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Canadians had been warned about the new variant since the end of February. They ignored the warnings and began relaxing rules. And then the virus hit harder than it hit any time in the last year, and it is younger people being hospitalized.
April 26th, USA positive test rate is 7.9 percent, Canada 3.9 percent. The US is doing better than it was, but Canada was never as bad as anyone using that link will see.
Your numbers are completely wrong, check them again. US 7-day positive test rate is 3.6%, 3.2% yesterday. Canada 7.1% yesterday, over 2x as high as the US.
This is from Worldometers, CDC, and CTV news. Please do a more thorough job validating the data you're posting next time.
Lol at Canada, if the 1st 2nd 3rd lockdowns didn't work we bet the 4th to 20th will.
That's what I've been saying. After all, what's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing twice (or more), and expecting different results. And I say that as a Canadian.
Encouraging people to stay home is one thing, but preventing them from going out to play basketball, or go for a run or bike ride, or to the playground, is another. Especially after a Canadian winter, people want to get outside and enjoy the spring weather. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that bolt cutters have solved the problems of locked basketball nets and tennis court fences, and that playgrounds are used anyway.
IMHO, it's a darn sight easier to keep an eye on people, if you allow them out.
Covid deaths per million... USA 1,769....Canada 634....Now please tell me which country is doing better over all.
Yes, we have people in this country, not just moose. Rural Vermont and Maine have lower overall death rates than Canada, and were never as locked down. And you're doing terribly now because you don't design or manufacture any vaccines. Canada's much lower GDP per capita reflects the lack of innovation up there.
That's what I've been saying. After all, what's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing twice (or more), and expecting different results. And I say that as a Canadian.
But what's shocking as an American, even one who's been to Canada many times, is how willingly people there accept bad policy based on no science. Even here in leftist California our governor faces a recall for locking us down less severely, but also with absolutely no policy benefit. It's crazy how Canadians are willing to let politicians rule their lives
And you're doing terribly now because you don't design or manufacture any vaccines. Canada's much lower GDP per capita reflects the lack of innovation up there.
No, it reflects a poor decision made about 30 years ago: why should we make vaccines, when we can just buy them from our friends?
That's a fine approach for things like polio or tetanus vaccines, which every vaccine manufacturer in every vaccine-producing country makes. Hey, if everybody makes it, why not just buy the stuff? But that approach does nothing for this novel corona virus. And that's where Canada fell down. It could do the research, but it couldn't ramp up production facilities in time to meet demand because production facilities were shut down years ago. Canada relied on the contracts it signed and its friends. Who suddenly weren't so friendly, reneging on contracts and promises.
It's not "lower GDP reflecting the lack of innovation." We innovate just fine, as research at large university medical schools and hospitals will indicate. It's the lack of production facilities, too much reliance on our so-called friends, and a bad rollout of the little that is available.
Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis stated, I think locking down our economies is the one thing we did wrong.
In spite of California's much stricter lockdowns, our age adjusted death rate is worse than Florida's. It's crazy how these things are still going on in places.
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