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COVID-19: Easing Alberta’s public health restrictions could diminish public trust, compliance
COVID-19 public health policy is being celebrated by many in the businesses community who are struggling to survive, but according to some experts, the back-and-forth could hurt the government’s credibility when it comes to public health measures.Barbershops, hair salons, tattoo parlors and other personal wellness services will be allowed to operate again starting Monday, a change the government made just a week after announcing widespread health restrictions would be extended until late January.That change in tone came on the heels of one Alberta barbershop’s blatant defiance of the provincial closure order, the owner of which, Natalie Klein, started illegally cutting the hair of Innisfail residents on Tuesday, and as many others voiced