Conservatives Speak Out In Support Of Convoy Organizers (youtu.be)

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[-] FlareHeart@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Yes, I understand that it didn't prevent us from catching it or spreading it. It did however, reduce the length of time we were sick. Which meant that since we were her primary carers, that she wasn't without us for as long. Since it DID reduce the length of time and severity of our illness.

As far as all of the other gripes you seem to have around Covid, yes, I agree it wasn't handled perfectly, but since we were dealing with a completely unfamiliar disease, we were working with what information was available at the time.

I don't deny that in hindsight things could have been done better. But we should be judging the actions based on the context of the information at the time. Can we learn from the past and do better in the future? Absolutely. But I'm not going to hold every single Liberal at fault for the decisions of Trudeau.

[-] LoveCanada@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 week ago

I agree, we were working with the info at the time. But thats what was so frustrating about the continuation of the mandates when it was clear that we were past the peak of infections and the gov STILL wanted to impose NEW restrictions. I think Canadians were pretty patient for two long years but there was no reason to keep pushing us past the point of reason.

And even if Trudeau's rationale was that he wanted to push people to get vaccinated, the name calling and the derision for those who didnt want to was completely uncalled for. The FIRST job of a PM is to keep Canadians united and feeling supported not treated like they were bad guys. That was a jerk move on his part.

But yes, lesson learned. Unfortunately the 'lesson' here in Alberta seems to be 'you cant make us take a vaccine we dont want which is why we have a crazy high measles outbreak. Yikes. Thats embarrassing.