Ontario has retracted several severe Coronavirus restriction after a massive public outcry. Fox News. Many police departments outright refused to enforce the demands which would have forced them to confront anyone out in public and ticket anyone who didn't have a good reason to be outside. That requirement has been pulled but officers can still question people if they suspect that they may be involved in a group activity. Public health officials also criticized a ban on outdoor activities like golfing and visiting parks and playgrounds. Canada has not had much luck in fighting Coronavirus and the vaccine roll-out has been a disaster there.
My Comment:
What a contrast there is in Canada compared to my home in Wisconsin. I went to the park a couple of times this weekend to go fishing and it was fine. Nobody was wearing masks and everyone was having fun outside, either fishing, playing on the playground equipment, jogging, or just out and enjoying the day. Nobody was concerned about the Coronavirus, nobody was wearing masks and it was like the pandemic wasn't even happening.
It makes zero sense to to ban these kinds of outdoor activities. The risk of transmission are extremely low outside and it would be difficult for someone to catch it even without any precautions. And if people really were worried about catching the virus they could just wear a mask.
Even more concerning is that golfing and playing in parks is a good way to keep in shape, or, at the very least, keep from putting on more weight. Since obesity is a major factor on whether or not you live through the virus or not, it makes zero sense to ban outdoor activities. Indeed, if you are going to mandate anything, mandate exercise. Make people walk for an hour a day and you would probably see fewer deaths from the virus.
As for the policing plan it seemed like a horrible, tyrannical idea that would have put both citizens and police at risk. Random stops are dangerous in the first place and I don't know much about policing in Canada but I assume that police have to at least have a reason to pull someone over. I know in America police have to have probable cause or reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed to pull you over. I am not sure if Canadians have similar protections but under this rule they did not.
I think police realized that if they tried to enforce this rule even the Canadians would have told them no. And they would have either had to arrest a lot of innocent people or just not be able to enforce the ban. It's also possible that someone would be angry enough to fight and that could lead to either a cop or a citizen getting killed.
Of course if Canada was on the ball they wouldn't have to have the discussion in the first place. Their vaccine rollout has been terrible when compared to the United States. Almost half of Americans are vaccinated and we are probably approaching herd immunity. Canada though? Only 15 percent, not anywhere near immunity. They just can't get it together and it is really damaging their country.
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