Covid notes du jour
SAQ employees will be helping with the vaccination effort, either as welcoming staff, IT assistants, or even wielding the needle if they’re qualified.
Firefighters will be paid 3 hours’ overtime to get vaccinated. It’s noted here that this wasn’t a demand of the union, but an arrangement so that fire stations will remain properly manned while colleagues are off getting their shot.
Notes on when the mask must be worn outside.
dmdiem 16:52 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
I started typing out a lengthy rant about the stupidity of the outdoor mask rules and how they don’t reflect our current knowledge of how the virus transmisses but I got a headache, my nose started bleeding and a little piece of brain fell out of my ear.
So instead I’m going to pour a glass of wine and enjoy the evening.
DeWolf 18:01 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
The only way to effectively enforce an outdoor mask mandate is to require everyone to wear one at all times when outside the house. That’s the case in many countries. But I’m not aware of any evidence that this is actually necessary, even with variants. The UK does not have an outdoor mask mandate and they have managed to get their cases under control. Most of continental Europe requires masks outdoors and it certainly hasn’t helped anything.
As it stands this is just another example of a half-measure that confuses everyone and doesn’t do anything to help the situation.
MarcG 18:01 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
It seems like the province is focusssing on the wrong things like curfews and masks outside – why?
Kate 21:17 on 2021-04-09 Permalink
The obvious thing is they want to distract from workplace transmission.
MBlack 08:02 on 2021-04-10 Permalink
I wear a mask outside, in town, because, out of nowhere it seems, people will come up very close to you without warning. I got tired of lifting it up and down and hygiene-wise, you aren’t supposed to anyhow. At intersections especially when waiting for a light to change.