As bars and restaurants begin to reopen across Ontario and other provinces continue to see a significant rise in COVID-19 cases traced back to indoor eateries, some infectious disease experts say easing up on public drinking laws may not be such a bad idea. It would be wonderful if the City of Toronto could take a more mature, reasonable approach to public drinking like so many other cities and municipalities. All the behaviours that are associated with the atypical problematic public drinking are illegal already. Schwartz said easing up on public drinking laws would be useful right now, during the short summer months of a lengthy global pandemic. Chagla warned that people would still need to be mindful of physical-distancing if public drinking laws were relaxed in their municipalities, and higher-risk individuals should still avoid those scenarios.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2020 07:52 UTC