Covid stories, Friday evening

The Jewish General is obliging its part-time nurses to work full-time hours because of the surge in Covid hospitalizations and the need to keep all its other services operating.

A long list of people connected with the movie business addressed an open letter to the premier demanding that he cancel the closure of museums, venues and cinemas for 28 days. You can understand their consternation while keeping in mind these are places where people tend to socialize, and we have to grit our teeth and reduce social contacts for awhile. In fact, Quebec may be about to ban team and contact sports soon too, and there will be an outcry about how unfair it is.

People need to get a grip. The virus doesn’t care if you’re a budding athlete or a movie person with a precarious career that needs chivvying along. It’s an impersonal threat that concerns everybody, but everyone who tries to make it about them and get an exception made for them or their business is basically endangering everyone.