Curfew to be relaxed… soon
The 8 p.m. curfew is scheduled to be changed to 9:30 but we don’t yet know when the change will be made as of Wednesday night.
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GC 17:55 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
This CBC article says tomorrow: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-curfew-red-zone-orange-loosening-public-health-measures-1.5952318
Kate 19:17 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
Indeed. I was just going to post that. Thank you. (Initally the news story said the date for the change was uncertain.)
qatzelok 22:03 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
The article mentions that despite the curfew loosening: “singing and karaoke will remain banned.”
Is singing really that dangerous?
Kate 22:08 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
Yes, if you have Covid, singing is one of the most efficient ways to spread the virus around.
GC 23:37 on 2021-03-16 Permalink
It just happened that I saw the CBC article before I saw your post. I gather the day was not specified at the press conference, but maybe released later and I just happened to see it at the point it was updated?
I…think this is good? I mean, I’m all for a curfew if it’s making a difference.–though it’s hard to be sure if it is. But I also want us to find the most sensible time of day for it. I’m just concerned that, as usual, this decision isn’t particularly motivated by any science and is just Legault bowing to protest pressure.
I also found it surprising the idea that everyone who wants to will be vaccinated by June 24. I wasn’t really expecting to get a chance until September.
Mark Côté 10:21 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
Legault is promising that all adults will have one shot by June 24. It’s not clear if the feds’ target of Sept 1 is one or both doses, but Quebec has been big on delaying the second so more people can get the first.
Regardless, even one dose for all adults in Quebec should make a huge difference. We seem to be following the UK, US, and other governments who really didn’t know how to handle the ambiguities of social distancing and such but are getting in gear now that there’s a clear objective.
DeWolf 12:20 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
September was the deadline mentioned by the federal government months ago, but that seems like it was a fairly conservative estimate now that vaccine deliveries have picked up. We’re slated to get 36.5 million doses by the end of June, which is more than enough considering Canada has an adult population of 30 million.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-36-million-vaccine-doses-july-1.5944608
That means that by June 24, Quebec will have received 8 million doses – enough for every adult to have received their first shot, and for at least one million people to have received both shots.
DeWolf 12:31 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
Also, one thing that doesn’t get mentioned and I’m not sure why: the island of Montreal is being vaccinated at a much higher rate than the rest of Quebec, with 14.3% of the total population currently vaccinated. That figure rises to 18% if you count only the eligible (adult) population.
If our vaccination rate remains exactly the same as today, Montreal will have vaccinated 100% of its adult population by early June. But of course the vaccination rate will increase, with 400k doses arriving in Quebec next week. So realistically, we can expect the entire adult population of Montreal to have received at least one dose by mid-May.
Kate 14:36 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
Everyone who’s willing, DeWolf. I’ll be curious to see how many will have refused it, by early June.
DeWolf 15:12 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
You don’t need everyone to get the vaccine in order to reach herd immunity. There was a recent poll of people in Quebec, reported in the Gazette, that showed 35% were eager to get the vaccine, another 39% would “probably” get the vaccine and 20% were still undecided. Only 6% said they did not plan to get the vaccine.
For anyone under 65 this is all academic. My guess is that, as soon as everyone is eligible and there is a big rush to book an appointment, all those undecided people are going to quickly get in line.
GC 18:38 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
My expectations for September also had to do with just being naturally pessimistic. Assuming more supply delays, etc. I haven’t run the numbers, though… I’m willing to take your word for it that it’s a realistic goal to hit that by June.
Kate 18:40 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
Legault is making it explicit he wants it done by Saint-Jean.
MarcG 21:28 on 2021-03-17 Permalink
It would be nice if nationalism finally did something good.