someone winning at a casino--- packed
McDonalds, Subway, Burger king, Ect, no longer.
Things have to go back to normal- Surely, after a vaccine is found,
or the thing is eradicated. Test test test, continue to test,
continue to stockpile emergency supplies in case of a resurgence.
But for now, no, we cannot go back to normal- no festivals this
summer, maybe McDonalds restaurants only allowing in 20 at a time,
seating every second table.
Keep borders closed to Quebec, NS, and the World. PEI, if they do the
same as us, keep their borders closed as well, open up traffic to
them.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Joe Rootliek: and there is no plan to "Test test test, continue to test".
and we ought to open now. The math shows the virus is on the
down-slope. Hospitals are 70% empty. The crisis is over even if the
concern remains.
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: You're sure of that eh? Have you put any money on your guesses?
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: I would bet against you and Higgy any day
Mike Arsenalut Reply to @David Amos: You should be sent down to the southern states with the rest of the Darwinians
David Amos Reply
to @Michel Forgeron: Methinks while you are conferring with the tr o
lls attacking me in support of Higgy et al perhaps for the benefit of
all the folks out of work and concerned about their pensions and
investments these days you people should ask Higgy and the RCMP if
their Fed friends south of the 49th have found the missing transcripts
and webcasts of this US Banking Committee hearing YET N'esy Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Ray Oliver Reply to @Mike Arsenalut: A certain spot in Cuba he was "almost" sent to in his own words would be ideal in my opinion
Billy Joe Mcallister I
don't know why there is so much talk of a vaccine. It's a corona
virus. Maybe anti viral medications would be more realistic?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: Sure ! Surprised none of the experts thought of that !! NOT !!!!!!!!!
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: It's always better to prevent than to treat if this is
possible. Medical researchers are saying we *might* have a vaccine by
2021. They don't seem ready to give up on the idea yet, and I would
assume that they know their work.
Murray Brown
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: There was no 'vaccine' for the Spanish flu (50 million
dead), the Asian flu (1.1 million dead) or the Hong Kong flu (1 million
dead).... These viruses peter out after a year or two so there will be
no need for a vaccine. We just need to ride it out like we did with
previous virus out breaks... The last two without lock downs.
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: Too much talk is not science. Just like in here - lots of talk, speculation, guessing etc.
Stew Block
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: it's SARS 2. Because it doesn't mutate as rapidly as an
influenza, a vaccine is obtainable. We could've already had a vaccine
after SARS 1, but because it didn't become a pandemic, no funding was
put into it.
Billy Joe
Mcallister
Reply to @Stew Block: Thank You. makes as much sense as anything else I've heard
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: Exactly Its not rocket science In fact that is what the
Yankee doctors in Beantown used to save my butt from the same sort of
bug many moons ago
David Amos
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Yea Right
YOU SAID:
"No, I don't hate you at all. I would just like you to give us an
answer to something you mention in almost all your tweets. It's very
difficult to believe what you are saying. Did you apply for a card, do
you have it in writing that you were refused7 I'm sure you know lawyers
with all the court cases you talk about, surely one of them would take
this case pro bono. If you a resident of NB you have an absolute right
to a card, unless there is something you're not telling us."
Whereas you admit to reading my Twitter account so much methinks you
must have clicked on the link called "Check the evidence" that is right
under the photo of my old Harley that your friends tease me about N'esy
Pas?
Michel Forgeron Reply
to @David Amos: I don't use Twitter, I saw a couple of your blogposts
but seeing the hundreds of words read none of them, some of us have less
time than others.
Michel
Forgeron
Reply to @Michel Forgeron: Worry pas ta brain, I won't be posting in response to yours from here on in.
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Oh my your first Twitter follower! Congratulations! If you only knew how insignificant you truly are
David Amos
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: BS You already admitted reading my Tweets. For the record you
and you pal Ray Oliver and all his buddies pounced on my first comment
until it went "Poof". It was you who demanded to know my Health Care
business yet kept doubting my word and telling me to get a lawyer while
demanding more info CORRECT? Furthermore everybody knows one does not
have to belong to Twitter to read the posts just like this domain.
Methinks turnabout is fair play and obviously I have every right to
never believe anything you claim N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: Methinks it was a rather telling thing that you were not permitted to read my reply N'esy Pas?
John Young Higgs and Russell have done a tremendous job thus far.
Rob Sense
Reply to @John Young:
And many people who don't make it up to the microphone.
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: How could you when you don't exist in the real world?
Ray Oliver
Reply
to @David Amos: wow you were up and at the nonsense early today.
Stressing all night about your missing wiretap tapes and the global
conspiring by major world powers against Mr. Amos again?
Steve Fenety
This
province can afford to open up immediately. But as soon as our
universities open Covid 19 will quickly raise its head. Get ready
Rob Sense
Reply to @Steve Fenety:
and how will that happen? There are no new cases and the borders are closed.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Rob Sense: How many of the students enrolled in NB universities were sent home out-of-province?
Rob Sense
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
The semester is finished with online courses.
Rob Sense
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
and if some were to return...they should be tested coming in and if needed quarantined....easy medical science 101!
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: What would a tr o ll know of medical science?
SarahRose Werner
If
you're wondering what easing of restrictions might look like, check out
Saskatchewan's 5-phase plan. Phase 1 will begin May 4 and will include
medical services and facilities to accommodate low-risk outdoor
activities such as boating and fishing. Golf courses are opening May
with restrictions. Campgrounds open June 1, will online reservations
allowed starting May 4. Phase 2 begins May 19 and allows several retail
businesses and personal services to reopen. Business are expected to
implement physical distancing and/or screening measures. Dates for
phases 3, 4 and 5 are not yet set.
Rob Sense
Reply to @SarahRose Werner:
NB could have been the leader in Canada for once...but we waited until
someone showed leadership...now we can do what we do best...follow!
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: So says somebody without a real name
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: A lot you care about small businesses staying afloat EH?
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense:
"You could call out a lot of fake names....most people here. You on the
other hand are all too surreal. you exist but not your reality."
Welcome you to my reality
FYI Madame Werner is a real person and a Yankee who moved up here and
enjoy the benefits of our free Health Care while ignoring the fact that
her hero Higgy has denied me the same right for way past too long. I
trust that byway of her bragging that she is familiar with the laws
involving the CRA and of course the IRS and FATCA. She can trust that I
was not impressed when she made fun of the children's troubles these
days.
Methinks while you two are conferring about money and siding with the
people attacking me in support of Higgy et al perhaps for the benefit of
all the other folks who are out of work and concerned about their
pensions and investments these days you people should ask Higgy and the
RCMP if their Fed friends south of the 49th have found the missing
transcripts and webcasts of this US Banking Committee hearing YET N'esy
Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Mary Smith
"paid
sick leave, proper pay and staffing at nursing homes and hospitals and
greater regulation/inspection of workplaces are going to have to become
normalized"
This is exactly why the CERB should be made into essentially a Universal
Basic Income, by removing the $5000 threshold, and removing the $1000
cap on additional income that can be made while receiving it by making
it universal for everyone to apply regardless of how little or how much
you make.
A UBI would allow paid sick leave and this is SO, so important moving
forward through this pandemic. No one should have to chose between
spreading an illness and making our community sick and making ends meet -
this is true in normal time but of the utmost importance during a
pandemic. Most people cannot afford to miss a day of work.
"Earlier he expressed a similar concern over the lack of details about a
planned federal pay boost for some essential workers. New Brunswick has
been trying to figure out which workers could be eligible."
The "wage boost" for essential services is essentially a UBI - it is a
bonus amount of money, with anything you make on top of it yours to no
decrease in benefits, so that it encourages people to work.
"Premier Blaine Higgs says he's heard from some business owners who want
to reopen but have workers who don't want to return because they get
more money from the federal government staying home.
He suggested all the ramifications of the federal CERB program may not
have been thought through, creating a problem for business owners."
This is why the CERB should be tweaked to become a UBI. If the CERB was
made universal it would encourage workers to work because anything
earned is IN ADDITION to your benefit. It's danger pay for those who can
work for the duration of this pandemic.
David Amos
Reply to @Mary Smith: Say Hey to your old buddy Minister Cardy for me will ya?
Troy Murray
Reply to @Mary Smith: workers that do not want to return because they make more not working should be let go
Wally Manza
Premier
Higgs is fully irresponsible toward our valuable public service workers
and their families. all people must be considered infected, all
workplaces must be considered infected. Death lurks in every corner of
public work spaces, this invisible deadly enemy is everywhere present.
His only concern must be the protection of life and this includes all
public service workers in New Brunswick.
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Province provides update after three days with no new cases
Update from premier, public health doctor set to start at 2:30 p.m.
Jordan Gill · CBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2020 12:55 PM AT
Premier
Blaine Higgs and chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell
give an update on New Brunswick COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. 0:00
The province is set to give another update on the COVID-19 situation Wednesday afternoon.
This comes after three days of no new cases being detected in New Brunswick.
The briefing will take place in Fredericton at 2:30 p.m. and will be streamed live.
Yesterday,
Premier Blaine Higgs told reporters that businesses should prepare to
reopen, while also respecting physical distancing measures.
Higgs
stressed that no date for the easing of restrictions has been set, but
the all-party committee struck to guide the province through the
pandemic will be discussing this this week.
"We need to bring New Brunswick back," said Higgs.
"We
need to create a province that, you know, gets back to its economic
viability and its lifestyle, and people feel that sense of purpose, and
the benefits that exist from living in our province."
Food bank visits rose in March but are levelling off
Some
food banks in the province saw their intake rise dramatically last
month over concerns about food insecurity caused by COVID 19.
But those numbers appeared to have stabilized, according to the head of the Oromocto Food Bank.
"The numbers went up in March everywhere," said Jane Buckley.
The Oromocto food bank saw increased use in March, but those numbers have started to stabilize. (Angela Bosse/CBC)
"I think it may have levelled off at this point."
Buckley said the Oromocto Food Bank helped 499 people in March 2019,but that number jumped to 838 in March 2020.
"There were a lot of people affected by COVID, people who were laid off," said Buckley.
She said a lot of people who sought help were from rural areas the food bank serves.
She
credited the levelling off of food bank numbers to assistance programs,
such as the Canada emergency care benefit, making people feel more
secure in their ability to put food on the table.
Jane Buckley, the executive director of the Oromocto Food
Bank, credits the levelling off of food bank numbers to assistance
programs such as CERB. (Angela Bosse/CBC)
Buckley
said the food bank needed to implement new measures, such opening on
more days and using curbside pickup, to protect volunteers and clients.
"It worked very well," said Buckley.
"People just backed their car up and loaded their trunk."
Buckley added that while financial donations have increased, food donations have decreased.
Fredericton homeless shelters avoid COVID-19 infections for now
The
homeless community has been cited as a group particularly at risk of
getting COVID-19, but at least in Fredericton, that group has been
fairly safe.
Warren Maddox, the executive director of
Fredericton Homeless Shelters, said that so far none of its clients have
tested positive for COVID-19.
"We've been able to create a very good social distance between the beds," said Maddox.
Maddox
said residents have adjusted well to the new routine under COVID-19,
which includes strict cleaning and social distancing measures.
Warren Maddox, executive director of Fredericton Homeless
Shelters, said residents wanted to stay at the downtown shelter instead
of moving to the temporary shelter operating at Fredericton High School,
but they're keeping the proper distance from each other. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
He
said at the beginning of the pandemic it seemed that operating
procedures were changing every 48 hours, and the shelters had been
planning for the worst since February.
"A little planning goes a long way," said Maddox.
Residents were set to transfer to Fredericton High School, but that plan was changed at the request of residents.
"The residents were pretty clear … 'this is our home,'" said Maddox.
There
is still a shelter at the Fredericton High School gym, which has bee
used by the city's out-of-the-cold shelter during the outbreak.
60 volunteers sign up for 'Adopt a Grandparent' in Saint John
A Saint John man's plan to help people at risk of catching COVID-19 seems to be catching on.
Mikel Lester started his "Adopt A Grandparent" program two weeks ago and has already signed up about 60 volunteers.
The
program is aimed at providing services, such as picking up groceries
and running errands, to seniors who are demographically at a higher risk
of catching severe cases of COVID-19.
The total number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick remains at 118, with no new cases announced on Tuesday. (CBC)
Lester
said the idea came to him when he noticed there were not as many
seniors out and about as there used to be and his own respect for
physical distancing had left him with some time on his hands.
It's not just groceries that people have been asking him to pick up.
"We've had requests of all sorts," said Lester, citing requests for books, sleep apnea equipment and a landline telephone.
The group has also begun to help front-line health staff who may miss store opening hours because of their work.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
Stay at home.
Immediately call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor
Describe symptoms and travel history.
Follow instructions.
With files from Information Morning Fredericton and Saint John
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David
Guitard Content disabled If they ever find a vaccine for this virus just watch the shitshow from the anti-vaxers.
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @David
Guitard: Methinks Higgy and Cardy et al know why I am looking forward to
that circus to start up again N'esy Pas?
Terry Tibbs
Content disabled
Reply to @David Guitard:
That will be merely a side show. The main event will be the willingness of Mr
Higgs to pay for it.
Beverley Kernan
Content disabled
Reply to @David Guitard:
IF anti-vaxers want to have access to the COVID vaccine, they should have to
have ALL their offspring's vaccinations current and up-to-date!
Otherwise, home-schooling.
Beverley Kernan
Content disabled
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
I will be happy to personally pay for mine.
Terry Tibbs
Content disabled
Reply to @Beverley Kernan:
Good for you.
David Amos Methinks
its interesting that many of my words against Higgy et al go "Poof" yet
the words of some Tr o ll pretending to be me supporting Higgy stand
the test of time N'esy Pas?
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @David Amos: The elusive Higgs bozon... without the "n". He has taken over the CBC.
David Amos
Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Methinks you enjoy Higgy's circus as much as I do N'esy Pas?
Terry Hughes Reply to @Marguerite Deschamps: Higgs is doing a great job. Too bad you don't realize it.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Terry Hughes:
Simply a legend in his own mind.
Donald Smith
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: lololol :>)
Marguerite Deschamps
Reply to @Terry Hughes: Higgs peut aller au "job".
Terry Tibbs Reply to @David Amos:
Well David, I have no words against Mr Higgs, but strangely none for Mr
Higgs. I will say this: I have met the man twice, both times immediately
followed by a strange compulsion to wash.
Gabriel Boucher I
love the concept of the "Adopt a grandparent" program. It's just odd
that it took a pandemic to put such a program in place. It's a service
that many elderly folks could actually benefit from in general.
David Amos
Reply to @Gabriel Boucher: Pick me I am a vegetable
Carlson MacKenzie
Reply to @David Amos: A bruised turnip.
Ralph Green
Reply to @David Amos: you mo r on, you never cease to amaze me, take a trip to Spain or Italy, I’ll buy.
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Ralph Green: I'll chip in. Methinks a lot of people on here have a few bucks for that..
Ralph Green
Reply to @Ray Oliver: it would be a one way ticket to:)
David Amos Reply
to @Ralph Green: Methinks the RCMP and INTERPOL should find that to be
an interesting ticket for you to purchase Nesy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @David Amos: Methinks while you are talking to the RCMP for the
benefit of all the folks out of work and concerned about their pensions
and investments these days perhaps you should ask them if their Fed
frinds south of the 49th have found the missing transcripts and
webcasts of this US Banking Committee hearing YET N'esy Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Chantal LeBouthi Keep up the good work NB poeples
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi: Methinks its too bad so sad that you cannot same the same for peoplekind N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @Chantal LeBouthi: Methinks its too bad so sad that you cannot say the same for the benefit of peoplekind N'esy Pas?
Matt Steele Certainly
good news for N.B. ; another day , and no new Covid-19 cases . Lets
keep those borders and airports locked down tight ; and start getting
things back to normal . Premier Higgs and the PC Party did a great job
in guiding the province through this crisis ; keep up the good work .
Meanwhile , Brian Gallant is busy defending himself against a lawsuit
launched by one of his own former MLAs .
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Matt Steele:
Not exactly. Good old Brian Gallant is not solo in his defence of
himself, we NBers are along for the ride, as we will be paying for it.
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Not a Gallant lover but your comment has nothing to do with the situation we are talking about.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Terry Hughes:
"The situation" mentioned by Mr Steele was: "Meanwhile , Brian Gallant
is busy defending himself against a lawsuit launched by one of his own
former MLAs"
How is what I said "nothing" to do with the situation Mr Steele mentioned?
Rob Sense
Reply to @Matt Steele:
the PC party??? How about the health care system?? No time for
ridiculous political grandstanding. Other parties could have taken the
govt down at the budget but they decided to support the govt. No time
for foolish gloating.
Matt
Steele
Reply to @Rob Sense:
....Meanwhile , your Great SANB leader , Brian Gallant , is defending
himself in Court . So maybe you can gloat over that instead....lol
Bruce
Sanders
Reply to @Matt
Steele: Airports are still open. Not that I am going but I did check on a
flight to Montreal on Friday this week, yep, can get a flight.
We can get back to normal now, well, 3/4 normal because we are already
about 1/2 open. Time to get the rest open (agree not the borders for
now)
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Bruce
Sanders: But can you get a flight if the reason for your travel is
non-essential? And even if it is, when you return to NB, you'll be
required to self-isolate for 14 days. The borders are being controlled
fairly strictly, which is by me a good thing.
Bruce
Sanders
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: I just found out that, yes I can. Yes, if I return before the
self-isolation rules have been retracted, I would have to isolate. Not
all Provinces have isolation orders in place when travelling between
Provinces. So going "there" is easy, getting the timing right so I can
come back home without isolating again is the biggest challenge/
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks everybody enjoys Higgy's circus as much as Mindless
Maggie and Little Lou do but many folks are not very fond of his Police
State N'esy Pas?
Terry
Tibbs Reply to @David Amos:
As I've said before and I will say again: Mr Higgs has become a legend
in his own mind. Probably the most dangerous place a politician can find
himself in.
Ray Oliver Reply to @Terry Tibbs: How does he differ exactly from the handling of this situation than other Premiers?
Lou Bell Another boring day. Wonder if Marc and Marc uerite are getting new marching orders from the Shediac 5 ??
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks the SANB are too busy laughing at your nonsense N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks you must have been napping when Maggie made this comment out of the gate today N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Terry Hughes: Higgs peut aller au "job".
Marc Martin Reply to @Lou dumb Bell: You looking for attention buddy?
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks Higgy must be very proud of your buddy the dude who stole my name being a fan of his N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks Higgy and Mr Klinker are happy that your nasty words went "poof" N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks the mindless SANB dude ain't figured out that you are a woman yet N'esy Pas?
Matt Steele
Reply to @Lou Bell: .....Maybe they are helping plan Brian Gallants legal defense ideas....lol
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Methinsk TJ Burke needs some help too N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Matt
Steele: Methinks this something you should try to see if I am a liar or
not Look up Chris Collins number and give it a call. When I did after
reading after reading the news today a Madame Landry's voicemail came
first but when I called again a clerk of the court picked up Too Too
Funny N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Methinks Lou Bell has no clue as to why I was calling but I doubt you do as well N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Matt Steele: Methinks its too bad that the prior comment about phone calls went "Poof" N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @David Amos: Too Too Too Funny Methinks that I am speaking in riddles again through no fault of my own N'esy Pas?
Bo Zam Reply to @David Amos: Riddles actually make some sort of sense... unfortunately.. you don't..
Lou Bell Take
a look at the well groomed dogs many people are walking through your
neighbourhood ! I'd bet most of the owners AREN'T groomers ! Love to
know what the reply would be as to how they got so well groomed !
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Lou Bell: Those aren't dogs. Those are small children who haven't been able to get haircuts recently.
Shawn McShane
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: or go to school.
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Clearly you are no Mother
Mac Isaac A
great deal of caution is warranted...the CDC in the U.S. is already
warning of an even worse scenario this winter when it is predicting
hospitals in the U.S. will be even more overwhelmed (if that's even
possible!) than they were this time around. The reason: a combination of
Covid-19 and an expected higher than normal occurrence of the
influenza. Canadians should be aware of this too. We did much, much
better the Americans primarily because we don't have as many crazies in
this country combined with our overall trust in our government, science
and health experts as opposed to the Americans' individual rights vs.
Canadian and European belief in collective rights. We're not necessarily
better than them but we ARE most definitely different...THAT might, in
the end, work to our advantage.
maggie short
Reply to @Mac Isaac:
we did better? i remind you that the prime minister's office controls
and manipulates what our canadian media reports...we actually were less
effective than the USA system.
Marco Bernardo
Reply to @Mac Isaac:
The protestors down south are being very reckless and will make sure
that the American health systems are overwhelmed much sooner than
winter. Keep watching the chaos down there and be thankful that most
Atlantic Canadians have a lot more common sense.
Bo Zam
Reply to @maggie short: Obviously you don't understand math..
