The South Bayview Bulldog

Unmasked people turned away

Area resident Willem Klumpenhouwer has posted word of people trying to enter Hollywood Gelato without virus masks Friday night. He says the owner “stood firm and turned away some yokels.” Similar incidents are occurring all over the country as sensible people try to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infection caused by careless under-40s. Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam had a sterner than usual warning to young Canadians to stop fuelling the spread of the novel coronavirus. She delivered that pre-weekend warning because of the worrying trend of rising infections among people aged 20 to 39. This age group accounted for the highest incidence rates for COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks.

Seven-day average rising again

Dr. Tam outlined how the daily national case count, based on a seven-day average, is rising again across the country after falling earlier this summer. She said the seven-day measure is the best way to assess the trend in the number of infections. She says it stood at a high of 1,800 per day in early May, then dipped to 273 in early July, but in the last seven days the average daily count rose to 487. The 20-to-39 age group accounted for 60 percent of those cases, and one-third of them had to be hospitalized, said Tam.

The Ministry of Health reports 195 new cases of COVID-19 Friday for the 24-hour period ending at midnight. It is a substantial spike over Thursday’s 103 and is assigned by many experts to careless socializing by under-40s. Others scoff and say 195 cases out of a population of 14.57 million isn’t much. And it isn’t. But it’s that kind of thinking that created a daily death toll of more than 500 a day in the US so far in July.

A video posted this week (left) shows carefree crowds mobbing the midway-row called Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls. Clifton Hill is a long-standing street of independent games and food operators. A rather pompous narrator on the video lectures the premier about the COVID-19 risk. It also seems the video has a connection to places like Canada’s Wonderland, which remains shut down. At right is a CTV video showing the stark difference in rules on each side of the border for Niagara tour boats.

Protesters wearing COVID-19 face masks and using a megaphone brought a groundbreaking event at Queen’s Quay and Parliament St. to a halt Thursday and ultimately drove Mayor Tory to quit the scene. They were demanding that the mayor create a City-wide ban on evictions. From the video above the protester seem to number 15 or 20.

The Ministry of Health reports 103 new COVID-19 infections Thursday for the 24 hour period ending at midnight. It is a welcome drop from recent higher levels (203 and 165) reported earlier in the week. Daily summaries

Mask confrontation at Valu Mart at Bayview and Davisville.

There’s been a curious confrontation at the Valu Mart at 1500 Bayview Ave Wednesday morning as two men tried to push their way into the store without masks. The events are recorded on FB.

Mayor Tory has told CP24 that the infamous “chair girl” Marcella Zoia should have been jailed, at least for a short time. But Justice Mara Greene said Tuesday that while the chair-throwing stunt was dangerous, Zoia’s youth and no previous record made jail too severe a punishment. She levied a $2,000 fine and 150 hours of community work instead. Mr. Tory said the sentence is another example of the disconnect between expectation and reality some experience in the Canadian justice system. “It’s not a deterrent. The sentencing demonstrates a kind of out of touch aspect of the justice system we see time to time and it concerns me greatly.”

OMA warns against re-opening bars too soon/CBC

The Ministry of Health reports 203 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario Tuesday, the first time the number has risen above 200 in three weeks. Peel Region had 57 and Ottawa 43. Officials there say it appears the cause is young people partying hard together. Toronto, the largest City in Canada, reports 30 cases and Windsor-Essex 24. The increases raise concern for a widespread “second wave” as the province tries to re-open business and social

Ontario Medical Association warns against re-opening bars

Ontario should rethink allowing bars to resume serving customers indoors as a large swath of the province enters Stage 3 of the COVID-19 reopening plan, the Ontario Medical Association says. In a statement released Friday, the OMA says that while reopening the economy is important for Ontarians’ financial, social and developmental needs, it is not an “all or nothing situation,” adding that bars have been shown to fuel the spread of the novel coronavirus in other parts of Canada and in other countries.

Lexus taken from a driveway opposite Rolph Road Public School/Google

Thieves have stolen a Lexus RX350 off Rolph Rd. early Tuesday by apparently tricking the car’s key fob, which was inside the home, into unlocking the car. But it wasn’t a quick job. Pam Guselle says on Facebook that the family’s security cameras spotted someone in the driveway at 1.29 a.m. The car is last seen in the driveway at 2.41 a.m. She says the fob was well away from the front door and that the fob was in a protector of some type.

• Car thieves start Lexus with signal from fob inside the house
• Residents use tea tins, microwave to hide keyless entry fobs