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In Vancouver, young and old just trying to get by Business and residents taking it day by day as governments begin to clamp down on public gatherings due to COVID-19 Naoibh O’Connor

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Midway through Monday, a handful of men relaxed with a beer at The Brighton pub in Hastings-Sunrise.

Behind the counter, Aimee Braun admitted to being anxious about her future if concerns over COVID-19 forced businesses like The Brighton to close — it’s one of her two service-industry jobs.

The 36-year-old wasn’t sure how she’d manage financially if that happened, but she hoped the government would step in with financial support for service workers.

“If I don’t have [these] jobs, I don’t have anything,”

she said.

Braun’s boss Nigel Lutz was also worried.

Aside from The Brighton, he owns The Yard and The Blind Rabbit. Lutz said Monday that everyone had noticed a change in all businesses over the previous few days. He feared for his staff, as well as the ability of small businesses to survive.

“COVID-19 is all everyone talks about and people are very concerned. As a business that deals directly with consumers, we are nervous about what is to come. It is only a matter of days before restaurants and bars will be ordered to close due to the fear of the virus spreading. Our concern is how will our staff be able to handle the layoffs? Servers in the hospitality industry generally rely on gratuities to supplement their income.

EI only covers so much and there has been no word on how, or if, financial support will be given to people whose livelihoods are affected,” he wrote in an email to the Courier March 16.

“For all of us, rent still has to be paid, phone bills, car

On Monday, bartender Aimee Braun said she was worried COVID-19 would force businesses like The Brighton to close. It’s one of her two service-industry jobs. A day later, a provincial health emergency was declared and bars and clubs were ordered to close.. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

payments, mortgages etc. To my knowledge, the banks haven’t passed any of the savings onto consumers that they’ve received from the federal government. Without any support from government, I predict that a lot of small businesses will go bankrupt and it will take years for people to recover from this emergency.”

At that point, the Brighton had already taken steps to address concerns about coronavirus. Karaoke and trivia nights were cancelled,

and Lutz had “drastically increased” cleaning routines. Staff no longer gave bottles or cans with a glass to customers directly. Staff poured it for them.

“We will continue day by day and try to adapt as things unfold, hoping that this is all over sooner rather than later,” Lutz said.

When the crisis will be over is anyone’s guess, with the federal, provincial and municipal governments announcing new measures

daily, and sometimes hourly, to combat the virus, including, early Monday, border closures and the shutdown of libraries and community centres. Late Monday, on CBC’s On the Coast, Mayor Kennedy Stewart unexpectedly announced all bars and restaurants in the downtown core would be closed for one day March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day. Then, on March 17, a provincial health emergency was declared and all bars and

clubs were ordered to close.

Monday, however, seemed like a simpler time.

Foot traffic on East Hastings in Hastings-Sunrise was steady, and only a few wore masks. Official messages to keep a one-metre “social distance” between people, for one’s own health and others health, hadn’t reached all quarters. Some businesses were busier than others — Rio Meats had been swamped with customers over the past four days but was well stocked.

A handful of people sipped coffee at Black Rook Bakehouse, including a foursome of seniors, who’ve been meeting for coffee twice a week for 15 years. The group’s numbers used to be larger but a few have passed on, leaving Margaret Peterson, 82, Kathy Cooke, 75, Shirley Hargreaves, 92, and Andrew Hattrick 84, to keep up the tradition. Hargreaves and Hattrick have lived next door to each other for 60-plus years.

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Seniors, especially those with underlying health concerns, suffer the worst outcomes if they’re infected with the virus. The provincial government announced Monday it would limit access to long-term care homes and acute care facilities.

But as that news was emerging, Hargreaves, who uses a walker, was pulling up to the table at the Black Rook.

After sitting down, she immediately took a small bottle of hand sanitizer from her purse and squeezed a dollop onto her hands. Hargreaves said she looks forward to seeing her friends.

“If I don’t get out the two days a week that I do, I think I’ll start climbing the walls,” she said.

But she was aware of the gravity of the coronavirus situation — her daughter and son-in-law were stuck on a European cruise.

Being over 80, Peterson said she was worried about her health but she was taking things “day by day.” She

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keeps active and usually volunteers at a community centre craft store Monday mornings, but it had closed down.She was still shopping for groceries on her own but otherwise spends a lot of time watching TV. Like her volunteer work, the coffee group is a lifeline.

“It’s just a chance to talk to another living person,” she said. “A lot of seniors don’t have social interaction at all.”

Hattrick said he wasn’t too worried, but has been taking precautions — he tries to keep his distance from people and washes

his hands. He doesn’t go to crowded places.

“Generally, I don’t worry too much being out unless someone is coughing in front of me,” he said.

If they’re eventually forced to stay home, the seniors said they’d support each other and go for walks to avoid feeling cooped up.

Hattrick, meanwhile, said his mother had gone through a similar global health crisis during her time — she and her family were homesteading north of Edmonton during the time of the Spanish flu and survived.

