05-08-2020, 08:06 AM
I personally have absolutely no idea how WPH is perceived by others around Ontario, or if that perception is an accurate reflection of issues at WPH, or if those issues impact the spread of COVID.
What will say is that Waterloo Region is definitely different from those two you mentioned (Kingston and Thunder Bay). We are much closer to a major city, Toronto, and we have much larger amounts of both international (as a result of a large international student population) and interregional travel. And, at some level, random chance plays a part in who gets more COVID cases and who doesn't.
But again, I have no idea how our public health agency is performing in this pandemic. I do know--since it is my area of interest--that our politicians are not being particularly progressive in their policies around public space and transportation, but I doubt that has a substantial effect on transmission rates--at least at the beginning.
What will say is that Waterloo Region is definitely different from those two you mentioned (Kingston and Thunder Bay). We are much closer to a major city, Toronto, and we have much larger amounts of both international (as a result of a large international student population) and interregional travel. And, at some level, random chance plays a part in who gets more COVID cases and who doesn't.
But again, I have no idea how our public health agency is performing in this pandemic. I do know--since it is my area of interest--that our politicians are not being particularly progressive in their policies around public space and transportation, but I doubt that has a substantial effect on transmission rates--at least at the beginning.