Originally Posted by JanieW

i don’t think a lot of people understand that wearing a mask is for everyone, not just themselves. Our provincial govt declared the pandemic over and opened everything up at the end of June despite the data that told us Delta variant was on the rise. Most people wanted to believe it so stopped wearing masks, social distancing, etc. Last evening the same government admitted they were wrong and among several other restrictions masks are now mandatory again. Our ICUs are over capacity, HCW are burning out, deaths are way up, vaccinated rate is lowest in the country. Wearing a mask is for the benefit of everyone.