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If you can’t get to the bookstore, the bookstore can come to you. That’s the reminder from some independent book sellers in Vancouver as concerns about COVID-19 ramp up and residents are increasingly staying home to protect their health and the health of others.

Chris Brayshaw, owner of Pulpfiction Books, which has outlets on Main Street, West Broadway and Com-

mercial Drive, said last week his three stores would remain open for regular hours for the foreseeable future, but he also took to social media to remind clients of services the store has provided for years.

His staff have been, and will continue to, take orders by phone, via email and on social media through platforms such as Twitter.

Orders are mailed at cost, but are free for ones over $50.

Pulpfiction can also hand-deliver anywhere from Pember-

ton to Hope, a service that’s free for orders over $50.

“It’s kind of business as usual, but I thought it was probably a good idea to reiterate that because a lot of people seem to be off work or off school or are at home looking after kids, and [might be thinking], ‘Oh my god, it’s hard. I’m trapped in my house, in my apartment, and I can’t go out and pick stuff up,’” Brayshaw said March 13.

“I have a full-time delivery person who has been

working with us for the last, probably, six or seven years.

I thought it was just an idea to reiterate that — you don’t have to come to the bookstore, the bookstore will come to you.”

He said business, to date, hadn’t been adversely affected by fears about coronavirus.

“We seem to be, so far, quite fortunate in that I don’t see any real change from the last couple of springs. If anything, business maybe even up a bit so far,” he said.

“Lots of folks are still coming in. There have been days in the past where, say, there’s been a huge snowstorm or rainstorm and very few folks come in. Fortunately, there’s all kinds of work to do here.

There’s deliveries to pack.

There’s online sales, there’s dealing with clients remotely through Twitter, through Instagram, or through email.

There’s no shortage of stuff going on. If things got really, really, really bad, as long as we were still healthy, we could lock the front door and

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To rezone 631-635 Commercial Drive from RM-4N (Multiple Dwelling) District to CD-1 (Comprehensive Development) District, to permit Retail and Service uses, including Restaurant – Class 1, at the ground level in an existing mixed residential-commercial building with grandfathered, legal non-conforming uses at grade. No changes to the existing form of development are proposed.

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have a full day of business just with online contact.”

When asked if virusrelated titles have become more popular in light of the health crisis, Brayshaw said, not really, aside from calls about American author Dean Koontz’ 1981 novel The Eyes of Darkness, thanks to internet rumours, which have been debunked on some sites, suggesting the book predicted COVID-19.

Brayshaw, who’s not a Koontz fan, said the book is out of print. He hasn’t seen a copy for years.

“There are copies now selling on ebay for hundreds of dollars. So we’re getting all the pretend casual phone calls, [saying], ‘Oh, just wondering if you happen to have a copy of this particular Dean Koontz title kicking around,’” he said.

Rod Clarke, co-owner of The Paper Hound Bookshop on West Pender, said last week it’s also had been business as usual at his store, which remains open. Like most, they’re dealing with the situation day by day.

Clarke checked his sales, comparing the first 12 days of March last year to the same period this year. Sales were up nine per cent in 2020 during that stretch.

“It just goes to show our business hasn’t gone down, it’s actually gone up marginally. Maybe people are stockpiling books for the duration of the coronavirus episode,” he said.

The store has always offered a free delivery-by-bike service within a prescribed radius that includes neighbourhoods such as the West End, Mount Pleasant, Kerrisdale, and extends to East Vancouver. Clarke said they’d step up that service if demand increases in coming weeks.

And, as more people spend more time at home, that may happen.

“It stands to reason, you can only binge watch Netflix for so long,” Clarke said.

But he also noted in-store customers could easily maintain a six-foot distance from other people in the shop.

“Because of the nature of a book shop, it’s something that you can go in and out of pretty quickly. Our shop is small, but you can still keep a six-foot barrier if that’s a concern,” he said.

Patricia Massy of Massy Books on East Georgia in Chinatown just started up a book delivery service throughout Metro Vancouver in response to health concerns around coronavirus. She wants to make it easier for customers who

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She’s noticed business being slower recently — with last Thursday morning being particularly quiet.

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She has received requests for particular titles recently such as The Plague by Albert Camus and Severance, which depicts a pandemic,

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The province of B.C. announced Tuesday it is suspending K-12 classroom learning indefinitely.

Premier John Horgan made the announcement during a press conference to discuss the plan for schools, as well as on economic measures being put in place to

address the COVID-19 crisis.

Horgan indicated the decision to resume instruction will come in the future and will involve input from multiple parties, including district officials and other leaders.

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“Every student will receive a final mark and all students set to move to the next grade will do so,” said Fleming.

Additionally, every Grade 12 student on track to graduate will graduate.

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Fleming couldn’t say what education in the province will look like in the coming weeks, due to the evolving nature of the COVID-19 crisis.

