09-06-2020, 06:33 PM
I don't know if this is appropriate place to discuss covid lockdown measures but what I was more getting at was not that we have done nothing (we've done plenty) but that ultimately it has amounted to nothing.
Lockdowns and closing everything are pointless without fully eradicating the disease. You are hurting local businesses, only to open up and allow spread again, ultimately re forcing businesses to close. There hasn't been much foresight in any of our covid reactions. Lockdowns also make sense when things are spiraling out of control but things were neither out of control or fully eradicated in Canada.
If you aren't willing to take on the full pain of a lockdown to get rid of the disease, strict social distancing protocols are your next best option. Our back to school plan doesnt hae this, which is a recipe for disaster. The virus is still in circulation and we havent taken adequate preparations and precautions to prevent large outbreaks in the coming weeks.
New Zealand took the short term pain to get completely covid free (minus their recent Auckland cluster which has been traced at this point) since they are completely covid free outside of this cluster, they aren't taking as stringent of measures. Things have been mostly normal in New Zealand for the last half of the summer thanks to their strategy.
Lockdowns and closing everything are pointless without fully eradicating the disease. You are hurting local businesses, only to open up and allow spread again, ultimately re forcing businesses to close. There hasn't been much foresight in any of our covid reactions. Lockdowns also make sense when things are spiraling out of control but things were neither out of control or fully eradicated in Canada.
If you aren't willing to take on the full pain of a lockdown to get rid of the disease, strict social distancing protocols are your next best option. Our back to school plan doesnt hae this, which is a recipe for disaster. The virus is still in circulation and we havent taken adequate preparations and precautions to prevent large outbreaks in the coming weeks.
New Zealand took the short term pain to get completely covid free (minus their recent Auckland cluster which has been traced at this point) since they are completely covid free outside of this cluster, they aren't taking as stringent of measures. Things have been mostly normal in New Zealand for the last half of the summer thanks to their strategy.