Manitoba needs to get clear on restrictions and release modelling data, public health experts say – CBC

Combination of confusing rules and a lack of explanation fuels public distrust, researchers say

May 06, 2021

Kristen Gall says she’s happy to follow Manitoba’s ever-changing public health restrictions. It’s just that these latest ones don’t make much sense.

“It’s honestly frustrating more than anything else. Because for a while there I was allowed to have a friend over,” she said.

Gall was having a physically distanced picnic with a friend in Assiniboine Park earlier this week, something that’s allowed under current pandemic health orders. But if they were in a backyard, that would break the rules.

Right now in Manitoba, you aren’t allowed visitors on your property. But up to 10 people can gather in an outdoor public place, and four people from four different households can sit on a patio together for a beer.

“That’s what’s keeping me away from patios,” Gall said. “Lots of people without masks on, all in the same place.”

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-pandemic-restrictions-1.6015841

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