Longer closure gathering momentum...

JaxDad wrote:

MDKMDK wrote:
I, for one, don't like the border closed. As this whole mess unfolded, many of us Canucks began to realize it's not so much about public safety as it is about people control and government over reach/power.

When I first started to read that post I was waiting for the punch line, then I realized you were being serious.

The whole point of isolation is to slow the spread of the virus to the point where the medical community can handle those infected.

You may have heard of the term “flatten the curve”?

If you look at the infection rate per capita on each side of the border and let those numbers sink in, you might just change your mind.

I get that part. I'm just tired of the closure. I think it should be optional to cross it. If you're a regular traveler and/or snowbird, wait until October/November and see if flattening the curve is still as important to you. I think some minds may change then, as this thing semingly drags out forever. Was there ever a vaccine for West Nile? SARS 1.0? Swine/Avian Flus? Not that I know of, and I suspect that trend will continue with SARS 2.0, so the suggestion that we wait for one effectively means we are isolated as a country. Keep in mind that many "essential" travelers are still regularly crossing the border and potentially unflattening the curve. There are just too many unknowns, variables, and contradictory "experts" on this whole situation, to know what the answer is, but some experts are beginning to turn towards herd immunity as the best option. It may be the only way out of our national bubble.