Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r...
by perardi on Sunday October 18, 2020 @12:37PM
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Canada has been going through a second wave. (Well, Ontario and Quebec are, with Winnipeg as a bubbling hot spot. But given most of the country lives in Ontario and Quebec…)
What’s going on in Canada is, I think, what’s going on in Europe: pandemic fatigue. It sucks to be socially distanced for this long, and people’s guards go down. I don’t think we are seeing the almost nihilistic denial that you see in parts of the States here; we’re just tired.
https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/country/canada?countr...
The protests have been very, very small. The population, based on polls, supports masks.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/civic-duty-or-infr...
What’s going on in Canada is, I think, what’s going on in Europe: pandemic fatigue. It sucks to be socially distanced for this long, and people’s guards go down. I don’t think we are seeing the almost nihilistic denial that you see in parts of the States here; we’re just tired.