Mac Isaac
Reply to @maggie
short: Maggie, Maggie, Maggie...how naïve you must be...which world
leader routinely fires anybody and everybody who has the temerity to
disagree with him? Which leader, on the other hand, since the beginning
of this pandemic, has addressed the Canadian public daily PLUS takes
media questions without lambasting said media reporters for asking
pertinent questions. Now, please take the daily reports on numbers
infected in Canada, the U.S. of A. and worldwide and divide that number
into the number of deaths for a percentage...look at those percentages
and THEN tell me and everyone else how we're "...less effective than the
USA system." No dear Maggie, the Canadian media is reporting the
actual, verifiable information provided by each province and
territory...so, how in the name of all that's holy can you see bogeymen
hiding out in '...the prime minister's office." controlling what our
media reports?
David Amos
Reply to @Bo Zam:
Methinks even your political boss Higgy would have to agree that you
picked a silly name to tr o ll folks with N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @Marco Bernardo: Methinks I should be grateful that you admitted
that many Maritimers have a different take on common sense than you do
N'esy Pas?
Paul Bourgoin No known cases identified should be the term used!
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: Close enough. Do you just hate Higgs?
Bo Zam
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Agreed... leave politics out of this.. Lib or Con it doesn't matter.. get er done
David Amos
Reply to @Bo Zam: Yea Right
Lou Bell We
sure don't wanna be in the position like some of the American states
where the ignorant and naive protest while following none of the
guidelines that their Governors assure will be in place when they open
up their states in the next 2 or 3 days ! Are these leaders so blind as
to not see these people on TV in front of their own eyes breaking every
rule in the book while saying " I have confidence the people will follow
the guidelines we will have in place !! DUH !!! And for many states ,
the numbers of cases are still increasing !! Really , you can't fix st
ew p id !!
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: How is your pension funds doing lately?
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks for the benefit of all the folks out of work and concerned
about their pensions and investments these days perhaps you should ask
Higgy to ask his friends south of the 49th if they have found the
missing transcripts and webcasts of this US Banking Committee hearing
YET N'esy Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
Bo Zam Reply to @David Amos: you forgot "Methinks" and "N'esy Pas" .. get with it man.. you're losing your MOJO..
Ben
Haroldson So when you gonna get the thumb out and start opening up? we've been hearing this for 2 weeks now.
Jeff Smith
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Should be next Monday. Let's get our economy back up.
David Amos
Reply to @Ben
Haroldson: Methinks Higgy is enjoying his Police State too much to let
go of it quickly. Furthermore his cohorts have not figured out a way to
have me falsely arrested again that worked thus far N'esy Pas?
Bo Zam Reply
to @David Amos: Methinks you give yourself too much credit..do you
really think Higgs even notices you or you are even on their radar..
back to your basement..
David Amos Reply to @Bo Zam: Everybody knows that Higgy knows me Methinks I have his attention because you work for him N'esy Pas?
Premier Blaine Higgs said although the number of cases in New Brunswick
remains low, the province is still vulnerable to further spread from
other provinces. (Government of New Brunswick )
Premier Blaine Higgs says the owners of businesses closed by
COVID-19 could start thinking now about how they will meet Public
Health's prevention measures, such as physical distancing, in order to
reopen.
Although no dates have been set, the all-party cabinet
committee will discuss New Brunswick's plan for recovery from the
pandemic this week, he said Tuesday.
"We need to bring New
Brunswick back. We need to create a province that, you know, gets back
to its economic viability and its lifestyle, and people feel that sense
of purpose, and the benefits that exist from living in our province.
"I believe
our new norm is going to create new opportunities. And I believe New
Brunswick is going to come back bigger and better and stronger than it
[was] pre-COVID."
His comments come as the chief medical officer of health announced no new cases of COVID-19 for the third straight day.
The
total number of cases in the province stands at 118, and 102 people
have now recovered, Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters during the daily
update in Fredericton.
"But we are not through with this virus," she said.
The total number of confirmed cases in New Brunswick remains at 118, with no new cases announced Tuesday. (CBC)
While closures were done quickly, Higgs said reopenings must be
handled methodically and incrementally to ensure the province doesn't
suffer a setback with a resurgence of cases.
This is still a critical time, he said, noting the province is vulnerable to further spread from other provinces.
"We will need to move slowly and we must be careful. We were fortunate in New Brunswick but we cannot take this for granted."
Protecting the health and safety of citizens remains "first and foremost" for the government, the premier said.
"So we have to meet the Public Health guidelines as we look at any movement to reopen our economy."
"But we don't have to sacrifice one for the other," he said. The government will take a "balanced approach."
'Different levels of risk'
"As
we do open things, there's always different levels of risk," Higgs
acknowledged, but the "overarching requirement" will be to follow Public
Health guidelines.
Higgs expects they will be "pretty
straightforward" for businesses. Physical distancing of at least six
feet and proper sanitization procedures will be the "new norm" until a
vaccine is available, he said.
Employees
might also need to wear masks or special clothing, while online orders,
no-contact deliveries and curbside pickups should continue whenever
possible.
"I think the new norm will become normal at some
point, but that's how we have to start up is reflecting and meeting the
Public Health guidelines."
There
will be companies that likely won't come back from this. So we won't be
naïve in the process, but our goal is to have a rebuild of our province
in a way that's sustainable and long-term.- Blaine Higgs, premier
Businesses will be given adequate time to prepare, Higgs said, and none will be forced to reopen before they are ready.
"Just
because we announce a sector can open, that does not mean every
business in that sector will be ready to open its doors the very next
day," he said.
"It is imperative they are sure they can protect employees and customers before they do so."
The
government will work with businesses to determine which ones can
respect the guidelines, then look at their financial situations, to
determine which ones can get up and running quickly, Higgs said.
Concern about federal transfer payment
Asked
whether the government will look at further aid packages, he said
"there will be companies that likely won't come back from this.
"So
we won't be naïve in the process, but our goal is to have a rebuild of
our province in a way that's sustainable and long-term."
He
questioned whether New Brunswick's transfer payment from the federal
government could be in jeopardy, given the collapse of the oil industry
in Alberta, which he estimated represented 30 to 40 per cent of Ottawa's
revenue.
"So you know it's easy to live for today, but I am building and working with my colleagues to design a province for tomorrow."
Higgs
said he expects to announce more details about recovery planning in the
coming days, but cautioned it will not be business as usual "for some
time."
Here is a roundup of other developments.
New web portal for test results
The province continues to test between 300 and 500 people a day for COVID-19 and has now launched a new web portal — myhealth.gnb.ca — where
people tested on or after April 20 can securely access their results
online as soon as they are available instead of waiting for a phone call
from Public Health, said chief medical officer Dr. Jennifer Russell.
They
will still receive a call from Public Health, she said, but the
site will enable them to get their results faster, as soon as the tests
have been processed, usually within 24 to 48 hours.
Dr. Jennifer Russell said quicker access to test results
through the new web portal will relieve some of the stress associated
with the testing process. (Government of New Brunswick)
"The quicker access to test results will relieve some of the
stress associated with the testing process and enable those with
positive tests to take immediate actions to protect the health of their
family and community."
The number of active cases is 16. Five patients are hospitalized, including one person in intensive care.
Of
the 118 cases, 66 are travel-related, 42 are close contacts of
confirmed cases, 10 are the result of community transmission.
None remain under investigation.
Support for non-profits
Small
and medium-sized non-profit groups affected by COVID-19 will soon be
able to get financial help from the provincial government.
Premier
Blaine Higgs announced grants of between $500 and $10,000 will be
available to eligible groups, under the Community Investment Fund.
The funding is designed to address gaps in support being provided by the federal government, he said.
"Non-profit
organizations and community groups in New Brunswick play a key role in
the creation of dynamic communities and they will help us stimulate our
economy after this pandemic," said Higgs.
He encouraged citizens who have the means to continue to support these organizations as much as possible.
Applications for the grants are available on the Regional Development Corporation's website.
Hospitals at 30 per cent capacity, says medical society president
The
decision to cancel elective surgeries at all hospitals in the
province was the right one considering the uncertainty surrounding the
COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the New Brunswick Medical
Society Medical Society.
Dr. Chris Goodyear, president of the New Brunswick Medical
Society, said hospitals in the province are running at about 30 per cent
capacity. (CBC)
Hospitals are running at about 30 per cent capacity, Dr. Chris Goodyear said Tuesday.
The
restriction on procedures was done to keep people out of hospital
because it wasn't known how many COVID-19 cases there would be, he said.
"We were anticipating not having the beds to admit patients," said Goodyear.
Some patients are questioning the province's decision to postpone elective surgeries during the pandemic.
Fredericton's Andre Klinker said he's had his hip-replacement surgery cancelled twice and is in "unbelievable pain."
"We are going through a crisis," said Klinker.
"I
get it, [but] you just can't stop treating people for ailments. There
has to be another way than this drugging them to shut them up."
Fredericton’s Andre Klinker said he’s had his
hip-replacement surgery cancelled twice because of the pandemic and is
in 'unbelievable pain.' (Submitted by Andre Klinker)
Goodyear said there are risks involved with any surgery, and
these increase for everyone in the operating room during a pandemic.
"When
the anesthesiologist intubates … the patient, those are high
aerosolizing procedures that present high risk to the health-care
workers in the OR," said Goodyear.
Because of those risks, patients who do undergo surgery are automatically treated as if they have COVID-19.
Some cancer surgeries are still going ahead, but they're being done with the people who have waited the longest for them.
Goodyear
said it would not be feasible to designate one hospital as an elective
surgery centre, because there is no way to guarantee that COVID-19 won't
get into that hospital.
"The best approach is to do what we did," said Goodyear.
Premier
Blaine Higgs has also defended the system adopted for the pandemic but
said the government is already talking about resuming surgeries that
wouldn't be considered life-saving.
Demand for support services has risen during COVID-19, says disability advocate
The
New Brunswick Association for Community Living is seeing an increase
in demand because of restrictions put in place because of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Sarah Wagner, the executive director of the
association, said many families with disabled members are struggling
with the restrictions.
"This crisis has really disrupted
everybody's routine but particularly for families that have a son or
daughter with an intellectual or developmental disability," said
Wagner.
The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted everyone's routine, but
the impact is especially hard on families with a son or daughter with an
intellectual or developmental disability, said Sarah Wagner of the New
Brunswick Association for Community Living. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
"Our support service demand has actually ramped up significantly."
Yesterday, CBC News reported the story of Christine Roberts and her 16-year-old son Jayden, who is on the autism spectrum.
Roberts
said restrictions imposed because of COVID-19, including the loss of a
support worker because of physical distancing, have taken a toll on the
family.
"Jayden
has had the same support worker and has seen him almost religiously
every week, so that was a big hit and I'm seeing it in Jayden — I seen
him self-harm. That hasn't happened in years."
Wagner said the
closure of schools and early childhood learning centres and the ending
of support worker visits have thrown established routines out the
window, which isn't helpful for people on the autism spectrum.
"For the population we support, that routine is essential," said Wagner.
Wagner
said the association is conducting wellness checks and sending out care
packages to the more than 300 families it supports.
She said more than 26 per cent of the population is living with a disability and often also dealing with financial difficulty.
She'd like to see more targeted government intervention.
"We
would like to see things like a disability benefit specifically
targeted at this population to help alleviate the cost," said Wagner.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
Stay at home.
Immediately call Tele-Care 811 or their doctor
Describe symptoms and travel history.
Follow instructions carefully.
With files from Information Morning Fredericton and Moncton
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David Amos Methinks its time to follow Higgy down the yellow brick road N'esy Pas?
Rob Sense
Reply to @David Amos:
Do you ever snap out of delirium?
Mark Curran
Reply to @David Amos: Your branding is impeccable
David Amos
Reply to @Mark Curran: Methinks I know your brand all too well N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: You don't even know how to tie your own shoes let alone his "branding" goof
david amos Methinks Higgy will do what is best. N'esy Pas?
Fred Dee When can I see my dentist?? I broke a tooth, will not see me till things are "better" as it is not an emergency....
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: Methinks you must recall that I said you are not alone with exactly the same problem N'esy Pas?
Buford Wilson
(Give him a call after May1, Fred.)
Wally Manza
Higgs
ignored WHO advice on providing alcohol during a pandemic finding that
alcohol consumption makes people more susceptible to the virus. As a
conservative I would want Higgs to resign.
Fred Dee
Reply to @Wally Manza: As a person with common sense , Keep Higgs for years!!!!!!! He has done well!!
Murray Brown
Reply to @Wally
Manza: Not sure were you're getting your advice... But that sounds like
'fake news'... Alcohol makes everything better.
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: Yea Right
Rob Sense
Reply to @Wally Manza:
Obviously not in the quantities that NBers drink! look at our infection
and death rates for evidence! Seriously...why not provide evidence
that alcohol makes one more susceptible? otherwise disinformation.
Billy Joe
Mcallister
Wife
had a long awaited appointment to see an ophthalmologist for her
worsening cataracts. then a day before her appointment she gets a call
saying that her appointment was cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
She was once looking forward to maybe seeing normal again by fall, but
now....who knows. It made sense a month ago but now it just makes me
angry.
SarahRose
Werner
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: When I had a cataract a few years back, I saw the
ophthalmologist in November and had my surgery in February, so three
months. My vision improved almost immediately. If your wife had her
appointment cancelled, she ought to be at the top of the list for
getting a new one. So, maybe she'll see the doc in May and have her
surgery in August?
Billy Joe
Mcallister
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: Thanks for that Sarah. I had mine done a few years back as well
and the wait wasn't that bad at all. (Dr Goodine in Waterville) Hers is
with Roberts in Fredericton so I just don't know. Her appointment to
see him/her was made in November for mid March! Then cancelled the day
before with no alternate date. I told her she should be at the top of
the list, but what do I know? She needs assurance. Nobody answers the
phone anymore. It sucks!
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: My appointments were cancelled as well but at least my
lovely lady doctor calls me on occasion even though I don't have a
Medicare Card to pay her for her time .
Billy Joe
Mcallister
Reply to @David Amos: You are lucky that they are maintaining contact. Dare I ask why you don't have a medicare card?
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: Higgy hates me
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: Methinks some folks should understand why I reached out to
Andre Klinker to at least show him a little empathy N'esy Pas?
Samual Johnston
Reply to @Billy Joe Mcallister: agreed time to operate
Mike Reilly
Reply to @David Amos: David, we're Canadian, thus we should know how to spell n'est pas correctly.
Mary Smith
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: There is a major shortage in ophthalmologists and pediatric
ophthalmologists in NB and the Maritimes.
My daughter was so lucky to be able to be seen in NB because we had gone
to the IWK and lucked out by snapping up a cancellation appointment,
and had it not been for that - well, the wait is years with thousands on
patients on the list... she would have lost vision in her eye had her
issue not been addressed in a timely manner.
I
feel for you. Things will get sorted as soon as it's safe to do so, and
hopefully your wife will stay at the top of the list so she is able to
get what she needs to addressed.
Covid-19 put a pause on a lot of things, but ultimately, it is what is needed right now.
My daughter also missed her appointment, so we're in the same boat.
Things will get sorted as soon as they can be sorted safely.
BUT we really need to hire more doctors and ESPECIALLY opthalmologists
and pediatric opthalmologists -- I had no idea how insane the wait list
was until I dealt with it first hand. There is such a shortage and the
ones we have, are so overworked. We lost Dr. Doucet because she was
unable to effectively treat the patients she had because she was not
given enough resources, and her wait list and patient list were so long,
she was basically giving false hope to her patients because she was not
able to give them the help they needed in a timely manner. There
needed to be several more in her position to even begin to make their
way through the patient wait list in a timely manner -- and the worst
thing is the time sensitivity with those issues, because if it's not
dealt with soon enough, the child's brain will just shut off vision to
that eye, leaving them permanently blind in that eye!
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Mary Smith:
So thank you for the comment Mary, as it turns out I called the
ophthalmologist's office randomly and they answered even though they are
not open , they were just in there looking after perceptions and such.
They said they planned on resuming appointments May first and gave her
one for the 5th so I am glad I brought this whole thing up which
prompted me to call and thus, got an appointment. So all is well. :)
Billy Joe Mcallister
Reply to @Billy Joe
Mcallister: So Mary I hope you will be as lucky as me in your efforts to
save your daughter's vision. I trust not in the system so much as i do
the mechanics of leading a good and just life where we understand that
we are all in this together. Individuals are for marketing purposes.
What goes around comes around
David Amos
Reply to @Mike Reilly: You forgot to ask me if I cared
Jim Cyr
NB hasn't flattened the curve.....it's crushed it. Time to reopen.
john smith
Reply to @Jim Cyr: using common sense we can.
David Amos
Reply to @john smith: Whats that?
Toby Tolly
Reply to @David Amos:
you dont know what common sense is.......
your words....
Rob Sense
Reply to @Toby Tolly:
You haven't been follow our...uh..."friend" here....Common sense to him is like a rainbow to a blind person.
David Amos
Reply to @Toby Tolly: Methinks your buddy just proved my point N'esy Pas?
Mike Reilly
Reply to @Jim Cyr: A few more days to make sure couldn't hurt too much could it?
Mary Smith
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
with the 14 day incubation window though, the cases we know about today
only show results from 14 days ago. A lot of people broke the isolation
guidelines over Easter. Some (a lot of people, it seems) don't even
show symptoms and are asymptomatic, while being contagious!
Ideally, if we hold out for two 14 day periods post Easter weekend we'll
be in a solid position to start reopening gradually if there are still 0
cases reported. Especially because then if it will allow for an
asymptomatic person to pass it on to another just among their family or
tight circle, and hopefully that other person would have symptoms so
that way they would know that they're infected and contact tracing can
quickly contain the outbreak. Without widespread testing we have to be
extra cautious and assume that there is a lot of asymptomatic people out
there, because it appears from other countries that have done random
and wide scale testing that this could be the case.
NB has done an amazing job, but without widespread testing it's
impossible to spot those who are asymptomatic (and our testing rates are
very, very low right now and we are not testing for asymptomatic
cases).
We can do it. We're doing a great job, a bit more won't hurt! And if we
keep it up now, the less likely we'll jump back to a new normal too
quick and shoot ourselves in the foot and throw away all the progress
we've made and see ourselves back in full lockdown for longer.
I'm proud of us all for sacrificing so much. It's a wonderful act of
solidarity. We've got this! We could be the envy of other provinces if
we keep our curve low by being cautious and staying the course -- but
we'd be the example of what NOT to do if we jump back too quick, and see
a spike in cases as a result.
Ben
Haroldson
Now we know, so get on with it,
David Amos
Reply to @Ben
Haroldson: Methinks Higgy don't know nothing because his head is just a
bowel of stuffing but Toto knows the score N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos: Is that the politician speaking or the constituent ? Neither is very popular.
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Both
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I found it more than interesting that CBC would feature Andre Klinker and Christine Roberts troubles in the article above so I looked closer. All anyone has to do is follow the links CBC offers about Christine Roberts and Jayden to see that CBC and the non profits have made them well known. I had no wish to upset Christine Roberts and whereas Sarah Wagner of the New
Brunswick Association for Community Living is featured in the article above I gave her a call. However sheis not in her eoffice because virus concerns and the woman who ansered the phone was too busy to listen to my con cerns and suggested that i send he boss and email. Yea Right when i get around to it I will send and Haley Flaro, executive director of Ability New Brunswick a link to this blog witrh this note.
Location: Fredericton
506-444-2482 swagner@nbacl.nb.ca
As Executive Director, Sarah is responsible for the overall
operation of NBACL/ANBIC. Her main areas of focus as Executive Director
are strategic and operational planning, staff management and
development, fund development, public relations, government relations,
partnership development and volunteer recruitment.
Sarah holds a Master of Arts in Sport and Recreation Studies from the
University of New Brunswick and a Bachelor of Recreation Management
from Acadia University. She grew up in the city of Fredericton and
joined the NBACL team in January 2014 as the Director of Programs.
CBC and Andre Klinker was a wholle other kettle of fish Lou Bell had made a very nasty comment about Andre Klinker's hands and I replied tellling her I would call him and talk about her. Trust that I certainly did. It was not long that her evil words went "Poof" before I could save them. I have no doubt it was so that the CBC could play dumb so I responded to some of the others dudes. When I noticed Bell's last nasty comment to me and someevil Troll stealing my name and using my expresssions I called it a day. You can bet I will take up this malicious nonsense with CBC's mindless lawyers later and as usual it will go nowhere fast as per their MO.
Fredericton man in severe pain says province should continue surgeries to avoid logjam
Blaine Higgs said government is focused on getting back into 'the health-care business over and above COVID'
Mia Urquhart · CBC News · Posted: Apr 20, 2020 7:05 PM AT
Andre Klinker's hand compared to his wife's. (Submitted by Andre Klinker)
As he sits at home in "unbelievable" pain, Andre Klinker
wonders why his hip-replacement surgery was twice cancelled because of
the pandemic.
