Fairview4Life wrote:BigBoss23 wrote:Fairview4Life wrote:
Huh? The article was useless. It tried the old appeal to authority fallacy by saying here's a Nobel winner and he says X, but it was just a guy with no expertise in anything related saying a few off the cuff things. IE: "interpreting his own opinion as fact". So by your own criteria, it's a pretty useless article. Thanks for agreeing with me, I guess.
You also seem to be under the mistaken belief the there is some kind of global lockdown that has occurred. There are large differences between what each province and state are currently doing, let alone countries around the world.
The truth is, whatever each city/region/province/state/country is implementing, no ones know exactly how things will turn out. In that sense, everything is "novel".
The only methods we know are effective are how the places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China etc have done. And that's not happening in Canada because of human rights issues, the general public, and the lack of resources here in relative terms.
Maybe you should read the article I posted?
I did, and your article states what I've said. Very few areas besides the far east has handled this optimally. The different levels of government not working together only compounds issues.
Social distancing is generally considered the best way yes, but the problem IMO for say Ontario and western countries by in large is that we've reacted only once it was well past the containment phase. As such, any draconian lockdowns once past the containment phase has to balance damages from a public health and economic stand point. As of now, the results are mixed at best.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist or someone who believes that the government is out to get us, but at the same time I don't personally believe many of the current measures will move the needle the way that we want, and the economic damage we see now is just the tip of the iceberg.
It also doesnt help when we get contradicting messages from our various leaders or persons in positions of authority. Doug Ford preached social distancing yet 2 of his 4 daughters who dont live with him came over for dinner. That's the exact same concept as what happened at Trinity Bellwoods if we're being honest.
I personally know many people (colleagues, friends) who are still having weekly family gatherings with family not in their household because their parents accept the risks. Bottom line is, we as a society as a whole are not falling in line with what is being asked for many reasons, and as such it'll take forever if we are to get to what the government wants before they continue to expand reopening.
