How long do people remain infectious after diagnosis, onset of symptoms, or resolution of symptoms?

The science and evidence continues to evolve. It is recommended that those who have symptoms stay in isolation for 10 days or until 24 hours after their symptoms are gone. Whichever is longer.

https://www.lung.ca/lung-health/lung-disease/covid-19-coronavirus/faqs

CMA urges all employers to discontinue requirement for sick notes during COVID-19

https://www.cma.ca/news-releases-and-statements/cma-urges-all-employers-discontinue-requirement-sick-notes-during

0.0189194444% ←– deaths rate in Canada for 2020 for commiechynavirus. Average age 84.

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/ppih/if-ppih-covid-19-sag-evidence-of-harm-from-mask-use-for-specific-populations.pdf

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Justin Trudeau Tricked By Greta Thunberg Impersonator, Asked To Set Up Meeting With 'Terrence & Phillip'

Every now and then, a head of state will be fooled by a skilled prankster (it has happened to Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin and even President Trump) and sometimes the audio of the call will be leaked to the media, or some other embarrassing detail will emerge. The release of "Borat 2" and that now-infamous scene with Rudy Giuliani has, if anything, helped to reinvigorate interest in pranking.

As the debate over his parentage - specifically, whether his biological father is Fidel Castro, not Pierre Trudeau - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently fallen for a prank caller pretending to be - get this - teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Sky News reports that Trudeau took the call in January. The prank was orchestrated by Russians Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov. The pair have only just released audio from the call on YouTube alongside an animated video.

The prankster had Trudeau going for a while, until they made a reference to "Terrence and Philip", two characters from the TV South Park who were last culturally relevant before Thunberg was born.

Here's the quote: "We can create a world where there is a place for everyone - for whites and blacks, Christians and Muslims, for Trump and Putin, for you and me, for Boris Johnson, for Corbyn, for Terrance and Phillip."

Trudeau appears to nod along - but then, realization strikes, as the caller asked the prime minister to set up a meeting with Terrance and Phillip.

At first, he promised to "ask my team to try and figure out how we can connect you", before a few seconds later, he appears to finally realize what's going on: "Terrance and Phillip, were they not in South Park?" he says. "I don't personally know them but I believe they are South Park parodies of Canadians."

Trudeau then politely hangs up the phone.

The prime minister's office told Canadian TV that "this is not the first prank call of a world leader. The prime minister determined the call was fake and promptly ended it."

Ironically, Trudeau wasn't the first Canadian to be pranked by the Russian pair. Earlier this year, they released audio featuring Prince Harry, who is splitting his time in Canada. His wife - who on Wednesday revealed to the NYT that she had had a miscarriage - came up during the fake "Greta" call.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/justin-trudeau-tricked-greta-thunberg-impersonator-asked-set-meeting-terrence-philip

Canadian MP says Biden may be more inclined to drop charges against Huawei CFO

https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1331674015644184581

Q told us the exact count of months and days…

Wow, just wow.

Doctors Warn Side Effects From COVID-19 Vaccine "Won't Be A Walk In The Park"

Fevers, sweats, migraines and muscle aches that last for days - these are just some of the symptoms reported by various 'Phase 3' trial participants who volunteered for the vaccine trials run by Pfizer, Moderna and others. Though AstraZeneca noted in its preliminary results that its vaccine (which uses the more traditional adenovirus vector) seemed to produce side effects that are less severe than some of its competitors.

As scientists try to ensure the US reaches a 70%+ vaccination rate (the cut-off point at which herd immunity is believed to kick in) a group of doctors just warned that public health officials and drugmakers need to be "transparent" with patients about the potential side effects of vaccination, and ensure precautions are taken to ensure patients don't skip their follow-up visit.

This is a top concern for Dr. Sandra Fryhofer of the American Medical Association, who warned that the side effects might deter many of her patients from receiving the follow-up shot. Dr. Fryhofer expressed her concerns during a virtual meeting on Monday with the CDC and representatives from various vaccine makers

"We really need to make patients aware that this is not going to be a walk in the park," Fryhofer said during a virtual meeting with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, an outside group of medical experts that advise the CDC. She is also a liaison to the committee. "They are going to know they had a vaccine. They are probably not going to feel wonderful. But they've got to come back for that second dose."

During the meeting on Monday, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases who frequently participated in CDC press briefings during the early days of the outbreak, said the agency would work to develop guidance if a health-care worker got a vaccine and then felt unwell the following day, since this could "impact planning on a hospital level in terms of which staff gets vaccinated which day?" she said.

Beyond ensuring hospitals aren't left in the lurch because they decided to vaccinate their entire staff at the same time, the doctors also discussed a novel strategy: using "positive" language to talk about the sideeffects. One example would be referring to side effects as a "response" to the vaccine.

Of course that won't actually do anything to mitigate the side effects.

As one might expect, some patients who participated in the study actually got upset when they didn't experience severe side effects post-vaccination, believing it was a sign they had received the placebo not the actual vaccine.

The doctors apparently brought in a anonymous North Carolina woman who participated in the Moderna study. "If this proves to work, people are going to have to toughen up," she said. "The first dose is no big deal. And then the second dose will definitely put you down for the day for sure…You will need to take a day off after the second dose."

Still, missing one day of work is certainly preferable to missing 14 days, which, as one doctor noted, is an "enormous" amount of time.