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Originally Posted by Cuepee
I had homes in both AZ and Vancouver at the start of this pandemic, having just moved from Edmonton. I chose to stick it out in Vancouver despite Vancouver being the worst hit place in Canada during that first wave and AZ being relative not hit.
Um, wait, what?
In the first few weeks, BC had a higher case per capita count at the end of March than AB or ON, but well behind QC. That's when we were talking very small numbers - 1081 total cases in the entire province through the end of March. At some point in April, AB and ON skyrocketed past BC. The first wave is actually the point in this pandemic at which BC was by far the least hit among the larger provinces. Spring break timing likely had a lot to do with this - ours was a little later than in QC and ON, and BC stopped travel just a couple days before spring break began.
The pattern in AZ was very similar - a little behind BC per capita in March, and then flying past in April.
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Originally Posted by Cuepee
I absolutely believe Vancouver's quick adoption of masks amongst almost everyone out in the public and that continuing is why Vancouver tamed it and why this Province has been one of the best examples of a relatively big city handling it and staying mostly open.
It may have been a factor, but it should be pointed out that BC was quite slow to impose mask mandates - that didn't happen until late November. Even recommendations to wear them didn't come until the first wave was pretty much over. Were we quicker to wear masks here without a recommendation or mandate? Perhaps. It's a difficult thing to measure, unfortunately.
Mask wearing has its place, for sure. I just wouldn't want to see it become one of the main solutions anywhere.