Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8981550)

If you are a landlord and bought a property 10 plus years ago you will be in a good position. The rent you are able to charge has doubled and so has the value of the building. Even if your rental income drops by 30%/40% you should still be fine. Also anyone on goverment assistance will have no problem paying rent.

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 8981522)

This is actually why it was incredibly irresponsible for Trump to give false hope about the efficacy of the drug as a treatment/cure. Being in pharmacy, I can tell you that when he made that statement, it was at best anecdotal information being passed along to the American public as fact straight out of Trump's mouth on TV.

The average person does not have a good understanding of medications. Having talked to hundreds and hundreds of patients over the years, some people literally have no clue what it is they take and why. So when someone as important as the POTUS says on TV that this drug looks very promising, the average person can easily make the mistake (by similar names) that they have it in their household and it's the same thing. There was clearly also confusion that the couple thought it work as a preventative measure to stop themselves from being infected.

There's a ton of work that goes into making medications as fool proof as possible. The only onus on the patient is to read the instructions and take as directed; which, in itself, is hard enough as is for some people. By bypassing actual studies and waiting for verification of efficacy, the dangers of misuse/misinterpretation is extremely high. At this very moment, drug trials are being conducted in live time as we need to find something to treat this virus. Drug re-purposing is the only immediate option to hopefully combat this until a vaccine is created.

All of the above info is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to using medicine. This is part of the reason why it takes so long to get your retail prescriptions. They are taking the time to absolutely make sure you are getting what you're supposed to as well as how you're supposed to use it. Please treat your retail pharmacy staff with respect and patience. That's my PSA for the day.

For far too long, a lot of people have been treating their pharmacies like McD's.

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8981534)

You have to be pretty stupid not to pay your rent if you have the money. Your landlord may not be able to kick you out now but sooner or later he will sent your ass to the curb.

Originally Posted by 1337 (Post 8981530)

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I'm not a landlord but do have a mortgage and my work has been impacted by the virus and will not be receiving any benefits as I will have minimal income coming in. I think tenants need to be working with their landlords and NOT against them in times where everyone is impacted. Banks can only defer mortgage payments in the most extreme of cases like getting laid off or at home sick with the virus and not earning income. The deferred payments will still need to be paid AND strata fees and other expenses will also need to be paid. My personal belief is that if you're a tenant and you're laid off or have no employment, allocate some of your CERB towards your rental payment (negotiate with your landlord what that might look like), but it's not the time to pool together to "show" landlords up. Many landlords like my mom does not profit from her rental income. A bit of a rant.

Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 8981577)

the most recent example would be the concern raised about the use of NSAIDs (ibuprofen etc) in treating the symptoms of covid-19. it was quickly dismissed because there was no real evidence to support it, just what people were saying in limited examples. I forget which country this was (france? italy?). anyways, they put that information out there with good intentions as a *potential* warning that it may worsen things.

results of this? people panicked and spread the info everywhere which later led to that official statement from WHO that it wasn't true. some people even misunderstood thinking that somehow taking an NSAID would make you vulnerable to contracting the virus.

summary:
1. info was anecdotal (even if best of intentions)
2. caused panic
3. misinformation spread
4. misinterpretation of already incorrect information
5. debunked with official statement

This is the danger of putting information out there too soon and also the danger of giving this type of information to the public. In a healthcare setting, it's meant to try and help each other treat patients. Again, we're looking at and trying everything available in a quick-moving situation.

Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys (Post 8981579)

https://twitter.com/JoeySalads/statu...64616980131841

Big brained media. Maybe Trump should have explicitly instructed people to drink fish tank cleaner in order to spare them from slowly starving to death.

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 8981572)

https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/st...29069896835072

Remember what I said 2 months ago about listening to TV Doctors :rukidding:

Originally Posted by Jmac (Post 8981582)

Agreed.

Also, this is Canada, it’s cheque like everywhere else in the world except our neighbours to the south, eh.

Originally Posted by welfare (Post 8981511)

THIS is what a LEADER for HIS people sounds like:

https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/ff41c...4/?jwsource=cl

Originally Posted by Amuse (Post 8981638)

So Canada will produce its own "N96" masks! From Woodbridge in Ontario, who specializes in manufacturing automotive supplies.
https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/n96-masks/

Originally Posted by fishCak3s (Post 8981651)

Taiwan CDC/FDA demonstrate using a rice cooker to disinfect used face masks.

The original Mandarin version also talked about using UV rays (220-280nm wavelength in dish dryer's disinfection function) to disinfect used face masks. The UV rays would be useful for the top and bottom sides of the face mask; however, surgical face masks are 3 layers (6 sides in total) so the CDC/FDA can't be certain it would be effective for the rest of the 4 sides.

https://youtu.be/ogCTP3xCWkM

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 8981524)

https://www.theamericanconservative....4996902197.jpg

It says chloroquine right on the bottle.

Originally Posted by welfare (Post 8981654)

We're trying something similar with hockey equipment cleaning machine

https://globalnews.ca/news/6773148/r...-ppe-shortage/