Saskatchewan Medical Association (SMA) says the provincial government’s back-to-school plan needs stronger measures, like a mask mandate, to ensure students are safe when they return to classrooms in September.“Saskatchewan doctors think it’s prudent to set the safety bar higher at the outset, then lower it when we know what we are dealing with,” said SMA president Dr.
Barbara Konstantynowicz in a statement. “We simply don’t know how the virus will behave in a school setting. Then, as more information comes available, we can carefully roll back the restraints.” Saskatchewan parents ‘horrified,’ ‘really angry’ over coronavirus school plan: organizer On Thursday, SMA leaders met with the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr.