Virus stories of a Tuesday evening
We are now being asked to wear masks on public transit. The STM is also going to install plexiglas barriers to protect its bus drivers.
Contact tracing in the Montreal public health system relies on a fax machine.
A Cree elder has died in a rehab facility in Montreal – the first person from her nation to die of COVID-19.
An inmate has died in a federal prison in Laval.
Max 22:11 on 2020-05-05 Permalink
So. We’re supposed to wear masks on public transit, yet there’s nowhere to buy cheap, reliable masks, whether one-time-use or reusable. Pretty glaring oversight in your messaging, authorities.
Faiz imam 00:43 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
Really? I’m increasingly seeing them in stores, pharmacies, but also small ethnic grocery stores. They all seem to have a supply by the counter.
Also a TON of people are making reusable cloth masks at home and selling/giving them away.
check out kijiji as an example.
https://www.kijiji.ca/b-grand-montreal/mask/k0l80002
It’s not hard to find.
walkerp 13:55 on 2020-05-06 Permalink
Saw a box of 50 disposable ones for $60 and single “KN95” masks for $6 in the supermarket in the basement of the Swatow Plaza in Chinatown. That is probably somewhat of a markup but not insane.
Chris 09:29 on 2020-05-07 Permalink
Thankfully they’re not mandating masks, hopefully it won’t come to that.