Doctor fears possible post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 spike could ruin Christmas plans
CBC
Two health professionals say Alberta's health system can't afford a post-Thanksgiving spike of COVID-19 infections.
Alberta's gathering restrictions include an indoor cap of two households to a maximum of 10 vaccinated adults and no restrictions on kids under 12. Unvaccinated, vaccine-eligible people are not allowed to gather indoors.
Outdoor private social gatherings are limited to a maximum of 20 people with two metres of physical distance maintained between households at all times.
"If we don't follow the rules, things will get substantially worse. We'll lose Christmas over this," Dr. Darren Markland, an intensive care physician in Edmonton, said.
"Every wave, it crushes our resources. And I mean, we've already employed the military, we don't have any other reserves for the fifth wave."
According to the latest COVID-19 numbers, there are 17,839 active cases in Alberta, with 1,101 in hospital and 250 people in intensive care. The numbers are up to date as of Thursday, end-of-day.
Military nurses have arrived at the Royal Alexandra in Edmonton to help abate the pressure. Eight critical care nursing officers deployed from Ontario and Nova Scotia are working at the downtown hospital, which Markland said was a welcome sight, but is a drop in the bucket compared to the effect of the "bad policy" decisions the province has made.
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