Aren't these restrictions getting out of hand? There are large populous countries which have survived Covid-19 without these kind of restrictions. Canadian population is very well vaccinated and that was suppose to trigger loosening of restrictions.

A general question whether some mandate X is worth it given that it reduces Y covid deaths. Humans are made to talk to each other.

Two years ago this would have been called child abuse. It still is.

My partner who works at a grade school with this mandate says: This is not a big deal. The kids are told not to talk while eating, but when they are done eating they can put their masks back on and chat away to their heart's content.