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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
The dominant strain of covid is B.1.1.7 , the uk variant. Whistler didn't make the call to close down . The government shut them down . Just the way you phrased it made it seem they were the good guys. The government shouldn't have let them or big white stay open at all this year.
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As I understand it, BC shut Whistler down til late April, and Whistler than opted to just shut down for the season. Pretty sure the Globe reported on that yesterday, as well as the blooming of that Brazil variant. Significant because it may be more vaccine/immunity resistant than the UK one.
Either way, its not surprising given both the travel to these resort areas and the demographics of the staff who work at them.