That's not analogous; we already take measures to prevent motor vehicle deaths like speed limits and other road rules, airbags, seatbelts, not letting people drive drunk, etc. The common sense thing to do is to take equivalent action to protect human life during a pandemic.

Our news went from talking about the increasing death rate non stop, to never mentioning it, and talking about the increasing spread rate instead. Odd...

Ontario/T.O. news is always pointing out how our premier or the other provincial premiers of the same party are screwing up, even if opposition premiers aren't doing any better if not worse, no matter the subject. They rarely talk about the P.M. and when they do it's super rare to cast a negative light, no matter how legit.

Want to know what would help a lot in terms of covid? Talking about the death rate when it comes to many things, like the common cold and flu. Why it was never brought up before is one thing, but regardless, how about talk about other important life and death related illnesses to show you're at the least willing to try and do your job, even if done poorly.

You can't cry wolf over and over then expect people to come running when there is actually a problem. As some like to say, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. If you don't want to conduct yourself in a manner that will remain relevant and trustworthy in the future, you're going to pay for it down the road. The more power you have, the more who will be negatively impacted. Considering the public themselves allow this, it's partially on them as well.

Not everyone follows the driving laws, and even those who do, still get injured and die, yet no highway lockdowns.

Some people don't wear masks, even those who do get sick or die, yet we lock everyone down.

The covid pandemic lockdown may be inconvenient, but it's worth it, even if others and the economy suffers. The 'movid pandemic' however, is no different in that sense, yet let's disregard that.

This is hypocrisy, and many will not stand for that. My way or the highway, is no way to get people behind you.

There's no hypocrisy. In both cases, practical solutions to protect human lives should be implemented and mandated to minimise preventable mortality and morbidity. In times of crisis, temporary inconveniences are sometimes necessary; that's not authoritarian, that's just being responsible and realistic.

the reason traffic deaths aren't thought of as a pandemic is because they aren't contagious (or even if you're going to make a stupid analogy between car accidents and getting others sick it's not contagious in nearly the same way). Also traffic accidents kill an order of magnitude less people, so there's that. 

Some don't follow the driving rules, leading to perhaps a pile up of deaths, and best case, we punish them and only them.

Some don't follow the masking and social distancing rules, leading to deaths, and yet we punished everyone.

This is hypocrisy. Most people don't and won't blindly follow hypocrites. Things could have been different.

Driving is just as 'contagious' as socializing. The accidents themselves aren't exactly contagious, just like how covid isn't contagious simply on it's own.

Traffic accidents take place everywhere since vehicles have spread worldwide. Who decides how many deaths are reasonable? Who decides if it's news worthy? What's that matter if none of them are seen as trustworthy?

Wearing a mask and socially distancing isn't punishment. It's a small and temporary inconvenience that saves lives. 

I swear, if the Blitz had happened in 2020...

Not being able to drive is punishment for breaking the law. Being locked down because you wouldn't mask up would be it's equal. Instead, the few drivers who caused the accidents led to, 'all the highways being shut down'.

Not sure the exact situation of the pic, besides the overall scenario, but forcing them down there wouldn't be the right answer. Offering it would be. The entire world wasn't taking pics like that at that time for some reason.

Where are those roomy safe offerings for the at risk individuals now?

I'm going to need some kind of proof that driving accidents are as contagious as a respiratory disease that has caused a pandemic and killed 316,000 people in America alone in just 9 months.