Last week the province of Alberta published a report on its pandemic-response calling for COVID vaccines to be restricted to \u201chigh-risk groups\u201d and to stop \u201ctheir use in healthy children and teenagers.\u201d A mix of vaccine skeptics, fringe academics, and a Trump-appointee were behind it.<\/p>\n
The report also recommends regulators, namely the province\u2019s medical licensing body, be stripped of powers to discipline doctors who promote risky and ineffective off-label treatments.<\/p>\n
The report has garnered nationwide criticism from the scientific and medical communities, with dozens of experts calling on the government to officially dismiss the report in an open letter. Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association, said the report was \u201can unfortunate use of public dollars\u201d that funneled CAD$2,000,000 into furthering misinformation. She said it will cause harm globally, as it will be referenced in jurisdictions outside of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last week the province of Alberta published a report on its pandemic-response calling for COVID vaccines to be restricted to \u201chigh-risk groups\u201d and to stop \u201ctheir use in healthy children and teenagers.\u201d A mix of vaccine skeptics, fringe academics, and a Trump-appointee were behind it.<\/p>\n
The report also recommends regulators, namely the province\u2019s medical licensing body, be stripped of powers to discipline doctors who promote risky and ineffective off-label treatments.<\/p>\n
The report has garnered nationwide criticism from the scientific and medical communities, with dozens of experts calling on the government to officially dismiss the report in an open letter. Dr. Joss Reimer, president of the Canadian Medical Association, said the report was \u201can unfortunate use of public dollars\u201d that funneled CAD$2,000,000 into furthering misinformation. She said it will cause harm globally, as it will be referenced in jurisdictions outside of Canada.<\/p>\n