“The actions taken today are temporary. We will return to regular school life down the road,” added Fleming.

activities will take place.

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Why we need to resist the urge to gather Grant Lawrence

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If you didn’t realize it before, the coronavirus has made it crystal clear: we are a species that loves to gather.

We can’t seem to help ourselves. Our entire society is built around being in groups.

Whether it’s your church congregation, your kid’s birthday party, your favourite café or venue, or your open office plan, we love to be together, even in the age of Netflix.

It’s naturally exciting to us when places are packed and bustling. Even when told not to by our highest medical and political leaders, still, we gather, and the coronavirus is punishing us for this most basic need for human interaction.

We must stop gathering.

As you should well know by now, this is of vital importance in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus in our communities, to our loved ones and to our most vulnerable.

Spring break is here, the blossoms are out and the sun is shining. As we’ve been told, there’s nothing wrong with getting out and enjoying the fresh air.

But keep your distance.

Sounds harsh, but we’ve been asked again and again to practise social distancing — two metres apart from each other. No touching.

And yet, this past weekend, from Port Moody to Commercial Drive, from downtown Vancouver to Whistler, bars, cafes and breweries were bumping.

Packed. Overflowing onto patios as if it was the spring of 2010. WTF. We. Must. Stop. Gathering.

I get that to do so is a death knell for our economy, but we are nothing without our health. To be together, even in small groups, is now an incredibly selfish act towards our health care system, each other and Canadian society as a whole.

Put it this way: the faster we can all get with the program, hunker down and stop socializing, the faster we can eventually resume some sense of normalcy — and the faster we can rock out together again. And what a party that will be. But we have to get there first.

I understand that some of us do not have the option of staying home. We all have to work for a living. Our health care workers are on the front line, and they are sounding the alarm the loudest. We must take heed. The unsung heroes among us must be those who show up to drive the trucks and the taxis, stock the shelves and ring us through at the register.

And so, a massive thank you to those workers, on behalf of the rest of us, who

Despite concerns over COVID-19 (coronavirus), this past weekend bars, cafes, breweries and patios were overflowing as if it was the spring of 2010. FILE PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

scramble into Shoppers Drug Mart and Safeway for the last 48-pack of toilet paper. I witnessed an extremely frustrated London Drugs manager kicking a guy out of the store for repeatedly returning for… more toilet paper.

You may recall that, just two weeks ago in this space, I was seriously questioning our family’s plans for a spring break vacation to visit my wife’s parents in Palm Springs, with a detour to Disneyland.

Many have asked if we proceeded with the trip. We did not. The grandparents are at home in Ontario. Last week, I convinced my parents to leave the pool in Florida

and get back to Canada.

They eventually agreed and are also now at home.

My wife and children had a Plan B: to hop a couple ferries and escape to the wilderness. That is now on hold for the time being, too.

Plan C: we are in Vancouver, where I have been instructed to work from home.

Even though I’m scared, my wife and I repeatedly and softly explain the situation as best we can to our children, ages six and four. The fact that Disneyland is now closed did not go over well with my son, but he came around fairly quickly. (Since opening in 1955, Disneyland has only been closed twice

before: on the national day of mourning in November 1963 for President Kennedy and on 9/11. Until now, Disneyland has never been closed for a prolonged period.)

At home we shall remain, until it is safe to do otherwise.

And make sure you take time out to laugh. Watch Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Listen to Conan O’Brien’s podcast. Check out all of the amazingly creative live streams that are emerging.

I will leave you with this abridged and very sage to-do list from Toronto doctor Hy Dwosh, the director of critical care response teams for the Greater Toronto Area: Minimize all social con-

tact. The fewer people you encounter in your daily life, the safer you are.

Don’t run to Costco to stock up on toilet paper and wipes. Those crowded supermarket lines are an ideal breeding ground for viral transmissions.

Do as much online ordering as you can for groceries and staples. If you must go out for groceries, stay away from busy supermarkets, go at off hours — especially ones open 24 hours. You can also pick up bread, milk, eggs at a local convenience store with smaller crowds and fewer people.

Avoid public mass transit.

Wash your hands with soap and water constantly and avoid touching your face.

Don’t travel unless absolutely necessary.

Don’t go to the gym, mall, movies, restaurant or café. And please don’t let your kids go out to parties and play dates.

Wearing a mask out in public will not help you very much.

Lastly, do not try to get your hands on the N95 respirator mask. There is a global shortage of these masks. These are specialized masks needed only in hospital settings.

My deepest well wishes for your good health. Chat with you again next week. @grantlawrence

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Lessons learned: What the H1N1 outbreak

B.C.’s response to COVID-19 based on 2005 playbook Mike Howell

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Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

That is a quote and guiding principle written in bold text on the front page of the B.C. government’s 193page pandemic influenza preparedness plan.

But the plan, which was put together by the province’s public health and infectious disease experts, was not released this month, or this year.

