Many Albertans seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach when it comes to the latest COVID-19 variant in the province.
Four cases of the new Omicron strain have been confirmed by government officials to CTV News. The highly-transmissible"Kraken" strain is becoming dominant in many countries, and some experts suspect Canada won't be far behind.
Masks were few and far between Thursday afternoon and many of those jet-setting said they won't don a face covering unless it's"absolutely necessary.""If we could delay until spring, we would be in such a better place," biologist Gosia Gasperowicz said."And we could do much, much more." "We could put mask requirements for everybody in public places, in schools and hospitals and so on, because we know that works," she told CTV News."The other things we can do is putting HEPA air purifiers in public places, because they reduce aerosols in the air -- especially in enclosed spaces."There is no indication Alberta will go down that path under Premier Danielle Smith.
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