| S.Peelman said: Those people come from all over, travel times here are short, so who knows what happens. Some wore masks, some didn’t. In those things that are opening, every one practices social distancing and all kinds of rules and protections to ensure there’s no further spread, things don’t just open blindly, but this didn’t. The real issue is that this is an unprecedented blunder in every way, and undermines everything the rest of the country has worked for. If nothing happens, people will second guess any future measure (or prolonging of existing ones) the government takes against the coronavirus, and at some point they will just be ignored and questions will be asked about why we did what we did in the first place. If something does happen, we’ll have to lock down again. This is already happening, just one day after the fact. For example there will be no explanation as to why we couldn’t just have the yearly remembrance of the dead (of the Second World War) four weeks ago on the same square, while now all of a sudden this gathering for a cause that, with all due respect, is of no relevance here nor will it have any impact on what happens in the US whatsoever is a-okay according to misses mayor. So why can’t we have sports matches, or outdoor events. Or why can’t we visit our grandparents? It also undermines the point of their own protest, because now nobody gives a sh*t what it was about. I haven’t even agreed with every action that’s been taken to control this virus, but even I’m royally pissed off, in a way that doesn’t happen often, and with me pretty much everyone else. But yeah, we’ll know soon enough. No worries though, I’m also just venting a bit here. |
I get your frustration. I'm just glad it's for a good reason this time (in Toronto) instead of to flock together to watch the cherry blossoms or sit on top of each other in the parks on a nice day. I'm also relieved to see many people wore face masks and that it stayed peaceful. But true, in the end, it will still aid the spread, slow down restarting the economy and it will end up causing extra deaths that could have been prevented.
| EricHiggin said: Heard this the other day and wasn't all that surprised. Scotlynn is a massive farming and trucking operation here. With the many truckers coming in and out of the operation, it's totally possible it got spread to the migrant workers unknowingly. Plus typically, these workers are bused into town once a week for an evening so they can get supplies they need like food for the next week. Many of the smaller farms here didn't bother bringing in help for this very reason. Too risky due to Covid 19 and too expensive for 'locals', especially considering it tends to take 2 locals to cover 1 migrant workers productivity. Scotlynn have giant contracts with big food corps they have to fulfill, so they will do what they have to, to meet those obligations, even if they have to take the financial hit this year. Many of the vegetable fields are empty or being disked down. There's Gov bailout programs that a bunch of farmers are taking advantage of which will ease the pain somewhat, but if farming wasn't tough enough now, it's really going to take a big hit this year for some. Norfolk isn't very dense at all, even in the towns, so we'll see what happens in terms of it spreading. |
Yeah apart from the fruit farms I did notice plenty empty fields around :/ I often cycle from Paris to Brantford then along the LE & N trail to Oakland, Waterford, Bloomsburg, Simcoe and sometimes on to Port Dover. Then back on Blueline road and old highway 24 along Wilsonville. Today I turned back in Waterford, pretty quiet there today. I usually see the migrant workers queued up at the bank in Waterford late summer.
It sucks for farmers, locals cost twice as much and do half the work. I wouldn't be any use at it either with my bad back. I can chop down trees into bits but anything low to the ground and after an hour I'm done for. Biggest challenge atm is to get rid of knotweed invading :/ Pita to dig it all out.
Anyway, with this outbreak and likely also as result from the gatherings in Toronto last week, Ontario is on the rise again.
Thanks to Quebec declining the national total is still going down.
Ontario is currently the biggest contributor in Canada.
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