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| vivster said: Germany is holding on surprisingly well, but I don't see them coming even close to eradicating it like other isolated nations could. Seems every day I see more and more people in public transport either wearing their mask wrong or not at all. Still really proud of the vast majority of my fellow citizens keeping it up so well, despite being not used to masks at all. |
It helps not really having any sort of public transport here. The 11K town I live in doesn't even have bus service. The bigger town over has a couple bus lines and only 10 trains stop there per day.
Masks are now mandatory, or rather from tomorrow (better later than never) but it is already posted everywhere when going to shops. The shops are pretty good doing their part, only allowing a few customers in at a time, serving them separately will all safety measures. I had to do an emergency repair on my bike yesterday (front gear shift cable snapped) so I stocked up on resupplies while getting a new cable. The bicycle store has everything in place already as well as wearing masks. They lock the door and only let new people in when the last one goes out.
I also already saw more people using masks outside. Finally the use of them is better communicated and the stigma of wearing one is wearing off. f course there are still those that fight it. Actually the other customer I was in the store with, an elderly man, was complaining no end at how terrible the face masks were, but at least he was wearing one!
The downside, I already found a couple discarded masks along my property (next to a park) and also saw some along the trail.
Eradicating is not going to happen I'm afraid, even if we get it to go away here, it's still coming in
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/at-least-26-flights-have-arrived-in-canada-with-covid-19-cases-in-last-two-weeks-1.5024278
Plus those coming in through the land border and not self quarantining, some get turned away
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nearly-5-000-u-s-citizens-tried-to-enter-canada-for-shopping-recreation-amid-pandemic-cbsa-1.5025674
But others still get in and then fail to self quarantine or drive straight to their destination.
Then there's essential traffic of course, truck drivers bringing in the virus. Yes we need those goods, but why has no one thought about handing off the trailer to a different driver at the border. With our modern communications that should not be that difficult. Farm out breaks here were traced back to truck drivers bringing in supplies.
And then there's the younger population that all find it too much hassle. House parties responsible for new out breaks. Most cases are under 60 now with average age of 38. The problem with that is, most cases now also have milder symptoms, thus the percentage of undetected, yet still contagious, cases is likely also higher. Finding two unrelated cases at the same work place only because the spot light went onto that work place after finding the first one says enough. The odds are simply two small when there are only a few cases 'found' per week in a town of 100K.
Canada went up a bit, 3 day avg of 413 daily cases. (11 per million)
Ontario went down a bit, 3 day avg of 110 daily cases. (7.5 per million)
Brant county is finding about 1 or 2 per day (~ 12 per million)
Phase 3 starts tomorrow, up to 50 people allowed indoors again. Restaurants and gyms back open. It's not gone yet and it won't go away with the current measures. But it's possible to stay safe at least. Grocery day for me again, I wonder if more than 50% wear masks today at the supermarket.
