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Re:Bill Gates calls for nationwide shutdown by mikepurvis on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:23AM (#22748789)
I'm in Canada. We were a bit late to the punch, but I think by and large my government layers (municipal, regional, provincial, and federal) have taken the right actions at the right times given the information available. And they're clearly working in conjunction with experts, so there's that.

I definitely have policy beefs with both my premier and PM. I didn't vote for either of them and probably won't the next time either, but I can still be pleased at the degree to which they've stepped up. The contrast with US federal government is especially stark.

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Re:Bill Gates calls for nationwide shutdown by slantyyz on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:42AM (#22749063)
I'm in pretty much exactly the same boat as you. Not a fan of the PM or Premier of my province, but am not unhappy with how things are being handled.

While I have a lot of issues with the messaging (in that it could be blunter and clearer [1]), it appears to be an issue in all Western countries, so I guess I give them a pass for that.

I also have some issues with the CERB (I would have personally preferred a simple universal benefit over something you need explainers for [2][3])

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/fmlg1y/communic...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/fpz6g6/update_2_ce...

[3] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lOJn7XS6ETIkbLRodYk681M_2dx...

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Re:Bill Gates calls for nationwide shutdown by wolco on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:39AM (#22749026)
Canada missed the boat by not being serious about checking travellers returning to Canada. If the fake followup questionaire that was routinely not asked was asked and had detailed questions, if an assessment of people returning was done, if airports were shutdown earlier, if returning people didn't have to wait for hours in line in close contact with thousands of others returning.. The airports are the weak links.

Now they go on tv and yell at people for not doing enough. When two weeks before they downplayed, mocked those who would dare wear masks. The majority of the initial outbreak was spent telling people they were racist for not shopping in Chinatown.

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