11-13-2020, 10:34 PM
(11-13-2020, 08:03 PM)jeffster Wrote: Here's the thing guys, things won't get better until two things happen: 1) People start listening to the government and 2) We have a vaccine.
I don't blame "This government" as I think they are dong the best they can. Our federal government has been complete silent on having some sort of national program, and instead, letting provinces decide for themselves, and further, letting local governments decide for themselves.
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.
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.
Comparing us with the US is like playing at the childrens table, yeah, we're doing well compared with the US, but lets set our sights a little higher.
Just telling people to do thing will not achieve much (our Premier has been trying this for months), especially when it is in the face of contradictory permissions, why can I go to a bar with 50 other people, but I can't have 50 people to my house? The government absolutely can take steps to limit the spread, they already did in March.