The COVID-19 pandemic

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Data error means Ontario reports just 1,009 new COVID-19 cases, almost half in Toronto: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/da...r-BB1bjNy8

Meanwhile in Toronto, rednecks defy indoor dining ban in order to cram themselves into a BBQ joint run by a conspiracy theorist to super spread the virus and listen to country music: https://twitter.com/jpags/status/1331256737442242562

I am not sure what you mean by "Rednecks".... and you make it sound like it is wrong  to listen to country music?  You choose to use your unconscious bias to see it one way.  What about this view point.  A desperate business owner watching his livelihood disappear in front of him with no ability to pay back his debt without claiming bankruptcy. Perhaps he has a family at home to feed and is scared he doesn't know how he will do it now...  I don't know this is the case, I am saying perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to judge.

No, Adam Skelly (owner) is a bit of a character. He's a true redneck as are most of his patrons: uninformed and hateful. He's a well known individual in the Toronto restaurant industry. He isn't suffering financially one bit. Earlier in the year, he had a massive meltdown on social media about the first lockdown, throwing around all sorts of profanities towards people with learning difficulties and certain people of colour. https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comment...d/fou5hi7/

If his business WAS failing, that sucks, but that doesn't mean he gets to freely break the law and potentially risk killing others so a few people can have a hoedown to "own the libs". My life is worth more than some shitty barbecue place and its racist owner, so I don't think he should be allowed to break the law because he wants to make money regardless if he was suffering financially or not. Actions like this only worsen things, from convincing the public that the rules don't matter if you choose they don't, to causing even more virus spread throughout the world and elongating this pandemic.