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Originally Posted by Pagan
What if the people respected the guidelines on their own, without government intervention? Does the government have to tell them what to do? Can't most of them figure out for themselves? Masking, distancing, and handwashing go a very long way and can be done without police intervention. For those that choose to believe otherwise and wish to party like there is no tomorrow, well, maybe there won't be. Maybe they will be the ones to be triaged right out of a hospital bed. Terrible choice, I know, but everyone has a choice to make.
Here in Finland they pointed it out from day one -- there are only so many ICU beds in the entire country, and we all have to share them. They make it sound almost patriotic to follow their guidelines. We are seeing a decline, but they have still cancelled 4 major rock festivals this summer.
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People are FED UP. Ontario has been in some type of lockdown since September. We've been "closed" more than open for the past 7 months. We were closed in the fall, closed again December 26th to Feb 19th and closing again April 3rd to May 20th. Since Christmas, Ontario has been open for a total of 44 days, out of the past 97 and "cases" are at an all time high now. Why? Like Art said, many offices are opening and people have to work. Lower income people have to work. Amazon warehouse had a HUGE outbreak, Amazon apparently has to work. Factories have to work. Essential workers (Walmart, Costco, Liquor/beer stores, etc) have to work. And younger people aren't dying so they aren't as careful.