Jasmine18
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What I meant more is when people see italy in lockdown that would raise the anxiety in other western nations.
Laura Stone @l_stone
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#BREAKING: @JustinTrudeau’s wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19. Remains in isolation #cdnpoli
Welp...
yeah regardless of poltics in times of crisis people will look to the PM for leadership and that is gonna be hard if he is isolated in these critical days.
Time for Freeland to take charge
Isolated physically. doesn't mean he can't be in front of a TV camera, much less the phone or teleconference. Nothing will show leadership more than working while you are under isolation. People who want to be political about it on the other hand...
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I assumed he would be like isolated , isolated that is fine
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will warn Canadians against international travel and is considering tightening the border to some international travellers.
"As you've seen, there are recommendations not to travel outside of Canada. We're in the midst of co-ordinating with the Americans, obviously, on our borders, on our actions. We'll continue to evaluate what we can do and how we can keep Canadians in security and we won't close the door on any idea."
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yeah regardless of poltics in times of crisis people will look to the PM for leadership and that is gonna be hard if he is isolated in these critical days.
Especially when provinces start giving conflicting guidance and advice and restrictions.
Time for Freeland to take charge
Wonder if the lesson will stick this time. It is not like the Spanish Flu of a hundred years ago had a particularly difficult time crossing borders in a short span of time.
Not necessarily- tightening borders (did not mention closing the borders) does have an effect in flattening the curve in preventing new sources for community spread as opposed to letting all travellers come in unscreened. Things like temperature-testing incoming travelers for illness (even though 11% may not show symptoms, it's still better than nothing), and enforcing mandatory quarantines from all countries facing exponential spread (it was nearly fortuitous that Canada caught the first few instances from Iran) would have helped tremendously rather than letting travelers self-report. The other important step would have been to get the citizenry alerted that it's a potentially serious issue (discourage leisure & Snowbird travel earlier) so that they won't laugh it off and then panic when/if it gets bad.No country has successfully stopped the virus through border closure - it's like closing the barn door to stop air from flowing through. Besides, would *you* have advised against travelling to the US three weeks ago?
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