I really hope people are looking into what ties Trump has to hydroxychloroquine producers.  The Huffington Post (I know, not reliable) ran a story a few weeks ago that he did have a stake in a company.  But it sorta vanished and didn’t show up in other media.

Didn’t say there wasn’t morons here. I was speaking to the timing of implementing restrictions. Its not all holding hands and singing kum ba yah here, but we certainly don’t have resistance on the scale on display here. I agree with you that individualism in the US is probably the main reason for this sort of thing. I…

Sure, Detroit has a worse socioeconomic situation compared to say Toronto but that factors into the outcomes of the disease not the epidemiological spread. So yes, death rates will be higher for sure. If the spread was based on socioeconomic situations New York wouldn’t be as bad as it was or Seattle. The extreme…

But that falsely accounts for the large size of Northern Ontario, with is small population and low case load. Southern Ontario is 91 people per sq km and accounts for the majority of the population at 12.7 million. So it is DIRECTLY comparable. Toronto, a larger city than Detroit (and more similar to New York than…

This blows my mind. I live in Ontario (the GTA) and when I look at Michigan I see what could have happened here if we didn’t enact measures early. Lets compare Ontario to Michigan

People are fucking dying.

I’m as anti-trump as the next guy (I’m Canadian and vote NDP), but sometimes the narrative needs to take a break. In this case, medical advice would be (as it is in Canada with Justin Trudeau) not to be tested until you have symptoms. To isolate yourself and perform monitoring. Tests should be used when appropriate,…

It doesn’t remove the loss or the significance of the event. But it wasn’t WRONG. Just because a terrible thing happens doesn’t mean there has to be fault. We need to prioritize helping people and we have a system that saves millions of lives every year by doing just that. I fail to see how you can just say its wrong.…

Her case was taken seriously, she was given an EKG, and triaged. She was asked to wait. Her wait was 2 hours. That is NOT a significant time to wait. The AVERAGE wait time to be taken to a bed in the US is over 1.5 hours. 2 - 3 hour waits are well within 3 standard deviations. Just because someone has to wait does not…

From a medical perspective yes. Medical professionals do not ring alarm bells about chest pain until after 40. Again, as I said, because of statistics and well proven and established practices. Just because they don’t rush into action for the under 40 crowd does not mean they don’t take it seriously. They are two…

Excellent jumping to conclusions.

What the hell would aspirin have done? Its for people with coronary problems resulting in cardiac arrest. Nothing to suggest that was the case, and she was 25! Young people do not present with coronary problems and having her chew aspirin would not and is not standard procedure for a person under 30 who has chest pain.

Any competent medical professional will NOT give nitro to anyone showing up with chest pain and shortness of breath. Her EKG was fine, her O2 saturation, her HR, and her BP would have all be assessed. Likely, triage decided that she was not in imminent threat. She didn’t text out that she was nauseous or showing other…

We can truly say he has left the world a better place.

Please explain why you think US bond yields would suddenly rise to the extent that the government can’t furnish the interest? The US isn’t Greece with a MASSIVE revenue problem, sparking economic panic. Oh, and after a short period of time, Greek bond yields are now as low as the fucking US. Is Greece a steaming hole…

The thing that is really blowing my mind is that Trump must have already been advised the USA can’t just buy Greenland. International Law at this point prohibits it without allowing for self-determination by the actual Greenlanders. I.E. There would have to be a referendum, Greenlands government (yes they have their…

This article presents the presidency as if the policies of the president are legislative possibilities. This is a fallacy. The president does not enact or even control what policy makes it to the floor of congress. Basing presidential votes on legislative promises is pointless. Functionally, for American domestic…

And is drug dealing brother can become Premier...

So your girlfriend is sad that her friends are spending away their retirement savings and social safety net while her steady job is putting money away (CPP = Canadian Pension Plan) for later in life and providing her security in the even she loses her job (EI = Employment Insurance).  Not to mention cash tips are…

I nearly died from an under cooked burger. E-coli followed by improper treatment (at the time, there weren’t alot of cases) resulted in HUS or hemolytic uremic syndrome and ultimately put me into early stage kidney failure. I still suffer from kidney problems today, 31 years later. So excuse me if I prefer to eat well…