Amazing Premier Smith refuses to recommend masking amid high absentee rates in Alberta schools
Amazing Premier Smith refuses to recommend masking amid high absentee rates in Alberta schools
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“We’re not going to be mandating masks. We heard loud and clear from parents that they want a normal school environment for their kids.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is refusing to recommend masking indoors as Edmonton-area schools deal with high absentee rates due to illness.
Cases of COVID-19, influenza, the common cold, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are all on the rise earlier than normal for this time of year, especially among children, prompting some parents, health workers and advocates to raise concerns, including about how the health-care system will cope this winter.
At an unrelated news conference Monday, in response to questions from reporters, Smith said she supports the individual choice of anyone who wants to wear a mask.
“We’re not going to be mandating masks. We heard loud and clear from parents that they want a normal school environment for their kids,” said Smith.
Instead, Smith said her government is focused on supporting pharmacies in getting supplies of children’s pain and fever medication, and addressing long hospital wait times.
“We still have a few difficult months to get through the respiratory virus season but I’m going to do what I can to make sure that they have the medications that they need, and that if – heaven forbid – anyone needs to go to the hospital that they are not waiting an excessively long period of time to get their child seen,” said Smith.
Her comments come after Ontario’s chief medical officer of health “strongly” recommended masking in indoor public spaces including schools and child care centres on Monday, although he did not issue a mandate.
Smith also signalled that Dr. Deena Hinshaw may soon be out as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, saying there will be an announcement from new medical advisers “in a number of days.”
