Quote of the Day: “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell
I’ve used this quote before but I can’t think a more appropriate statement considering the Ontario Government’s recent COVID decisions…
The Editorial today is about the upcoming lock down, of course, and the editorial writers just can’t find enough good things to say about it. Well, except that the Ford government should have enacted these draconian measures sooner… The editorial suggests that: “Today the pandemic’s second wave continues to accelerate at an alarming rate, largely because people refuse to stop gathering socially, at weddings or religious services for example.” Really? At my church, I have to register with the church office to attend on Sunday. I have to sign in with my name and phone number, my temperature is checked on my forehead and wrist, I have to answer a bunch of health questions, I have to wear a mask and finally, I have to use hand sanitizer to gain entrance to the church. Every second pew is blocked and members are seated on either on the side or in the middle of the open pews. Church is limited to 30% capacity. No hymnals, brochures or service agendas are available anywhere. Not one person in our congregation (to my knowledge) has contacted COVID-19. Other churches that I know of are also following procedures like this. So, just where are the writers getting this information that “religious services” are spreading the virus? The editorial continues to blah, blah blah about COVID – and basically makes a lot of assumptions that can’t be verified like Hamilton saw a spike in COVID cases because people from Toronto went there to shop etc. etc. Enough blah for one day…
Hey TheRecord is a measly 20 pages today but it’s split into two sections with the Editorial in one section and the Insights (Huh?) page in another. Really?