It was published in 2005, with its foundations dating back to 1999.

The grim assumptions back then, when the province’s population in 2005 was estimated at 4.1 million and has since jumped to five million, are all too real today as health officials scramble to contain the global coronavirus outbreak that reached B.C. in January.

The assumption in 2005 was that more than three million people in B.C. would be infected with a virus, the strain of which was not known or predicted at the time of the plan’s publication.

As many as 1.8 million people would become “clinically ill,” up to 610,000 people would visit a health care provider and another 18,500 would need hospital care.

The grimmest estimate: Up to 6,800 people would die from influenza and related complications.

The estimates were not based on a worst-case scenario, but on the impact of the 1957 and 1968 influenza pandemics, which were relatively mild compared to the 1918 pandemic.

Authors of the plan predicted a widespread outbreak of illness would have enormous implications for every sector of society, including front-line health care workers, business and industry, social support agencies and funeral service providers.

“Most experts believe we will have between one and six months between the time an influenza pandemic strain is first identified globally and the time that outbreaks begin in B.C.,” the plan said at the time.

“Within three months from arrival in B.C., we expect that most communities in the province will be affected, and that the impact will continue for six months or more.”

Left: Dr. Perry Kendall was provincial health officer in 2005 and oversaw the influenza plan during H1N1. Right: In their almost daily media briefings, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix have urged people to remain calm, but also warned the outbreak will get worse before it gets better. PHOTOS DAN TOULGOET

But as B.C. saw in April 2009, with the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, those dire assumptions about infection rates and the gradual shutting down of cities did not occur, although 1,050 people were hospitalized and 57 people died.

The difference?

It was the first pandemic in history where a vaccine was available for a virus while a pandemic was still underway.

Effective anti-viral drugs were also distributed and B.C. health officials led a mass immunization campaign.

The coronavirus is not influenza, but a unique virus with unique characteristics, which has set back infectious disease specialists in their mission to quickly develop a vaccine.

It’s a worry for Dr. Perry Kendall, who was provincial health officer in 2005 and oversaw the influenza plan during H1N1 before retiring in 2018. Asked Monday about his greatest concern with the coronavirus outbreak, he said: “We don’t actually have effective anti-viral drugs at the current time for the coronavirus, and we certainly don’t have a vaccine, and I don’t think we can expect a vaccine in the time it took to develop the H1N1 vaccine.”

Like a fast-moving train

As of Tuesday, the number of people in B.C. who tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus reached 186, with that total expected to increase in the days and weeks ahead.

The outbreak has been connected to two seniors’ care homes on the North Shore, Lions Gate Hospital, a dental conference in Vancouver and a downtown

bar and restaurant.

Travel has been the source of the majority of infection rates, with B.C. residents and some visitors having returned home from or arrived from China, Iran, Egypt, Mexico, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Seattle, India, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Some cases were transmitted in the community.

So far, there’s been seven deaths, with six connected to the Lynn Valley Care Centre. The first death, a male resident in his 80s, was recorded earlier this month.

He was, in the lexicon used by health officials, case 27.

The first known case in B.C., which was reported by health officials Jan. 27, involved a man in his 40s, who lives in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.

The man is a regular traveller to China for business and was in Wuhan city before returning to B.C. Health officials said the man has fully recovered, as have five others who contracted the virus.

Kendall applauded health officials and government for their response to containing the virus, yet noted the speed with which COVID-19 has travelled across the globe, with many countries in lockdown.

“That’s the real difference,” he said, referring to the slower spread of the H1N1 virus in 2009 and the challenge faced by those on the frontlines in 2020.

Though the outbreak and death toll aren’t as severe as other countries, Kendall expected there would be critics of the bold moves made by health officials and governments in recent days.

“My experience is that it doesn’t matter what

the illness or condition is, you’re going to be accused of overreacting or underreacting,” Kendall said. “In this particular circumstance, look what’s happening in the U.S., in Washington State, in Italy, in Wuhan, and I would much rather be accused of overreacting than underreacting. The consequences of underreaction are much more severe.”

The rapid pace of the outbreak has been like a fast-moving train, with health officials and government gauging each hour, each day, how to stop it, how to contain it before more people die.

In B.C., health officials have prohibited gatherings of more than 50 people, requested employees work from home and to self-isolate after returning from outside of Canada and get tested if symptoms present themselves.

Their repeated directive for people to regularly wash their hands should be old news by now, as should the need for “social distancing,” a term now widely-used across the globe.

There has also been a consistent call from politicians from all levels of government for people to stop hoarding groceries at supermarkets, a sign of panic among British Columbians faced with an unprecedented and inconvenient reality.

All of it is being done to stop the spread of the disease, or flatten the curve, a term gaining popularity in recent days that is in reference to reducing the upwards curve on a graph that represents a spike in cases.