After all, only 13 people have been hospitalized
for COVID-19, said the 57-year-old Fredericton man who suffers from
gigantism, the same condition that afflicted pro wrestler André the
Giant.
Instead of surgery, he was offered morphine for the pain.
"We
are going through a crisis," said Klinker. "I get it, [but] you just
can't stop treating people for ailments. There has to be another way
than this drugging them to shut them up."
He said he's talked to
several health-care professionals, and they don't understand why all
non-life-threatening surgeries had to be cancelled.
"At least keep some flow through the hospital, so that when we do come out of this, they're not inundated," said Klinker.
As it is, he's predicting a logjam.
"They're going to be inundated. And who do they take first?" he wonders.
It's very much a focus for us to get back into the health-care business over and above COVID.- Blaine Higgs, premier
On Monday, Premier Blaine Higgs said the government is already talking about resuming non-life-threatening surgeries.
He said recovering from COVID-19 is not just about economics.
"It's
about restoring our health-care system back to its original self,"
Higgs said at his daily news briefing, and perhaps to an even better
self, based on what was learned during the pandemic.
"But it's very much a focus for us to get back into the health-care business over and above COVID. "
He makes
no apologies for cancelling surgeries over the last few weeks. He said
the province needed to be prepared for a potential flood of cases. Based
on what was happening in other countries, he said New Brunswick
officials didn't want to wait until it was too late.
The province's chief medical officer of health agreed.
"We
definitely wanted to be prepared for the worst-case scenario as we'd
seen in other jurisdictions, when they quickly became overwhelmed," said
Dr. Jennifer Russell.
She said it was important to be proactive and make "those hard decisions" before it was too late.
"Those
were not easy decisions to make and we worked very closely with the
regional health authorities" to continue the "bare minimum" number of
surgeries, while still being able to adequately respond if there were a
sudden increase in numbers.
Andre Klinker suffers from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder
that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone
during adulthood. (Submitted by Andre Klinker)
Russell said the province's goal is to get "things up and running as soon as we can."
She
said it's important to keep in mind that New Brunswick may see "a
cyclical event … because we can't change what's happening outside of our
borders."
"Our neighbours are still struggling with their
numbers and probably will continue to struggle for a while. So as long
as we are bordering on neighbouring jurisdictions that have case counts
that are increasing, we have to stay vigilant, and we have to be
prepared for releasing measures and then imposing them again on very
short notice
"So we are going to be doing a dance basically, where we lift measures and we put them back in place."
Higgs said the province is working with the medical societies to understand the nature of the backlog.
"I think the last thing that we want to do is just have the hospitals fill back up and people wait for surgery."
He
said the province hopes to incorporate improvements that were
discovered during the pandemic to help move patients through the
system.
Klinker wonders how health-care officials will decide who gets to go first.
"I'm
not the only one," he said. "I am heartbroken that my next door
neighbour, who is a very good man, can't get his cancer [surgery] done."
The pituitary gland and the hypothalamus are located within the brain and control hormone production. (Mayo Clinic)
He said his neighbour has prostate cancer and his surgery has been cancelled.
Klinker believes one hospital should have remained open for elective surgeries.
"Now
they have a Canadian-made test … that takes 15 minutes to do," he said.
"They could put a tent outside in the parking lot of any hospital."
If you test positive, you go into one stream, and if you're negative, you go into another stream.
"At
least you get some of the people through, and you give people who are
in my position — and people with cancers who are not getting operated on
and other procedures — hope. Right now there is no hope given to the
end of the suffering."
Acromegaly
According to the
Mayo Clinic, Klinker's condition, acromegaly, "is a hormonal disorder
that develops when your pituitary gland produces too much growth hormone
during adulthood. When this happens, your bones increase in size,
including those of your hands, feet and face.
At
six feet five inches tall, Klinker was pretty sure he was done growing.
Then, in his late 20s, he started getting growing pains again. Every
joint ached, his hands and feet got bigger, and he grew another inch.
Little did he know that his organs, including his heart, were also
growing.
His family doctor was pretty quick to recognize the
signs of acromegaly, and further testing revealed that it was caused by a
pituitary tumour. Eventually, he would undergo surgery to remove the
tumour. Although it stopped further growth, the damage had already been
done.
He was left with an enlarged heart, kidneys and liver. And because everything grew except cartilage, all of his joints ache.
He said his right shoulder is "down to bone on bone."
"I have arthritis in my jaw, my fingers, and my elbows, shoulders, wrists and ankles. It hurts everywhere."
He's
been told he needs surgery on both knees, hips and shoulders. He's
already had his right knee replaced and was scheduled to have his left
hip replaced in February.
Put your hand down on a table and take a paddle and smash your hand. That's the pain. And it's constant.- Andre Klinker
He spent three
hours in hospital being prepped for surgery — and had even gone off his
blood thinners for five days to prepare — before being sent home. He was
told his surgery was cancelled because of COVID-19.
He was then rescheduled for April 22, but that has also been cancelled.
Klinker
said he was put on morphine, but that started to interfere with other
medications he takes, so he had to stop. He said he's left "gobbling up"
Naproxen, Tylenol 3, and Tylenol for arthritis.
Moving is painful, but he's been told he needs to keep moving or risk becoming immobile.
He tries to walk every day, but after about 300 to 400 metres, he has to turn around.
He
knows people will have a hard time trying to imagine the pain he
endures. He suggested, "Put your hand down on a table and take a paddle
and smash your hand. That's the pain. And it's constant."
Klinker
was disappointed that Higgs and Russell didn't have a better plan to
avoid the logjam of surgeries that will have to be rescheduled.
"It gives no time line and no hope," he said after Monday's briefing.
Wally Manza relax
Andre, Premier Higgs is with you on that. In fact he's committed
himself to you and all of us. Keep taking your morphine if you can get
it still.
David Amos
Reply to @Wally Manza: Yea Right
Donald Gallant Everybody in New Brunswick has problems.
Yours may work out.
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: You may work out sir, have a good one.
Justin Gunther
Reply to @Justin Gunther: Whatever that means.
David Amos
Reply to @Donald Gallant: Methinks the milk of human kindness is running pretty thin in Higgy's Police State N'esy Pas?
Samual
Johnston He
is right NB operating rooms should be up and running by now. Maybe
reduced scale but maybe not. Maybe toss in a Covid waiver and get
operating. If things start to get worse cancel them again but time to
get the back log moving.
Fred Dee
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: get rapid testing.... test... good results... surgery!!!! Go
FOR IT!!! I was to to 7 surgery on children on the march 20th... most
waited for 1 year +/////. now... still waiting/////. someday....
maybe!! time to get to it!!!!
Ben Haroldson
Reply to @Fred Dee: Have another one.
Fred Dee
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: just one??? lol
McKenzie
King
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: Too late to stop when things get worse. People are spreading
the disease when they are not showing any symptoms, and a hospital is a
really good place to spread the disease. So showing caution in helping
people who are in pain is better than proceeding too fast and causing
death.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Samual Johnston:
How dare you, to not bow down, and worship at the altar of the great,
wise, and wonderful OZ, OH! Edit: the great, wise, and wonderful Higgs.
Samual
Johnston
Reply to @McKenzie
King: just test everyone involved in the operation before and after. and
during if ya want and isolate the patient two weeks and get some of
these operation underway---sign a covid waiver and get going.
Hospitals are at 30% capacity. - take advantage it while the cases are
low or non existent
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: Methinks folks should not care about your concerns anymore when you attack them about theirs N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks its time for Toto to pull back the curtain N'esy Pas?
'It's been rough': Disabled struggling during pandemic with no supports
Mother of special needs son wonders why people with disabilities have been ignored in emergency relief efforts
Vanessa Blanch · CBC News · Posted: Apr 20, 2020 7:00 AM AT
Christine Roberts and her son Jayden Moore, seen here at the Moncton
Geekfest in September, are struggling at home with none of the regular
supports available to their family during the pandemic. (Submitted by Christine Roberts)
Most of us are finding it difficult to cope during the COVID-19
pandemic, but for people who live with intellectual and physical
disabilities the challenges have been great, and the supports have been
few.
"I will tell you I didn't think it could get worse but
apparently it can," said Christine Roberts of Moncton, who is caring for
her son and trying to make ends meet on social assistance.
The
single mother lives with 16-year-old Jayden, who is on the autism
spectrum and suffers from a sensory disorder that makes him highly
sensitive to noise and light.
Since the pandemic began, all of the help Roberts depended on has disappeared.
Family
members who used to stay with Jayden while she ran errands are now in
self-isolation, and a support worker who would take her son out for four
hours every Wednesday afternoon is no longer able to visit.
"That
routine and that relationship has fallen apart and Jayden doesn't have
too many social outlets to begin with," Roberts said.
"Jayden
has had the same support worker and has seen him almost religiously
every week so that was a big hit and I'm seeing it in Jayden — I seen
him self harm. That hasn't happened in years."
No help targeted at those with disabilities
Haley
Flaro, executive director of Ability N.B., a registered charity that
helps people with physical disabilities, said her 15 staff are busier
than ever working to find clients the support they need.
"Our
phones are ringing off the hook," she said. "We're off the charts — I
could hire five more people to help serve the province right now."
She
says many families are missing the regular support of care givers and
many others are dealing with job losses and food insecurity.
Haley Flaro, executive director of Ability New Brunswick,
wants to see more government supports introduced for families and
individuals who are struggling during the pandemic. (CBC)
Ability N.B. has mostly found "community based" solutions, as opposed to anything coming from government.
For
instance volunteers are dropping off groceries for people, and the
United Way is finding extra funding for things like special nutritional
needs, delivery services and cleaning supplies.
"They're being exponentially impacted," she said of families and individuals who live with disabilities.
"Families
who rely on respite care for children with complex disabilities and the
respite isn't available. Families that their respite was having their
child go and be active in school…there's so many things that people are
experiencing right now and the impact on families is probably what's
keeping me up at night."
Christine Roberts says it is lonely during the pandemic with
no support worker coming in and no family available to help. She and
her 16-year-old son, Jayden Moore, go for walks to pass the time. (Submitted by Christine Roberts)
Flaro said while government workers have been flexible during
the pandemic, she would like to see supports specifically directed at
those with disabilities.
She points to British Columbia
where people on social assistance and those with disabilities will
receive an extra $300 per month in April, May and June to help them
during the COVID-19 crisis.
In
Ontario, a one-time payment of $100 for groceries and cleaning supplies
was provided to those who rely on the Ontario Disability Support
Program.
CBC News asked the Department of Social Development
whether any supports would be made available to New Brunswickers with
disabilities, but no one responded to our request.
All four party leaders have formed a COVID-19 committee that discusses the provincial response to the pandemic on a daily basis. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)
Green Party Leader David Coon, a member of New Brunswick's
all-party cabinet committee on COVID-19, said to date, there have not
been any programs targeted to people with disabilities.
"This year's budget will provide a small increase for those with disabilities living on income assistance," he said.
Anxiety rising
Roberts said extra money for food, and money to pay for home delivery would ease some of her stress.
One
of her biggest worries is going to the grocery store or pharmacy with
Jayden when government is asking just one family member to go out to
pick up supplies.
"For families like me that's devastating
because while Jayden looks like an adult, and is the size of an adult
he's not an adult…leaving him home is not an option."
Roberts
explains that her son needs routine and to know what to expect and with
things changing everyday it is difficult for her to prepare him for even
a basic trip to the pharmacy.
Christine Roberts has been overwhelmed trying to follow all
of the rules for physical distancing at stores, while also trying to
keep her autistic son calm and explain to him where he can stand. (Ingrid Rachael Blakey)
"I've already got yelled at at one store because I wasn't
standing behind the proper green tape," she said. "I'm trying to
moderate Jayden and get him OK while I'm getting screamed at which is
increasing his anxiety — but what do you do?"
She would like to see grocery stores offer a special time every week for families like hers, similar to what's being offered for seniors and those with compromised immune systems.
'This is going to last a while'
Flaro has
asked the provincial government to make more funding available to
non-profit groups and charities like Ability N.B., but worries that with
the state of emergency continuing, this will be a long term challenge.
"While
New Brunswick's rates have been flattening, we're really hearing from
clients that things are escalating and the economic impact is going to
not just be a bubble, this is going to last a while with job losses."
She
hasn't suggested it yet, but says she believes there will need to be a
joint government - community group that would focus on "our most
vulnerable populations as this continues."
Christine Roberts, a single mother and volunteer in Moncton,
is calling on government to provide more support for families and
individuals who live with disabilities. (Vanessa Blanch/CBC)
Roberts says for her, any help would be welcome right now.
"Why were we missed in the emergency relief effort when those needs [of disabled people] are just higher?"
Vanessa
Blanch is a reporter based in Moncton. She has worked across the
country for CBC for 20 years. If you have story ideas to share please
email: vanessa.blanch@cbc.ca
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David Amos Methinks the imposter "david amos" must admit that phone calls, emails, blogs and tweets can work wonders sometimes N'esy Pas?
David Amos Methinks it should be a quite a scene for Higgy's circus to enjoy if the imposter reappears N'esy Pas?
David Amos Methinks its not wise to make all my words go "Poof"N'esy Pas?
David Amos Content disabled
Methinks many folks will be wondering if Higgy et al and certain ladies read these comments N'esy Pas?
david amos Methinks Higgy is doing a great job. N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @david amos: Hmmm Methinks some lawyers have some explaining to do N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @david amos: Oh and say Hey to the RCMP for me will ya?
David Amos Reply
to @david amos: Methinks its comical that cops are always trying to
tell me not to feed the tr o lls but have nothing to say when I say that
I believe the tr o lls are cops N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @david amos: Methinks Higgy must be very proud of you being a fan of his N'esy Pas?
Dan Lee This
is not right people.............somebody start a gofundme
page.........I only have paypal or cash....need a addy..........any help
she can get or others I'm sure would be appreciated
Neil Christofferson
Reply to @Dan Lee:
where are you and how can I help. I have no money but I have limited
physical capabilities. I can drive and I can repair.
David Webb NB
Reply to @Dan Lee:
Her family is only 1 of hundreds in the province with disabled children.
On the federal level there has been an HST refund boost and a boost in
disability payments for her son. I know a family in a similar
situation and they have more $$ now than ever. The big issue here is
not having support workers. While I feel for her, even more $$ will not
fix that issue as long as this virus is around.
David Amos
Reply to @Dan Lee: Howcome you have no empathy for my family?
Author of N.B. COVID-19 projection says reasons to be optimistic, but we're not out of the woods yet
The best-case projected scenario trajectory projects province would see a total of 132 cases by April 23
Jordan Gill · CBC News · Posted: Apr 20, 2020 8:00 AM AT
The best-case projected scenario trajectory, South Korea, projects that
New Brunswick would see a total of 132 cases of COVID-19 by April 23,
with a mortality rate between 4 and 12. (NIAID-RML/AP/The Canadian Press)
While new projections show New Brunswick is doing remarkably
well in terms of COVID-19 numbers, projection authors are warning that
it's far too soon to go back to normal.
The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training released their second projections for COVID-19 in the province.
The
projections show the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths New
Brunswick would have if they followed the trajectories of several
jurisdictions worldwide.
The
best-case projected scenario trajectory, South Korea, projects that New
Brunswick would see a total of 132 cases of COVID-19 by April 23, with a
mortality rate between 4 and 12.
As of April 19, the province has 118 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and no fatalities.
The
report said the province's "case levels will remain relatively low and
within the health system's capacity to provide necessary treatment to
those who need it."
Physical distancing working, says author
Still, Ted McDonald, one of the authors of the report, said it's too early to say the province is out of the woods.
"All
of those excellent results are because of the measures and because of
the compliance of New Brunswickers with those measures," said McDonald.
"What you can't take away from that is that the problem is solved and we can just go back to normal."
Why are
we told to keep two arm lengths from others during the pandemic? Here's
a detailed explanation, with facts from Dr. Alfredo Américo Miroli,
immunologist from the National University of Tucumán in Argentina. 2:21
McDonald
attributes the relatively low numbers of cases in the province to a
mixture of physical distancing measures and the province's more rural
nature.
"It's clear that this really has succeeded at controlling the spread and the level of community transmission," said McDonald.
"We're looking at one or two cases a day [it] really is a really good outcome."
Not 'out of the woods yet'
The report does show some worse case scenarios, but there is still some good news in that.
The
report cites the province as having 194 emergency care beds available
to treat COVID-19, and only at the worst-case scenario, Germany's
trajectory, would that not be enough with 205 beds needed.
That trajectory would also see upwards of 1141 cases and 103 deaths.
McDonald said while the report is good news, New Brunswickers shouldn't become complacent.
"We've got reason to be optimistic," said McDonald.
"But
this is not the time just to say 'OK we've won, let's go back to normal
and forget everything that we've already been through' because we're
not out of the woods yet."
McDonald said the institute plans to release more projections as the COVID-19 situation develops.
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David Amos Whereas
the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training forte is
researching data etc I gave Ted McDonald a call and left a voicemail
with a tip Methinks Higgy should agree that mcDonald and his team team
should have no problem finding the missing transcripts and webcasts of
this US Banking Committee hearing for the benefit of all the folks out
of work and concerned about their pensions and investments these day
N'esy Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
Eliot Spitzer
Attorney General
State of New York
David Peters
Reply to @David Amos:
Pontzi schemes are illegal for everyone but the gov't.
David Amos Reply
to @David Peters: Methinks much to Higgy's chagrin his hero Trump
didn't do a very good job draining the swamp before the worldwide
economy took another nosedive N'esy Pas?
David Peters Reply to @David Amos:
Shrink the swamp? Trump didn't even slow it's growth.
No one in the swamp is going to seriously attempt to drain it, imo.
The only thing that'll drain the swamp is an economic collapse...which
maybe underway now...of course, caused by the swamp itself.
Jim Cyr This seems not right. My bet is that there will be no fatalities.
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Jim Cyr: We
have three people who've been in the ICU for a couple of weeks now. I
certainly hope that all three of them will pull through, but they're
certainly not out of the woods.
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Methinks you forgot the six folks who died from the flu since last August N'esy Pas?
Carlson MacKenzie The constant stupidity posted here is mind boggling.
David Amos
Reply to @Carlson MacKenzie: Methinks you set a good example in your addition to the discussion N'esy Pas?
Carlson MacKenzie Reply
to @David Amos: Look what shows up. Pavlov's dog with it's nose to
the ground sniffing for an opening to insert more of the same.
David Amos
Reply to @Carlson
MacKenzie: Methinks Higgy and everybody else knows that Pavlov's dogs
were not Alpha Males like I am N'esy Pas?
Carlson
MacKenzie Reply to @David Amos: Alpha something alright.
David Amos
Content disabled Reply to @Carlson
MacKenzie: Methinks you need a real name and learn to pee in the tall
grass if you wanna run with the big dogs N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @Carlson MacKenzie: Methinks that even Higgy is laughing at your nonsense N'esy Pas?
Carlson
MacKenzie Reply to @David Amos: Says the king of nonsense.
David Amos
Reply to @Carlson
MacKenzie: Methinks desperate spindoctors should know a lot about such
things However Higgy et al can trust the fact that I have no wish to be
your king N'esy Pas?
Carlson
MacKenzie Reply to @David Amos: Ignorance run amok appears to be your M.O.
David Amos
Reply to @Carlson
MacKenzie: Methinks you silly little spindoctors have no idea how deep
the rabbit hole goes.howevfer try as you might to impeach my character
the facts remain that I sued the Queen and more layers than anyone else
in history and that the records of the US Senate Banking Committee
hearing are still missing even after i ran for public office 7 times
N'esy Pas? What have you done other than introduce yourself as some
clown who opts to use a dancing lady's name in reverse?
David Amos
Reply
to @Carlson MacKenzie: BTW Methinks the Feds on both of the 49th should
monitor social media more closely as you become somewhat infamous N'esy
Pas?
Carlson
MacKenzie Reply
to @David Amos: Nobody gives a shh it who you sued or how many times
you sued them. How well have you done running for public office? I
don't recall you ever holding any office anywhere. I expect there is a
very good reason for that.
As for my name, I've had it since 1956.
David Amos
Reply to @Carlson MacKenzie: Tell it to the RCMP
Fred Dee Reply to @David Amos: NO ONE wants to "see" your voice!!... If you have something helpful to add... please do so. If not don't
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos:
Carlson NEVER ran for office even once, and yet you are what , maybe 1
hundred votes ahead of him total ! That's not running for office, that's
running from reality !
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: Obviously I did BEFORE You people attacked me AGAIN
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks its time for your nap N'esy Pas?
Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell give updates on the coronavirus weekday afternoons. (Photo: Government of New Brunswick)
After a weekend that saw only one new case of COVID-19 in New
Brunswick, Premier Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell will give a
daily update Monday at 2:30 p.m.
The government reported one new
case Saturday, a person 30 to 39 years old, in Zone 3, which is the
Fredericton region. It was traced to community transmission.
No new cases were reported Sunday.
