Coronavirus
#1921
Re: Coronavirus
- leads to false sense of security in wearer
- requires discipline of the user (most the public is not trained or have built up the required long term habits needed to properly use PPE)
- could be seen as a short cut to ‘normal’ and encourages laziness especially by businesses.i.e. It’s ok
to have a 100 people in my store because they are wearing masks.
#1922
Re: Coronavirus
It is beneficial, that’s why Toronto and surrounding districts are pushing a bill through to make masks wearing mandatory.
#1923
Re: Coronavirus
#1924
Re: Coronavirus
#1925
Re: Coronavirus
I think the analogy with drunk driving is a little strong but take the general point. Plus I find in North America it isn’t nearly as much a social taboo/punished sufficiently as it is in UK.
It’s hard for the government to take the high ground with this after they refused to mandate vaccination for all children in the public school system.
It’s hard for the government to take the high ground with this after they refused to mandate vaccination for all children in the public school system.
#1926
#1927
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Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 817
Re: Coronavirus
After three months of Corona crisis the boredom started to settle in for me. One is simply tired of ever changing rules and regulations when going out, even if it's about a bit of relaxation and in the end, one prefers to stay home and not do much. No job or income in sight, stranded in a foreign country, but enough money to keep going for a while, and also not really a lot of motivation because of this pandemic. Theoretically I should have moved to Canada by now, however the 14 day isolation is just no option. So it's waiting, waiting and waiting.......
Also, the feeling is not there that "we're all in this together". It's more like the feeling, "none have understanding for the other's problems" and "everyone is caught in a different situation" these days......
Even worse this new "un-normal" could be going on for years and years.....
Also, the feeling is not there that "we're all in this together". It's more like the feeling, "none have understanding for the other's problems" and "everyone is caught in a different situation" these days......
Even worse this new "un-normal" could be going on for years and years.....
Last edited by OrangeMango; Jun 30th 2020 at 5:04 pm.
#1928
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 0
Re: Coronavirus
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...rs-coronavirus
Of course the Sheriff is an elected law enforcement position, so unlike say a City Chief of Police who can be fired easily for not following orders, the Sheriff cannot be fired so easily since they are elected official just like politicians, and essentially a Sheriff is just a politician who happens to be a cop.
The general population also in general isn't all that cooperative which doesn't help.
I think Washington State has also made masks mandatory but facing similiar backlash from the general population.
Masks are not mandatory in BC and its hit and miss as to how many have masks, and where you are, some areas have higher mask usage than other areas, but seems majority of people are not wearing masks correctly, so not sure how effective it is when the nose isn't covered.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/factsheets/no...uring-covid-19
#1929
Re: Coronavirus
Masks are mandatory in a variety of places in the US, some at state level, some at county level, some at city level, but people are still not bothering, and in some states like California where the governor has made masks mandatory there is push back with some Sheriff's saying they will not enforce the mandatory mask order.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...rs-coronavirus
Of course the Sheriff is an elected law enforcement position, so unlike say a City Chief of Police who can be fired easily for not following orders, the Sheriff cannot be fired so easily since they are elected official just like politicians, and essentially a Sheriff is just a politician who happens to be a cop.
The general population also in general isn't all that cooperative which doesn't help.
I think Washington State has also made masks mandatory but facing similiar backlash from the general population.
Masks are not mandatory in BC and its hit and miss as to how many have masks, and where you are, some areas have higher mask usage than other areas, but seems majority of people are not wearing masks correctly, so not sure how effective it is when the nose isn't covered.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/factsheets/no...uring-covid-19
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...rs-coronavirus
Of course the Sheriff is an elected law enforcement position, so unlike say a City Chief of Police who can be fired easily for not following orders, the Sheriff cannot be fired so easily since they are elected official just like politicians, and essentially a Sheriff is just a politician who happens to be a cop.
The general population also in general isn't all that cooperative which doesn't help.
I think Washington State has also made masks mandatory but facing similiar backlash from the general population.
Masks are not mandatory in BC and its hit and miss as to how many have masks, and where you are, some areas have higher mask usage than other areas, but seems majority of people are not wearing masks correctly, so not sure how effective it is when the nose isn't covered.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/factsheets/no...uring-covid-19
#1930
Re: Coronavirus
That's definitely part of the problem. I think the health authorities should be making some more effective advertising to demonstrate transmission risk. Perhaps dynamic diagrams with balls changing colour as the virus spreads or failing that, some kind of zombie movie parallel. I really feel the vast majority don't understand the concept of a pandemic.
#1931
Re: Coronavirus
We seem to be in a new phase now, the US has lost the option to control the virus through track and trace:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/cdc-...s-country.html
What if it's never safe to open the border?
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/29/cdc-...s-country.html
What if it's never safe to open the border?
#1933
Re: Coronavirus
If the USA becomes the worlds COVID epicenter for the next year or so, it would be extremely foolish of Canada if we opened our border with them. I don't have any plans to go into the USA for the next decade or so. Build the big beautiful wall.
The EU has decided that from Wednesday EU borders will be reopened to citizens from 15 non-EU countries, including Canada, Morocco and Australia, but not the US, Brazil and Russia.
The EU has decided that from Wednesday EU borders will be reopened to citizens from 15 non-EU countries, including Canada, Morocco and Australia, but not the US, Brazil and Russia.
#1934
Re: Coronavirus
If the USA becomes the worlds COVID epicenter for the next year or so, it would be extremely foolish of Canada if we opened our border with them. I don't have any plans to go into the USA for the next decade or so. Build the big beautiful wall.
The EU has decided that from Wednesday EU borders will be reopened to citizens from 15 non-EU countries, including Canada, Morocco and Australia, but not the US, Brazil and Russia.
The EU has decided that from Wednesday EU borders will be reopened to citizens from 15 non-EU countries, including Canada, Morocco and Australia, but not the US, Brazil and Russia.
#1935
Re: Coronavirus
clearly not enough for those in Canada to make it mandatory in all circumstances. There is clearly some discussion in the field as to wether they help or hinder when viewed in a holistic way.