![]() ![]() It’s absolutely true that there are, for example, mental and physical health reasons to keep gyms open with distancing requirements. Rather, each element of the public health measures is decided through its own risk assessment, balancing potential harm and benefit. I know the official response to this: the various protocols don’t have to be consistent with each other. ![]() With classrooms of up to 30 kids, in-person schools are deemed safe, but it’s considered too dangerous for 15 reporters and communications staff to attend a press briefing by the premier and chief medical officer of health in person. Early Sunday morning, Halifax police issued tickets to 11 people partying together at a house on Bayers Road - that exceeded by one person the informal gathering limits imposed by Health Protection Act the offence carries a $2,422 fine for each person.Ī few hours earlier, hundreds of restaurants and bars across the city were seating and serving a constant rotating customer load of dozens of people. It’s impossible to make sense of the various official responses to the situation. We’re told the hospital system is strained. Hospitalizations increased to 68 in hospital yesterday because of COVID, and there are about another 200 in hospital who either were admitted because of COVID but are now no longer considered contagious, or are in hospital for other reasons but tested positive during the admissions screening, or became infected in one of the dozen or so hospital outbreaks. In-person classes start in Nova Scotia schools today, and many people are understandably anxious.ĭaily case counts are still high, but have perhaps plateaued, although no one really knows how many cases there are. Robert Strang at the COVID briefing, Dec. ![]()
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