March 19, 2021 – Global News
Restaurants in Ontario regions with grey lockdown COVID-19 restrictions to be allowed outdoor dining
Dr. Nathan Stall, Associate Fellow at the NIA, said while officials have to balance difficult considerations when it comes to restrictions, it’s risky to loosen things up with variants spreading, hospitals under pressure and vaccinations not happening quickly enough to protect the most vulnerable.
“These kinds of moves … end up promoting people being mobile and gathering and having opportunities to transmit COVID-19. We’ve seen it before,” Stall said in an interview.