The exemption card program was officially launched this weekend at a series of recreation centres around Edmonton.
Edmonton business express concerns over enforcing mask bylawSign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updatesHowever, one Edmonton physician says that he believes there are actually very few people with legitimate medical exemptions.
“There are very, very few medically indicated reasons for not wearing a mask,” Dr. Darren Markland, an intensive care physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, said Sunday. “And they all tend to revolve around neurological or psychiatric conditions.“I’m not saying these aren’t real things, but they are the minority of cases.”Markland said that he was not surprised to see masks come out as a political issue in many regions of the world, including in Edmonton.
“Mask policy was going to be contentious no matter how we brought it out,” he said. “Masks work because people want to use them. If you are concerned about your fellow citizen, and you are concerned about keeping the pandemic in check until we have a cure or a vaccine, then you’re going to do a mask and you’re going to do it properly.
“Once you go to mandating masks, that changes the situation dramatically,” Markland said. “Suddenly you are imposing your will on somebody.Markland added that he believes the new exemption card program “completely invalidates the bylaw.”Coun. Dziadyk said Sunday that he believes the majority of people will still be wearing masks, even with the card system.
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