11-13-2020, 10:38 AM
I personally believe that the biggest infection vector (in Ontario, at least) currently is private social gatherings. I do wish we had some good data from contact tracing to clarify this; if they have some data about this, they haven't been sharing much.
Unfortunately, private social gatherings are one of the hardest things for the government to control. A full lockdown -- essentially self-isolation for everyone -- would do it, but we didn't go that far even in the spring. Really, this is simple for people to do, but apparently too many people really don't care (it's hard to imagine that very many people would be unaware of this risk or of the rampaging infections).
Unfortunately, private social gatherings are one of the hardest things for the government to control. A full lockdown -- essentially self-isolation for everyone -- would do it, but we didn't go that far even in the spring. Really, this is simple for people to do, but apparently too many people really don't care (it's hard to imagine that very many people would be unaware of this risk or of the rampaging infections).