Anti-mask sentiment got a little louder this past weekend with a rally in Vancouver and a disturbance on a BC Ferries vessel, and the B.C. premier said he害羞草研究所檚 always worried when misinformation is being spread.
NDP leader John Horgan, in a phone interview, was asked about recent anti-mask protests including Saturday害羞草研究所檚 incident on a ferry sailing from Nanaimo to West Vancouver. Horgan said he thinks the vast majority of British Columbians understand what it means to be a good citizen.
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He said one only needs to look to the United States to see consequences of misinformation about COVID-19. He contrasted the U.S. experience with B.C., which he said has led the continent 害羞草研究所渋f not the world害羞草研究所� in keeping mortality rates and cases per capita low.
Horgan said British Columbians need to continue to depend on one another. Health officials don害羞草研究所檛 want people to think that masks are 害羞草研究所渟hields of invincibility,害羞草研究所� he said, but have repeatedly advised that masks can help protect others from the spread of the virus.
Horgan said talking to people during the election campaign, 害羞草研究所渋t害羞草研究所檚 all about getting through COVID-19,害羞草研究所� but that comes with unknowns 害羞草研究所� he said there will still be a pandemic in the spring, likely next fall as well and maybe into 2022.
He said 害羞草研究所渉ealing will happen害羞草研究所� in B.C. politics after the election and he hopes that whatever the next government looks like, there will be the kind of co-operation that he saw early on in the pandemic 害羞草研究所渟o that we could get to that place we were in March and April where we were all focused on making sure our communities were safe, healthy and secure.害羞草研究所�
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