We keep on climbing in Ontario, Canada. Already a higher 3 day average than at the first peak.
Doug Ford is finally starting to realize this can't go on, but what does he do
Ontario is putting a pause on social circles, asking people across the entire province to now only come in close contact with those inside their household as COVID-19 cases spike to unprecedented levels.
A bit extreme since we've been isolating in our small social bubble, yet now the kids can't see their grandparents again?
Meanwhile:
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs in Ottawa and Peel Region must limit capacity to 100.
So visiting your carefully selected social bubble bad, 100 people in a restaurant, good...
For gyms and fitness centres in the three hotspots, group exercise classes will now be limited to 10 people and the facility must limit its capacity to 50 people. Banquet halls and event spaces must limit six people per table and have no more than 50 people in the facility at a time.
Yet 30 people per class room and no limit on the total inside the schools...
Ford said limiting contact with those outside the household will be "especially important" to consider ahead of Thanksgiving.
Schools ???????????????
Elliott said these new measures need to be taken seriously to protect the economy and schools.
Ah, it is to protect the schools, erm, err, huh. How about air filtration, smaller classes, faster tests.
The solution to testing capacity being a problem (currently over 90,000 tests pending, over a week to get results)
Ford also said the province will transition to appointment-based testing at COVID-19 assessment centres starting next week. The transition will start on Tuesday in an effort to reduce the testing lineups and cut down on the processing backlog.
"Starting Oct. 4, assessment centres will not be accepting walk-ins … These changes are absolutely necessary," Ford told reporters.
Starting Tuesday, patients with COVID-19 symptoms would have to call one of the province’s 153 assessment centres and speak to a nurse practitioner before making an appointment for a swab.
With Ontario's COVID-19 processing backlog hitting an all-time high of 90,513 on Friday, the province is also trying to reduce the length of time people have to wait before receiving their results.
So now you got to wait to get a swab instead, much better....
What was all the "preparing for a second wave" about, just bullshit. Online schooling is still a mess, test capacity isn't there, contact tracing isn't working. But let's wait until ICUs fill up to really start doing something.
Fall is here, temperatures have dropped, rain as well, people are back indoors, we're screwed.
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