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My wife watches figure skating, events in Asia have had largely masked audiences since long ago, for various reasons, pretty well-established it's a good practice. Dr. Tam said no masks originally because Trudeau had none for us, she was protecting her employer, maybe cost lives? Now we've got masks, she's reversed her position.

China originally stopped flights from Wuhan area to rest of China but not to rest of world, I've heard - ? That would have been a clear signal to stop flights from China, not sure why we didn't. Also kind of suspicious activity by China, if true, imo.

Loonie's doctor is articulating nothing new, it's always been about "flattening the curve", i.e. not reducing deaths, just spreading them out longer so everything looks under control.

I don't know about conspiracies but it's true Trump was the one western leader who's been calling out the Chinese since day one of his presidency, very fortuitous timing a China-origin virus comes along exactly at the time to make sure their enemy's defeated, hopefully the virus disappears after Biden wins. And we can get back to normal, can't wait to play hockey again!

Good news from Medipac for out of province Emergency Medical Insurance.

" The main question on most travellers' minds is whether they will be covered for COVID-19 emergency medical expenses when they purchase travel insurance for the upcoming travel season - with Medipac the answer is YES.*

During the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, other insurance carriers actually imposed ultimatums, forcing clients to return to Canada by a certain date, in fear of terminating their coverage! Many providers have since halted the sale of travel insurance altogether.

At Medipac, it's business as usual."

Nehpets said

Thanks for the update on the core of the discussion, dommm!

Medipac is a major insurer of snowbirds, and has the reputation of favoring clients with no or limited claims experience. Renewals for people who have had substantial claims are rated so highly that many are driven to those marginal insurers, like those that limited COVID coverage last March when the crisis unfolded.

It's encouraging news to learn Medipac doesn't plan to limit COVID coverage, but I would be interested to know if their rates for 2020 - 2021 will be increased to reflect the higher risk. I would also inquire about how they plan to deal with an insured COVID patient....would they cover extended treatment in the U.S. or would they repatriate the individual.

Your update is helpful and timely for snowbirds to know, while weighing options, even if the snowbird destination might be other than into the U.S.

Stephen   

Needless to say I was very happy to receive the email from Medipac concerning C19 coverage & was happy to pass on the info to this site which I enjoy & learn from. I guess it would be called paying back in some small way. Your welcome Shephen.

PS: Great questions you asked & if & when I get answers I will pass them along.

Good news on MediPac but also important to check again right before you leave as these things can change. I'd also look at the maximum coverage you are buying as there have been reports of people being in ICU for several months.
This might be a good year to buy your insurance early in case it gets more expensive later.

@Loonie it's a crazy world out there now. I took a subway downtown yesterday and there were lots of people on the subway with masks pulled down and drinking sodas, or not wearing masks at all. There were no TTC employees or police telling them to wear a mask. I saw summer students approaching people not wearing masks at Yonge and Bloor subway station giving them free masks, so at least they're trying though.

@Bill This is a well written article by Conrad Black that summarizes your philosophy about Covid.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-liberals-are-failing-us-on-many-fronts?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1594425752