Videodrome
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If my parents weren't moving, I guess they would have been voting in a by-election.
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Mayor John Tory's Toronto
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Jonny5
Senior Member
Four people rushed to hospital after fight involving knives near Dundas and Sherbourne streets
Four people were taken to hospital with stab wounds after a knife fight downtown early Saturday morning.
www.cp24.com
"Fight involving knives"
Oh. They mean a knife fight. Or, more generally, people were stabbed. Someone wants everyone to know he has an English degree.
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kali
Active Member
^the wording is also probably due to liability/sensibility issues. Kind of like some reporters now say "people experiencing homelessness/mental health issues" instead of "homeless/mentally ill people." (note: not equating the two groups lol)
Northern Light
Superstar
* cross-post from Covid thread*
Tis my understanding that Mayor Tory will announce some variation of a mandatory mask policy next hour.
Tis my understanding that Mayor Tory will announce some variation of a mandatory mask policy next hour.
W. K. Lis
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Jasmine18
Senior Member
Be Honest
I blame the WHO for its moronic mask guidance in causing this whole Mask issue
I blame the WHO for its moronic mask guidance in causing this whole Mask issue
Northern Light
Superstar
#CafeTo has arrived at Midtown Yonge (just south of Eglinton).
No new bike lanes here, at least not on purpose, but parking is gone in favour of patio space; and there seems to be about a bit over 1M left over before the car lane.......hmmmm
Image from Kevin Rupasinghe 's Twitter
No new bike lanes here, at least not on purpose, but parking is gone in favour of patio space; and there seems to be about a bit over 1M left over before the car lane.......hmmmm
Image from Kevin Rupasinghe 's Twitter
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Uh no, there is plenty of blame to go around, but the current kerfuffle around mask use has nothing to do with the WHO. People who refuses to wear them aren’t refusing to do so because the WHO didn’t recommend them at the start of the pandemic. This is a case of making excuses to fit “I didn’t want to wear them”
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zang
Senior Member
Geez.
At a time of social and political unrest, where the last decade has been marked by vehicle ramming attacks, lets make Eglinton a bowling alley for the next Charlottesville.
Some concrete barriers would be nice.
Johnny Au
Senior Member
Eglinton would be where we watch BLM and the Boogaloos battle each other. At least it would be a few blocks from where the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern took place. The upcoming battle would be the Second Battle of Montgomery's Tavern.
Jasmine18
Senior Member
Well be honest if the WHO said from april to wear masks and govt put rules we wont have this issue as the thinking back then was different.
Like personally I thought there was no need to wear masks indoors unless you talking to people very close because govt said not needed.
It was around May I was like um wait a second lol reading alternative medical sources.
Like before I only wore it only grocery shopping now I even wear it always.
So yeah people who dont wear now are dumb but a lot of people were basing behaviour on bad information.
zang
Senior Member
Not really. It was more misunderstood or outright ignored.
From a Public Health Ontario document from April 7, 2020 (Archived in the Wayback Machine):
2019-nCoV – What We Know So Far About...Wearing Masks in Public
We were told to avoid public places unless absolutely necessary, go out only once a week for groceries and one person per household was a designated shopper. Many people ignored this.
We were told wear a mask if you have symptoms and save medical grade masks and other PPE for healthcare workers. People ignored this as well.
We didn't know the level of asymptomatic spread that was involved in this virus, but if the above measures were followed to the letter, spread would've been more easily contained, even without everyone wearing masks.
Unfortunately, human nature and selfishness being what it is, many people have pushed this on much longer than it's had to be, and continue to spread the virus to this day.
A month ago, doctors recommended mandatory masks in Ontario. The Ford government passed the buck to the municipalities on this (and weirdly, not the Public Health Units). A lack of mandatory masks throughout the province means small towns with no cases are going to think they're safe and not introduce any mask laws. And they'll be just like Red States were back in May; laughing at New York saying, "It's not going to come here."
Jasmine18
Senior Member
The WHO at the same time said masks were not needed which went against local experts.
This caused mass confusion if you remember and over time our leaders have seemed to stop listening fully to the WHo and make their own rules based on Canadian experts.
Which is for the best considering how dumb the WHO has been.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
What does it has to do with the current bunch refusing to wear masks? They are refusing because WHO told them not to now? You are making excuses for the indefensible - their bad behaviour isn't the result of bad information - but from a misguided sense of entitlement, self-importance and lack of responsibility for others. Not because the WHO "confused them".
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salsa
Senior Member
The idea is great, but I wish these installations (for curbTO, quiet streets and cafeTO) were more visually appealing. The street usually just ends up looking more like a construction zone than a space to hang out.