The COVID-19 pandemic

[danbrotherston]

Today the government announced more restrictions in a effort to slow covid down, they include the following with some starting tommorow and the rest on Monday:

- 25% capacity at big box stores
- The outdoor social gathering limit goes from 5 to 0 essentially limiting all gatherings
- 10 people cap for places of worship
- Extension of the stay at home order by two weeks making it last until may 20th
- non essential construction is shut down
- restrictions on outdoor amenities
- police will have the authority to ask anyone why they're outside their home including pulling people over to do so and people must provide a address and can be fined $750
- checkpoints at provincal borders with exceptions for essential travel
-25% of future vaccines to the 13 hotspot regions

I really hope these work but I have my doubts

This one really ticks me off. Leaving aside the fact that it will be (not even could, WILL) be used to further oppress minority groups, all I need to do is say I'm going to go congregate indoor with no masks with hundreds of other parishioners at Trinity Bible Chapel and apparently I'll be fine. Police have already demonstrated they refuse to enforce the restrictions we have against certain groups (they have no problem going and ticketing student parties), so......what exactly is the point here?

And again, Ford refuses to implement the biggest policy failure which is paid sick days...
Churches still allowed to hold (small) in person services.

But the playgrounds are closed...thank goodness I have absolutely nowhere to take my toddler /s

Yeah, this does nothing to improve the rock bottom regard I have for our government.