Number of people in Alberta hospitals with COVID-19 increases With universities around Alberta readying for a return to in-person classes, some are raising concerns their institutions aren’t bringing back mask or vaccination requirements to help prevent the spread of airborne viruses like COVID-19.In spring 2022, post-secondary institutions Alberta-wide dropped their mask mandates following the province’s same move.“COVID absolutely knocked me down for 2 weeks, and I am terrified about long-term effects as I experience heart arrhythmia,” Chelsea Vowel posted on Twitter. “I am not okay with getting it multiple times in my classroom because my employer (the University of Alberta) doesn’t have a real plan for our safety.”COVID absolutely knocked me down for 2 weeks, and I am terrified about long-term effects as I experience heart arrhythmia.
I am not okay with getting it multiple times in my classroom because my employer doesn't have a real plan for our safety.— âpihtawikosisân (@apihtawikosisan) August 13, 2022“If faculty are just supposed to contract COVID every semester we are in the classroom that doesn’t seem like a very viable long term plan,” Ted McCoy, a University of Calgary associate professor tweeted.The University of Calgary, University of Alberta and University of Lethbridge are all recommending masks be worn indoors, but none of those institutions will require masks for the first day of fall semester.
However, masking will be required where those schools have clinical masking requirements under AHS.“The University of Alberta is closely following public health guidance for Alberta.
As a community, we continue to work together to minimize risks,” a University of Alberta statement said on Wednesday. “Personal.