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Originally Posted by cheswick
Or maybe it has nothing to do with healthcare cuts and its a simple matter of the logistics and strategy of the government? This comparison of vaccination rates at a point in time is as ludicrous as was comparison in cases at a point in time. Two months ago people on this board were berating the province governments response to wave two, someone commending Doug Ford. Would we rather be Ontario now? This criticism of the government by looking at stats for single period in time super early into vaccination period is nonsensical.
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The Ford government should be criticized for their handling of the COVID crisis. They waited too long to institute greater restrictions when it was apparent long ago what they had instituted was not working. Waiting until after Christmas to enforce stricter measures was laughable.
As for the Pallister government, criticism extends beyond the vaccination rates. They had all summer to get their house in order, but still testing rates remained among the lowest of the provinces which really affected their abilities to effectively trace sources of infection. They waited too long to enforce stricter restrictions back in October when cases skyrocketed to 200+cases per day. I guess Pallister thought telling people to "smarten up" would do the trick.
Instead he waited over a month, until mid-November to enforce further restrictions in Winnipeg, when cases were pushing over 500 per day and hospitals and ICU units were inexorably heading towards severe cases beyond their capabilities without further intervention. Over two months later and we still have the same restrictions probably causing irrevocable damage to many small businesses in the province.
By taking initiative back in October with further restrictions instead of sticking his head in the stand, we would have experienced a much shorter period of business closures as we would have peaked at a much lower level and taken a significantly smaller period of time to bring hospitalizations and ICU cases down to manageable levels. We didn't do that and it's a damn shame as it has caused this province dozens (or hundreds?) of additional deaths and likely resulted in the deaths of more businesses.
There is a reason Pallister is last or second-last among premiers in approval ratings and it's primarily because of his inept handling of the pandemic.