• OgdenTO [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The previous regulations had any cases in a cohort (school class) isolating if there is a confirmed case, and if there is an outbreak in the school (more than 3 cases I think) , then there is a public health decision to potentially dismiss the whole school.

    I think by not reporting the idea is to avoid these types of closures and dismissals, otherwise people will be home a lot. That is terrifying that they just expect omicron to run rampant through schools and no closures.

    • bobby_digital [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      i heard they've also increased the number of days per year retired teachers can take as subs

      • OgdenTO [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I wish they would do a general lockdown for January - like they did at the beginning of the pandemic.

        For now, I know a lot of parents want to keep schools open because it's impossible to work with kids at home. But if there were a full on lockdown with most jobs being postponed or shut down and focussing on the safety of the essential workers, people would be ok with it I think.

        • mecha_john_brown [comrade/them,any]
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          3 years ago

          ugh, the small business tyrants in my local sub are up in arms about a potential lock down, "my profits, ive been closed and did not take a vacation this year, now i know how the jews of germany in 1939 felt"

          • bigboopballs [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            why are those fucking weirdos so highly represented in geographically based (ie. city or province) subreddits? is that much of our population chuds?

            • mecha_john_brown [comrade/them,any]
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              3 years ago

              i think local reddits attract the most reactionaries, but the /r/canada sub is run by literal white supremacists/white nationalists so who knows

              https://ricochet.media/en/2385/canadas-largest-subreddit-accused-of-harbouring-white-nationalists