05-18-2021, 11:51 AM
(05-17-2021, 07:00 PM)plam Wrote:(05-17-2021, 05:38 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: If we weren't in such an extremely dangerous situation, we could lock down extremely strongly, send a strong message, for 2-3 weeks...but no, it has to be this ineffective weak messaging, with a ridiculously long duration...and frankly, I'm getting a little testy about it.
Melbourne (3 months) vs New Zealand (7 weeks) vs Ontario (6 months).
We really haven't had anything even resembling a "lockdown" for more than about two months in total. The orange/red zone restrictions are still very modest.
As most people here know, I'm not a big fan of how our provincial government has managed this. But, the good thing is that we have muddled through it well enough (and long enough) that we will now likely be able to vaccinate our way out of this. And, at least so far, the signs for a high level of vaccine acceptance are good.