Even Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is using #FlattenTheCurve in her Twitter updates, as she did Sunday to report

cases climbed to more than 300 in the country and warn Canadians “the window to flatten the curve is closing.”

On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged from self-isolation — a measure he took after his wife Sophie Gregoire tested positive for COVID-19 — to tell Canadians the border would be closed.

But that closure still allows Americans to travel into Canada, a concern raised by B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix, who noted at a news conference Monday the proximity of British Columbia to Washington State, the epicentre of the outbreak in the U.S. “It’s our strong view and it’s our strong message that visitors from the United States not come to British Columbia,” Dix said.

“Don’t come because, at this moment, that is the wrong thing to do. We understand that people are being asked to self-isolate, but better than self-isolate for visitors, is not to come.”

‘Perfection is the enemy of the good’

In Vancouver, Mayor Kennedy Stewart successfully urged health officials Monday to impose an order to prohibit all bars and restaurants from operating on St. Patrick’s Day. That initial order came the same day he and city officials announced the closure of community centres, libraries, ice rinks, pools, civic theatres and several other facilities in what was an unprecedented move.

The direction the City of Vancouver has taken follows a trend across the city, where churches have suspended services, businesses have closed, concerts have been cancelled

and sports — from recreational leagues to the Vancouver Canucks — are on hold.

Rush hours have lessened, fewer people appear to be taking transit. Ferry sailings are being reduced because of lack of business. The annual 4/20 Cannabis celebration has been shelved.

Casinos have been closed.

None of this happened during the H1N1 influenza.

In their almost daily media briefings, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Dix have urged people to remain calm, but also warned the outbreak will get worse before it gets better. S s “The challenge in the next four weeks dwarf the challenges in the last four weeks,” Dix told reporters p i last week.

Henry was a member of b the Canadian Pandemic v t Coordinating Committee that responded to the s H1N1 outbreak in 2009.

Asked Monday what she t and others learned from t a that experience, Henry stressed the importance of — setting up an emergency structure in B.C. and acrosst h the country to respond quickly and effectively to ant u outbreak.

“Really, our response na- a tionally and internationally s is based on our pandemic i influenza response,” she said. “There are so many h things that are very similar, q there are some things that m are quite different. So it has e to be adapted and changed. t n We often say a plan is a basis for change, and that’s p what we’ve been doing with a this plan. But a lot of what K we learned from H1N1 is very applicable to what d we’ve been doing in the last C nine weeks and will conb tinue to do.”

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k taught B.C. about a pandemic Continued from previous page She pointed out how many young adults ended up in intensive care during the H1N1 outbreak and required ventilators. Those learnings, she said, “are all things that we dusted off and are making sure that we are prepared as we can be for any potential increase in COVID-19.”

Dix said the province has more than 1,200 ventilators and has more on order. In addition, his order Monday to have hospitals postpone all non-urgent scheduled surgeries is expected to free up hundreds of hospital beds, although the minister noted only seven people with COVID-19 were in hospital.

All others were recovering at home.

Dix summarized a list of “push and attack” strategies to stop the spread of the disease, including setting up a dedicated phone service for the public to call to get questions answered about COVID-19.

An online self-assessment tool is now live.

People requiring re-fills of prescriptions will no longer need a second doctor’s note.

Doctors are being provided extra compensation to conduct virtual care services.

All long-term care facilities are being restricted to only essential visitors. A request has gone out to all health regulators to begin emergency registration of non-practising or retired health care professionals, including those in the military.

“Those measures taken together are significant measures both in the acute care system and the primary care system to ensure that we are ready as the situation continues to evolve and develop,” Dix said.

In his opening remarks Monday, the health minister referred to words from Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization’s emergency program, whose speech over the weekend urged governments and health authorities not to be perfect in their approach.

“If you need to be right before you move, you will never win,” Ryan said.

“Perfection is the enemy of the good when it comes to emergency management.

Speed trumps perfection.

Plan for the worst, hope for the best’

On Monday, Mayor Kennedy Stewart and city officials announced the closure of community centres, libraries, ice rinks, pools, civic theatres and several other facilities in what was an unprecedented move. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

And the problem in society we have at the moment is everyone is afraid to make a mistake, everyone is afraid of the consequences of error. But the greatest error is not to move, the greatest error is to be paralyzed by the fear of failure.”

To Ryan’s message, Dix said British Columbians and Canadians “are prepared to fight” and he asked again for all citizens to do the right thing: wash

your hands, don’t touch your face, throw away used tissue, stay at home if you’re sick, self-isolate upon return from another country and practise social distancing.

“That is what we are doing in this system, and I think it’s very important that we find our own agency to achieve that goal [to reduce transmission],” he said. “We’re asking all British Columbians to be part of this.”

Both Dix and Henry have said since the outbreak that the threat remains low to citizens, despite the escalation in moves by governments and the anxiety that it has triggered in many British Columbians.