The
total number of infections is 118, according to the provincial tally.
The province reported five more people recovered from the disease on the
weekend, bringing the total number of recoveries to 92. The total
number of active cases is 26.
As infection rates drop, Higgs
said in a news release, government is now shifting the focus to think
about "what recovery will look like."
It won't look like a quick return to normal, he said.
"People will return to work and businesses will open, but this will not happen overnight."
Russell
said it is was encouraging to see the slow growth in the number of
confirmed cases, but "we must not get ahead of ourselves and we must
continue to do all that we can to slow the spread of COVID-19."
Ease with online teaching varies among staff
As
students and teachers adjust to a new way of teaching and
learning, Anglophone South school district superintendent Zoe Watson
said teachers were given a lot of training to prepare them for online
learning.
"Some teachers are very comfortable with technology .. others need help and support," said Watson.
Anglophone South School District superintendent Zoe Watson
said it's important to start slowly with online learning so students,
families and teachers don't get overwhelmed. (Jenny Kane/The Associated Press)
Teachers are using a variety of platforms to reach their
students. Some are using class websites, others are using a platform
called ClassDojo and others are using Microsoft Teams.
"They can post documents, articles, they can set up assignments," said Watson.
Watson said some teachers have even been posting video lessons.
She said it's important to start slowly with online learning.
"We don't want to overwhelm students or teachers or family,"
Assignments will take longer depending on the student and family, communication with teachers and principals is key.
Patience
is also key according to Watson, as teachers are also working at home,
often dealing with the same situations as most parents are.
Saint John teacher remembers Dr. Bonnie Henry as 'good student'
Retired high school teacher Sandy Throne says she remembers teaching Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia's provincial health officer, when she attended Saint John High School from 1981 to 1983.
British Columbia provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry
is remembered as a good student by a teacher who taught her at Saint
John High School. (Mike McArthur/CBC)
Henry has become a
celebrity of sorts, with paintings, songs and even shoes being made in
her honour by fans who admire the public health officer for her calm,
compassionate and candid demeanour during the frequent news appearances
she makes to keep the B.C. public apprised of the latest developments in
the pandemic.
After Henry assumed the position of B.C.'s top doctor in February 2018, Thorne said, "I thought 'I taught her.'"
Thorne
went back into her old grade books to see what kind of student Henry
was. In the course she taught, European history, the class average was a
78.
"She came first with a mark of 93," said Thorne. "She obviously was a good student."
Henry
also left her mark on the student body, becoming captain of the field
hockey team and being elected vice-president of the student council.
Thorne said she can't help but feel proud of her former student.
Thorne
shared the final line of Henry's graduation writeup, which suggests
part of Henry's future was known even then: "Good luck Dr. Bon."
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos Content disabled
Veritas Vincit
David Amos Content disabled
Methinks that was an interesting thing to do of the gate N'esy Pas?
David Amos Content disabled
Methinks
this is just more of smoke and mirror show in the ongoing
circus.brought to us by Higgy and Vicky and the rest of the clowns
sometimes camped in Fat Fred City. They want folks to argue about
viruses or ATV riding or Turkey hunting or canceling Canada Day while
ignoring their causing the economy to crash in our neighbourhood while
the rest of the world does the same. However the recent doings of two
elephants whom Mikey Holland currently oversees NB Power and the EUB are
truly comical. Yet nobody wants to talk about the "Not So Smart" Meter
nonsense or the blinking and winking about power rate increases that the
Irving Clan did not appreciate N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos:
Out of the gate i should ask an obvious question to all the devious
dudes with dubious names who will no doubt ponce on this comment. Should
anyone have any doubt that you would complain if Higgy upheld a "Stay"
on your Medicare Card while heart was giving you trouble. Even though
you may have been paying your emergency room bills and doctor fees in
cash two recent appointments have been canceled because Dr Russell and
Higgy deemed it to be so? Methinks I have every right to cry a river and
file a lawsuit as well in order to get my money back N'esy Pas?
David Amos Hmmmm
"The factor most likely to keep the Higgs-Coon understanding from
completely falling apart comes down to numbers: whenever the legislature
does resume normal sittings, the PC government is still going to need
Coon's vote.
But Lewis says both leaders are also particularly suited to maintaining
their rapport. Higgs's pragmatism and Coon's belief in democratic
accountability "make it a unique match," he said.
"I take the view that I think they're both unique political actors that are more flexible or stand out from others."
Yea Right
Craig Snow Why
does Nb never lead at anything. We always follow what other provinces
are doing. Is there a "made in Nb" solution to anything regarding public
policy? Too easy to blame others when a policy doesn't work I guess.
David Amos
Reply to @Craig Snow:
Methinks Higgy and the rest of the clowns camped in Fat Fred City are
just following what the rest of the world does. If anyone wishes to
recall it was the Green Party leader who dreamed up the latest smoke and
mirror show in the ongoing circus before he agreed to support Higgy's
budget. Now they want folks to argue about viruses or ATV riding or
Turkey hunting or canceling Canada Day while ignoring their causing the
economy to crash in our neighbourhood . However the recent doings of two
elephants whom Mikey Holland currently oversees NB Power and the EUB
are truly comical. Yet nobody wants to talk about the "Not So Smart"
Meter nonsense or the blinking and winking about power rate increases
that the Irving Clan did not appreciate N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
Will political partnership last after COVID-19? Premier is hopeful
Green Party Leader David Coon wants legislature to resume
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Apr 21, 2020 6:00 AM AT
"The balance of power has shifted in this legislature toward the Green
caucus," Coon declared on March 10, the day the PCs brought in their new
budget.
That leverage increased as the week wore on and it became clear the
government had to get its budget passed quickly to focus entirely on the
coronavirus.
Three days later Coon said he would vote for the budget to ensure
several elements, including increased social assistance payments, were
approved.
In return for that support, and the decision by two other Green MLAs to
let the budget vote happen quickly, Higgs guaranteed publicly that he
would not bring back his cancelled plan for the nighttime closure of
emergency departments in small hospitals.
Coon's seat on the all-party cabinet committee Higgs set up also contributed to the rapprochement.
"I clearly see things that have been brought to me that I've brought
forward, that are being addressed. I'm seeing things that I'm proposing
being taken on board, and I see results," Coon said in March.
"Officials treat me as they would anyone else on the cabinet committee
in terms of me reaching out to them and them responding very quickly."
Roger Richard
Reply to @Craig Snow:
At the NBEUB’s matter #452 we proved that NB Power’s smart meters plan
was a financial stupidity. But that is difficult to accept by our
rulers because many provinces have deployed or are deploying smart
meters. Our rulers do not want to refuse smart meters a second time and
be different from the others.
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Oh So True
Michel
Forgeron
Reply to @Craig Snow:
What are you talking about? Other than RC, YT, NT, NB and PEI are
leading the country in lowest number of cases.Both have almost the same
numbers per capita.
Craig Snow
Reply to @Michel
Forgeron: I am talking about moving forward. Are we going to wait and
see what other provinces are doing or can NB set its own course ?
Jim Cyr The curve hasn’t been flattened.....it’s been absolutely crushed. NB needs to start returning to normal NOW.
Consider this, before you listen to the fear mongers say, “bit it might
return!!”: NB has already proven that it can crush the Wuhan Virus! And
add to that: should the virus return, the response will be much swifter
than the first time. AND there are now many more tests available, with
quicker turnaround times. AND we know ten times more about the virus
than we did two months ago.
So it is TIME.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Interestingly, we could have opened by Easter!
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Cyr: Dream on
Adam
Robbins Rise
up against medical tyranny, Canadians. Far more problems with higher
magnitude are and will continue to occur from what our governments and
medical leaders have done to us due to a total lack of preparation, lack
of information, and an excess of fear. Instead of proceeding with
caution, doing no harm, with a steady hand holding the primacy of life,
liberty, and property in mind, they have overreacted and destroyed the
livelihoods of millions and compounded the problems of a normal
recession. If our "world's best health care system" is so fragile, it
needs to be scrapped and reformed from the ground up. Government (an
institution only meant for the use of violence) does not deserve control
over your health, medicine, and life.
Fail to plan, plan to fail. Every one of these leaders should be
punished for inciting fear and trampling our freedoms. The virus is here
to stay; there are far worse causes of death with far more frequency -
you have absolutely no reason to live in fear. Live your life as normal,
and as you already should have been - quarantine the sick, elderly, and
infirm.
David Amos
Reply to @Adam
Robbins: I concur Methinks some folks may find it interesting that
nearly every time I say such things my words go "Poof" N'esy Pas?
Rob Sense I
guess we can wait forever since we had no economy to kill in the first
place...Feds...just pony up more equalization and EI and NB will be just
fine. Good shows on TV this time of year.
Pat Holland
Reply to @Rob Sense: I
am wondering where all this money your talking about should come from?
Its clear you have not even a basic knowledge of economics. EI is
supposed to help the business owners forced to shut down how? Who
continues to pay into EI and all the other services required to run a
province if as you suggest they all lay around collecting it watching tv
on their couch?
David Amos
Reply to @Pat Holland:
Methinks if you and your hero Higgy have a basic knowledge of economics
pensions and investments then you should understand why the transcripts
and webcasts of this US Banking Committee hearing I was involved with
long ago went "Poof" N'esy Pas?
Full Committee Hearing
Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
Mutual Fund Industry
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2003
Time: 02:00 PM
Topic
The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
Witnesses
Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
Director - Division of Enforcement
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mr. Robert Glauber
Chairman and CEO
National Association of Securities Dealers
No new cases of COVID-19 detected, 92 people recovered
Three patients remain in the ICU
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Apr 19, 2020 2:09 PM AT
Chief medical officer Dr. Jennifer Russell previously said the declining
rate of COVID-19 case detection doesn't mean the pandemic is over. (Submitted by Government of New Brunswick.)
New Brunswick has detected no new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, as the number of recovered patients continues to rise.
The
total number of infections is steady at 118, according to the
provincial tally. Five more people recovered from the disease in the
last 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 92. The total
number of active cases is 26.
There were a total of 13 people
admitted to hospital since the outbreak began, and five remain. Three of
those five are in the intensive care unit.
The province has conducted 395 tests in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tests done to 10,742.
Here's
what kids across New Brunswick want to know about COVID-19 and here's
what Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's top doctor, has to say. 2:25
The province has
traced Saturday's new case to community transmission. Of the 118 cases,
66 are travel-related, 42 are close contacts of confirmed cases and 10
are the result of community transmission.
The province
previously said a patient with a mild case is considered "recovered"
eight days after showing symptoms, if they're symptom free by then.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos Methinks sometime less is more N'esy Pas?
Ben Haroldson Reply to @David Amos: Sounds so in this case.
David Amos
Reply to @Ben Haroldson: Methinks devious dudes with dubious names calling me names was truly desperate indeed N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @Ben Haroldson: BTW Methinks Higgy likely laughed in spite of
himself when the clown compared me to Pavlov's dog N'esy Pas?
Derek Gudmundson We
can't give this virus an inch. Unlike our neighbors south of the border
with a king that knows nothing, we are not about to sacrifice 1000's of
innocent people just to prove a king wrong.
Do I enjoy being isolated? Absolutely not. I want this over with as soon
as possible. This is awful, I'm depressed and I hate waking up every
morning knowing this is still going on. But I have a child that can
barely control his muscles, he has SMA. Your diaphragm you use to breath
with is a muscle.
What I want to do is insequential to what needs to be done to protect a 3
year old boy. If everyone simply hunkered down for a few weeks, we
could all get back to doing what we love to do.
David Amos
Reply to @Derek Gudmundson: Yea Right
David Amos
Methinks this is just another smoke and mirror
show at the ongoing circus.brought to us by Higgy and Vicky and the rest
of the clowns sometimes camped in Fat Fred City. They want folks to
argue about viruses or ATV riding or Turkey hunting or canceling Canada Day while ignoring their
causing the economy to crash in our neighbourhood while the rest of the world does the same. However the recent
doings of two elephants whom Mikey Holland currently oversees NB Power
and the EUB are truly comical. Yet nobody wants to talk about the "Not
So Smart" Meter nonsense or the blinking and winking about power rate
increases that the Irving Clan did not appreciate N'esy Pas?
Bob Smith Reply
to @David Amos: I think the idea that a pandemic is some sort of circus
is wrong. Compared to our neighbours in Que and NS, NB has been doing
very well and whether you like it or not, Higgs and those around him
have, with some minor bumps, done a good job managing things.
Rob Sense
Reply to @Bob Smith:
it is always a circus of conspiracy with Amos and not based in reality
Bo Zam
Reply to @Bob Smith:
Methinks old Amos never says anything intelligent or useful. Only
negative thoughts behind that screen!! Fox news would love him for sure.
BruceJack
Speculator
Reply to @Bo Zam:
wonder why instead of some unknown partly french quote he does not use
"regardez moi" or "ecoutez moi" ? One thing for sure, if anyone derides
him he loves to attack.
john smith
Reply to @Bo Zam: he
leaves crumbs if it interests you look it up you have the libraries of
alexandria at your fingertips and clearly nothing but time to spend
Ray Oliver
Reply to @BruceJack
Speculator: He has absolutely no restraint from barking back. Its
hilarious. Especially when the comeback is unintelligible most of the
time.
Bo Zam
Reply to @john smith: What i'm reading is that you and David are related?
Michael
Wathen Lynch Chapman Just
out of curiosity, when will it be safe for me to visit my
grandparents??? Neither one of us are experiencing any symptoms and
nobody else in my household is experiencing any symptoms either. We all
live in the Miramichi Region (Zone 7) about 15 - 20 minutes apart from
each other.
SarahRose
Werner
Reply to @Michael
Wathen Lynch Chapman: No one knows the answer to that question yet.
Right now we're being told not to visit people in other households. As
the article explains, restrictions will start to loosen *gradually* in
early May. I'm assuming that your grandparents are seniors, so you
don't want to run the risk that you have an asymptomatic or
pre-symptomatic case of COVID-19 that you might pass on to them.
john smith
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: i wonder because of teh stringent testing protocols has missed
the point. are our numbers so low because we didnt test the for the
disease it has been noted or anecdotally observed people under 70 with
no underlying health problems seem to have little to no symptoms. could
we all have already had it. no one knows.
john smith
Reply to @john smith:
i would like to qualify that with yes this is legit yes it is highly
contagious and with the right factors very very deadly and has several
lasting injuries associated with it. and we also do not know once
infected and recovered the chance of reinfection or the length of time
we may possibly have natural immunity
Yves Savoie
Reply to @Michael
Wathen Lynch Chapman: Visit them, and if they get sick......you'll have a
quick answer!You ready to take that chance...your choice!
val harris
Reply to @Yves Savoie: what an unreal answer I guess your an I....!
David Amos
Reply to @Michael
Wathen Lynch Chapman: Methinks you should ask Higgy's and Vicky's
blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc it appears that the RCMP and the Miramichi
Finest let him go anywhere he wishes with his girlfriend N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply
to @David Amos: The guy had a legitimate question and that's what you
respond with even rather than keeping your trap shut. Goof
Fred Sanford
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Click on his name and hit the mute button. You won't have to see his non-sensical ramblings again.
Bruce Sanders Reply
to @Michael Wathen Lynch Chapman: I have a relative picking up my aunt
to go back to their place. No worries in my view since everyone has
been isolating.. No risk more than the risk of dying in a car accident
at this point.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @john smith:
Every jurisdictions numbers are low because the world has not been
testing enough. That's why Universities like Stanford and Oxford said
separetly a month ago (March 24) we are well into this. Now it's
another month. We are very well into this.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @val harris: Why would you say such a thing? The risk, as they described this, is extremely low.
3 new COVID-19 measures pass in 10 minutes, including protection for workers who must stay home
Also power to establish daycares for essential workers and suspended deadlines to file court actions
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Apr 17, 2020 1:04 PM AT
Only a handful of MLAs were in the house for Friday's short session. (CBC)
The New Brunswick legislature met for a quick 25-minute sitting
Friday to adopt three new measures in response to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Workers will now be protected from being fired for
staying home if they're self-isolating or if they have to care for a
sick family member.
The bill amends the Employment Standards
Act, which already has protections for workers, but "none of them would
directly apply to the unprecedented emergency situation we find
ourselves in today," Labour Minister Trevor Holder told the house.
MLAs
also voted to give the government the power to establish emergency
child-care centres for children of essential workers who haven't been
able to find other arrangements.
The province closed daycares
last month as part its response to the pandemic but allowed some centres
to operate for children of essential workers.
The
law will let the province set up centres "in areas of need, when all
other avenues have been exhausted," Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart
said.
The same bill, which amends the Emergency Measures Act,
also suspends the deadlines for New Brunswickers filing court actions or
complaints to provincial tribunals.
The deadlines will be suspended during the emergency and for 90 days after it ends.
All
three measures had been approved by an all-party cabinet committee that
includes Premier Blaine Higgs, key Progressive Conservative ministers
and the leaders of the Liberal, Green and People's Alliance parties.
Government House Leader Glen Savoie thanked the party leaders for their collaboration. (Radio-Canada)
MLAs gave unanimous consent to skip routine business such as
Question Period and to allow first, second and third readings of the
bills to happen the same day, without sending them to a committee for
study and debate.
PC House Leader Glen Savoie thanked all parties for agreeing to the hasty timetable.
"It
behooves the public to know that New Brunswick is a leader as an entire
province because of the collaboration of the leaders of all the
parties," he said, thanking each of them in turn.
"Without
their leadership and without the work that they're doing, New Brunswick
couldn't be a leader. … I think we're a model for the rest of the
country to follow."
I
really believe we're kind of onto something with the non-partisan
approach to building an economic recovery road map, and something that
will stand the test of time.
- Blaine Higgs, premier
The passage of the bills took less than 10 minutes. Lieutenant-Governor Brenda Murphy then arrived and gave royal assent.
Only
a handful of MLAs were in the house and they sat in different seats to
keep at least two metres apart from each other. House rules require a
minimum of 14 members be in their seats to pass legislation.
Speaker
Daniel Guitard said he hopes the legislature can return to normal
functions soon. "I'd like to be able to see everyone here," he said.
Coon seeks return of Question Period, debate
Green
Party Leader David Coon tweeted during the sitting that "hopefully this
will be the last time we meet in such a limited capacity, without
Question Period, debate and other routine proceedings.
"All leaders have agreed to discuss how to safely bring back the Legislature to normal functioning," he said.
Earlier
this week Green MLA Kevin Arseneau tweeted that Question Period should
take place and that he wishes "democracy be deemed an essential
service."
But Arseneau was not in the house Friday to deny unanimous consent for skipping Question Period.
Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau in a temporary constituency
office near his Rogersville-area farm. He has expressed concern about
skipping Question Period in the legislature. (Kevin Arseneau)
Coon told
reporters that the legislative administration committee, made up of MLAs
from all parties, has been asked to come up with proposals by early May
"to reinstate a more or less fully functioning legislature" with
proceedings in person, online or in a combination of the two.
He
also said he expects the all-party cabinet committee he's part of will
no longer operate after the first wave of COVID-19 has passed and New
Brunswick can "get back into society in some fashion."
He said
that, and the likelihood that opinions of political parties about
pandemic responses will increasingly diverge as time goes on, is another
reason the legislature needs to function again.
But Premier
Blaine Higgs said while it's necessary to "get democracy back in
action," normal sitting days should only resume when it makes sense
under Public Health guidelines.
He said he'd like to see the
all-party committee continue its non-partisan work so the government can
come up with a durable approach to rebuilding the economy.
"I
really believe we're kind of onto something with the non-partisan
approach to building an economic recovery road map, and something that
will stand the test of time."
Too soon for full sitting
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said it's too soon to think about having a fuller complement of MLAs sitting.
"We're
telling people to stay home and to only go out when it's essential …
and then on the other hand we're going to go into the legislature and
spend hours on end debating issues that may not be that relevant to the
state of emergency?"
He said the all-party committee, which is
now sitting twice a week and does not meet publicly, is "not the ideal"
but it's the best way to raise issues at the moment.
Liberal MLA
Rob McKee said it's "premature to think we can get back to normal
orders of the day" and it's not a priority until things start to get
back to normal.
No change in fines
The government had
considered legislation to increase the fines for people violating
physical distancing rules under the COVID-19 emergency order.
But
Higgs said earlier this week that "the recent case numbers would
indicate this may not be necessary" and no such bill was introduced. The
current range for fines is $240 to $10,200.
David Amos Methinks
all the local political animals know what happened here but nobody will
ever talk about it because of the deal the Green Meanie made to support
Higgy since his French Deputy Premier Gauvin quit to sit and an
Independent N'esy Pas?
"Green Party Leader David Coon tweeted during the sitting that
"hopefully this will be the last time we meet in such a limited
capacity, without Question Period, debate and other routine proceedings.
"All leaders have agreed to discuss how to safely bring back the Legislature to normal functioning," he said.
Earlier this week Green MLA Kevin Arseneau tweeted that Question Period
should take place and that he wishes "democracy be deemed an essential
service."
