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Province is launching 'Stage 3' on Friday; but Toronto and surrounding regions, and Windsor excluded for at least one more week (likely a bit more).

Stage 3 will allow in-resto dining subject to social-distance requirements.

In theory, cinemas could re-open, but the wording appears to limit the number of patrons to 50 for an entire complex; which would be uneconomical for a 10-screen + location.

Would allow the reps/single-screens/and maybe Carlton to re-open viably.

Gyms can also reopen as can playgrounds.

Some restrictions remain, no dancing in bars (presumably this prohibits clubs); religious institutions limited to 30% capacity.

Childcare can return to 90% of pre-pandemic capacity.

Amusement parks are still out for now; but appears they will be allowed to open if they can produce risk-management plans that satisfy public health.

Also restricted are game tables at casinos, contact sports, buffet restaurants, overnight camping, saunas/steamrooms/bathhouses/oxygen bars, and private karaoke spaces.

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Seeing as we are moving to a more open stage of risk tolerance it's worth checking in on Toronto's current dashboard of internal success metrics.

Virus spread and testing turn-around are the areas that are of concern. Basically still too much community spread and test result turn-around is too slow.

I would also like to see total testing capacity. There was a vague reference once in an article about Ontario being able to double testing to 50k per day to respond to testing demand when flu season comes back into play in the fall. Asides from the daily numbers of tests I would be interested in seeing the daily testing as a percent of the total envelope of testing capacity. As I mentioned I would suspect that the demand for testing will necessarily climb substantially in the fall if schools and businesses are more fully open due to the natural annual cycle of background virus circulation. Although, on the other hand we may find this natural cycle suppressed by our covid-19 containment measures.

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Northern Light said:
Province is launching 'Stage 3' on Friday; but Toronto and surrounding regions, and Windsor excluded for at least one more week (likely a bit more).

Stage 3 will allow in-resto dining subject to social-distance requirements.

In theory, cinemas could re-open, but the wording appears to limit the number of patrons to 50 for an entire complex; which would be uneconomical for a 10-screen + location.

Would allow the reps/single-screens/and maybe Carlton to re-open viably.

Gyms can also reopen as can playgrounds.

Some restrictions remain, no dancing in bars (presumably this prohibits clubs); religious institutions limited to 30% capacity.

Childcare can return to 90% of pre-pandemic capacity.

Amusement parks are still out for now; but appears they will be allowed to open if they can produce risk-management plans that satisfy public health.

Also restricted are game tables at casinos, contact sports, buffet restaurants, overnight camping, saunas/steamrooms/bathhouses/oxygen bars, and private karaoke spaces.

news.ontario.ca

Ontario Newsroom | Salle de presse de l'Ontario

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Even after gyms are allowed to re-open, they'll be such a pain the ass to use because of a plethora of restrictions that they won't be worth it. I'd rather just get some equipment myself and work out at home without any obstacles. Of course, every other asshole just has to have the same idea, so getting basic things like dumb bells is a nightmare right now. So sick of it.

I don't see how cinemas can work under these rules whatsoever.

Didn't Wonderland announce it was opening shortly??

I kind of miss having a buffet option - couldn't Mandarin for example just have staff dole out the food onto patrons plates to avoid having hundreds of people touch the same utensils?

I feel bad for people who work in the nightlife and live music scenes. They are beyond screwed, likely until a vaccine exists (if there will ever even be one...)
 
Towered said:
Didn't Wonderland announce it was opening shortly??
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Wonderland has already hired and trained most of their staff.

I feel confident they have been assured of their opening privileges in short order.

Presumably they have already submitted plans for approval (though I don't know this)

One has to remember, decisions like these are largely being made at the cabinet table, and they don't meet every day, or even every week.

So the roll-out of news/announcements is strategic.

I presume cabinet orders have afforded officials some wiggle room to deal with spikes/bad news.

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In respect of cinemas, a small operation like the Revue could make 50 people work quite economically, most larger cinemas could not.

I'm surprised by the order, as worded, because industry film schedules have releases out this Friday.

50 per auditorium could be made to work.
 
I found the answer to my question from a few pages back from Macleans:

Tuesday, July 7, was the first time Ontario reported less than 100 cases a day since March 24. But it’s likely less a reflection of the situation in Ontario than the fact that Toronto didn’t report its data on that Tuesday (it had been averaging 60 new cases per day in the past week).

“Toronto Public Health should reconsider the decision to not put out daily totals,” Ed Tubb, a Toronto Star editor on the COVID-19 data beat, wrote on Twitter. “A Mon.-Wed.-Fri. schedule is less transparent and risks confusing people.” Yet, at the same time, he acknowledged that the cost-benefit analysis within the public health unit may necessitate a less regular schedule. “If it’s a choice between keeping up with increasingly less urgent daily numbers and doing in-depth analysis or overdue prep for the fall, I’d chose the latter too. Or even just if they need a break. I get that too. (I really get that.)” Ed Tubb will cope with the new data reality by switching to emphasizing seven-day rolling averages and putting less emphasis on daily totals.
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TheKingEast said:
Not looking good. Lets see how Australia does as this is their Winter.
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Whispers that the Victorian cabinet was meeting tonight to debate stage 4 restrictions (NZ-style) after we've had 270 odd cases today. Some voices saying we should go for eradication (like NZ did, and what an suppression strategy has effectively done in QLD, WA, SA, NT and TAS).

Although, we're also now about 5 days after the lockdown / stage 3 restrictions were re-imposed and henceforth we should start to see an impact on case numbers from this point on.
 
Owner of 3 bars says 'things are going to be a lot different' when they reopen

Jul 14, 2020

An owner of three Toronto bars says "things are going to be a lot different" when he is allowed to reopen but first he must crunch the numbers to determine if it makes financial sense to resume business.

Mickey Oberoi is the owner of Mister Wolf on Queen Street West, as well as Lost and Found and The Everleigh — both on King Street West.

The businesses have been "at a complete standstill" since mid-March, he said, and reopening will come as a real relief. Bars are expected to allow customers inside, with limited capacity, whenever Toronto is allowed to enter Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan.

"It's a positive step in the right direction," Oberoi said, but ensuring social distancing among customers will be a challenge.

For now, he has workers coming in to install things like sanitation units and barriers to help staff enforce social distancing measures. Oberoi has also started having conversations with servers and security staff about what the new reality will look like.

"Things are going to be a lot different," he added.

Under Stage 3, customers will need to come with a specific number of people, and stay in the area where they are seated. It will be a significant departure from the pre-pandemic atmosphere at the bars.

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It may not make financial sense for Oberoi to reopen Mister Wolf, in particular, because it has a capacity of about 450 people. If bars are limited to 50 people indoors, then he will have to have only private bookings.

"It's tough because people come to clubs and bars to be with each other," he said.

No "walk-ups" will be allowed in to any of the bars and communication with staff and clients will be very important, he said.

"We have roamers ready to go, so anyone who gets up, we're going to tell them: 'Okay, you have to stay in your area or you got to leave.'"

 
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