Fri Jan 6, 2023 – 9:15 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – The government of Alberta offered a definite no to the idea of locking down again over a new variant of the COVID virus now in the province, which rather dubiously has been nicknamed “Kraken” by scientists and others on Twitter.
Steve Buick, a spokesman for Alberta Health Services (AHS), said recently, as reported by the Western Standard, that yet another new variant of the COVID virus does not mean a hasty return to lockdowns and masks.
“We’re not returning to emergency measures,” Buick said.
Buick noted that there will be no change in “in policy or in the advice we’ve received from Alberta Health,” as well.
He said that the province cannot “live in a state of emergency permanently,” or whenever “we see an increase in respiratory viruses.”
Buick said that the so-called “Kraken” or XBB.1.5 version of the virus, is a subvariant of the Omicron mutation of COVID, which itself has been known for higher transmissibility but shown to not be as severe as the original strain.
According to Buick, the Omicron version of the COVID virus has caused less stress on the healthcare system
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