Calendar of changing pandemic measures
TVA has a calendar that attempts to clarify the stages of changes in public health directives. Text format of sequence is on CTV.
Montreal’s public health director doubts that the city can reach the level of 75% vaccination by mid-June, as suggested by François Legault. But he’s very keen to throw the province open by St-Jean.
DeWolf 11:35 on 2021-05-19 Permalink
Based on current rates of vaccination in Montreal, we should reach 75% by June 7:
https://vaccintrackerqc.ca/
If that’s not possible it’s because Montreal has a serious problem with distribution. Apparently it is virtually impossible to get a vaccine appointment in Park Ex right now, which is a problem for many of its residents who are limited in their ability to leave the neighbourhood. Montreal public health really needs to up its game.
Joey 13:24 on 2021-05-19 Permalink
@DeWolf all those Parc-Exers can hop on their bikes and ride down to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Chris 18:44 on 2021-05-19 Permalink
or a bus, or taxi, or uber, or bixi, or ask a friend, family member, or neighbour. This meme of “limited in their ability to leave the neighbourhood” sounds like ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ to me.
JP 21:04 on 2021-05-19 Permalink
Maybe you can easily afford a taxi or Uber or can bike, but lots of people are unable to…if getting vaccinated has been made so convenient for other neighbourhoods as well as drivers (e.g. the airport site), not sure why making it more accessible to Park Ex is so objectionable.
Kate 09:28 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
Chris, you’re showing a lack of imagination here. There are many people in Park Ex who can’t easily leave the area because they’re working a lot of hours, or are not physically mobile, or are looking after children or other family members, or a combination of all these things, plus there are language barriers for many.
We need to make it easy for people to get vaccinated, not make it a challenge.
jeather 10:08 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
We don’t make voting harder because you should just figure it out — we have polling stations all over so people can walk there easily, we have early voting, etc. I don’t know what the issue is with sites in Park Ex, if they don’t have enough big sites, or they don’t have enough local pharmacists with doses, or the places that are nearby are a difficult walk or multiple bus situation — but the solution isn’t to tell them that they’re bad people for not getting vaccinated — look at the drive through vaccine clinics and the free parking at the clinics, things are set up to make it easier for car owners — the solution is to figure out what is making it harder and fix those, because having a giant pool of unvaccinated people in the middle of the city is bad for everyone, and because it’s also the right thing to do.
Kate 11:00 on 2021-05-20 Permalink
Well put, jeather.
While I was writing my comment, I was thinking about the single most useful thing I was told in a training session for election scrutineers: You’re there to enable people to vote, not to put up barriers. The same principle holds here, in spades.