on july 28 , when she first outlined plans to drastically reduce measures to curb the spread of covid-19 — plans that led to outrage by many albertans — she said then that she “will closely monitor these changes and adapt as needed, to give more time to vaccinate albertans . . . and will take whatever actions are needed to manage any high risk outbreaks or severe cases as we do with any communicable disease.”
instead of proceeding with plans to loosen testing and isolation requirements, she is delaying that plan until sept. 27. testing at assessment centres will remain available for any symptomatic person; isolation will remain mandatory for 10 days for those with covid-19 symptoms; and, masking will remain mandatory on public transit, taxis and ride shares. during this time period she will continue to reassess the situation.
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hinshaw says both local and international data has emerged that caused her to defer the changes she originally scheduled for aug. 16.
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the government website shows that vaccination at higher levels will lead to more freedoms more quickly.
and those who were vaccinated and wound up in hospital had, what’s called, co-morbidities — things like hypertension, cardio-vascular disease, diabetes, cancer, liver disease, immunodeficiencies, etc. this doesn’t mean that their covid experience should be discounted in any way, but it is to say that if you are double vaccinated and you don’t have other underlying health conditions that increase your risk of serious outcomes from covid, you are not at risk of severe illness or death from this virus.
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