I know in Alberta they have tried to make it as " normal " and back to business as usual as they could. What the government and our chief medical officer are saying is " this virus is here, it is not going away, we have to learn to live with it " and manage where we can. I don't think there is any right or wrong way to do it. If there is more than " 2 cases " in any school, hospital or LTC facility, it is handled as an outbreak. Then more guidelines are put into place over and above what guidelines are in place now.
We have been EXTREMELY lucky in our community. We are at 12 active cases in our city and another 6 in the county. Considering how transient our area is, our cases have remained fairly low.
We have our son in the separate school system and our niece is in the public school system. It seems like both seem to have the same guidelines in place. They are doing what they can to social distance the kids as best as they can. It is NO different than people crowding into stores, I see people meeting up, hugging, close chatting in stores ( taking up isles that I want to walk through ) Kids are NOT going to social distance when they are outside - especially when I see adults can not even do it in stores or when our in public.
I want to know when this whole thing became about NEVER getting the virus? It was about flattening the curve and limiting spread. All the precautions that are in place are to limit the spread. There needs to be some going forward. People need to get back to work, kids back to school...doing our daily lives again...as safe as we can. We need new routines with our precautions that we need to do to limit the spread. If we do not get the economy going again...our country will be in very big trouble...and not just because of a virus. The government will need to stop printing money at some point, people will not be able to find work, and families will be literally starving to death. We do NOT want another depression on the 30's. If we don't get back to work, the depression will be worse than the 1930's. We need to find ways to move forward, changing and adapting as they find new information about the virus.
I know as a family, we are keeping our social circle very small. Doing what we can to keep our family, co-workers and neighbors safe. Like many on these boards, we are anxiously waiting to be able to travel again and will booking trips as soon as they make any annoucements, and we feel that it is safe for us to go.