“I do think it’s important to say, it’s not inevitable that we are going to get major surges over the next little while,” said Henry, who has been praised by the public for being calm and reasoned in her approach.

“I think we need to be really careful and prepared for it, and it is inevitable that we will see additional cases.

But if we’re all doing what we need to do around social isolation, social distancing — making sure we’re doing everything we can in our families and in our communities to stop the transmission of this virus — we can flatten that curve and we can manage.”

As for Kendall, who wrote a report released in June 2010 that commended B.C.’s response to the H1N1 pandemic, he is worried about the speed with

which the coronavirus wave continues to roll across the world.

The influenza preparedness plan of 2005 pointed out a pandemic usually has two or more waves, either in the same year or in successive influenza seasons.

The report said a second wave will occur within three to nine months of the initial outbreak and may cause more serious illnesses and deaths than the first.

Will there be a second wave with the coronavirus, if and when the first one subsides?

“I honestly don’t know,” Kendall said. “This is not influenza, this is a coronavirus. We don’t have experience with previous coronavirus pandemics, or severe epidemics to tell us what to look for. So I don’t know, I honestly don’t know.”

Does he still believe the influenza preparedness plan’s guiding principle of “hope for the best, prepare for the worst” applies today?

“I put it the other way around — plan for the worst, hope for the best.” @Howellings

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How film and TV workers are responding to COVID-19 Sabrina Furminger

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Riverdale was the first production to close up shop in the wake of COVID-19, but by the end of last week, virtually every other production in town had done the same.

The Vancouver film and television industry — one of the busiest and most profitable sectors in the province — is all but stalled.

No one’s arguing that these productions shouldn’t have shut down. Productions like Riverdale have upwards of 60 people on set at any given time, making social distancing virtually impossible.

Regardless, the closures have real-world consequences for film workers, many of whom are freelancers who work paycheque to paycheque and who are now, for all intents and purposes, unemployed without a safety net.

“People are scared,” said Keith Martin Gordey, president of the Union of British Columbia Performers (UBCP), an autonomous branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Televi-

sion and Radio Artists, during an appearance on the YVR Screen Scene Podcast on Monday.

“They’re not only scared for their health, but they’re frightened about their livelihood, and their ability to pay rent and to buy food and keep the lights on,” he said.

While the industry shutdown is unprecedented, Gordey wouldn’t go so far as to call it an emergency.

“It’s a unique situation definitely, and it was encouraging to hear the Prime Minister say [during his press conference on March 16] that he was going to address the needs of part-time workers,” said Gordey. “The government needs to step up and help people in the gig economy.

The gig economy has grown in the last decade considerably. There are people who don’t qualify for EI, because they’re not viewed as employees in the same way.

That includes performers.”

UBCP/ACTRA members are eligible to apply to the Actors’ Fund of Canada (AFC) for financial support.

Gordey said the AFC received three weeks’ worth of applications over the week-

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end. For its part, UBCP/ ACTRA has extended its annual membership dues deadline from April 1 to May 1.

“Basically on a daily basis, we look at the situation and see how we can step in and make things better and give people some comfort and support,” says Gordey.

Film workers who find

themselves wrestling with mental health challenges during this period of social distancing and isolation are encouraged to utilize the services of Calltime: Mental Health (calltimementalhealth.com). The web site is the brainchild of a multi-union working group (including UBCP/ACTRA, IATSE 891, and the B.C.

Branch of the Directors Guild of Canada) and provides mental health and addiction resources to those who either work in the film industry or are concerned about someone who works in the film industry.

During this period of social distancing and film industry shutdown, UBCP/ ACTRA — like the other film unions — is still working for its members. Says Gordey: “We’re making sure the cheques keep going out to our members. We’re taking care of our staff, allowing some people to work from home. We’re lobbying government to make sure money flows to people in the gig economy.”

Gordey’s message to film workers who are despondent during this challenging time can be found in the work of Douglas Adams.

“Look at your copy — if you have one — of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which on the cover says, ‘Don’t panic,’” says Gordey.

Just because film artists can’t gather together in large groups to make art doesn’t mean they can’t still make art.

On March 16, filmmaker and community organizer Joel McCarthy announced the launch of the Vancouver Quarantine Performance Project.

Teams of up to three people are invited to create and submit two-minute videos in the following categories: original monologue, original song, original speech or stand-up comedy routine and talent show number. Submissions are due April 3, and a live variety show will be broadcast on YouTube April 10.

McCarthy was inspired to launch VQPP after watching viral videos of quarantined people in Italy singing on their balconies. “I want to use this time for creativity and connection,” says McCarthy.

“We’re going to get through this,” adds McCarthy. “The human race is resilient.”

Learn more about the Vancouver Quarantine Performance Project at vqpp.ca.

