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Booked my vaccine appointment for Monday.
Fair warning, not to dissuade, but only to help you prepare:Booked my vaccine appointment for Monday.
I have a feeling there are even a number of hugs-over-maskers who have softened a bit on the idea of a two-month hard lockdown over 13 months of whatever the hell we've had.New Study out in The Lancet indicates that countries populations were better off from both a public health perspective and a civil liberty perspective if their strategy was Covid elimination rather than mitigation.
It notes that civil liberty restrictions, on balance, were harsher/longer in countries opting for mitigation vs those opting for elimination.
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I have a feeling there are even a number of hugs-over-maskers who have softened a bit on the idea of a two-month hard lockdown over 13 months of whatever the hell we've had.
Here's hoping the data, and best response, aren't lost to politics and bureaucracy. Another potential pandemic is likely to happen within our lifetimes, but it needn't be like this s#itshow.Of course, a few of these high performers had no lockdown at all.
The issue there was an all-hands on deck approach at the very beginning.
The hard lockdown comes into play once things are beyond contact/trace management.
We were slow; and we were wholly inadequate in our response at each stage.
Here's hoping the data, and best response, aren't lost to politics and bureaucracy. Another potential pandemic is likely to happen within our lifetimes, but it needn't be like this s#itshow.
Of course, a few of these high performers had no lockdown at all.
The issue there was an all-hands on deck approach at the very beginning.
The hard lockdown comes into play once things are beyond contact/trace management.
We were slow; and we were wholly inadequate in our response at each stage.
Fair point. Third time's the charm? *smirk*We already had SARS and didn't seem to learn much, if anything from it.
Fair point. Third time's the charm? *smirk*
I can name at least one person who needs to be removed.I thought we already had our third time (like the current wave). We didn't even learn our lessons from the first wave. That suggests people is the problem - and they should be removed.
AoD
Well, looking at places like India and Brazil, I don't fault Canada or Ontario too badly. Did many nations besides isolated islands like ANZ, Japan, Singapore, etc. fare better? South Korea is a good example of best practices paying off.Not only did we not know ourselves - we chose to fight using a strategy (mitigation) that suggested we don't know the enemy either while exposing our own weaknesses. And to do it again after the first wave is insanity, yet here we are, in the third wave.
I can name at least one person who needs to be removed.![]()
Well, looking at places like India and Brazil, I don't fault Canada or Ontario too badly. Did many nations besides isolated islands like ANZ, Japan, Singapore, etc. fare better? South Korea is a good example of best practices paying off.
Even as more Canadians get their first doses of vaccine, Tam cautioned against lifting those measures too quickly, pointing to the example of Britain, where health authorities have only now started gradually easing restrictions—at a point where more than 60 per cent of adults have received a first dose.