Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
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Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#2> No indoor and outdoor dining.
why no outdoor dining?
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#3> No indoor and outdoor dining. why no outdoor dining?
It's about a show of authority, it has nothing to do with public health? Also who does it apply to jurisdictions that don't have a covid problem? The government is trying to placate frightened Torontonians and entrenched business interests, on the backs of the rest of the province.
This is becoming such a joke, I hope at this point people are just ignoring it.
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#4> No indoor and outdoor dining. why no outdoor dining?
It's about a show of authority, it has nothing to do with public health? Also who does it apply to jurisdictions that don't have a covid problem? The government is trying to placate frightened Torontonians and entrenched business interests, on the backs of the rest of the province. This is becoming such a joke, I hope at this point people are just ignoring it.
All the while they'll capture videos of the rich politicians making the legislation at parties and get togethers at high-end establishments.
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#5I didn't see anything the article about helping shut down businesses. Any small business that somehow survived the previous shutdowns is likely going to close their doors forever resulting in massive revenue losses for the province
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#6> No indoor and outdoor dining. why no outdoor dining?
Probably because the last time they opened outdoor dining restaurants made "outdoor" tents with no ventilation that were practically equivalent to indoor dining. Unfortunately, government regulation is a blunt tool by nature.
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#7I'm not close enough to the data to know -- so am asking HN -- but why are schools being kept open? Is it because truly there is low risk on transmission that way (and this holds true for new variants too)? Or is this just to avoid the negative drag on worker productivity caused by kids staying home?
In other words - how political is the decision to keep schools open? Should concerned parents still keep their kids home anyways?
(Note - I don't have school-aged kids, so it's a theoretical question for me - but one that many friends are struggling with).
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#8> No indoor and outdoor dining. why no outdoor dining?
The restaurant staff that enable outdoor dining work inside, in close proximity to each other & frequently can’t afford to take sick time.
The real question is what the province is going to do to help the workers & business owners in those industries.
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#9I didn't see anything the article about helping shut down businesses. Any small business that somehow survived the previous shutdowns is likely going to close their doors forever resulting in massive revenue losses for the province
I think that's part of the point. Initially I couldn't understand why ostensibly right wing premiers in Ontario and Quebec were to pro-lockdown. But when you see how much the interests of bigger businesses are being served, basically removing all their competitions, it makes more sense.
There are fewer lobbying efforts on behalf of smaller business (and none on behalf of people who just want quality of life) to the bigger businesses with a direct line to the government get the covid rules basically written for them.
Re: Ontario to enter four-week, province-wide Covid-19 shutdown on Saturday
#10> No indoor and outdoor dining. why no outdoor dining?
The restaurant staff that enable outdoor dining work inside, in close proximity to each other & frequently can’t afford to take sick time. The real question is what the province is going to do to help the workers & business owners in those industries.
Right, if they can't afford to take sick time they probably can't afford to not work for four weeks. Any idea if the government is helping these people at all? I didn't see any mention of businesses or employees in the article