But Arseneau was not in the house Friday to deny unanimous consent for skipping Question Period."
David Amos Content disabled Methinks I played my part in making Higgy change his mind N'esy Pas?
The government had considered legislation to increase the fines for
people violating physical distancing rules under the COVID-19 emergency
order. But Higgs said earlier this week that "the recent case numbers
would indicate this may not be necessary" and no such bill was
introduced
David Amos "Government House Leader Glen Savoie thanked the party leaders for their collaboration"
Of that I have no doubt
Gary MacKay All
this positive destroyed in my opinion by allowing the ATV's (all
terrain virus spreaders) back on the trails. They have enough accidents
weekly to fill the hospitals as it is. We don't need them going to their
camps in the woods having parties and coming home all innocent and
declaring they have maintained 6' distancing. What is good for one will
be good for all. This is not smart IMO.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Gary MacKay: Cry me a river
David Peters Reply to @Gary MacKay:
How much more liberty do we need to give up to protect a public monopoly?
It obviously cannot handle healthcare for NB. Time to open this sector up to free market solutions.
Not only will it lead to better, faster and cheaper healthcare, it will
actually give an healthcare option to those this system cannot handle.
DJ Redfern "git er done"
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @DJ Redfern: Methinks Higgy et al that on the slate to be polished off on or about the 12th of Never N'esy Pas?
One new case of COVID-19 found, bringing total to 118
Province conducted 447 tests in the last 24 hours
Hadeel Ibrahim · CBC News · Posted: Apr 18, 2020 12:57 PM AT
Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical officer of health,
said residents need to remain vigilant so public health can reduce the
number of COVID-19 cases in the province. (Photo: Government of New Brunswick)
New Brunswick has broken a two-day streak with one new COVID-19 case announced Saturday.
The new case is a person aged 30-39 in Zone 3, or the Fredericton region. It's the sixth new case since last Saturday.
This
brings the total of COVID-19 cases in the province to 118. But the
number of recovered patients continues to outpace the number of new
cases, with 87 people declared recovered so far.
New
Brunswick hospitals have admitted 13 people with COVID-19 in total.
Five remain as of Saturday, and three of them are in the intensive care
unit.
Province spokesperson Anne Mooers said there have been
four people in total admitted to the ICU since the beginning of the
outbreak. One has been discharged, and three remain.
There's
a lot of confusion about face masks now. Here are your top questions
answered by chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell. 4:39
The province has
the source of almost all the infections traced. Of the 118, 66 are
travel-related, 42 are close contacts of confirmed cases, nine are the
result of community transmission and one remains under investigation.
Mooers
said it's not safe to assume that all new cases are from community
transmission, because essential travel is still permitted.
The province has done a total of 10,300 tests since the beginning of the outbreak, and 447 in the last 24 hours.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website. Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
Kate LeBlanc Must have been and ATV'er.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Kate LeBlanc: Many are quite naive !
David Amos
Reply to @Kate LeBlanc: Methinks it must have been because the all knowing little Lou would not be naive N'esy Pas?
Ian Scott Question
is where did that one patient get ill from? There should be no travel
related cases at this point, only leftover contacts but it does not say
whether is a community case which is more worrisome. ie its still around
with carriers etc.
Ian Scott
Reply to @Ian Scott: Or related to essential travel contact whatever those are.Hopefully not into Ontario or PQ or even NS,
Tristin
Time
Reply to @Ian Scott:
Evasive tactics by the medical officer. They always quote "Privacy" as
the cause. If, "we're all in this together", as they keep quoting, then
information should be released aside from names and addresses. Assume
anyone in ICU is on a ventilator, otherwise there is no reason for them
to be there. Self-Isolation will only last so long. These vague answers
only support the spread of a virus. It seems strange this serial-killer
(COVID-19) is allowed to run muck because of "privacy". Remember,
censorship is a key component to crowd control!
Lou Bell
Reply to @Ian Scott:
There are still people returning from down south or in the western U.S. ,
as well as other countries . Many still would have had medical coverage
through medical plans . They would have been plans confimed before
COVID hit.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Tristin
Time: If you could comprehend , these souces of contact , be it travel
or community , take time to trace. Not as if it's a 15 minute process .
BruceJack Speculator
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Agree, and not to be too paranoid, but people may not be completely
honest about their behaviour if it is against the rules (such as self
isolation), so tracing would be quite difficult.
David Amos
Reply to @BruceJack Speculator: "not to be too paranoid"
Surely you jest
Matthew
Smith ah...New Brunswick...can't even have a proper pandemic...
Lou Bell
Reply to @Matthew
Smith: With the Liberals in charge we most likely would have had a full
throttle one . A one agenda party and this wouldn't have been on their
radar.
David Amos
Reply to @Matthew Smith: Welcome to the circus
Terry Hughes Stay the course people. Don't be stupid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ranjit Bhatia
Reply to @Terry Hughes: what is the course? Has anyone said ?
David Amos
Reply to @Ranjit Bhatia: Methinks its par for the course for Higgy and Hughes has no clue what his game is N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell Reply to @David Amos: And then there are those who don't understand those 3 simple words !
Paul Estey
Reply to @Lou Bell: well put...
David Amos
Reply to @Paul Estey:
Methinks you have have the same name as a questionable ex cop from Fat
Fred City who has yet to read Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas?
Wally Manza
wow...good we got the
whole province shut down and cops on the roads. I can't believe there
are so many people in the hospital with this deadly disease and even 3
NBer's in the ICU wow. i hope we survive but many won't, sad.
Terry
Viceroy
Reply to @Wally Manza:
" good we got the whole province shut down and cops on the roads "
why is that good?
They didn't do that in BC and they are ready to roll out easements and re-open
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Wally
Manza: Compared to other provinces, to have admitted *only* 13 people to
hospital and already released 8 of them is really good! Hopefully
there will not be "many" deaths or long-term effects. But I agree that
even one is a sad thing.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Wally
Manza: Perhaps all you need to do is look to our south or west for
comparison ! Or is that beyond youer scope of reasoning ? As of
yesterday Maine had over 800 positive cases , 29 deaths ; Nova Scotia
over 600 cases , 4 deaths ( not including 47 more positives today and 3
more deaths ) . Too much to comprehend ???
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Just a clarification: almost all of Maine’s cases are concentrated in
the southern part (around Portland) and midcoast. Here in eastern and
northern Maine, we have four cases (with 3 recovered).
Tristin Time
Reply to @Terry
Viceroy: Agreed shutting down an economy is not good. This is only the
beginning for the virus. With warm weather around the corner, so are the
number of cases to be reported. I very much hope to be wrong but
history has a tendency to repeat itself.
Marco Bernardo
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
Take care of yourself Jim. With the protest movement going on, so much
infighting a lack of cooperation within your country from politics to
everyday people, I fear that your communities are in for much harder
times. You never saw this much chaos in Italy or Spain and look at how
hard the virus hit those nations. There are far more severe regions
than Maine in the US but has Maine closed its borders to protect itself
against travel, and more spread, from those regions? Have you seen any
indication that protests will be happening in your state?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Jim Cyr: The further Americans can get from their ignorant POTUS the better off they are ! DISTANCING !!!
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Marco
Bernardo: Maine has a very liberal governor and state CDC director.
They have stated that they want to still be welcoming, and do not
believe in closing borders. So infected people from other states
continue to come into Maine. It’s insane
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Lou Bell: Actually, Trump has done a better job with this than Trudeau.
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Cyr: True
David Amos
Reply to @Wally Manza: Methinks you jest just enough N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell Reply
to @Jim Cyr: No he hasn't !! The US ( 10 times Canada's population )
has 20 times the cases and 20 times the deaths ! His isolate one day ,
OPEN THE BORDERS the next has shown all how really cl ue less POTUS
really is ! He's done nothing ! Theses would include
1. Today we have 15 cases , in two days it'll be close to zero
2. It's just a flu !
3. It's the states responsibility !
4. It's a federal responsibility !
5. We're not shipping clerks !
6. Althoughj he was warned in early January and they need to prepare , he DID NOTHING !
Which is is A GREAT JOB ???????????????
Lou Bell
Reply to @Lou Bell: Jimmy ? Are you there ??? Didn't think so !!! truth is soo hard to justify .
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks its time for your nap N'esy Pas?
Johnny Almar Now the post-Easter wave starts. Nice going people. NOT.
val harris
Reply to @Johnny Almar: one case relax geez 6 in a week the virus is always gonna be here Fear is awful
Fred Dee
Reply to @val harris: being out of work and loosing money!!! that is awful!!!!
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Dee: YUP How is your tooth and your dentist doing?
Premier Blaine Higgs and chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell give an update on New Brunswick COVID-19. 0:00
Up to 70 workers from a power services company in New Brunswick
have been told to self-isolate at home after restoring power in Maine
over the past week.
Thousands of residents in Maine lost power
for just over a week after a snow and wind storm.
Utilities in the
state called on Holland Power Services in Fredericton for help.
"In
these trying times, when you're in the dark and uncertain in uncertain
times, we really need to step up and help those people
effectively," Earl Holland, president and owner of Holland Power
Service, said Friday.
There are more than 800 cases of COVID-19 in Maine, the majority of them in the southern part of the state.
Holland said his crews were working in northern and central areas of Maine.
"It is an emergency mandatory service," he said. "We have to prepare continuously for all kinds of different scenarios."
The company
put together a plan two months ago, preparing for the pandemic. For
instance, one person is instructed to drive a bucket truck, while that
person's partner drives another vehicle.
Holland said his staff have returned home safely on Thursday and will stay home for 14 days.
"If
there happened to be another storm and services are required again,
we'll have to make that judgment of when or if we would go," he said.
Crews
were also asked to restore power Pennsylvania and Rhode Island but
Holland said the company declined because of safety risks.
"We'll have to make that judgment of when or if we would go."
A look at how hospitals are preparing for COVID-19 patients
In
a Twitter post, the president of the New Brunswick Medical Society has
revealed what it would look like to intubate patients coming in with
COVID-19 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton.
Dr. Chris Goodyear showed people what the intensive-care unit looks like for patients with COViD-19 who need to be looked after.
Medical staff at the hospital practise putting on personal
protective gear, which included face shield. Then they safely take it
off,
"By you practising your proper social distancing, your
self-isolation as well as your handwashing techniques, hopefully I'll
never have to put that stuff on again," Goodyear says in the video.
Premier
Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical
officer of health, will provide an update to the COVID-19 outbreak at
2:30 p.m.
On Thursday, the province announced there were no new cases of COVID-19 in the province, and the total stands at 117.
Sixty-six
of those cases are travel-related, 42 are close contacts of previously
confirmed cases, and nine are the result of community transmission.
There are no cases under investigation.
During the pandemic, 12 people have been hospitalized and seven
have been discharged. Six patients remain in hospital, including
three in intensive care.
To date, 80 people have recovered.
Province could slip into 'severe recession'
Earlier
this week, the Royal Bank forecast New Brunswick's economy will shrink
by 4.5 per cent this year and temporarily shed 43,000 jobs before
recovery begins toward the end of summer.
"We now project all
provinces will slip into a severe recession," bank economists Robert
Hogue and Ramya Muthukumaran wrote in a report looking at the prospects
for each province coping with the coronavirus.
"Business
closures, massive layoffs and drastically reduced working hours for
those still employed generate additional knock-on effects for other
sectors — leading to further job losses and deepening the economic
contraction. The end result will be for 2020 to mark the steepest
one-year decline in GDP for all provinces."
The Conference Board
of Canada, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto-Dominion and
National banks have each recently projected a severe economic
contraction in New Brunswick this year of between 3.2 and 4.1 per
cent.
That's significantly worse than the banking crisis and
recession of 2008 when New Brunswick's economy declined by a combined
0.6 per cent over two years.
Legislature adopts 3 new measures in response to COVID-19
The
New Brunswick legislature met for a quick 25-minute sitting Friday to
adopt three new measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workers
will now be protected from being fired for staying home if they're
self-isolating or if they have to care for a sick family member.
The
bill amends the Employment Standards Act, which already has protections
for workers, but "none of them would directly apply to the
unprecedented emergency situation we find ourselves in today," Labour
Minister Trevor Holder told the house.
MLAs also voted to give
the government the power to establish emergency child care centres for
children of essential workers who haven't been able to find other
arrangements.
Contact
tracing is crucial to limiting the spread of an outbreak. Here's a look
inside the detective work done by public health nurses during a
pandemic. 2:06
The province
closed daycares last month as part its response to the pandemic but
allowed some centres to operate for children of essential workers.
But
not everyone has been able to find spots, so the law will let the
province set up centres "in areas of need, when all other avenues have
been exhausted," Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart said.
The
same bill, which amends the Emergency Measures Act, also suspends the
deadlines for New Brunswickers filing court actions or complaints to
provincial tribunals.
The deadlines will be suspended during the emergency and for 90 days after it ends.
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website.
Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos Methinks
folks must have figured out by now why I am honoured that Higgy and his
buddies never vote for me when I run in Fundy Royal N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
However just because we are political foes it does not permit Higgy to
deny me the right to have my Health Care Card back. Methinks Higgy would
never dare to do such a thing against a member of a political gang
N'esy Pas?
Janice
small Being
honest this virus isn't going away until their is a vaccine to cure it
and I believe our province has handeled it well.... Another month, 6
months or a year,, Higgs its time to open NB up and gradually get
bussiness going again...And we will have to deal with the continued
virus on a daily basics...( not going away ) Many bussiness small and
large won't open,, as this has put them on a slippery slow to bankruptcy
. Not to meantion how many NB'ERs have taken a massive hit on their
credit scores...And making them vulnerable to high risk leading rates
with a poorer credit score and being no fault of their own..That being
said you and Jennifer need to stop now looking for the perfect score or
numbers like your gambling at a casinos...You have the figures now and
you are both looking at them and they are the best in Canada...Do
something ,, we need a tentitive date, even if it's a moving target..
Time to talk to us Blaine..This isn't meant to be negative,, just
telling you how many NBers feel..
David Amos
Reply to @Janice
small: Methinks Higgy's paranoia has already broken the back of many a
small business in NB.Those folks the generate most of the taxes that pay
the fancy wages of his bloated bureaucracy. In my humble opinion the
latest nonsense about his buddy Kevin Cormier formerly of the ECO just
cooked his goose before the next election N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Amos:
Naw , he's doing a great job. He says he plans on opening up the
province by May 1st and the SANB Libs cooked their goose with their
underhanded , unannouced 130 million dollar giveaway , TWICE that of
their 65 million dollar Atcon giveaway .
Janice small Right
decision was made here..Mr Higgs & Jennifer,, cuffs and shackles
have to be softened now..NB is beating this, we are due for a early
parole..
David Amos
Reply to @Janice small: Too little Too late
Fern
Robichaud Higgs,
you're not showing leadership, just letting the province deteriorate is
going to cost you the next election. Open up the province, get the kids
back in school and move forward. Let's be the 1st to do so !
Lou Bell
Reply to @Fern
Robichaud: Let's be smart and do it right ! We don't want another
potential FULL shutdown because some people have " ants in their pants "
!
David Amos
Reply to @Fern
Robichaud: Methinks Higgy's goose is already cooked but at least nexat
year Minister Mikey will have lots of time to hunt Turkey instead
worrying about what NB Power and the Irving Clan are up to N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Fern
Robichaud: Naw , a 130 million dollar Liberal fiasco , minimal deaths (
if any ) from COVID , and being smart will win him a majority . Libs
will have their guaranted 30 % vote, not much more . Their huge blunder
with the " Phonie Games " cost them Provincial leadership for many years
to come .
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks the virus did us the favour of stopping NB Power's latest rate
Increase and in delaying the "second" decision on the "Not So Smart"
Meter Nonsense N'esy Pas?
Roger
Richard
Reply to @Lou Bell:
The “Phonie Games” were a huge blunder for sure. Let us hope that the
deployment of smart meters will not be approved by NBEUB because that is
also going to be a very big blunder.
Lou Bell
Reply to @Roger
Richard: The board decides that , not the Conservatives . I believe it's
mpretty well the same people who were there in the last Government !
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Methinks everybody knows that the EUB follows the orders from the
government in power at the time. That is why they held the second go
around for "Not So Smart Meters" If folks wish to recall the EUB even
allowed NB Power to apply for a a rate increase late but just as soon as
after the PANB supported Higgy's takeover N'esy Pas?
Fern Robichaud Reply
to @Lou Bell: Higgs announced that he was relegating his authority to a
task force. We didn't vote for a task force, he's the Premier who has
to take advice from the task force but not limited to it. This is
unprecedented and will cost him dearly.
Fern Robichaud
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Higgs has shown he even less than ants in his pants; he removed himself
from governance, only to act as spokesperson.
David Amos
Reply to @Fern Robichaud: YUP
David Peters How is that going to help if the company goes out of business?
Lou Bell
Reply to @David Peters: Being dead does no one good either !!
David Amos
Reply to @Lou Bell: Methinks its time for your nap N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
there is something wrong with you bud. Guess isolation got took another NBer down. your not the first
Dotty Gaudet
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: I would like to know too. How did he cross our NB border with
Ontario plates, dr lic., health care, etc. Just him saying he is going
to his house in PEI, you would think he would need proof he lived in PEI
before police allowed him into NB. PEI authorities wouldn't even let
him into the province and NB did.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: The Federal Government decides who enters Canada. Send a note to the PM and ask him why.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Wally Manza:
How so? Here we are, all (or most) of us huddling in our huts, trying to
prevent the spread of this virus, being told the whole time "our
borders are closed". Yet this guy gets in his car in Florida, casually
drives up and enters NB, attempts to enter PEI, gets refused, circles
about for a few days, visits Quebec AND Ontario, drives back through NB
and finally gets to enter PEI.
This is what? The exception? Or is it only 1 among many that have no
trouble travelling through our closed borders? If our borders are
"closed" how is this possible?
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Bruce Sanders:
No Bruce, Mr Trudeau NEVER told us the NB borders were closed, but Mr Higgs did.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Dotty Gaudet:
If you read the story this guy gets in his car in Florida, casually
drives up and enters NB, attempts to enter PEI, gets refused, circles
about for a few days, visits Quebec AND Ontario, drives back through NB
and finally gets to enter PEI.
Sure sounds like a pretend closed border closed by a make-believe premier.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you should check my work more closely N'esy Pas?
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: presumably that makes you feel better, but your points are out of context.
David Amos
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: Nope
Roger Richard
Reply to @David Amos:
This is art in motion Mr. Amos: “Methinks things may change for Barry
Humberstone in a heartbeat if he were to mention my name to Steven Myers
and his boss N’esy Pas?”
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Methinks he did much to the chagrin of DeanRoger Ray N'esy Pas?
Samual
Johnston I
don’t really see how any of this opening up is going to work without a
vaccine. We keep our provincial border closed for the most part and
open things up. But our borders are not really really closed. I have a
friend in NS would will be there for a couple weeks and when he returns
he will isolate with his wife at home for two weeks however his wife
will travel to work every day. If things are more open the virus could
spread for weeks until the new batch of infected show symptoms. And
then the workers allowed to cross back and for the do not have to
isolate and all the other exceptions exist. Having said all that I
think we do need to open and have a massive monitoring program and a
quick reaction plan prepared to deal with new outbreaks.
Jim Cyr
Reply to @Samual Johnston: Simple: your friend is not allowed back into NB
.
Samual
Johnston
Reply to @Jim Cyr:
but he is allowed back and the construction and essential service
workers are back and forth every day. You can not prevent a person from
returning to their home when they broke no rule in leaving.
Marco Bernardo
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: Your friend would have to sneak across the border since he is
not a resident of New Brunswick. There should be a serious penalty for
that. When I say closed borders, I mean no outsiders coming into our
province except supply lines. Even then, we need to be on guard to test
people delivering those goods (by plane, rail, truck or boat) and to
ensure that packaging wasn't just packed and handled in the last couple
of days. Information about the virus surviving on various surfaces is
still coming out.
Samual
Johnston
Reply to @Marco Bernardo: sorry I worded that poorly my friend lives here and is in NS and will be there a couple weeks.
Marco Bernardo
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: It's going to be like the hydro workers who did work in Maine
and just came back. He's going to have to do the mandatory isolation
for 2 weeks at his residence. Our province needs to keep cross border
activity tight, and heavily monitored, if it is not supply lines. I
feel for your friend Samual. I will say that the emergency funding
really needs to be there for New Brunswickers, like your friend, who
will most likely be affected by the closed borders.
Reply to @Samual Johnston:
Many ppl who caught the virus have recovered.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you have your knickers in quite a knot this morning N'esy Pas?
Lou Bell
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Yeah they're closed ! you just don't understand they are . They're the ones we need to fear most .
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Lou Bell:
Most certainly they are not. The proof of that is in the CBC story.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
I certainly do. Who does Mr Higgs *think* he is? Another Trudeau with a fist full of "just kidding" promises?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you do understand that we are already done in again by all the political gangs N'esy Pas?
