I wanted to say. Stay home.
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Social distancing with a passenger?
- Thread starter amp3d
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If only everyone out there enjoying the open road was smart like you. But they aren't. The not so smart ones will gather and we will probably see a second wave. Stay safe.
And we've all heard that argument as well. Ticket the stupid people. I hope the cops paid a visit to all the Timmies parking lots that were surely littered with bikes today and handed out tickets where due. I have NO problem with that.
But don't penalize those of us who understand how to be safe whilst still enjoying some shred of normalcy in our lives.
905
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I have been getting texts from my daughters to get out of the house and ride.It's hard to do that.I have to leave my wife alone.I am her psw 24/7.
I repeat. No.
I read that in William Shatner's voice.
Not sure of the full story but a 90 YO woman with severe dementia in an Etobicoke LTC facility needed her own care giver as it took her 40 minutes to eat a half a sandwich. Regular staff couldn't cope but the outside PSW got banned due to lock down rules. She died and lack of nutrition may have been a factor. It wasn't C-19.
In reality she didn't have a long road ahead of her but that doesn't mean she should be kicked into a ditch.
The point is that this bomb dropped on us pretty fast and while identifiable groups are being taken care of a lot of unique individuals are not. Personality disorders are possibly the worst, PTSD etc. Any old substitute can't just show up and plug into the situation.
Some provinces are opening up a bit and others talking about it. We will have to get back to work at some point and there will be a trade off in collateral damage. It sucks for the individual that gets the hammer dropped on them.
It will be indiscriminate. The nice guy with all his ducks in a row will get it and the wife beater drunk across the street will win a lottery and live to be 90.
What have we got to be grateful for?
Well, not living in Syria would be one. Add most of Asia to that. And the USA. South America too.
If you aren't depressed by now we could start a second wave thread.
You have no idea how close you are.
-Maverick-
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Move to Sweden where they don't do social distancing and no more people died (like here) from having the flu.
The guy formerly known as Mladin.
The guy formerly known as Mladin.
Kinda not working out very well for them, especially when compared to their neighbours that are doing things a little differently....
By the way, they are doing social distancing, just not the lockdown routine. Long term it appears their plan isn't going to work out like they'd hoped.
I dont like total deaths as I have no idea of relative populations. Comparing deaths per million is a more useful metric.Kinda not working out very well for them, especially when compared to their neighbours that are doing things a little differently....
By the way, they are doing social distancing, just not the lockdown routine. Long term it appears their plan isn't going to work out like they'd hoped.
I was reading articles, possibly within the last 24h, that were praising the Swedes for not shutting down their economy. Interesting. Basically assume people will do the right thing (they won't for a large portion of the populace) and let the problem sort itself out.Kinda not working out very well for them, especially when compared to their neighbours that are doing things a little differently....
By the way, they are doing social distancing, just not the lockdown routine. Long term it appears their plan isn't going to work out like they'd hoped.
-Maverick-
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And how many people have died in Hong Kong? 4Kinda not working out very well for them, especially when compared to their neighbours that are doing things a little differently....
By the way, they are doing social distancing, just not the lockdown routine. Long term it appears their plan isn't going to work out like they'd hoped.
The guy formerly known as Mladin.
JTR
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Pretty sure there aren't any laws here. There can't be, the process for making a law is far too long. There are guidelines, pleas to the public, maybe the odd haphazard, half-assed, heat of the moment quick cash making bylaw here and there. But they would all fall flat on their face in court, conflicting with charter rights etc. This is why most cities are closing public areas that they control, and are issuing trespass fines.
JTR
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Nunya
The laws are the municipal by-laws in most cases. I am not sure how the province shutdown of parks is being dealt with. My suspicion is that was a directive to municipalities to close the parks but actual enforcement and by-laws including fines would be up to the municipality to implement.
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