A group of Alberta physicians has written to the provincial government and started a petition about “grave concerns… about the safety and efficacy” of the disposable face masks they’re being provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The group, abdocs4patients, wrote to Health Minister Tyler Shandro and the CEO of Alberta Health Services, Dr. Verna Yiu, in an open letter dated April 24.
Dozens of physicians signed it. The group itself is comprised of about 150 doctors. (Scroll down to read the letter in full).
They say the current supply of Vanch disposable medical face masks “are of poor quality, substandard, consistently malfunction, and do not provide adequate personal protection against a very capable viral pathogen.” Concerns with how the