“Public compliance is a critical point. It must happen and if we’re not seeing public compliance, that’s where strong leadership has to come in and has to impose stronger restrictions,” SUN President Tracy Zambory says.
Dr. Hassan Masri, who works in a Saskatoon intensive care unit, said flouting the rules, like in recent cases at a Regina pub and Saskatoon karaoke bar, creates real consequences from difficulties in contact tracing to a shortage of hospital beds. That’s why he’s calling on the government to close all bars, pubs and nightclubs to curb that temptation to break the restrictions.
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 7:24 AM CT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
Hundreds attended a rally in Saskatoon on Dec. 5 to protest mask-wearing, vaccines and a host of other issues.(Mr. YXE/Twitter)
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark denounced anti-mask rallies in a series of tweets on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people have gathered at events in Saskatoon and Regina recently to protest COVID-19 restrictions and try to discredit health experts, government officials and the media. Clark says people should think twice before attending a similar rally planned for this weekend in Saskatoon. To anyone thinking about attending another anti-mask rally in Saskatoon this weekend give your head a shake. Do not join a rally that tells people to go out and endanger the lives of others, Clark s first tweet said.