Alberta doctors push back on provincial COVID-19 task force report – CBC
UCP MLA posted news of the report’s completion on social media on Friday
Jan 27, 2025
A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing back, saying it contains misinformation and poses a threat to public health.
Among the $2-million report’s key recommendations are calls for the provincial government to “immediately halt” the use of all COVID-19 vaccines without “full disclosure” of potential risks and to bar healthy children and teenagers from getting COVID shots.
Underpinning the 269-page document are a number of statements — that doctors argue go against medical and scientific consensus — criticizing the use of vaccines and a range of other pandemic protections while recommending doctors be allowed to prescribe alternative medications, including ivermectin.
Calling it “anti-science” and “anti-evidence,” the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) claims the document advances misinformation.
“It speaks against the broadest and most diligent international scientific collaboration and consensus in history.… Science and evidence brought us through [the pandemic] and saved millions of lives,” AMA president Dr. Shelley Duggan said in a statement.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/covid-19-alberta-vaccine-task-force-1.7442816