Listen to YVR Screen Scene Podcast’s special episode about the impact of COVID-19 on film workers on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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SPRING CAR CARE Don’t forget to clean your vehicle to help prevent COVID-19 Soap and water cleans a lot more than hands SANDRA THOMAS

Anyone not living under a rock knows that as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we should all be practising what’s now become known as “social distancing,” which means avoiding interaction with others in public places unless absolutely necessary.

But if you’re not sick or showing symptoms of the coronavirus, there’s a good chance you’re still driving to important medical appointments, to pick up the grandkids or to grocery stores, which medical experts are now saying have similar levels of germs as medical clinics.

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In wake of COVID-19, Canucks are Shrödinger’s team

Canucks are simultaneously both in and out of the playoffs

Backhand Sauce Daniel Wagner

Shrödinger’s cat is one of the most famous thought experiments of all time, even if it’s one that’s frequently misunderstood. Erwin Shrödinger originally intended his famous thought experiment as a critique of the prevailing theories in quantum mechanics.

Stick with me, I swear this is about the Vancouver Canucks.

Here’s the thought experiment: a cat is placed in a box and, with it, a device consisting of a Geiger counter with a tiny bit of radioactive material connected to a hammer and flask of deadly poison. The radioactive material is such that there is an equal probability over the course of an hour that an atom could decay, activating the Geiger counter, which in turn releases the hammer to smash the flask of poison.

In other words, there is an equal probability after an hour that the cat is alive or dead.

That probability is specifically attached to a quantum event: the decaying atom in the radioactive material.

According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, the cat is in superposition — two states at once — until observed. Until an observer opens the box, the cat is simultaneously both alive and dead. When observed, these two possibilities collapse into a single reality: an alive cat or a dead cat.

Shrödinger was intending to show that this interpretation of quantum superposition didn’t survive when taken from the microscopic quantum realm to the macroscopic world of full-sized cats, boxes and hammers.

The idea that the cat could be both alive and dead simultaneously was fundamentally absurd.

Similarly absurd, the Canucks (I told you this was about the Canucks) currently exist in a similar position as Shrödinger’s possibly ill-fated cat.

When the NHL suspended the season due to the rapidly-progressing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canucks were in ninth-place in the Western Conference standings, tied in points with the eighth-place Nashville Predators.

That puts the Canucks out of playoff position, just out of the second wild card spot in the West.

Simultaneously, if you take into account that the Canucks have played fewer games than most of the teams ahead of them in the standings, they have the possibility for more points were the NHL season to suddenly

Stick-taps & Glove-drops • I’m dropping the gloves with True North Sports and Entertainment, the owners of the Winnipeg Jets, who had to be guilted into a pledge to pay part-time employees who are out of work due to the suspension of the NHL season. Other teams around the league made similar pledges without public pressure.

• A tap of the stick to the Canucks and their part-time employees that offered to support short-staffed seniors’ care homes in Vancouver. “We are thankful to the Vancouver Canucks for their generous offer of support, which is a huge morale boost for people working on the front lines of this crisis,” said B.C. Care Providers Association CEO Daniel Fontaine.

When the NHL suspended the season due to the rapidly-progressing COVID-19 pandemic, the Canucks were just out of the second wild card spot in the West. PHOTO DAN TOULGOET

resume and continue on a full 82-game schedule.

That means, if you sort the standings by the first tiebreaker — the percentage of available points earned by a team given their games played — instead of by points, the Canucks are in the playoffs. In fact, they’re third in the Pacific Division.

The Canucks are in superposition, in two states simultaneously: both in and out of the playoffs at the same time. These two states won’t collapse into one until they are observed.

Of course, the playoffs themselves are in a state of uncertainty, so that observation may never occur. While the NHL is preparing for the possibility that games can start again — possibly in empty stadiums — when the CDC’s recommended 60-day ban on gatherings of more than 50 people is lifted, that timeline seems very optimistic.

If and when the NHL season is back in action, the Canucks’ fate will likely depend, like Shrödinger’s cat, on something out of their control. Perhaps not a quantum system like an atom in a radioactive material, but something equally random and hard to predict: the NHL’s head office.

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The Canucks are Shrödinger’s team, stuck in a curious limbo. That leads to some odd consequences, specifically to the first-round pick the Canucks traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for J.T. Miller.

That first-round pick is conditional, which means it depends on a certain set of circumstances. Those circumstances are simple: if the Canucks make the playoffs this season, they lose the pick. If the Canucks don’t make the playoffs, they keep the pick and lose next year’s pick.

Since the Canucks are in superposition, both in and out of the playoffs, the firstround pick is likewise in superposition: the Canucks both have and don’t have their first-round pick for the 2020 NHL Draft. The pick is entangled with the Canucks’ playoff position, to draw another term from quantum mechanics.

Thus, the answer to the question of whether the Canucks are in or out of the playoffs matters even if the playoffs never happen. It’s not just a fun thought experiment: it has actual consequences for the Canucks.

