The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

That being said, while it's possible we could get to 60k per day, I think it's unlikely. Things that will change our behaviour...freezer trucks outside hospitals...and by that I mean, if things get bad enough, it will turn around--that's long before 60k per day. Of course, it hasn't worked in many US states so maybe I'm being overly optimistic.

I think that's really it: asking people to change doesn't help much at this point (people that are willing to listen are already behaving well), the remaining population needs some shock treatment to change their ways. The question is what is enough of a shock? Rapidly climbing numbers? Massive projections? Hospitals overflowing? Morgue trucks lined up?

I hope that we can see change earlier in that list rather than later. We'll have to wait and see. BC and a few other provinces are still going up quickly, even if Ontario looks more stable at the moment.