GRH will be taking in another wave of out of region Covid-19 patients soon. While I can't confirm 100% on the specifics, I've been told the surgery unit at the downtown hospital site is being prepped to treat non-critical patients and that work is being done on an additional unit (I forget which one) to transform it into ICU space. It definitely seems like our hospitals are beginning to get overwhelmed (though not yet at the point where we are doing extreme triage situations) since the numbers in Hamilton, Niagara, Peel etc are not falling unlike the majority of other regions.
I took the LRT home tonight, going from Uptown to Fairway, and I counted 6 people get on without masks, shoveling food into their faces, chatting to each other or talking on the phone. I really wish the region could hire a couple people to just ride the LRVs back and forth all day making sure people have them on. I ride the bus a lot and find passengers are a lot more compliant and I imagine that's due to the fact they have to walk past the driver first, where the LRT drivers are sitting in a sealed glass chamber, fairly oblivious to what is happening in the train.
I took the LRT home tonight, going from Uptown to Fairway, and I counted 6 people get on without masks, shoveling food into their faces, chatting to each other or talking on the phone. I really wish the region could hire a couple people to just ride the LRVs back and forth all day making sure people have them on. I ride the bus a lot and find passengers are a lot more compliant and I imagine that's due to the fact they have to walk past the driver first, where the LRT drivers are sitting in a sealed glass chamber, fairly oblivious to what is happening in the train.