Alberta, Sasketchewan announce an end to nearly all covid restrictions.
Not immediately, alas, but soon.
Canada’s chief public health officer says provinces are going to have to find a balance between containing the virus with public health measures and returning to a sense of normalcy as the Omicron wave continues to crest.
Several provinces have signalled their intention to do away with some, if not all, remaining COVID-19 health restrictions.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government will announce next week a date to end Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine passport, as well as a phased approach to ending almost all COVID-19 health restrictions by the end of the month, provided the pressure on hospitals continues to decline.
Meanwhile Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he’s committed to ending all COVID-19 restrictions soon, even while COVID-19-related hospitalizations are at their highest level since the pandemic began.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said even a complete series of two COVID-19 vaccines offers little in the way of protection against infection from the Omicron variant, and boosters work against transmission only for a period of time.
She said vaccine mandates should be re-evaluated over time, but they must be weighed against the potential effect on fragile health systems and how many serious cases they can handle.
Exit question: Did the truckers win?
Exit answer: Yes
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And that’s bad because they’re not The Smart People who have nearly an unbroken record of being completely 100% wrong on every major question for the past 30 years.
But they have majestically-creased trousers and this makes their astonishingly large list of serious, life-taking mistakes elegant and refined and sophisticated and urbane, which is infinitely preferable to the crude, boorish, vulgar correctness of the Deplorables and scruffy populists.
The TRUCKERS of CANADA who represent “We The People” there, have SPOKEN, and BLOWN THEIR GREAT HORNS to their amazing success, and have RUN Trudeau into hiding!!! Trump was always correct; THE PEOPLE must make the changes needed. So amazing to witness this wonderful event of Power, Understanding, and Courage!