If there is any daylight between the B.C. NDP’s approach to government in the midst of a pandemic and that of the Ontario PCs or Alberta UPC, I can’t see it.
Funny how people accusing governments of not being serious enough in their response rarely lay out what they think should have been done. Because it leads to a discussions of very lengthy lock downs, supported by curfews and road blocks. All enforced by police. Is this what you really mean by commitment?
The evidence to date shows that the ONLY effective method to reduce infection rates is mass vaccination. Pleadings from the electorate for government to do better ring hollow when the same electorate, as a collective, refuses to follow the public health guidance coming from government. It does not matter if I and many others judiciously follow this guidance when illegal super-spreading gatherings continue apace. It does not matter if, in an alternate reality, the Canadian government had the capacity to park tanks and troops of the CF in every street of the nation to enforce a stay-at-home decree because our Supreme Court would likely disallow it.
So let's simply implore our governments to vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. Everything else is ineffective and distracting make-work now.
I think that Nikiforuk at The Tyee brought more background to the same topic, recommended. It was about a lot more than Whistler. It would take some shoe leather, I'm sure, to find and list all the many workplaces that were superspreading without being shut down.
This is a local version of the study that showed the "get to zero" strategy is by far the most successful; the half-hearted roller-coaster strategy that BC fell into was far inferior.
What needs a book based on in-depth interviews after people are out of office, is WHY they made these decisions, knowing at the time how they were going to work out. I can't believe that Dr. Bonnie figured that Whistler would just go away on its own, in January.
Funny how people accusing governments of not being serious enough in their response rarely lay out what they think should have been done. Because it leads to a discussions of very lengthy lock downs, supported by curfews and road blocks. All enforced by police. Is this what you really mean by commitment?
The evidence to date shows that the ONLY effective method to reduce infection rates is mass vaccination. Pleadings from the electorate for government to do better ring hollow when the same electorate, as a collective, refuses to follow the public health guidance coming from government. It does not matter if I and many others judiciously follow this guidance when illegal super-spreading gatherings continue apace. It does not matter if, in an alternate reality, the Canadian government had the capacity to park tanks and troops of the CF in every street of the nation to enforce a stay-at-home decree because our Supreme Court would likely disallow it.
So let's simply implore our governments to vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. Everything else is ineffective and distracting make-work now.
I think that Nikiforuk at The Tyee brought more background to the same topic, recommended. It was about a lot more than Whistler. It would take some shoe leather, I'm sure, to find and list all the many workplaces that were superspreading without being shut down.
This is a local version of the study that showed the "get to zero" strategy is by far the most successful; the half-hearted roller-coaster strategy that BC fell into was far inferior.
What needs a book based on in-depth interviews after people are out of office, is WHY they made these decisions, knowing at the time how they were going to work out. I can't believe that Dr. Bonnie figured that Whistler would just go away on its own, in January.
The only thing that makes me feel better about the German* response is the fact Canada is doing worse. Sad but true 😥
*expat CAN in case you're wondering.