Ontario Government Poo Poo’s Plan To Have Fully Vaxxed Frontline Workers Watch Leafs/Habs Game 7
I’m convinced Doug Ford’s entire plan to close out the pandemic is to make life as miserable as possible for everyone.
Ontario is just not ready to allow any number of spectators inside Scotiabank Arena for the final and decisive game in the NHL playoff series between Toronto and Montreal on Monday night as Quebec allowed on Saturday.
For a first this year in Canada, public health officials in Quebec allowed 2,500 spectators inside Montreal’s Bell Centre on Saturday, with some spending five-figure sums to watch the Habs cling to survival with an overtime Game 6 win.
Quebec’s decision prompted Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown to ask people to sign an online petition to let frontline healthcare workers who are fully vaccinated attend Game 7 tomorrow.
“Given the fact that a large number of our essential workers and healthcare workers who have given so much over the last year are fully vaccinated, this would be a way to give the Maple Leafs a boost,” Brown told CP24, adding that U.S. CDC guidance says fully inoculated individuals can be indoors, unmasked without risk.
Asked if they would allow it, an Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Tourism, Culture and Sport spokesperson said it was just not possible for Monday.
“The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health reviewed and approved the NHL’s return-to-play plan for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators. The return-to-play plan includes rigorous health and safety protocols developed to ensure the safety of players, staff, their families, and the community,” Dakota Braiser told CTV News Toronto. “At this time, no spectators are allowed to attend games in-person.”
Quebec’s rollout is ahead of Ontario but every study so far says fully vaxxed people can get back to living and I can’t think of anyone more deserving of a good time than Ontario’s Drs and nurses.
Mind you what do we expect from a government that thinks the Leafs are playing the Senators?
Ah, good. The same government that has no idea who’s playing, thinks in their infinite wisdom that it’s not safe for fully vaccinated healthcare workers to watch game 7 in person.
And we wonder why we’re fucked.
Doug Ford wanted to screw over golfers and now he’s coming for fully vaxxed healthcare professionals because if he can’t attend a Leaf game, NO ONE will attend a Leaf game.
DB
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