The COVID-19 pandemic

[ijmorlan]

To me it feels like we didn’t really take it seriously until it was here. We didn't implement major changes in procedure until there were enough cases in Canada that a widespread cessation of in-person activities was needed.

And yet, travel from China was not the biggest problem. Ontario has had only five cases traced back to travel in China, seven for Italy and 18 for Iran, the three early hotspots. On the other hand there have been 64 cases from Mexico, 111 from the UK -- and 369 from the US.

Thanks for those numbers — I was unaware.

Interesting political problem — for my suggestion to have been useful it would have had to have been all borders, specifically and most importantly including the US border. On the other hand by now it would be obvious and undeniable to everyone that we were in the right — no out-of-control spread in Canada, cases all over the place in the US.