I think the goal should be to keep cases to level where contract tracing is effective and community spread is minimized.. That is the case here in Nova Scotia, That is clearly not the case in Florida. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet point for maximum freedom and maximum control of the virus.. Once the case load becomes too high to do timely testing and and tracing, you get community spread and things get out of control rather quickly. What that sweet spot is depends on so many factors though.
I'm torn about what we should do here - keeping the 14 day quarantine for people outside the Atlantic bubble means we have a good chance of being able to safely open schools, continue to offer full medical services, and restart all of the economy except the tourism sector. That's not nothing! At the same time, facilitating tourism would have economic benefits IF it could be done without unduly jeopardizing everything else and being open is the eventual aim. I suspect that the restriction will be lifted in mid/late September once any returning university students finish their quarantine and schools have a chance to start. We'll still have to quarantine when we get back from Ontario later this month.
M.
I'm torn about what we should do here - keeping the 14 day quarantine for people outside the Atlantic bubble means we have a good chance of being able to safely open schools, continue to offer full medical services, and restart all of the economy except the tourism sector. That's not nothing! At the same time, facilitating tourism would have economic benefits IF it could be done without unduly jeopardizing everything else and being open is the eventual aim. I suspect that the restriction will be lifted in mid/late September once any returning university students finish their quarantine and schools have a chance to start. We'll still have to quarantine when we get back from Ontario later this month.
M.