The swine flu infected 60 million in 2009/10. You and our government shouldn't be looking at China, but at Taiwan. A country that is managing to deal with the virus without crippling its economy.
The swine flu had a far lower death rate than the Coronavirus 0.3%-0.9% compared to 1%-3%.
It's too late to mimic what Taiwan is doing.
But as people Canadians and Taiwanese people are quite different from one another, what the Taiwanese government did would not be successful here.
If the last few weeks have thought us anything, it is that the majority of people in Canada put their own selfish wants, and their own selfish greed over the well being of the masses, their own families and communities. Capitalism at it's finest here and in the US.
Taiwan has about 60 000 people under home quarantine some elderly and some with the Coronavirus and others who were in contact with people who had to virus. But in Canada we have idiotic people going on non essential trips, and coming back from trips and flights and heading straight to work the next day spreading this virus. Putting themselves in contact with people who have the virus with little care for others well being and defiance of what the government has told them to do.
Heck some people here still needed to get laid so bad that they were still seeing SP's up to a few days ago.
That is why I hope Trudeau invokes the emergencies act so these selfish clowns can stay the fuck home and stop the spread of this virus. The sooner this happens the sooner we will have some sense of normality in our lives and be able to do the things we enjoy doing freely.
