09-30-2020, 05:11 PM
(09-30-2020, 04:28 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: I agree casinos, Dollarama, bars, etc. are not anywhere close to being essential, so we could be shutting down better than we are, but a true lockdown would be impossible.
As part of preparation for next time, we should make sure we are able to do a true lockdown. Just off the cuff, this means that we should have stockpiles in place to get food to everybody and logistics organized to get the few people who need to be out (hydro workers, food delivery, medical, and precious little else) to where they need to be. Also there should be provision for places like care homes to lockdown — which means nobody goes in or out, just like every other residential unit. This implies staff stay there for the lockdown, which is what is needed to protect the residents.
The only reason this is impossible is because we have not prepared. It’s just one aspect of disaster preparedness. The same preparations would also help with hurricanes, pipeline explosions, terrorist attacks, and just about any sort of other adversity one can imagine.