Premier Smith refuses to recommend masking amid high absentee rates in Alberta schools abed ableg abpoli
“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.in indoor public spaces including schools and child care centres on Monday, although he did not issue a mandate.
Amid the increase in respiratory illnesses, St. Albert Public Schools sent a letter to families Monday morning warning it could affect bus contractors, and recommending parents have a backup plan for getting children to and from school.14 per cent of students were absent due to illnesses – or about 14,500 students.
When asked how parents can make rational and evidence-based decisions without that information, Smith said now that the province knows more about COVID-19, it’s treating it and other viruses as endemic. Children’s services critic Rakhi Pancholi said, as a parent, she feels left in the dark by the government’s decision not to share information on school outbreaks and its plans to mitigate them.
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