Samual
Johnston I
know for a fact that cottage owners around here are not staying home.
Many have begun moving in on weekends. I am torn...personally I’d like
them to stay away but they should be allowed to travel,to their own
properties. PEI is preventing non islanders from traveling to their
cottages so not much of a step to require everyone to stay in their
principle residence. Decisions decisions.
Jim Johnston
Reply to @Samual
Johnston: So cottagers that can self isolate are a problem but ATVers
out and about are not? In normal times there is much more social
interaction with ATVing then spending time a cottage.
Wally Manza
Reply to @Samual Johnston:
why can't people go to their cottage? justin Trudeau visited his over easter, even went to quebec to do it.
David Amos
Reply to @Wally Manza: Yup
Marco
Bernardo
Premiere
Higgs, his team and the multi-party committee really have my deepest
thanks for keeping the borders sealed. If we can clear the virus in our
province over the next few weeks then our local economy can start to
recover and take some financial pressure off the provincial government.
The real danger then would be to ensure that no outside travel seeds
the virus back into our province. Cross border supply lines obviously
need to be maintained but we should be on guard there as well. Local
driven economics is not like having a full economy with lots of
inter-provincial and international travel but it is a good start. That
kind of normal Canadian Confederation with lots of border movement, that
the hospitality industry relies on, is really going to have to wait for
reliable vaccines.
Marc Martin
Reply to @Marco
Bernardo: Higgs and his friends are not even testing half of what the
other provinces are testing per capita, alot of people will get sick
because of this.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Marco Bernardo:
The borders are not sealed, we are being told they are, but they are not.........
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks that is merely par for the course of the wicked
political game all the politcal parties are playing and I helped to
prove on PEI N'esy Pas?
Ferdinand Boudreau We
got to control our borders and its easier here in NB to do. The economy
has to open internally before we expand. This is new stuff to
everybody--let go slowly
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Ferdinand Boudreau:
Yes, we should be controlling our borders, but sadly we are not:
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks Barry Humberstone made the usual deal with CBC, Steven
Myers and his boss to never mention my name then he was in like Flynn
N'esy Pas?
Randall Vienneau Again no matter how low the numbers are, in her mind we must stay locked down indefinitely. Not reasonable.
Rob Sense
Reply to @Randall Vienneau:
Agreed
Sarah Brown
Reply to @Randall
Vienneau: I agree...the measures are becomg far too extreme and our
civil liberties are being encroached on and eroded away.
Marc Martin
Reply to @Sarah Brown: Far too extreme? They are stoping people from killing other people....
David Amos
Reply to @Sarah Brown: I Wholeheartedly Agree As Well
Jim Cyr Just
a clarification: Holland Electric was in central Maine. We consider
northern Maine to be anything above Bangor, and nobody up here lost
power.
Premier sas May 1 possible date for lifting some restrictions
As number of cases plateau, politicians on New Brunswick Political Panel talk about recovery
CBC News · Posted: Apr 17, 2020 12:18 PM AT
Premier Blaine Higgs says the case numbers over the next two weeks will influence decisions. (Office of the Premier)
The province could
lift restrictions as soon as May 1, if the number of people testing
positive remains low and recovery rates remain high, says Premier Blaine
Higgs.
Just under 10,000 people have been tested as of Friday.
There are 117 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick. Eighty
people have recovered.
"It all prefaces around a continuation of
what we're seeing today in terms of new cases and recovered cases,"
Higgs said during a discussion on Information Morning on Friday with the COVID-19 committee of party leaders.
Air traffic and other modes of transportation into and out of the province would continue to be restricted, Higgs said.
Removing
some restrictions may lead to New Brunswick reopening its border with
Prince Edward Island, which also has few cases in comparison to the rest
of the country.
Green Party Leader David Coon agreed the government needs to be very careful about relaxing restrictions.
He
said the government needs to be sure that New Brunswick numbers are low
and that there are enough test kits and the capacity to test before the
province lets businesses start up again.
"We have to figure out how to live with this bloody virus," Coon said.
Coon said recovery should focus on reviving the service industry and becoming more self-sufficient in food production.
"We
need the necessary supports in order to enable our farmers to ramp up
[production], particularly in areas like vegetable production."
Liberal
Party Leader Kevin Vickers said he would like to have a post-pandemic
summit, where politicians, business leaders and academics would meet to
discuss recommendations for moving forward.
Higgs agreed a summit to hear from others about steps toward recovery would be a good idea.
"If
you're trying to restart your economy, do you restart it by just
getting everything back to normal, or do you restart it with the
conditions and on a path that it's actually going to survive?" Higgs
asked.
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said it's possible
there will be a silver lining in New Brunswick's response to the
pandemic — a "redesigned" government. Things the province tried for
years to accomplish, such as moving some seniors from hospital beds into
nursing homes, were accomplished in two weeks because of the outbreak,
he said.
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Douglas
James Gotta
love politicians. "Liberal Party Leader Kevin Vickers said he would
like to have a post-pandemic summit, where politicians, business leaders
and academics would meet to discuss recommendations for moving
forward." Not a farmer in site I guess, let alone any other citizen,
just "politicians, business leaders and academics", the very people
who've contributed to the failed society that made us so vulnerable in
the first place.
David Amos
Reply to @Douglas
James: Methinks Vicky's buddies McKenna and Graham plowed under farmers
and private woodlot owners with their BS long ago N'esy Pas?
DeanRoger Ray
Reply
to @David Amos: Did either of them try to convince a farmer to say UFOs
and lasers were responsible for killing his cattle when it was uranium
poisoning instead? I'm afraid that was someone else who cost Werner Bock
his farm Nestle Crunch?
David Amos Reply
to @David Amos: Methinks I should advise folks beware of tr o lls or to
Google the following if they doubt my sincerity N'esy Pas?
Dean Roger Ray Tofield
Fred Dee When
will dentistry get back? Broke a tooth... but not an emergency I have
been told... so when can I get it fixed???? She, my dentist has no
idea!!!! driving me nuts!!
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Fred Dee:
You are not alone! I know of some who had a tooth removed a few weeks
back, and then when it was time to remove the stiches, "no! not an
emergency!"
Premier Blaine Higgs said the Restaurant Association requested the amendment. (Photo: Government of New Brunswick)
New Brunswick has no new cases of COVID-19, the chief medical officer of health announced Thursday.
"This is good news, but we must not lose focus," Dr. Jennifer Russell told reporters during the daily update in Fredericton.
The
actions being taken are slowing the spread and building barriers the
virus cannot cross, but everyone needs to continue to stay home as much
as possible, stressed Russell.
One
case can quickly spread to three other people through close contacts,
she said. Within a matter of weeks, that can quickly multiply to 2,187
cases.
Premier Blaine Higgs announced the state of emergency has been extended for another 14 days.
The
declaration will continue to be extended in two-week increments until
the government is confident it is not longer needed, he said.
The total number of cases confirmed since March stands at 117.
Sixty-six
are travel-related, 42 are close contacts of previously confirmed
cases, and nine are the result of community transmission. There are no
cases under investigation.
Dr. Jennifer Russell provided an update to reporters in Fredericton on Thursday. (Photo: Government of New Brunswick)
During the pandemic, 12 people have been hospitalized and seven
have since been discharged. Five patients remain in hospital, including
three in intensive care.
To date, 77 people have recovered.
Restrictions could be eased if border stayed shut, ex-official says
A
slow reopening of New Brunswick, while keeping the borders closed,
could be a safe step forward, New Brunswick's former chief medical
officer of health says.
It's been almost one month since
Premier Blaine Higgs declared a state of emergency, giving the
government broad powers to enforce business closures and social
distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
"It's important
that we start freeing up people as best we can and moving on the economy
as quickly as we can, while recognizing that we still have a serious
disease to deal with and mitigate," Dr. Eilish Cleary said Thursday.
The
province confirmed one new case of COVID-19 on Wednesday. No new cases
were reported Tuesday and only two new cases were reported on Monday.
Although
further testing is required to confirm there are few to no cases of
community transmission, Cleary said it's time to move with caution to
the next phase.
She
said that phase would include allowing businesses to start reopening,
with caution, and letting friends visit each other. Gatherings should
still be banned, Cleary said.
There is a total of 117 COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick. (Photo: CBC News)
All of the restrictions have bought the province time, she said, and have created a safer space within New Brunswick.
"We've closed up our borders, we've hunkered down to ride out the storm," Cleary said.
"And although we need more evidence to prove it, the signs are that we've been successful so far."
Cleary
made it clear this coronavirus hasn't gone away and is likely to stay
for a while yet. Quick detection of the virus is also still needed, even
when restrictions are reduced.
"We will continue to see more cases from now until the time we have a vaccine."
Cleary compared New Brunswick to a hedgehog crumpling into a prickly ball to protect itself.
"Just
like the hedgehog eventually needs to come out and get some food and
water or it will die, what we're doing at the moment is not
sustainable."
Dr. Eilish Cleary, New Brunswick's former chief medical
officer of health, said businesses could soon slowly start to
reopen and friends could soon visit each other. ((CBC))
She said the
province should also identify and move to protect vulnerable
populations, such as residents of long-term care homes and prisons, by
conducting more tests.
"We have to pay particular attention to protect the residents and the staff there," Cleary said.
Contaminated test kits delivered from China
Thousands
of kits meant to screen for COVID-19 delivered to New Brunswick from a
supplier in China last week were contaminated and unusable.
Dr. Richard Garceau, a microbiologist-infectologist at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, told Radio-Canada more than 6,400 test kits were contaminated.
"As
soon as we received them, we realized that they were all contaminated
with bacteria … In addition to being contaminated, the product was
defective," Garceau said.
When
asked by a reporter Wednesday about how many test kits the province
has, Premier Blaine Higgs said "there are plenty of test kits" to meet
the demand for testing.
"Supplies are not restricting our
ability to provide maximum health care and testing that we need to do,
as it's decided to be done," Higgs said.
Dental offices remain closed but still able to help
Dental offices across the province are still closed, but dentists are on call to treat patients in emergencies.
Paul
Blanchard, executive director of the New Brunswick Dental Society, said
people shouldn't shy away from contacting their dentist if they're
experiencing pain.
There
are four categories of emergencies: oral facial trauma, significant
infection, prolonged bleeding that doesn't stop after 15 minutes, and
major pain that can't be managed with over-the-counter drugs.
Resources
are being centralized, so only some dentists in major areas, such as
Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton and Edmundston, are available to treat
emergency situations.
Regular teeth cleanings are not considered an emergency and should be rescheduled once dentist offices are open again.
"In
normal times I would say prevention is important, but right now we are
under a state of emergency and those services … are not considered to be
emergency services," Blanchard said.
The majority of cases are being managed over the phone.
"The dentists aren't in the office, but they are checking the machines."
Blachard
said dentists have enough personal protective equipment if they were to
encounter a possible situation involving COVID-19.
Restaurants push government to make alcohol a takeout option
Some
restaurant owners are pushing the province to change its liquor laws to
allow businesses to offer alcohol as part of takeout meals.
Restaurants have been forced to provide takeout and contactless delivery to stay afloat during the pandemic.
Right now, it's against the law to sell alcohol off-site.
Jennie
Wilson, co-owner of 11th Mile in Fredericton, would like to offer
customers wine, beer and cocktails as takeout to pair with meals.
"We
do think this idea of providing alcohol along with our meals would
further the idea that [customers] are having an 11th Mile experience at
home," Wilson said.
Shawna Foster, co-owner of MOCO Downtown, also hopes the government moves swiftly to change the law.
The Department of Public Safety said it's aware restaurants want to offer alcohol and is reviewing the law.
"We're looking for ways to make money now," Wilson said.
"Offering alcohol as a to-go option allows customers to support businesses in another way."
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website.
Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos Methinks its gonna be an interesting sideshow today before Higgy's circus unfolds its tent again tomorrow N'esy Pas?
David Amos I
noticed the title of this article has been changed. Trust that I don't
care that the wealthy few can now get their booze with the takeout and
deliveries of of fancy dinners while sup on potatoes and spam or beans
and franks.
Methinks my biggest concern about Higgy et al constantly yapping about a
Chinese virus at Chinese Dentist time (Tooth Hurty) is that my good
friend Dr Roger Richard is not allowed to pull a couple of my bad teeth
but the wealthy dentists in Fat Fred City etc are permitted to do so for
a much higher fee.I have no doubt it is so the wealthy few who can
afford to order fancy dinners can chew on their feed with great teeth.
That is not fair to poor old rural folks who have less teeth everyday
and eating steak and hot and cold drinks can become quite a chore with
the pitifully few teeth we have left N'esy Pas?
"Dental offices across the province are still closed, but dentists are on call to treat patients in emergencies.
Paul Blanchard, executive director of the New Brunswick Dental Society,
said people shouldn't shy away from contacting their dentist if they're
experiencing pain.
There are four categories of emergencies: oral facial trauma,
significant infection, prolonged bleeding that doesn't stop after 15
minutes, and major pain that can't be managed with over-the-counter
drugs.
Resources are being centralized, so only some dentists in major areas,
such as Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton and Edmundston, are available
to treat emergency situations."
Roger Richard Reply
to @David Amos: With this COVID-19 hysteria, dental treatment will be
even more expensive than it is now. New rules and regulations will
appear.
David Amos Methinks
as I listen to Higgy and Vicky yap on the radio right now I wonder if
the the Green Party and PANB leaders will practice "Carpe Diem" out of
the gate today. That said by the end of the day I doubt the motto of my
Clan "Veritas Vincit" will be upheld by our lawmakers as they increase
fines etc However sooner or later some of the awful truth of it all will
leak out It always does N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @David Amos: Survey Says as Higgy and Vicky dance hand in hand?
I noticed this following thus far
The Green Meanie leader just wants to make matters worse
The PANB preacher's rhetoric sought support from the nurses union and
wealthy bureaucrats who live in is riding who can now get their booze
along with their fancy takeout dinners
Gil Murray This is like bringing your ex back to provide marriage counselling. News media stirring the pot again.
Wayne Wright
Reply to @Gil Murray: ...not really! But it's always beneficial to get a 2nd opinion.
David Amos
Reply to @Gil Murray: I agree
Douglas James Jennie
Wilson, co-owner of 11th Mile in Fredericton, would like to offer
customers wine, beer and cocktails as takeout to pair with meals. "We do
think this idea of providing alcohol along with our meals would further
the idea that [customers] are having an 11th Mile experience at home,"
Wilson said. Honestly, is there no end to PR?
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Douglas
James: The business owner was interviewed by the CBC as part of the
CBC's news coverage of a proposed change to an existing law. Sure, the
business owner probably agreed to do the interview because it's good PR,
but it's also a valid news item.
David Amos
Reply to @Douglas James: Methinks its free advertising at our expense N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: NOPE
Dan Flanagan Reply to @Douglas James:
Restaurant will make a few bucks they desperately need. The price limits any abuse.
David Amos Methinks
Higgy must be proud of his buddies in the RCMP threatening a lady
taking care of old folks in St Stephen with a $10,000 fine and making
her wait at the landing for the ferry Deer island to operate again in
the morning so she could go home after her shift. Some folks must have
found it very interesting that Higgy's blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc got
the scoop on this story before the corporate media has bothered to
mention it. N'esy Pas?
Ralph Green
Reply to @David Amos: back under the bridge tr o ll.
DeanRoger Ray
Reply to @Ralph Green: Amos suffers from mental illness brought about by years of drug abuse.
Douglas
James
Reply to @David Amos:
Seems like lots of special Higgy deals going on. After being told they
had to close, dog groomers are now being told they can open. Why?
Apparently someone with a connection to the Premier wanted their dog
groomed. Now a certain Minister in the government is telling everyone
its ok to open their dog grooming businesses so long as they maintain
social distancing and 'wear the appropriate garb', whatever that might
be given that even health care workers are under supplied.
Randall
Vienneau
Reply to @David Amos:
I know someone who is friends with that nurse. She literally told me
that story just a few hours ago. She was going to stay alone in her
parents basement and some neighbour ratted on her that she had been
sleeping there and she was met by the police one night and told she
wasn't allowed to enter the basement residence of her own parents.
Unreal.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Douglas
James: Methinks my biggest concern about Higgy constantly yapping about a
Chinese virus at Chinese Dentist time (Tooth Hurty) is that my good
friend Dr Roger Richard is not allowed to pull a couple of my bad teeth
but the wealthy dentists in Fat Fred City etc are permitted to do so for
a much higher fee than he would ever charge anyone That is not fair to
poor old rural folks N'esy Pas?
"Dental offices across the province are still closed, but dentists are on call to treat patients in emergencies.
Paul Blanchard, executive director of the New Brunswick Dental Society,
said people shouldn't shy away from contacting their dentist if they're
experiencing pain.
There are four categories of emergencies: oral facial trauma,
significant infection, prolonged bleeding that doesn't stop after 15
minutes, and major pain that can't be managed with over-the-counter
drugs.
Resources are being centralized, so only some dentists in major areas,
such as Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton and Edmundston, are available
to treat emergency situations."
David Amos
Reply to @Randall
Vienneau: Tell the nurse to get ahold of me if she wants me to run the
RCMP off. Trust that I am very easy to find on the Internet
DeanRoger Ray Reply to @David Amos: Just like you ran them away from Byron Prior and Werner Bock right???
David Amos
Reply to @Ralph
Green: Methinks the RCMP are very well aware of who the so called tr o
ll is However he is much worse than that N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Douglas James: Trust that you would have relished my reply
Brian Decker Reply to @David Amos: No, trust that it just validates the type of person you really are.
David Amos Content disabled
Reply
to @Brian Decker: At least Higgy and the RCMP know I have a real name
and that do sue lawyers and run for public office etc. Methinks people
who use fake names in cyber space are less than nobody. Hence their
opinions of others mean nothing whatsoever to anyone with any common
sense at all N'esy Pas?
Brian Decker Reply
to @David Amos: I think that you are suffering from a major case of
cranial/rectal syndrome. Or better known as, you're heads up your _ _S ,
Isn't that so?
David Amos
Reply to @Brian Decker: Ask the RCMP people I am about to email AGAIN
David Amos Content disabled Reply
to @Douglas James: FYI My comment was about the concerns of a friend of
mine who ran in the last provincial election just like you and I did.
DeanRoger Ray Reply to @David Amos: Why bother? They've got you blocked...
David Amos Reply to @Brian Decker: Methinks you should Google your new buddy N'esy Pas?
Dean Roger Ray Tofield
David Amos Reply to @DeanRoger Ray: NOPE
DeanRoger Ray Does anyone on here directly know anyone who has had COVID-19? No cases here in Syvan Lake just yet!
David Amos Reply to @DeanRoger Ray: Trust that the RCMP and I know that Dean Roger Ray is back in Tofield
Questions abound on how New Brunswick could safely reopen
Higgs says next 2 weeks critical in determining when restrictions could be relaxed
Colin McPhail · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2020 9:10 PM AT
Premier Blaine Higgs has been providing daily news updates throughout
the work week since the outbreak started in New Brunswick last month. (Photo: Government of New Brunswick)
Employees will be expected to return to work if their employer
meets Public Health requirements, Premier Blaine Higgs said while
discussing how the New Brunswick government could begin relaxing
COVID-19 restrictions and allow non-essential businesses to reopen.
Higgs
said Wednesday that employees who don't feel safe in their working
environment can contact WorkSafeNB, as they would under normal
circumstances, and the workplace watchdog can conduct an investigation
to ensure compliance.
"Once that is independently determined, if
it's determined they're not able to, then that employee has no
obligation to come back to work," Higgs during the daily briefing. "But
if their employer does meet the requirements and is able to provide safe
working conditions to meet the regulations, then the employee is
required to go back to work."
Exactly
how and when the government will reopen the province is a question on
the minds of many New Brunswickers after two weeks of slow growth in
confirmed COVID-19 cases, few hospitalizations and recovered cases
outpacing fresh ones.
The province is developing a plan to ease
restrictions and start reopening businesses, Higgs said, and the premier
appears more optimistic this week, suggesting that — if all goes well —
the initial stage of recovery could occur in May. Last Thursday, Higgs
said there was hope the province could return to some form of normal
this summer.
Precise
details of the recovery plan have not been released, and it's not clear
what measures will be taken to ensure the safety of workers and the
public or what steps businesses will have to take to satisfy health
officials.
A spokesperson for the Canadian Union of Public Employees in New Brunswick said Wednesday "caution is key."
"Before
lifting restrictions and allowing a return to work, we do hope workers
will be not just consulted and listened to," Simon Ouellette said in an
email.
"CUPE members have been doing great work, delivering
quality public services we all depend on.
Return to work or not, caution
is key. The World Health Organisation has warned that reopening up
prematurely and improperly could put us all back in the same precarious
situation. If done improperly, they say this would put front line
workers at risk all over again."
