�� Listen to Post
On April 16, Ontario announced sweeping new COVID-19 restrictions, including increased police powers and closing playgrounds. Following fierce backlash, both were repealed the next day (Ashley Hyshka)
Earlier this year, modelling projections revealed that if Ontario reacted proactively, we could halt a third COVID wave. Instead, the measures we enacted were reactive, and the variants overwhelmed us.
The third wave is here, and we’re drowning.
Instagram is flooded with photos of Vancouverites drinking on sun-bathed patios and having beach gatherings. I look at the situation here in Ontario and ask myself: how did we get here?
On April 3, Ontario entered its third lockdown, and a stay-at-home order was imposed days later, and both were extended until May 20. We’re averaging 4,000 new cases per day, while the ICU is near their breaking point.