“We are asking you to ask yourself: ‘Just because I can do it, should I do it?'”
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Twenty medical health officers joined forces to call on all Saskatchewan residents to keep COVID-19 at bay over the Easter long weekend.
In an open letter to everyone in the province, the health experts urged people to go above and beyond public health measures to make sure they are not helping COVID-19 in its rapid spread, particularly as variants of concern (VOC) continue to circulate.
“Transmission between households is one of the top causes of COVID transmission. Holiday travel has the potential to carry the virus around the province. We typically see case surges post holidays. Easter brings us to another tipping point,” the letter read.
It continues by urging everyone to get vaccinated as soon as they are able, reassuring people that all available vaccines are safe and effective. It also called on residents to continue abiding by public health orders like physical distancing, wearing masks and isolating immediately before getting tested if you show any symptoms.
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But the letter also called the health orders the “bare minimum” people should be doing to protect themselves and others.
“Like driving through a bad snow storm, the risks are too great if we hurtle along at the speed limit oblivious to the icy roads and reduced visibility that threaten to plunge us into the ditch. So have a plan to protect yourself and those you love,” it said.
“We are asking you to ask yourself: ‘Just because I can do it, should I do it?’”
While private indoor gatherings are currently restricted to immediate households only in Regina and the surrounding area, other parts of the province are allowed to gather in bubbles of up to three households with a total of 10 people maximum. Instead of gathering in their household bubbles, the medical health officers encouraged people to leave the Easter gathering for next year and stick only to their immediate households and to avoid travelling outside their home communities.
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