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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3867025, member: 1969"] At a high level at least for Ontario. The numbers were the worse we ever had in April (the Indian variant was significant), so they took extra lockdown measures effective mid April (for example no indoor dining, that is now extended until June 2nd in Ontario. Golf courses which were open until Mid-April just opened up today -- the fact that they were closed was ridiculous. The restrictions are still fairly significant after some loosening this week -- kids can't even play team sports but can practice in smaller groups apparently -- and I am not even sure scientists are in line with the haphazard stuff that our Ontario government is doing with outdoor activity. In all this, the optics of letting fans into arenas would look bad and contradict everything else. Ontario has put in specific vaccination targets before it moves to a new opening stage over the next 2 months. I don't see fans at Leafs games any time soon. Alberta and Manitoba had high numbers too recently -- I don't believe they have as harsh restrictions, but they do have restrictions and I don't think they are at the stage of opening the areans. given the other stuff. [B]In Quebec, they will be allowing 2500 fans into the arena effective May 28 (so game 6 of the series if there is one). [/B]They announced earlier this week that they are opening up things quite a bit next week --- bars, restaurants. Canada was slow on procurement on vaccines, did not have self production facilities. Now the vaccines are rolling in rapidly -- I suspect because the US has hit a bit of wall. Due to the slow procurement and uncertainty Canada initially took a strategy except for the most at risk, to take one dose first and the second one about 4 months later. It was going slow until about month ago, but it has really picked up. We are now at 50.2% with one dose, and within a month everybody that wants one should have their first dose. But we are only at 5% with 2 doses. In 3 months time the number with 2 doses will be quite a bit higher. [I] My guess is that most provinces are largely waiting until enough people have had 2 doses, and that everyone who wanted a dose could get one before they really ease restrictions.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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