Premier Ford has reversed the order enabling police to stop pedestrians and drivers to randomly check on violations of the C-19 stay-at-home order. He has also reversed the order to close playgrounds. Both orders were issued Friday night and were part of other tightened rules intended to help control the pandemic third wave across Ontario. Now the government is saying that police may make stops when they have reason to suspect there is a violation of the C-19 restrictions. The idea of random police checks stunned many people and prompted most police services to announce they would not be taking any such action. It appears almost as if the police acted in concert to defy the order. Remarkable.
Doctors on Twitter are genuinely frightening
The public cannot know what type of reasoning occurred inside cabinet and government circles but the reality of the pandemic remains the same. Distancing and masks will stop the virus in its tracks. The rest is up to the public. And while recommendations and advice are essential, many can’t understand how police stopping people randomly would assist. Those who are determined to act in a way that spreads C-19 won’t be found walking on a City sidewalk. Stopping people randomly looked like a government run amuck. In fairness, the projections made by doctors on Twitter (and there are many) are genuinely frightening.
