11-13-2020, 11:47 PM
(11-13-2020, 08:03 PM)jeffster Wrote: As for the province and the country itself, we have actually done very well compared to most other countries - the exception are some Asian countries (like China and South Korea). Just look at the USA, be it a liberal or conservative state, they have all suffered almost equally. And again, the issue has been people simple not listening to the science and government authorities.
I'd say Canada's response is a D verging towards D- compared to the US's F. Apart from some Asian countries (yes, China and South Korea, but also Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Mongolia), plus Australia (4 month lockdown in Melbourne but now it looks like it's eliminated) and New Zealand, there is also Africa, which we don't really know much about. Ghana was doing well for a while, had a surge, and now seems (barely) under control again. Also Trinidad and Tobago.
(11-13-2020, 08:03 PM)jeffster Wrote: But as I said, we can do better if people practice things like social distancing, wearing a mask (and not using lame excuses not to), and having a very limited social bubble. Short of that, since this likely won't happen here, since many value their freedom and "rights" over anything else, we'll need to wait for a vaccine.
I'm thinking these things are difficult to get people to do voluntarily (even in NZ, which is only now mandating masks on transit when at the lowest alert level after yet another community transmission scare.)