COVID-19 pandemic, Alberta is the only province to hold out against implementing a provincial mask mandate.According to sociologist Dr.
Amy Kaler, that could be contributing to some Albertans’ complacency, and in certain cases defiance, of pandemic-related public health measures and municipal mask bylaws. ‘Our situation is grim’: Alberta breaks daily record for COVID-19 cases Friday, sees 11 new deaths “It looks arbitrary,” she said of the “patch work” of various mask bylaws, restrictions and public health measures in place in different parts of the province.“It looks like… these are just weird, made up rules.
Do we have a different virus in Edmonton than we do in Fort MacLeod?”As of Friday, Alberta had 10,655 active cases of COVID-19.