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Nova Scotia CMOH Dr. Robert Strang said Alberta's approach is premature.
"The science is pretty clear that it is premature to say the pandemic is over and we can treat COVID exactly the same as any other respiratory virus," Strang said during a news conference on Thursday.
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My question to him: The science or the politicians and liars like yourself who make profit from using the flu as an excuse for various reasons? The scientific community is divided and there's no consensus whether it's over or not, but there is however a fact, backed by actual data, which is the vaccines prevent the hospitals from getting overrun with patients. So countries like Canada, US, UK can lift most of the precautions and get back to normal or at least something very close to it.