Many players of the NHL Vancouver Canucks are "very ill" with #COVID19

[Nevilledog]

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Eric Feigl-Ding
@DrEricDing
“VERY ILL”—many players of the NHL Vancouver @Canucks are “very ill” with #COVID19, some confirmed to have the aggressive Brazil 🇧🇷 #P1 variant. The 14-player outbreak is “unexpected” and the team is in “tough shape”. Practices & games cancelled. BC 🇨🇦 has huge #P1 outbreak. 🧵

[GoCubsGo]

1. That is a horrendous situation.

They are sending staff to some of the players' homes to administer IVs. I hope they can avoid hospitalization.

[electric_blue68]

2. Oh, dear. Good luck, team. :(

[roamer65]

3. Those are young guys.

God be with them.

[dalton99a]

4. Canada's 3rd wave of COVID-19 is 'killing faster and younger' and fueled by new variants

https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-3rd-covid-19-wave-young-people-new-variants-2021-4

Canada's 3rd wave of COVID-19 is 'killing faster and younger' and fueled by new variants
Michelle Mark

Canada is battling a surge of coronavirus infections fueled by new variants which is sickening much younger adults than hospitals are accustomed to seeing.

On Saturday evening, the nation surpassed 1 million recorded coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic. The third wave of coronavirus has mainly struck the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia, prompting all three to implement new restrictions to stop the spread.

Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, recently announced a 64% increase in new cases involving coronavirus variants — 90% of which involved the B.1.1.7 variant first found in the United Kingdom in September.

Ontario, in particular, has reported an influx of much younger patients in ICUs. Nearly half of the province's COVID-19 ICU patients are under the age of 60, officials announced this week.