Some peoples still do not understand that Covid hospitalizations are counted with just about anybody who end up in hospital and CARRY the virus, no matter if actually has symptoms or not or in other words if that was the reason of his visit. The Covid deaths are also boosted with just about everything there is. When you go look at the actual detailed stats, like age and conditions, you realize that this ain't much 30 years old peoples. Or if it is, and its peoples unvaccinated (wich i was for a very long time), THEY DECIDED to be this way and the world should not adapt to a choice they made.
What i mean is that it work both ways. I was always (and will always be) against vaccinal passeports or discrimination, but then if the peoples decide to not get the vaccine and contract it because they got to a bar or whatever and end up dying from it (or severly hospitalized), then its their decision. I decided to get vaccinated precisely because at this point its clear the virus is not going anywhere anytime soon, altough its less virulent. Its much more contagious too, so i had 3 choices, stay locked in my room for years and stay safe/unvaccinated, resume life unvaccinated and take a risk (wich could had been fine too.. i could had beat covid naturally, but its a gamble), or the last choice, wich i did, was to get the vaccine and resume life. Now im only 1 dose for the moment, so got to stay a bit cautious but once i got 2, honestly ... ill resume life. Like im not gonna live all my life in fear. If i end up getting covid vaccinated and dying from it, well too bad, my time had come...
So thats my point there. LIFE HAS TO CONTINUE. I am pretty sure comes summer with the stats dropping, with elections on the horizon, Legault will kinda feel forced to drop the mask (but i wouldn't be surprised one bit it comes back next fall once reelected), so for now he is still using "borrowed time", as we ain't quite in summer yet, its still a bit cold outside, it does not seem as ridiculous to keep them YET. But by mid May, when the heat crank up, i think a LOT of peoples will feel that they have MORE THAN ENOUGH of this after 2 almost full years. Could he extend it one more time to end of May? Possible. But if he pushes more than that, then its insanity.
I was talking about this with someone today and its crazy how Legault take us for children. It remind me of when i was a kid and getting grounded for a week or 2 or whatever, imagine if your parents told you punishement is lets say 2 weeks without Nintendo, and even tough you behave perfectly during said 2 weeks, a couple days before its over they just decide, nah... gotta be another 2 weeks. How would you had reacted? Would it had made you feel like behaving nicely? No because your punishement is extended anyway.
Just to be clear, i do think there is an actual logic in keeping the mask in public transport. Where i am fed up with it and its completely illogical at this point, its the whole "EVERYWHERE". Im so sick of having to stop in front of the convenient or grocery store, remove my sunglasses (or gloves in winter), take out that thing from my pocket , but it on for a store with barely 3 peoples including cashiers (in case of convenient stores) and nothing completely unreasonable when it comes to grocery.
Or what about Restaurants? Guess the virus stay above 5 feet... cause when we sit down we are safe... Same for cinemas, gotta mask even if i barely meet any other peoples but then once in the room, fine, can remove it. I didn't got in a bar since mask mandates but this must be complete insanity. Put it on to go pee, remove it back, put it on to go order a beer, remove it again. And what about places where you can play pools or such? Put it on to play, put it off to take a gulp of beer? NON SENSE im telling you.
So wanna keep them for subway or city buses? Where everybody is jampacked? YES SURE, no issue with me. But elsewhere (beside Hospitals) , enough already...