Next 2 weeks are critical, Higgs says
The
statement echoed what Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, chief medical
officer of health, have emphasized during the daily briefings: it's a
fluid situation, don't let the positive data make you complacent, and
the timeline for recovery depends on you, the physically distant
public.
"I think there are a lot of things we will be able to
do carrying forward, but it depends on the success of the next couple of
weeks in terms of our caseload and what we're finding throughout the
communities," Higgs said Wednesday when asked about consumer safety.
"But
It also depends on our ability in the process to follow guidelines that
are currently in place so that we don't see any resurgence, so that we
don't expose anyone unnecessarily and we do this in a very methodical
way so … we don't find ourselves regressing in a month or two from now."
Higgs said retail stores could be reopened, if they're able to meet health standards.
Last
week, the premier told CBC News the province is losing out on $40
million in revenue per month and he's also concerned about equalization
transfer payments with Alberta's economy "devastated." It raises
questions about how the government will maintain critical services in a
prolonged shutdown, he said.
Russell envisioned a scale for
relaxing protective measures in conveying Wednesday what a return to
normal would look like, with border restrictions and banning mass
gatherings the most important and likely the last to go.
"As
you go down the list, it would include things like bars and
restaurants, which would have risks, sports activities, which have
risks, and then as you get down in the lower things … you would look at
non-essential businesses and social distancing measures each business
can implement," she said.
Dr.
Jennifer Russell lists the things the province considers the most
important protective actions, with shutting the borders leading the
list. 3:05
However, Russell said things won't go "completely back to normal" until there is a vaccine.
Businesses 'anxious' to reopen
The ability to stay below hospital capacity is a key factor in informing those decisions, Russell said.
The
timetable for recovery will have an immense impact on businesses, said
Krista Ross, CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce.
Ross
said it's likely 70 to 90 per cent of their 1,000 members have been
affected by the pandemic and subsequent shutdown. That means limited
operations for some, total shutdowns for others and, in some cases,
businesses that won't be able to reopen.
Krista Ross is the CEO of the Fredericton Chamber of Commerce. (CBC News)
"The longer any
business is closed the more difficult it is because the more their
expenses will continue to come due with no revenue or low revenue," Ross
said.
Ross said owners are "anxious" for a return to normal and prepared to follow Public Health directives — whatever they may be.
"There are a lot of questions businesses have as they begin to contemplate reopening," she said.
The
chamber has been busy acting as a resource for members, relaying
information and advocating on their behalf to address issues if the
shutdown is prolonged.
This week, the chambers for Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John submitted a letter to the government calling for a commercial rent subsidy program that would offer tenants and landlords a grant, cap monthly rent and reduce property tax by 25 per cent.
Reply to @Donald
Smith: Methinks Higgy must be proud of his buddies in the RCMP
threatening a lady taking care of old folks with $10,000 fine and making
her wait for the ferry to operate again in the morning so she could go
home after her shift. Some folks must have found it very interesting
that Higgy's blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc got the scoop on this story
before the corporate media bothered to mention it this morning Now thats
truly funny N'esy Pas?
Thousands of contaminated test kits delivered to New Brunswick
Province says it has 'no concerns' with testing capacity at this time
CBC News · Posted: Apr 16, 2020 10:44 AM AT
An example of a swab and tube used as part of testing for COVID-19. (Evan Tsuyoshi Mitsui/CBC)
Thousands of kits meant to screen for COVID-19 delivered to New
Brunswick from a supplier in China last week were contaminated and
unusable.
Dr. Richard Garceau, a microbiologist-infectologist at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, told Radio-Canada more than 6,400 test kits were contaminated.
"As
soon as we received them, we realized that they were all contaminated
with bacteria … In addition to being contaminated, the product was
defective," Garceau said.
The kits included swabs and sterilized tubes.
The
federal government had ordered the kits from a supplier in China after a
normal supplier's factory in Italy had sold-out of stock.
Dr. Richard Garceau is a microbiologist-infectiologist at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton. (Radio-Canada)
The test kits were delivered to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and then sent to New Brunswick.
Garceau
said the province isn't the only location affected, estimating more
than 300,000 test kits delivered across the country were contaminated.
A lab at the Dumont has been testing samples to confirm whether people have COVID-19.
In
an emailed statement, the province confirmed it is aware of the
situation and is exploring ways to address the issue with the federal
government.
Bruce
Macfarlane, a spokesperson for the Department of Health, said none of
the contaminated test kits were used by the Dumont lab.
"Despite this unfortunate event, we have no concerns with our testing supplies at this time," Macfarlane said.
'Plenty of test kits'
When
asked by a reporter Wednesday about how many test kits the province
has, Premier Blaine Higgs said "there are plenty of test kits" to meet
the demand for testing.
"Supplies are not restricting our
ability to provide maximum health care and testing that we need to do,
as it's decided to be done," Higgs said.
David Amos Methinks this news helps to confirm a story I heard about folks getting sick after being tested N'esy Pas?
Roger Richard “Bruce
Macfarlane, a spokesperson for the Department of Health, said none of
the contaminated test kits have been used.” Maybe, but what about other
kits from another batch or source?
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Exactly
David Amos Oh My My Methinks folks should ask why is it that Higgy et all are not concerned N'esy Pas?
Wayne Wright
Reply to @David Amos:
all this purchasing is well before 'Higgs' era. Strongly doubt Higgs
(govt) are involved. Me thinks ALL medical purchases would be bought by
the Feds to lessen costs via bulk purchase.
David Amos
Reply to @Wayne Wright: BS
Justin Time Hopefully
when this is over the government takes a serious look at all medical
and food supply chains. We do not want to be dependent on China for any
of these items. The Chinese government cannot be trusted and their
manufacturing and inpection standards are sub par and/or not enforced.
Corporate greed has gotten us in this situation and it will be very
difficult to exit.
Wayne
Wright
Reply to @Justin Time: you hit the nail on the head: "Corporate Greed".Globaliztion has led us to the current reality.
Matthew
Zimmerman
Reply to @Wayne
Wright: While that's certainly part of the problem, one must not ignore
the fact that consumers demand low prices, and that generally means
manufacturing in low wage countries.
Wayne
Wright
Reply to @Matthew
Zimmerman: too bad. Essential things like this article is created upon
is paramount, dollar store stuff from China or other very low waged
country should be a no-no. As Canadians we should demand more for more
Canadian jobs.
David Amos
Reply to @Justin Time: "The Chinese government cannot be trusted"
Methinks you should ask yourself why your questions to me go "Poof" N'esy Pas?
Terry Hughes I guess Trump is not wrong.
Winston Gray
Reply to @Terry Hughes: lol wow, that’s what you took away from that?
Kevin Perley
Reply to @Terry Hughes: How would you ever know if he was? He blames the WHO for him ignoring all warning signs.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Hughes: Methinks nobody should be surprised that your are a fan of that Yankee N'esy Pas?
Ian Scott And
another reason to trust nothing from China suppliers.Defective
everything and contaminated stuff. They could have all have covid in
them for all we new until now. They keep the good stuff and sell you
back what they hoarded.
This country had better shape up and have its own emergency and medical
suppliers in future with appropriate stockpiles and a contingency to
have certain companies capable of very short re tooling to provide ICU
and other needs within weeks.
David Raymond Amos@DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos @alllibertynews and 49 others Content disabled
Methinks its not safe
for me to visit emergency room of the Moncton Hospital in light of the
fact that Horizon Health want the RCMP to arrest me. Best I stick with
the Vitalité people N'esy Pas?
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: It's still safe to visit ERs in a pandemic, Moncton doctor says
Dairy farmers in New Brunswick were forced to dump 10 tractor-trailers of milk last week
CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2020 12:03 PM AT
Dr. Serge Melanson, an ER physician at the Moncton Hospital, is
reminding people that it's still safe to visit emergency rooms for
urgent medical care, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. (CBC)
A Moncton physician is reminding residents that emergency rooms
are still a safe place to go if people are in need of immediate care —
despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Moncton Hospital has seen a 50 per cent decrease in the number of ER visits since the pandemic started.
"Hospitals
have taken a lot of precautions at keeping people suspected of having
COVID-19 … out of our hospitals by testing at testing sites," said Dr.
Serge Melanson, an emergency room physician at the Moncton Hospital.
"And
those that do come to our ER department are isolated, and there's lots
of precautions to keep them from the general public."
Although
people might be apprehensive about visiting the ER, Melanson said people
should visit the hospital if they're feeling an unfamiliar pain in
their body.
The
Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick is also urging people to
seek emergency care if they experience symptoms of cardiovascular
disease.
Hospitals
across the province are admitting fewer people with symptoms of heart
attack and stroke, the foundation said in a news release.
116 cases of COVID-19
There are still 116 cases of COVID-19 in New Brunswick after no new cases were reported Tuesday.
Premier
Blaine Higgs and Dr. Jennifer Russell, New Brunswick's chief medical
officer of health, will be speaking at a daily news conference at 2:30
p.m.
There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in New Brunswick on Tuesday. (Photo: CBC News)
Of the 116 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 66 are travel-related, 40
are close contacts of confirmed cases, eight are the result of community
transmission and two remain under investigation.
To date, 75 people have recovered.
A total of 12 people have been hospitalized during the pandemic, but seven have been discharged.
Dairy farmers forced to dump tractor trailers of milk
Dairy
farmers in New Brunswick were forced to dump 10 tractor-trailers loads
of milk last week because of a downturn in the market.
"When you
bust your butt to try to produce it, it does break your heart," said
Paul Gaunce, chair of the Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick.
Once businesses, schools and hotels shut down because of COVID-19, there has been a drop in demand for milk products.
"One
of our biggest losses right now is cream because of the loss of coffee
shops and restaurants and hotels," said Gaunce, who represents 172 dairy
farms across the province.
"The processors have had to change their lines to make sure they're producing the products that consumers are using at home."
Some retailers also faced a shortage of milk because of panic buying in late March.
Although there was enough milk available, retailers weren't prepared for the sudden increase in demand.
But Gaunce said the supply is now stable again.
Fredericton postpones 2 construction projects
The City of Fredericton has postponed two construction projects until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fredericton
Mayor Mike O'Brien said construction on Regent Street, between Queen
Street and King Street, and Union Street will no longer take place this
spring and summer as scheduled.
The projects involved upgrading the water and sewer systems in those areas.
"We decided last night we're not going to do that, hoping that our businesses can open in the near future," O'Brien said.
There's
a lot of confusion about face masks now. Here are your top questions
answered by chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell. 4:39
"The last thing they would need is shovels and backhoes in front of their business again."
Both
projects are being replaced by two smaller projects that will have less
impact on residents and businesses looking to reopen.
One
project will take place on St. Mary's Street, between the Northside City
Works Depot and Two Nations Crossing. The second project will take
place on Terrance Street, between Brookside Drive and Harley Avenue.
The
St. Mary's Street and Terrance Street projects are expected to cost $1
million — the same price as the Regent Street and Union Street
projects.
City staff have also analyzed the 2020 capital
construction plan and have identified $4 million in projects that could
be put off to help bridge revenue shortfalls because of COVID-19.
The city will go ahead with $10 million in infrastructure projects that address safety concerns.
Printing company begins mass-producing face shields
A Fredericton printing company has switched from creating brochures and signs to building face shields for front-line workers.
Instead of laying off staff, Scott WIlliams, CEO of Taylor Printing, did everything he could to keep them on the payroll.
But he needed to find a new source of revenue.
"I come up with silly ideas all the time, and usually about one in 99 are good," said Williams.
Eventually, he was able to figure out to construct masks out of printing equipment.
What visits look like now between Riverview's Debby Warren and her mother Bessy Brown. 3:03
Taylor Printing is making the shields from plastic supplied by a company in Ontario.
The
company will begin printing plastic face shields today and is
anticipating it will be able to make between 5,000 and 6,000 masks a
day.
The company has already received an order for 40,000 masks from the Department of Public Safety.
"We
never dreamed that this is what we'd be doing. But it's part of
business and you take the hand that you're dealt and make the best of
it."
Some workers are forced to work in close proximity
Premier Blaine Higgs said he understands there are some risks that come with certain jobs.
He
uses the example of paramedics, health-care workers and child-care
workers in close proximity with one another in their jobs.
"We're
asking obviously that the right precautions are taken and the right
equipment is worn," he said.
"But this is part of the job and we accept
there are certain risks to that."
He said the province provides instruction and necessary equipment to do so.
"We need them to get through this."
Although
some of these workers might be forced to work in close proximity, Higgs
said it's important people avoid it if they can.
"That's the challenge, it's kind of a common sense thing."
What to do if you have symptoms
People concerned they might have COVID-19 can take a self-assessment on
the government website.
Symptoms of coronavirus include fever, a new or
worsening cough, and breathlessness, as well as sore throat, headache
and runny nose. People with two of those symptoms are asked to:
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David Amos Methinks
Higgy must be proud of hs buddies in the RCMP threatening a lady taking
care of old folks with $10,000 fine and making her wait for the ferry
to operate again in the morning so she could go home after her shift
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos:
Methinks its interesting that Higgy's blogging buddy Chucky Leblanc got
the scoop on this story before the corporate media bothers to mention
it N'esy Pas?
David Amos Oh My My Methinks folks should ask why is it that Higgy et are not concerned N'esy Pas?
Thousands of contaminated test kits delivered to New Brunswick
Province says it has 'no concerns' with testing capacity at this time
CBC News · Posted: Apr 16, 2020 10:44 AM AT
David Amos Methinks all things considered concerning the Crown's MO two out three ain't bad N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @David Amos: Methinks its been difficult to keep a proper tally
since because many words of others come and go so quickly N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Content disabled
Methinks its not safe
for me to visit emergency room of the Moncton Hospital in light of the
fact that Horizon Health want the RCMP to arrest me. Best I stick with
the Vitalité people who taken very good care of me thus far even though I
have no Medicare Card. At least Higgy knows the French folks are not
delusional and very happy to take my money N'esy Pas?
David Amos Methinks some Dairy Farmers will be recalling our conversations over the years today N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply to @David Amos: Methinks a lot of folks in Fundy Royal know why I feel honoured that this dude hates me N'esy Pas?
"Dairy farmers in New Brunswick were forced to dump 10 tractor-trailers
loads of milk last week because of a downturn in the market.
"When you bust your butt to try to produce it, it does break your
heart," said Paul Gaunce, chair of the Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick.
Once businesses, schools and hotels shut down because of COVID-19, there has been a drop in demand for milk products.
Reports of suspected child abuse have fallen 40 per cent during COVID-19 outbreak
"One of our biggest losses right now is cream because of the loss of
coffee shops and restaurants and hotels," said Gaunce, who represents
172 dairy farms across the province.
"The processors have had to change their lines to make sure they're producing the products that consumers are using at home."
Some retailers also faced a shortage of milk because of panic buying in late March.
Although there was enough milk available, retailers weren't prepared for the sudden increase in demand.
But Gaunce said the supply is now stable again."
David Amos Methinks
Fredericton Mayor Mikey O'Brien should finally get around to asking the
Fat Fred City Finest why I sued the Queen in 2015 and where the Yankee
wiretap tapes and my old Harley are N'esy Pas?
Rob Sense Reply to @David Amos:
easy on the edibles.
David Amos Content disabled
Reply
to @Rob Sense: Methinks just because you enjoy your dope and beer it
does not follow that I partake of such things N'esy Pas?
Terry Hughes
Reply to @David Amos: Koo Koo, Koo Koo !!!!
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Hughes: Methinks you are supposed to be extinct like the Dodo Bird but I was wrong N'esy Pas?
Rob Sense Reply to @David Amos:
I do not drink beer or take drugs.
David Amos Reply to @Rob Sense: Yea Right
Rob Sense
Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos:
I guess it was a more noble way to explain you loss of contact with
reality. the alternative cannot be corrected without stronger
means...if at all.
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Rob Sense: Does your Mother know write such things?
Terry
Tibbs Reply to @David Amos:
I would like to drink beer and take drugs, but can't afford it............
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks everybody who knows me well would agree that I live
either for or because of my coffee and cigarettes Both things I missed
dearly while I was falsely imprisoned on both sides of the 49th while
dudes like Higgy and his fans laughed at me Now its my turn to laugh
N'esy Pas?
David Amos Reply
to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks just because you enjoy your dope and beer it
does not follow that I partake of such things but I do love milk and
everybody can afford Nestles Quick if their milk needs a fix N'esy Pas?
David Peters Why didn't they package and freeze the milk, instead of dumping it?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Peters:
If you were to study the reality of our government controlled milk system this is but a very small foolishness.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks you know as well as I why I chuckle knowing that Higgy
and Rob Moore share your favourite chocolate supplement Nestles Quick
with Paul Gaunce the chair of the Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick much to
the chagrin of Maxime's people who were very nasty with me during the
last election N'esy Pas?
Rob Sense Good
to know that our ER congestion problems can be cured by a simple
pandemic! Maybe people will be less addicted to ERs after this?
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense:
Methinks your hero Higgy knows why my Doctors ORDER me to go the ER for
tests on my bum ticker Even you cannot deny that I deserve the best of
service since I am compelled to pay for it in cash because of the Police
State placed a "Stay" against my Medicare for illegal reasons N'esy
Pas?
SarahRose Werner Reply
to @Rob Sense: "Sometimes they've had a more complicated medical
situation to deal with because of that delay." - I'm not sure that
waiting too long to come in for *true* emergencies is a cure. We need
to find the middle way between people waiting too long and people coming
in with hangnails.
James Risdon
Reply to @David Amos:
Are you alleging the premier of our province is personally intervening
to prevent you from getting your medical care covered by Medicare?
David Amos
Reply to @James Risdon: Bingo
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Justin
Time: Methinks the RCMP and the FBI know Federal Court File No T-
1557-15 is far from over particularly since Whitey met with his untimely
demise and I am still kicking Perhaps you should read the complaint if
you are truly curious N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @James Risdon: The absolute definition of "libel" right there. A published false claim or statement
detrimental to ones reputation.
David Amos
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Not if it is TRUE
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Justin Time: Methinks you know what usually comes after this notice "Awaiting moderation" N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Justin Time: Methinks you should know by now that you are not permitted to ask such questions N'esy Pas? His questions about my Harley and lawsuit etc went "Poof" before I could save it
Rob Sense Content disabled
Reply to @David Amos:
You have serious issues not related to any pandemic
David Amos
Content disabled
Reply to @Rob Sense: I also have a real name
David Amos Reply to @David Amos: Methinks the words that do not go "Poof" are very precious indeed N'esy Pas?
Heather
Michon Perhaps
the reporters should be asking Higgs why he refuses to increase funding
to long-term care homes. He has continually ignored the healthcare
crisis in the province, cutting funding and recently trying to close
ERs. He appears to be allowing his personal vendetta against nursing
home workers to cloud his judgement and put our most vulnerable at
further risk. His excuse that we are not as bad off as other provinces
is ridiculous and short sighted. Apparently our most vulnerable are not
that important.
David Amos
Reply to @Heather
Michon: Methinks just as a leopard cannot change his spots Higgy will
continue to do what is best for Higgy N'esy Pas?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
David: you are being overly generous..........
Higgy will continue to do what Higgy *thinks* is best for Higgy no matter how wrong he is N'esy Pas?
James Risdon
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: What's with the "N'esy Pas"?
Paul Estey
Reply to @James Risdon: I too have wondered why those 2 words are continually being used...
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @James Risdon:
In this situation I *thought* it more appropriate than "Nestle's Quick",
though to be honest, it came with the cut and paste, and I was too lazy
to delete it.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks Marc and Maggie would affirm that you have been known to
make the odd faux pas because I am not worth knowing N'esy Pas?
John Grail Reply to @Heather Michon: How about people just stop living beyond their means.
Bruce Sanders
Reply to @Heather Michon: Why does he have a personal vendetta?
David Amos
Reply to @Bruce Sanders: I do
James Risdon This pandemic will be 95 per cent over by June 24. I have spoken.
Louis Leblanc
Reply to @James Risdon: What is your definition 95% over..Pretty wide margin of error my friend.
Rob Sense
Reply to @James Risdon:
and 96% on June 25th? Sometimes it is better to just say nothing since it makes you look smarter.
SarahRose
Werner
Reply to @James
Risdon: Define "over." Will NB no longer have any active cases by June
24? Entirely possible. But Ontario and Quebec are still seeing their
case numbers rise, and it's not NB that drives Canada's economy. My
guess is that as of June 24 NB will still be keeping its borders closed
and we'll all still be dealing with the economic effects of COVID due to
events further west.
James
Risdon
Reply to @Rob Sense:
Once the big part of the pandemic is over, the progression towards a
cure will not be linear. The remaining five per cent or so will linger
around for a long time.
James
Risdon
Reply to @SarahRose
Werner: By June 24, the curve everyone keeps talking about will be
almost entirely behind us. The tailing end of the curve will remain. And
it will linger for a long time. But the vast majority of cases will
have passed.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @James Risdon:
"However, Russell said things won't go "completely back to normal" until there is a vaccine."
