{"id":15667,"date":"2021-04-02T16:56:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15667"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:56:53","slug":"you-cant-make-deals-with-a-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15667","title":{"rendered":"You can&#8217;t make deals with a virus&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/x-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/x-flowers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/x-flowers-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/x-flowers-768x462.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can&#8217;t make deals with a virus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politics is&nbsp;reactive. Politicians&nbsp;react to public concerns and crises as they arise. Politicians also tend&nbsp;to seek compromises between seemingly competing interests \u2014 such as the greater public&nbsp;interest in curbing the spread of a deadly disease&nbsp;and&nbsp;business owners&#8217; interest in minimizing the effects on their livelihoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But an optimal&nbsp;public health response would&nbsp;be proactive and uncompromising in&nbsp;attacking the real&nbsp;problem \u2014&nbsp;the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colin Furness, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto : \u201dA public health approach is marked by proactive, preventative action that can seem unreasonable,&#8221; he said . &#8220;A political approach is marked by trying to negotiate between the wishes of the virus and the wishes of people, like having lockdowns take effect after the holidays.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying to calibrate restrictions and policies to find&nbsp;compromises&nbsp;might have been futile.&nbsp;&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to negotiate with&nbsp;COVID&nbsp;and it&#8217;s not working.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Excerpted from CBC article by\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/author\/aaron-wherry-1.3396423\"><em>Aaron Wherry<\/em><\/a><em> \u00b7 CBC News \u00b7 Posted: Apr 02, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doug-Lady-Covid-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doug-Lady-Covid-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doug-Lady-Covid--300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Doug-Lady-Covid--768x650.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jason-Lady-Covid-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jason-Lady-Covid-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jason-Lady-Covid--300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Jason-Lady-Covid--768x650.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/begone-2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/begone-2-copy.jpg 631w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/begone-2-copy-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Doug-Covid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Doug-Covid.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Doug-Covid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Doug-Covid-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Jason-meets-Lady-Covid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Jason-meets-Lady-Covid.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Jason-meets-Lady-Covid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Court-Painter-Jason-meets-Lady-Covid-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can&#8217;t make deals with a virus Politics is&nbsp;reactive. Politicians&nbsp;react to public concerns and crises as they arise. Politicians also tend&nbsp;to seek compromises between seemingly competing interests \u2014 such as the greater public&nbsp;interest in curbing the spread of a deadly disease&nbsp;and&nbsp;business owners&#8217; interest in minimizing the effects on their livelihoods. But an optimal&nbsp;public health response &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15667\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You can&#8217;t make deals with a virus&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15667"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15856,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667\/revisions\/15856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}