Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford’s mandate for the mask expired on March 21, and the number of new COVID cases across the province is now estimated at 35,000 a day, or 10 times the official number. “Continue to wear the mask indoors,” said Waterloo’s chief medical officer. Hsiu-Li Wang in an email. Wang’s peer in the Peel area is Dr. Lawrence Loh, who urges everyone to follow “personal protection behaviors” when going out in public. “To this end, coverage remains an effective public health measure and can continue to reduce the risk to residents and others, especially indoors where distance is not possible,” Dr Lon said in an email. Ontario reported 3,500 new cases of COVID on Friday, but due to limited testing the actual number is estimated to be 10 times higher. “We encourage residents to choose to wear masks, especially indoors to protect themselves and others, as COVID-19 continues to circulate in the community,” she said. E-MAIL. The hands-on approach to the pandemic – “learning to live with COVID” – is the provincial government’s approach to this point that will lead to less freedom for some vulnerable people, said John Hirdes, professor of public health at the University of Waterloo. . “Having been in a small number of stores since last Sunday, it is clear to me that you can not go indoors without meeting mostly masked people,” Hirdes said in an email to Record. “Thus, for the immune and weak elderly, life became much more limited,” Hirdes said. Heardz said the province is losing money by blaming individuals. “We are still in a situation where the infection is widespread and now things are going in a worse direction,” Hirtes said. The fight against COVID was sidelined by complaints from some people, when another two months of restrictions would probably have made a difference, he said. Ford scrapped orders for masks and vaccines as he toured with campaigners and announcements. Many small businesses, such as Words Worth Books in Waterloo and Apollo Cinema in Kitchener, have both taken their place. “Some people will be able to live their lives normally and others will have to live a much more limited life than they did in the last year, even with vaccinations,” Hirdes said. “Slogans will not get us out of this pandemic.”
