{"id":16737,"date":"2021-07-30T19:08:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16737"},"modified":"2021-07-30T19:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T19:13:19","slug":"covid-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16737","title":{"rendered":"Rollin&#8217; the dice&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/open-for-infection-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/open-for-infection-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/open-for-infection-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/open-for-infection-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Dr Hinshaw &amp; Premier Kenney rollin&#8217; the dice!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The TYEE   July 29,2021<\/strong><br>At the first COVID-19 news conference in almost a month, and quite possibly the last one ever, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw &nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0kE4zkmjsIE&amp;list=PLvrD8tiHIX1L0ztJVj7n2YM7L6Ai5tp0s\" target=\"_blank\">let Albertans know<\/a>&nbsp;yesterday that they and their still-unvaccinated children will basically be on their own when it comes to the virus\u2019s rapidly spreading Delta variant.<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Analysis\/2021\/07\/29\/Stupidest-Public-Health-Response-Pandemic-G7-Alberta\/?utm_source=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=300721#series-listview-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Delta-dominated post-Calgary-Stampede COVID-19 rates&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/covid-growth-alberta-1.6120076\" target=\"_blank\">surging<\/a> and more than 1.5 million Albertans including all children under 12 still unvaccinated, <strong>Dr. Hinshaw announced that in less than three weeks Albertans who test positive for COVID-19 will no longer be required to go into isolation,<\/strong> or seemingly do anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that point, Alberta will probably be the only jurisdiction in the world where such a state of affairs exists, at least officially. So if COVID-infected Albertans want to go to a bar, hang out in restaurants, sing in church, or attend musical concerts, there\u2019s nothing to stop them. They can fill their boots!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-anyone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-anyone.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-anyone-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Covid-anyone-768x590.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CBC News:July 29\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The province announced Wednesday that Alberta will soon have no mandatory COVID-19 protocols: no more mandatory masking, contact tracing or isolating. It&#8217;s part of a move to treat the coronavirus more like other respiratory viruses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting Thursday, anyone with COVID-19 symptoms or a positive test result must isolate, but&nbsp;quarantine for their close contacts will be recommended and not mandatory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Aug. 16, isolation following a positive test&nbsp;will no longer be required&nbsp;but &#8220;strongly recommended,&#8221; and by the end of August, testing will be scaled back to only those with severe symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi&nbsp;said that lifting the remaining health orders in Alberta was &#8220;the height of insanity.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jason-Lady-Covid-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jason-Lady-Covid-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jason-Lady-Covid--300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Jason-Lady-Covid--768x650.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Premier Kenney at a meet &amp; greet with Lady COVID<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-Meeting-Lady-Covid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-Meeting-Lady-Covid.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-Meeting-Lady-Covid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Court-Painter-Meeting-Lady-Covid-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TYEE July 29,2021At the first COVID-19 news conference in almost a month, and quite possibly the last one ever, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw &nbsp;let Albertans know&nbsp;yesterday that they and their still-unvaccinated children will basically be on their own when it comes to the virus\u2019s rapidly spreading Delta variant. With Delta-dominated &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16737\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rollin&#8217; the dice&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16737"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17088,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16737\/revisions\/17088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}