By Pepper Parr
March 19th, 2020
BURLINGTON, ON
Burlington City Manager Tim Commisso put it as plainly as anyone could – these are serious times that are very dynamic.
Information floods in – and what we knew an hour ago gets changed and will probably change in the next hour.
There is a public that needs to be protected and informed.
COVID19 is now a pandemic and every resource available has to be used.
Protecting people and providing for people who need help is important.
We have thousands of men and women on the front lines doing their best to take care of people who are critically ill. The challenge for these people is ensuring they are taking care of people who are ill and at the same time protecting themselves.
These are the heroes.
We area all in for a long haul -months not weeks.
There is some confusion as to what he average person should do when.
The following will help:
This morning while visiting Shoppers Drug Mart, a woman in her early 60’s (estimate) was coughing and hacking while in the store. Coughed at me without covering her cough. What is wrong with people????