The B.C. government is defending its decision to lift the indoor mask mandate following concerns raised by the province’s human rights commissioner that the change disproportionately affects the most medically vulnerable.
A class complaint has been filed at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against Fraser Health, the province's largest health authority, over their policy prohibiting hospital patients and visitors from using N95 respirators.
When the provincial health officer told British Columbians she was removing isolation requirements and testing for most of the population and compared managing COVID-19 in similar terms to the flu or common cold, many people were shocked and some instantly alarmed.