Photos and a debate
Good photos of downtown nearly abandoned by Radio-Canada photographer Denis Wong.
TVA asks whether the city should be closing its parks, citing people playing team games and otherwise using them to unwisely socialize. I noticed this item after reading a piece Taras Grescoe retweeted earlier from an observer in Italy, arguing for not closing parks, and for encouraging people to get outside (in a socially distanced manner) to walk and exercise.
The SAQ will now be closed on Sundays.
JP 21:47 on 2020-03-21 Permalink
I don’t think parks should close for the reasons stated in Taras Grescoe’s tweet. We do need to walk/jog/run despite all that is going on. I went for a nice long walk today that was both restorative and energizing. With that being said, some people are still not getting the message about physical distance.
At the grocery store today, I saw two women greet each other with cheek kisses and their husbands(?) shake hands…I’m very shy and didn’t feel comfortable saying anything, but I really wanted to. Forget about 2 metres, some people can’t even forgo handshakes and cheek kisses….
Alison Cummins 21:55 on 2020-03-21 Permalink
My sister — the nine-year-old — is schooling from home, but the kids are being strongly encouraged to ride their bikes. It’s the only activity they are allowed to do together.