Former top Alberta doctor says public health orders have to balance science with society to be effective

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Andre Corriveau, who was Alberta’s chief medical officer of health from 2009 to 2012, says measures will only work if a majority of the population supports it

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“You can’t pass measures that a majority of the public is not supportive of, because it’s not enforceable.”Corriveau, speaking from Iqaluit, Nunavut, where he was advising that territory on how to deal with its COVID-19 cases, spoke after recordings were released that appeared to show Alberta’s current chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, expressing concern about politicians watering down her recommendations.

“There’s a point beyond which you can’t enforce any more,” he said. “That’s the role of the politician – to gauge that.”

 

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