"Canadians want significant progress in COVID-19 fight before returning to work: poll
Most Canadians want to see significant progress in the fight against COVID-19 before they would feel comfortable with people being allowed to return to work, a new poll suggests.
The poll says 29 per cent of Canadians believe restrictions on workplace and leisure activities should only be lifted once the country is free of any new cases for at least two weeks.
One-quarter of respondents said they would want to see only sporadic cases being discovered before such restrictions are lifted, and assurance there is no pressure on the health system.
Just over 20 per cent think Canadians should continue to physically isolate and stay away from work until there is a vaccine to protect against the virus.
...“They seem to be favouring the mid- to long-term more than the short-term,” he said.
Recently released federal projections show that it could be mid-summer, or even late summer, before the first wave of Canada’s epidemic is over, and that is the best-case scenario.
...Canadians seem highly dedicated to obeying the rules set out by public health, as 98 per cent of the poll respondents said they abide by social distancing.
...The United States has become the new worldwide epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, and has now reported more deaths than any other country.
But attitudes there about physical distancing and public health measures appear more lax than in Canada, according to the poll results.
Pollsters offered a list of public health measures, including staying two meters away from others, and only going out for necessities.
They found the rate of non-compliance with at least one of those measures in the U.S. was 46 per cent, compared to 26 per cent in Canada.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6814782/coronavirus-canadians-return-to-work-poll/
Most Canadians want to see significant progress in the fight against COVID-19 before they would feel comfortable with people being allowed to return to work, a new poll suggests.
The poll says 29 per cent of Canadians believe restrictions on workplace and leisure activities should only be lifted once the country is free of any new cases for at least two weeks.
One-quarter of respondents said they would want to see only sporadic cases being discovered before such restrictions are lifted, and assurance there is no pressure on the health system.
Just over 20 per cent think Canadians should continue to physically isolate and stay away from work until there is a vaccine to protect against the virus.
...“They seem to be favouring the mid- to long-term more than the short-term,” he said.
Recently released federal projections show that it could be mid-summer, or even late summer, before the first wave of Canada’s epidemic is over, and that is the best-case scenario.
...Canadians seem highly dedicated to obeying the rules set out by public health, as 98 per cent of the poll respondents said they abide by social distancing.
...The United States has become the new worldwide epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, and has now reported more deaths than any other country.
But attitudes there about physical distancing and public health measures appear more lax than in Canada, according to the poll results.
Pollsters offered a list of public health measures, including staying two meters away from others, and only going out for necessities.
They found the rate of non-compliance with at least one of those measures in the U.S. was 46 per cent, compared to 26 per cent in Canada.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6814782/coronavirus-canadians-return-to-work-poll/
