the stupidity of the variants/border debate may truly break me. this isn't hard: variants that originated elsewhere *obviously* came in through travel. But this isn't new info. They've been here for over 4 months. Province has *actively* contributed to their spread via bad policy

knowing that the variants have been here, (remember it tore through a Barrie LTC in Jan), this province *chose* to loosen restrictions, forgo adequate ventilation measures in schools, refused to shutter non-essential workplaces, not employ rapid testing for surveillance, etc

so much of our political media frames this as a "ooohhh feds v provinces: battle royale" but that doesn't really track. fairly or unfairly, the lion's share of daily pandemic management and response falls to the provinces. provinces with good leadership have done well

and this isn't a jab at conservatives, small or capital c, bc this goes way beyond partisan lines. *waves to Horgan in BC*