Johnny Bball wrote:I'm talking about every single other procedure that is in effect in each region. They differ. As do policies in long term care, hospitals etc. There is NO blanket approach being used.
And you want to hold a
recommendation up as fact that the policies are different? Or would you prefer when he recommends something they do it by city and make it policy with no wiggle room? You're literally trying to argue both sides of this. It's maddening to listen to.
Maybe he should recommend nothing, let everyone in Thunder Bay have a party, then wait until it's worse and lock it down... just to be fair. No point in reminding people right?
You're the one that said the other poster must be misquoting him, all I did was point out he wasn't.
I would prefer stated guidelines issued by the government to be reasonable and rooted in the real world. Would it be great for slowing down the spread if nobody in Ontario saw family outside their household over the holidays? Sure, but we both know that is not going to happen.
To me, making an announcement with a sweeping, unrealistic guideline just causes people to tune out. Why not make their official recommendations something the majority of people will actually try to follow with advise on how to mitigate the risk when you do see family? i.e. keep gatherings to less than 10 people indoors for less than 3 hours, don't have potluck, don't hug etc.
As much as I obviously disagree with some of the current aspects of the government response, I personally have been following every guideline to date. I wear a mask every time I walk out my condo door until I am outside, my wife and I both work from home and won't be seeing anyone outside our household for the next 28 days.
When it comes to Christmas, we aren't going to do our usual extended family gathering. But, after my wife and I have both spent the last month having our only physical contact with people outside our apartment being while picking up groceries with a mask on and maintaining distance, or walking past someone on the street, I'm not going to tell my parents who live by themselves (who I've seen in person twice in the last 9 months) that we can't going to come visit for a few hours on Christmas day---while doing common sense things like not hugging, staying 6+feet away etc.
If we were in a different position---i.e had kids and they were attending school right up until Christmas, or one of us had to go into the office every day taking public transit to work, or my parents were particularly high risk---I might think differently. But, that's why I don't think asking the government to put reasonable guidelines/restrictions in place while also allowing people to assess their own risk level is unreasonable.