REALITY POLITICS
Canadian nurses reported in 2020 that their masks are defective and put lives at risk during the corona pandemic. We should be asking if this is true.
Did Alberta nurses say the masks they recently received didn’t work?
If it is true, we need to fix it.
Let’s work together, examine and base our political decisions on reality.
When an official, like Steve Buick, press secretary to Alberta’s Health Minister, states the masks are safe then citizens should ask how he knows this.
Who told him? Has he tried them himself to see if they stay on? Would he want his nurse to wear them as she’s going from one covid patient to another?
Toronto recalled more than 60,000 masks at the beginning of April and Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands have done the same earlier.
How do we know Alberta’s masks are safe? Jason Kenney said in a tweet that the masks were approved after testing. What do health professionals say when they have to wear them?
How can we work together to ensure safety? Could having masks made and inspected locally ensure greater safety?
Let’s work together and set aside earlier ideological grievances. Let’s examine and base our political decisions on reality.
I love fiction but reality in politics is so important. Truth is worth guarding.
1. Rieger, S. (2020, April 18,). Alberta health-care workers say new masks don’t seal, cause rashes and headaches. Retrieved from
CBC News.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mask-issues-alberta-1.5537345
2. Walsh, M., Stone, L., Morrow, A. (2020, April 8). Toronto recalls faulty masks as Canada works to secure more supplies. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-toronto-recalls-faulty-face-masks-as-canada-works-to-secure-more/