09-30-2020, 02:58 PM
(09-30-2020, 01:12 PM)Bjays93 Wrote: Ontario continuing to trend upwards again today.
Another thing I dont like is when they release their predictive models like they did today. Anyone with half a brain knows that we'll hit 1000 cases a day soon, if nothing changes. Its like they're trying to scare people into staying home instead of implementing any measures theirselves. Then if the numbers dont come true, like the first time they released them back in march, trust in the government, and their transparency around covid only goes down. People will think its overblown etc.
There's lots of people without half a brain it seems.
That being said, releasing the models does not help those folks.
(09-30-2020, 02:01 PM)ac3r Wrote: The province is expecting 1000 cases per day throughout October. Data is also showing that most new cases are in people under 40 (which are now starting to spill out to other demographics) and Tor Star ran a story today that suggests one issue may be that the province/health officials are doing a poor job at informing younger demographics in the right way. The solution? TikTok. Okay, obviously it will take more than some 10 second TikTok video memes to drill this into the heads of youth, but it does illustrate a point: young people are not likely to be tuning into daily press briefings about this stuff and that there are other ways to reiterate health advice to everyone, which is absolutely a necessity since this isn't going anywhere for a few more months.
I do think it is important to engage people through the channels they participate in. That being said, I don't think the briefs are affecting anyone's behaviour. Frankly, the spikes among young people clearly show that young people are not acting safely. But Octoberfest is in full swing, and our Regional Chair is out doing shotskiis with people and posting on social media. Old folks are also acting poorly.
Frankly, I fear this thanksgiving may be frankly...a bloodbath...there are probably thousands of asymptomatic or low symptomatic people out there, who have been infected because they are not treating this seriously...who will go visit their family, including elderly family for Thanksgiving, because they are not taking it seriously...