"Nestles Quick?"
James
Risdon
Reply to @Terry Tibbs:
There is a limit to the amount of time people can be forced to lock
themselves up in their homes without jobs and watch their livelihoods
disappear.
Governments in Canada right now seem very interested in getting more and
more power to fine people and arrest them and impose curfews and
prevent people from moving about freely, which is their
constitutionally-protected right in Canada.
At some point, things have to go back to some semblance of normalcy.
When a guy who owns a hunting rifle and who has lost his job because of
this Covid-19 stuff is fined an amount he can't pay and threatened with
legal action, well, I think things could get ugly really fast.
This is not a time of war. We are not prisoners of war. We are allegedly
free people in a democratic country with a charter of rights and
freedoms allowing us to say what we want and move about freely.
I think we are close to the time when police officers and government
officials may find themselves being subjected to physical assaults if
they continue to try to force people into ever more solitary
confinement.
This is something we do not impose on even our hardened criminals in
penitentiaries. it's not something we should expect law-abiding citizens
to tolerate for very long, no matter how well intentioned the
objectives.
Governments should trend lightly. They are forcing people to do
something that a growing number of them simply do not want to do. And
you can't lead a people to do something that they really don't want to
do.
David Amos
Reply to @James
Risdon: Cry me a river Methinks its easy to see that many people prove
to me on a daily basis that you people have the governments you deserve
N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Rob Sense: Methinks you should take your own advice "Nestles Quick?"
Terry Tibbs Reply to @David Amos:
N.E.S.T.L.E.S. Nestles makes the very best........... chocolate.
Michel
Jones
Reply to @James Risdon: Right you are.. It will never go to zero as a matter of fact..
Michel
Jones
Reply to @James Risdon: You are wrong about responsible gun owners.
David Amos
Reply to @Michel
Jones: Methinks a former Irving journalist getting things wrong is just
another one of those things folks fail to appreciate N'esy Pas?
Justin Gunther Hey
guys remember 6 days ago when Trudeau said these measures would last
12-18 months? Then like three days ago Vancouver was like, "Uh we're
going to go bankrupt" and now the rhetoric has thankfully changed into
something a little more tolerable? It's a good thing we've got some good
people driving the right narratives in the right directions.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Justin Gunther:
Dr. Jennifer Russell said, just yesterday, that the old "normal" isn't possible until a vaccine exists.
So, I *guess* with all the different narratives out there you simply
pick the one you like, ignore the fact of whether it makes sense, or
not, and go with it.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks its sad when people partake of Nestles Quick too much
they tend to agree with former Irving spindoctors and run off to join
Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
Bruce Sanders Reply
to @Justin Gunther: Except that Vancouver is going bankrupt because of
literally 1/2 billion $, at least,. that they do not need to spend.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
The colour is very important, and that colour is brown, and there sure
seems to be a lot of stuff lately coated in brown in the immediate area
of Mr Higgs.
Michel Jones
Reply to @Justin
Gunther: The natural reflexe of most people is to get back to work and
the quicker the better.. If you cherish the good life we have in this
country, serious back to work planning is the order of the day.
David Amos Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Not just Higgy Methinks all the political parties are partaking of his Nestles Quick bigtime N'esy Pas?
'The cause of our lifetime': Inside New Brunswick's COVID-19 war room
Taking a deeper look at the daily lives of government officials fighting a global pandemic
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2020 6:00 AM AT
Premier Blaine Higgs and Cheryl Hansen, who oversees the provincial
civil service, speak on opposite sides of the room to observe physical
distancing. (Louis Leger/ premier's chief of staff)
As he arrives each morning at the Department of Health, deputy
minister Gérald Richard gets his temperature checked, usually around 6
a.m. He hasn't had a day off since March 11.
Cheryl Hansen calls
her mother every morning before sunrise as she drives from Mactaquac to
Fredericton, where she oversees the provincial civil service from
Chancery Place.
Dr. Jennifer Russell arrives at work by 7:30
a.m. More than 12 hours later she tries to have a cup of tea and a hot
bath to unwind after another day on the front line.
For
the officials overseeing the provincial government's COVID-19 war room,
fighting the pandemic is an all-consuming job: an exhausting, stressful
but exhilarating experience.
'The mission is saving lives'
They say the greatest challenge of their careers is also bringing out the best in the people they work with.
"For
us, the mission is saving lives, as much as the front-line health-care
workers," says Hansen, who, as clerk of the executive council, is the
province's top civil servant.
Public servants staffing New Brunswick's health emergency operations centre. (Photo: David Coon/Green Party Leader)
"The more we can support, get things up, gets things
structured, that's our singular mission, and that gets you out of bed
every day and keeps you working hard."
Higgs's chief of staff,
Louis Léger, says the Progressive Conservative minority government has
had to put aside all its other plans.
"The only agenda right now is to manage this," he says. "There's no other agenda."
A typical day in a pandemic
Non-partisan
civil servants like Hansen and political staffers like Léger rarely
speak publicly. But the premier's office gave them permission after a
request from CBC News to describe a typical day during the pandemic.
It's a dizzying amount of work, and it means 12-or-more-hour days, seven days a week, for those in the "war room."
"Going
home and just having a regular supper with the family is, unbelievably,
a very special experience now," says Hansen, who was appointed to the
top role only two months ago.
The staff at Public Health "are giving what I would call a
Herculean effort," Russell says. "Everybody is lifting above their
weight. They're going above and beyond the call of duty.
"They are working seven days a week in rotations, and those days are not normal days. They are 12 or 14 or 16-hour days."
Léger is remaining in Fredericton rather than commuting home to Kent County as he normally does on weekends.
"I
can't put myself in a position where I would possibly infect others. …
If I get sick, then Cheryl Hansen will get sick or the premier will get
sick."
The
command post is actually in three locations: Chancery Place, where the
premier's office and the executive council office are located; HSBC
Place, home of the Department of Health, and the Victoria Health Centre,
where the Emergency Measures Organization has offices.
'Guess the temperature'
Like
everyone else entering the three buildings, Richard's morning
temperature check is a requirement. Anyone with a temperature isn't
allowed in.
Higgs says EMO staff have started "a little contest
down there called 'guess the temperature.'" He came within 0.4 degrees
of guessing correctly when he visited Monday.
Richard's daily
routine begins with a 7:30 a.m. meeting of the top officials in his
department, followed by one with the new COVID-19 task force at 8 a.m.
During the pandemic, Gérald Richard, deputy minister of
health, starts his day at 7:30 a.m., meeting with the top officials in
his department. (Photo: Jacques Poitras/CBC News)
Russell attends both meetings.
"I definitely hit the ground running every morning," she says.
The
deputy minister's day continues with a briefing for the emergency
operations centre staff on their tasks for the day at 9 a.m.
The centre
is staffed by public servants in the Health Department who, sitting a
safe distance from each other, field different calls from across the
system and send out word of new protocols for issues ranging from
elective surgeries to face masks.
They normally work from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a designated list of tasks.
"They
go through the whole thing to make sure everything was resolved, and if
not they have to stay until it's resolved," Richard says.
It's
an environment that is actually quite good in terms of working together
for one cause, and it's the cause of our lifetime, really. - Louis Léger, premier's chief of staff
After that briefing, he calls the CEOs of the two regional health authorities to let them know what the task force has decided.
He
also speaks to Medavie Health Services NB CEO Richard Losier and to
Eric Beaulieu, his counterpart at the Department of Social Development.
Nursing
homes and special care homes are normally regulated by Social
Development, but are now under the authority of the four-person task
force.
At 12:30 p.m. the same group that met at 7:30 a.m. huddles again.
By
afternoon Richard usually has some time for non-pandemic tasks, such as
reviewing the departmental budget or signing contracts.
And
later in the day there are often cabinet meetings to support, conference
calls with his counterparts in other provinces, or meetings of the
all-party committee Higgs set up that includes leaders of the Liberal,
Green and People's Alliance parties.
He says the enthusiasm from his departmental staff motivates him to keep coming to work.
"That keeps me from going crazy, because they want to be here and I want to support them."
Looking at post-pandemic economic recovery
Down the street at Chancery Place, Hansen oversees a similar, non-stop sequence of meetings.
She
designated the deputy minister of public safety, Mike Comeau, as the
lead official on the COVID-19 response and he has moved from his office
in Marysville Place to Chancery.
They've put working groups in place for different aspects of the pandemic.
One
focuses on "business continuity," ensuring other government functions,
like the recent mail-out of cheques for low-income seniors, continue.
Another is now planning for post-pandemic economic recovery.
Higgs says he'd obviously prefer not to be dealing with a pandemic but he's in his element thanks to his career at Irving Oil.
"I
came from an operational background," he says. "So for me being focused
on operations, and the details behind that, is second nature. I just
inherently ask questions about the details. A lot of people don't expect
that from someone in this role, but that's how I'm wired."
The nature of working at Chancery Place has changed because of the virus.
"The
floor where we're spending most of our time has a few core people,
spaced out so that we're not putting each other at risk but close enough
to call out to each other when that becomes desirable," Comeau said.
There's
a lot of intensity to every conversation. It has the kind of
seriousness with it that I associate with flood situations. - Mike Comeau, deputy minister of public safety
In meeting rooms, distances are marked on the floor in case
officials are tired and forget how far to stay away from each other.
Protocols are constantly updated. A new one at Chancery Place last week says only one person can ride an elevator at a time.
On
the political side, a phone line has been put in place for all 47
members of the legislature and the province's 10 federal MPs, regardless
of party affiliation.
MLAs
are often the first to hear from New Brunswickers about problems with
how a new, hastily designed program is working, Léger said.
The phone line "has helped a lot in managing the flow of information in, and managing the flow of information out.
"It's
an environment that is actually quite good in terms of working together
for one cause, and it's the cause of our lifetime, really."
Pandemic energy similar in flooding season
Comeau
compares the pace and nervous energy to spring flooding season. Flood
response is overseen by EMO, which is part of his department.
"There's
a lot of intensity to every conversation," he said. "It has the kind of
seriousness with it that I associate with flood situations."
That experience has also taught him and his staff how to avoid getting too stressed out.
"We
do have some experience and we've taken some advice over the years on
how to keep perspective, remain calm and take care of oneself during
those times."
Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart, Mike Comeau, deputy
minister of public safety, and Hansen taking part in a meeting to tackle
COVID-19 in New Brunswick. (Photo: Louis Leger/ premier's chief of staff)
That means spelling each other off if anyone is tired or visibly close to burning out and needs a day off.
Russell
has advised New Brunswickers to look after themselves and not allow
stress levels to get too high, advice she tries to heed herself after
she gets home.
"When time allows I do go for a walk. At the end
of the day I do try to get in a cup of tea and a hot bath. I try to
spend time doing a little unwinding with a bit of music."
Dr. Jennifer Russell and the premier speak at daily news conferences in Fredericton throughout the work week. (Submitted by the Government of New Brunswick)
Léger says he's avoiding watching too much news when he returns to his apartment at night.
"You've got to take a break from it because it's overwhelming."
Russell herself, however, finds herself still immersed in COVID-19 at home.
"Reading
around all the latest things that are coming out on a daily basis, I
don't have a problem with. It doesn't scare me in the sense that, for
me, it's all information that helps me do my job better."
Higgs
gets home to Quispamsis once or twice a week, driving straight to his
house without stops and observing physical distancing guidelines.
He
and his wife Marcia had an Easter rendezvous with one of their
daughters, who lives nearby, but it was at a safe distance on the
sidewalk.
"It was a fully isolated weekend," Higgs said, "You've got to do what you ask others to do."
To
relax, the premier also spent part of the weekend on a springtime
ritual, removing the battery from his motorcycle to charge it and
checking the tires.
The trips home also give him a chance to eat better than he does during the week in Fredericton.
"Let's just say that it's good that fast food restaurants are still open," he says.
The
premier sees his role as keeping tabs on what urgent issues need
high-level decisions, including changes to the emergency order
regulating behaviour.
Higgs says he's been relying heavily on fast food while dealing with a major pandemic. (Photo: Louis Leger/ premier's chief of staff)
Any changes go first to the all-party cabinet committee. Decisions requiring full cabinet approval go there next.
"My role is then communicating that [at daily briefings] along with managing the expectations of the public," he says.
The
premier says he's excited to see officials breaking down traditional
barriers between departments and making decisions quickly.
"That's what you do in management in a crisis," he says.
It's also something he's long wanted government to do.
Improving public service after the pandemic
Hansen
says officials have "kind of blown up the typical hierarchy," she said.
"We had to become a lot more agile and solutions-focused than ever
before" to cope with the requirement for physical distancing.
Some
court proceedings are being done by phone or videoconference. With the
sign-on of the New Brunswick Medical Society, doctors are meeting
patients over the phone.
Hansen says government officials have learned new ways of operating that could last beyond the distancing requirements. (Photo: Louis Leger/ premier's chief of staff)
"This was
something we wanted for a long time, but in the space of about a week,
we were able to work with the NBMS and make sure we had protocols in
place to start tele-care," Richard said.
Hansen says one legacy
of COVID-19, whenever the pandemic does end, is that government
officials have learned new ways of operating that could last beyond the
distancing requirements.
"We do not want to come up the same way as we went down, with the same type of offering in the same kind of way," she said.
"We're really looking here around how do we move out of this event with new and improved public services."
Jacques
Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick
since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political
podcast Spin Reduxit.
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David Amos
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Methinks Higgy et al
should take a little time to read their emails and the comments sections
of the corporate media beginning with right here N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Methinks whereas I was blocked out of the gate I have every right to call this drivel exactly what it is propaganda practiced by Higgy's Police State on dimes for his benefit not ours N'esy Pas?
James Risdon Reply to @David Amos: Why do you keep writing "N'esy Pas"?
'Someone has to know': Prisoner sends plea for help from Dorchester
Prisoner fears for his safety as COVID-19 hits penitentiaries across the country
Over the course of several collect calls from prison, Aaron Daigle dictated a plea for help to his mother.
He spent all of the previous night writing a letter and asked his mother to share it with whomever she could.
He's
afraid for his safety, and as COVID-19 infects more and more prisoners
in the country, he feels this is the only way to be heard
His mother Audrey Daigle read the letter to CBC News.
"We
don't have a choice to stay safe, or to self–isolate, or to use hand
sanitizer or to self–distance," she read from her Sussex home.
"Words can't describe the effects on a person mentally and physically under these unprecedented circumstances."
"The consequences of not taking action fast and waiting until it's too late will be devastating and irreversible."
Correctional Service Canada says it has been in talks with
the Parole Board of Canada about the possibility of releasing prisoners. (Pierre Fournier/CBC News )
Aaron Daigle, 32, was sentenced to four years in prison after
pleading guilty to non-violent drug charges in 2019. He was moved from
jail to prison and has been spending his sentence at the Dorchester
Penitentiary.'
He was granted parole in early March but hasn't been released, Audrey Daigle said
In
his letter, he says prisoners are not given hand sanitizer, guards
don't have masks or gloves, and it's difficult to keep enough distance
from others. He says he feels like he's facing a death sentence.
"We're
not looking for a get-out-of-jail-free card, we're asking for a
fighting chance to make it home to our family and to our loved ones,"
Aaron Daigle said in the letter.
"We were ordered to serve a
sentence by a judge, but at this point Correctional Service Canada has
sentenced us and our family to a much more severe sentence."
They're
all clustered together with no cleaners, no hand sanitizers, no
nothing, like it's not right. Someone has to know. People have to know
what's going on.- Audrey Daigle, mother
Correctional officers in the Maritimes have said Correctional
Service Canada is slow to make changes to protect inmates and staff from
COVID–19.
Advocates have been calling for the release of
non-violent inmates, citing the risk of COVID-19 spreading exponentially
in the close quarters of prison cells.
Audrey Daigle choked up when talking about her fear for her so
"They
need to realize that these lives are precious. They have family," she
said. "He made a bad mistake. Yes ... But now, I mean their lives are
valuable"
She said his four children are worried about their father.
"I
don't uphold crime, I never did. It's not that, It's just that I just
want a little the mercy here, and this pandemic, we don't know where
it's going to take us."
In a
prison to actually achieve the physical distancing means you have to
have space, the only way to make space is to actually to get some of
those people out of there.- Kim Pate, senator.
She said this letter "isn't just for himself," but for his prison mates who are feeling the same fear.
In an interview with Information Morning Moncton,
Sen. Kim Pate said it would be a good idea to release all inmates who
don't have much time left on their sentences, and inmates who have
health issues that put them at higher risk of serious illness or death
from COVID-19.
"Most of the these prisons are in small
communities," she said. "And if in fact there's an outbreak in the
prisons then that could overload the local health-care system."
She
said the risk comes not from the population itself, but from "staff
coming in, moving through the entire institution and discovering that
they tested positive but were asymptomatic at the time," she said.
Senator Kim Pate worries if COVID-19 reaches prisons, it will spread faster than in the general population. (Senate of Canada)
And physical distancing is nearly impossible in some cases, especially in a crowded facility.
"In
a prison, to actually achieve the physical distancing means you have to
have space, the only way to make space is to … get some of those people
out of there," she said.
According to the Correctional
Service Canada website, there have been 32 confirmed cases of COVID-19
in prisons in Quebec, eight in Ontario and 36 in British Columbia. This
doesn't include dozens of cases confirmed among corrections officers and
infections in provincial jails.
In
an emailed statement, Correctional Service Canada spokesperson
Stephanie McGlashan said visiting, temporary absences, work release and
transfers have been suspended to prevent the spread of the disease.
"Other
options are available to inmates to connect with their family and
support networks such as video visitation or telephone," she said.
She
said when an inmate tests positive, they are isolated, as is anyone who
has been in contact with them. Prisons have also ramped up cleaning and
educating inmates on how to monitor for symptoms.
She said
Correctional Service Canada is "working closely with the Parole Board of
Canada to examine all options with respect to the safe release of
offenders into the community," but did not say if any inmates have been
released.
Closer to his children
Audrey Daigle said
the youngest of her son's children is a four-year-old who's been
diagnosed with epilepsy. She said he was supposed to be released on
parole mid-March but that hasn't happened yet.
"Her dad called
when she was here … she held the phones to her heart and said 'I just
miss you so much, Daddy,' and he didn't hear, I don't think. She was
pushing the little phone into her chest."
"Those people are
valuable too, they have lives. … They're all clustered together with no
cleaners no hand sanitizers, no nothing, like it's not right. Someone
has to know. People have to know what's going on."
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David Amos
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HMMMM
David Amos Oh
My My such a simple statement goes "Poof"in a heartbeat Methinks that
is a very telling thing about our Police State N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: FYI I just called Audrey Daigle and we had a little talk
Greg Windsor Reply to @David Amos: .... she must have been very impressed !!
Danelle
Toner Inmates
are humans also. It's sad to think that people figure oh it won't ever
happen to me, or lay judgement...Be careful who you judge....remember 2
theives were also on a cross beside Jesus and he will Judge YOU! We
werent put here to judge others. No one is perfect, and by all means
none of you are either!!
Terry Hughes
Reply to @Danelle
Toner: I have a person who is very close to me that works at Dorchester.
I have another person who is very close that works for the Parole
Board. You ain't getting the whole story here.......trust me !!!!
Greg Windsor
Reply to @Danelle
Toner: ....Sadly, this man made the decision to break the law, and if
got 4 years for drugs, then he is in with the "big boys". He should have
thought of the consequences while breaking the law.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Danelle Toner:
"remember 2 thieves were also on a cross beside Jesus"
Unless you actually saw it first hand your 3rd hand testimony is not admissible in any court and count as hearsay.
Charles
Bennet
no
story here, just sounds like an offender that doesn't like his
accommodations. it's highly unlikely that CSC would not have had any
anything in place such as enhanced cleaning, disinfecting and PPE in
order to mitigate an outbreak in their facilities. The story should have
included what CSC has put in place in order to have a detailed story
that represents both sides.
Jef Cronkhite
Reply to @Charles
Bennet: Exactly. Besides, WHERE could be safer than inside a prison? NO
ONE gets in to bring the virus to them in the first place.... Nothing
but crocodile tears.....
Danelle
Toner
Reply to @Jef Cronkhite: the guards bring it in and visitors previously
I can't help but question the usefulness of a NB education. are most too blind to see that we are on a path to combat this virus laid out for us by HRM Trudeau and his advisors (spin doctors and economists) back in January/early February? Higgs is like us, simply along for the ride and is virtually powerless, no matter how much he tries to pretend otherwise.
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During the pandemic, Gérald Richard, deputy minister of
health, starts his day at 7:30 a.m., meeting with the top officials in
his department. (Photo: Jacques Poitras/CBC News)
I can't help but question the usefulness of a NB education. are most too blind to see that we are on a path to combat this virus laid out for us by HRM Trudeau and his advisors (spin doctors and economists) back in January/early February? Higgs is like us, simply along for the ride and is virtually powerless, no matter how much he tries to pretend otherwise.
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