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Your country's response to COVID frankly terrifies me. The police showing up and arresting maskless people, shutting down businesses, raiding churches. The vacc

Your country's response to COVID frankly terrifies me. The police showing up and arresting maskless people, shutting down businesses, raiding churches. The vaccine response seems piss poor as well. I realize the media sensationalizes a lot of this but from the outside it doesn't look good. I know the US is seen as not doing enough but I prefer that over the authoritarian responses. We certainly have our issues but for now we still hold people's personal freedoms at a high level. I live in a somewhat rural area but I haven't had to wear a mask in most places for about a month, I've been vaccinated for over a month and I've been out enjoying beers etc. like normal for the last several weeks.

version_five 5y ago
Funny how people don't like your comment. It terrifies me too. I assumed I was in a free country, and it had all gone so bad so quickly. Thus wanting to get into a different country that hopefully has stronger notions of personal freedom..
- CountDrewku 5y ago
  They don't like it because they think I'm sharing fake news because our MSM will not report this. If you look at the other comments here they believe the Canadian response is one of the best. Obviously, I don't live there so I'm open to changing my mind. I've just read some stories that don't sit well with me coming out of Canada and even if they're in the minority they should still be addressed.
DeathRay2K 5y ago
I thought you were talking about the US in the first paragraph. In truth, there haven't been strong enough enforcement measures in Canada, that's why we're having such a bad third wave right now. In Alberta, which has the highest case rates in Canada, there have been less than 2 tickets issued per day for violating the restrictions. Until yesterday at least, if you went out you would see people all over the place without masks, hanging out with their friends on patios, having parties, etc. You say you've been vaccinated for over a month, but we haven't had that privilege. So instead, we have to rely on safety measures like avoiding big gatherings and unsafe behaviour.

version_five 5y ago

Funny how people don't like your comment. It terrifies me too. I assumed I was in a free country, and it had all gone so bad so quickly. Thus wanting to get into a different country that hopefully has stronger notions of personal freedom..

CountDrewku 5y ago
They don't like it because they think I'm sharing fake news because our MSM will not report this. If you look at the other comments here they believe the Canadian response is one of the best. Obviously, I don't live there so I'm open to changing my mind. I've just read some stories that don't sit well with me coming out of Canada and even if they're in the minority they should still be addressed.

DeathRay2K 5y ago

I thought you were talking about the US in the first paragraph. In truth, there haven't been strong enough enforcement measures in Canada, that's why we're having such a bad third wave right now. In Alberta, which has the highest case rates in Canada, there have been less than 2 tickets issued per day for violating the restrictions. Until yesterday at least, if you went out you would see people all over the place without masks, hanging out with their friends on patios, having parties, etc. You say you've been vaccinated for over a month, but we haven't had that privilege. So instead, we have to rely on safety measures like avoiding big gatherings and unsafe behaviour.