Are the Canucks in the playoffs? Do they have their first round pick this year? We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Big Numbers • 36 The standings are so tight for

the Canucks: they have 36 wins, one more than the Predators, but just 27 wins in regulation, one fewer than the Predators. Since the regulation wins take precedence, the Canucks are below the Predators in the standings.

• 53 One of the unfortunate

consequences of the suspended season is we will likely never see Hughes break multiple records. Hughes is stuck at 53 points, just three points from Dale Tallon’s record for a Canucks rookie defenceman, ten points from Doug Lidster’s record for any Canucks defenceman, and 13 points from Elias Pettersson’s record for a Canucks rookie.

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TheVancouver Gemstone Jewellery Show SILVERSTREETJEWELLERS.CA

Vancouver Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial Drive Vancouver, BC

Friday, March 20th 12pm to 7pm Saturday, March 21st 12pm to 6pm Sunday, March 22nd 12pm to 5pm FREE Admission & FREE Parking!

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New stock from around the world

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Valid: March 20th, 2020 - March 22nd, 2020

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starting at $20

Amber

Amethyst starting at $10

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Black Onyx starting at $15

Blue Topaz starting at $15

Chrome Diopside starting at $25

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Carnelian starting at $10

Searching for treasures in the gem markets of Northern India.

Emerald

Green Amethyst starting at $15

Kyanite starting at $20

Chalcedony starting at $10

FREE Admission & FREE Parking!

Opal starting at $25

Peridot starting at $10

Rainbow Moonstone starting at $15

Rose Quartz starting at $10

Ruby starting at $50

Sapphire starting at $50

the shores of South East Asia.

Citrine starting at $10

Making discoveries in rural Thailand.

Friday, March 20th 12pm to 7pm Saturday, March 21st 12pm to 6pm Sunday, March 22nd 12pm to 5pm

Rooftop view. Rajasthan, India.

Labradorite starting at $15

Lapis Lazuli starting at $10

starting at $40

Larimar starting at $30

Smokey Quartz starting at $15

Diamond

starting at $50

Garnet starting at $10

Tazarite starting at $30

Smokey Quartz starting at $10

Tanzanite starting at $20

Sterling Silver Chains starting at $10

Tourmaline starting at $20

The whole family helps with selecting gemstones.

My family travelling with me on a recent adventure.

In Jaipur, Rajasthan, India with my partner Roberto.

Picking rough stones to be cut.

Swiss Blue Topaz starting at $35

Turquoise starting at $10

These pieces are just examples.

London Blue Topaz starting at $40

Malachite starting at $20

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Morganite starting at $35

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Sapphire starting at $35

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ALL PRODUCT WILL BE LIQUIDATED, and we are on our way to a city near you! You don’t want to miss this exclusive event with unbelievable opportunities. The inventory will be sold to public at LIQUIDATION PRICES! Please note Silver Street will continue to serve our customers across Canada with regular events but cannot guarantee the same liquidation style of prices. This sale is open to the public, retailers and wholesalers. ALL Jewellery will be reduced to LIQUIDATION PRICES, EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!

Jewellery LIQUIDATION on now!

This event will not be held over. All Jewellery will be LIQUIDATED. Once it’s gone, it’s gone! These are top quality one of a kind jewellery pieces set with genuine gemstones, all being sold for liquidation prices. Do you love gemstones and jewellery? Get your fill at this one of a kind event.

INVENTORY BEING LIQUIDATED:

Ethically sourced Jewellery and Gems from over 16 countries. Beautiful, unique pieces from around the world. Amber, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Amazonite, Opal, Beryl, Black Onyx, Blood Stone, Blue Copper Turquoise, Blue Topaz, Blue Lace Agate, Cacoxenite, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Charolite, Chrysophrase, Chrome Diopside, Citrine, Dendritic Agate, Diamond, Druzy, Emerald, Eudialyte, Fluorite, Garnet, Green Amethyst, Green Onyx, Hematite, Hessonite Garnet, Imperial Jasper, Iolite, Kyanite, Labradorite, Lapis Lazuli, Larimar, London Blue Topaz, Mahogany Obsidian, Malachite, Mexican Fire Opal, Moldavite, Montana Agate, Mookaite, Moonstone, Moss Agate, Mystic Topaz, Noreena Jasper, Nephrite Jade, Ocean Jasper, Peridot, Picture Jasper, Pietersite, Prehnite, Purple Cooper Turquoise, Rainbow Moonstone, Red Jasper, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite Garnet, Rhyolite Jasper, Rose Quartz, Ruby, Rutilated Quartz, Sapphire, Seraphinite, Shattuckite, Smokey Quartz, Snowflake Obsidian, Tanzanite, Tigers Eye, Tourmaline, and so much more!!!

Vancouver Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial Drive Vancouver, BC

Friday, March 20th 12pm to 7pm Saturday, March 21st 12pm to 6pm Sunday, March 22nd 12pm to 5pm FREE Admission & FREE Parking!

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