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Some Edmonton doctors decry province’s reopening plan Dr. James Talbot, co-chair of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association strategic COVID committee. Postmedia, file
Two Edmonton doctors are raising red flags about the speed at which Alberta plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions.
On Wednesday, Premier Jason Kenney announced a three-stage reopening plans based on vaccination rates and hospitalization levels that could see almost all of the province’s COVID-19 restrictions removed by late June or early July.
Dr. James Talbot, a former Alberta chief medical officer of health and co-chair of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association’s (EZMSA) pandemic committee, called the province’s plan “reckless” and “unsafe” and predicted a spike in cases as a result of restrictions lifting that quickly.