Drivesaitl
Finding Hyman
Totally agree. It's a bit shocking Hinshaw isn't doing something to curb this. Especially since, during yesterday's media avail, she said her and the province are very concerned about the rise in numbers recently and concerned people are starting to become to lax and drowning out the message or getting tired of the message about social distancing, washing hands, masks etc.
I cannot see how this will not lead to a significant jump in cases. Thousands of people hooting, hollering, chanting for hours in dozens of bars across town, not wearing masks. And you know there will be enough less than intelligent folks out here that will partake and fill all those bars up.
It's a bit of a slap in the face of those who have died and for all of us still trying to do our best to stop the spread and avoid infection.
Ya, they highly discourage choirs and singing in churches yet allow a few hundred fanatic possibly drunk fans chant and cheer, likely high fiving each other (between different groups) in places likely more cramped than your local church. And to boot people will be shoveling food (some finger foods) and drinks into their mouths through their time there.
I think the way to look at it is theres about 3-4 times as many community infections out there as there were before.
Theres probably about 10X as many untraced infections as there were before. These are concerns.
Alberta prior, had Covid infections primarily in meat packing plants, nursing homes, old age homes and some hospitals. Now its getting them all over the community. Thats when Covid-19 tends to turn into a bomb going off.
it took months, but now this is firmly in community, and spreading in community. Meaning it is far less contained now than it ever was.
Tragically Alberta is now the only province having such a per capita problem with daily new cases and community spread.
We know what Alberta communities are like as well when it comes to NHL playoff hockey. All bets are off.