Thread by @wingkarli

This is damning. By removing prov mask mandates last yr, Alberta set up an internal experiment between schools boards. The province's own analyses found:

"School boards without mask mandates have 3 times more outbreaks in their schools, on average."
(Feb. 7/22) #ABEd

Case rates and hospitalization rates were also lower in areas with mask mandates.

All this time, they sat on AB-specific data re: masking & schools, directly linked to local communities. But politics prevailed & 'leaders' ignored evidence from the same experiment they created.

The source starts on p 73 of this court-ordered document that was just published

dropbox.com/s/0hnig08elapj…

Politicization: Premier's Office memo of 'external jurisdiction scans' (p68-71) is a pile of confusion and claim that global data on school masking is 'insufficient.' They even cite Florida, Texas & Oklahoma banning mask mandates (as if that should carry any scientific weight)

Of course Shandro et al didn't want this released. While no one is shocked that UCP consistently opted for political appeasement over evidence, the fact that the province's easing of school measures goes against their own Alberta-based school data is egregious negligence.

Of note: the only reason we even have access to this critical information is thanks to the hard work of @OrlaghOKelly1 and @Sharonadactyl, the families they represent & @ABFedLabour. The UCP are notoriously secretive and the fight continues

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