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No one is guilting you lol. You’re assuming everyone is taking precautions like you and I can almost assuredly say that’s likely not the case. If you’re taking those precautions, then all the power to you. I see people on my social media feeds doing the exact opposite. I see people in public doing the exact opposite.
My parents own a company, and my dad put tape on the ground for social distancing in line and put a sign to not walk right up the counter - 7/10 people walk right up to the counter, touching whatever along the way without having any sort of common sense or precautionary measures. A lot of people still think this is being overblown on top of it all.
I’d also argue you’re probably more likely to get the virus from a grocery store, rather than McDonald’s but whatever.
All we are doing is delaying what will likely have to be a lockdown, eventually.
I'm pretty sure F A N was trying to guilt me, ha.
I'm not saying that most people are being smart. There is an absolute shit ton of stupid happening right now. Especially when it comes to the amount of seniors still out and about. And people doing legitimately stupid things should absolutely be held to task for it.
I'm responding specifically to F A N's take on my original post. And we aren't in a lockdown right now. Golf courses are still open for crying out loud. In a world where people could literally go play a round of golf, stop at Home Depot and pick up a few things for their house on the way home, and then go through a McDonald's drive-thru for food … if you're feeling a sense of outrage about the idea of two people standing 12 or 15 feet apart outside in a back yard, your priorities might not be correct.
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Whatever the case - whether it's good planning and behaviour or just dumb luck - BC is doing pretty well right now, especially considering what a hub we are into Asia. New cases on a daily basis have been in a holding pattern at an average of 60-70/day since March 17, and the total number of active cases has barely gone up in the past week when new cases are measured against recoveries. And outside of Metro Vancouver … things are just dead. We'll see in the next week or two if we've really in a good position moving forward, or if things will pop up from below the surface.